A few days ago I made the suggestion that fish/aquarium antibiotics would work in a desperate situation. This doctor talks …
How to grow homemade penicillin
WARNING: ONLY TO BE TRIED IN A NO-HOPE SITUATION We all know that penicillin was discovered by accident. It grows …
Four Reasons Why College Degrees Are Becoming Useless (& a Mike Rowe Video)
Students are running out of reasons to pursue higher education. Here are four trends documented in recent articles: Graduates have …
VIDEOS: Tips for Smart Concealed Carry
Want to make your CCW life easier? These guys have some useful tips. He’s big on a gun belt because …
Build Your Own Off-Grid Cabin in the Forest using Recycled Pallet Wood
See how this dad and son construct a cabin from repurposed, salvaged materials – mostly old pallets, old nails, …
One huge reason the Population Bomb didn’t kill us
Remember when we were all going to die? And when if you didn’t eat your dinner your mom said “There’s …
Give a fish? Teach how to fish? Or more?
The problem in poor countries is not that there’s a lack of talent or know-how. The problem is a lack …
Humpback whale saves human from tiger shark. We think.
Go to YouTube and check this out. Did the humpback save the diver from a tiger shark? Whatever happened, this …
5 Reasons House-Building Should Be a Part of High School Curriculum
By now, we’ve grown accustomed to calls for more career and technical education in high school. The reason for these …
Avocado-growing region becomes self-regulating city state!
This is a fascinating look at what happens when you make everything local. This is the SHTF mentality that could get …
You don’t see this every day! Massive jaguar takes on big a$$ reptile
You guys know I love Mike Rowe, right? He speaks so much sense on the skills-gap in this country. Well, …
Will calling 112 tell if that’s REALLY a cop car behind you?
There’s a post making the rounds on Facebook with an urgent message telling people that if you are pulled over …
The big reason we homeschool…The Academic Quality of Too Many Teachers
My recent columns have focused on the extremely poor educational outcomes for black students. There’s enough blame for all involved …
Wow! The US Air Force didn’t want you to see this A-10 documentary
A mini-documentary about the A-10 Warthog providing close air support in Afghanistan has been released to the public. It’s more …
How to catch fish in a trap made from twigs
This Cambodian shows us how to catch fish in a river using naturally occurring resources. He uses what look like …
Should Parents Allow Kids to Fight?
While dining with friends the other evening, the sibling squabbles we had as children came up as a topic of …
Millennia-old technique to make and keep ice in the desert.
Yakhchāl is Persian for ice pit and it’s an ancient type of evaporative cooler. Above ground, the structure has a domed shape with …
Jeffrey Tucker | Bitcoin and Blockchain Explained
EVERYONE is talking about Bitcoin and Blockchain, but does anyone understand how it really works? Here is a technical description, …
Hollywood – The great brainwasher
Imagine a group so powerful they could beam ideas directly into your head. Well, you don’t have to imagine — …
Could fat cells now repair any type of body tissue?
According to Australian researchers, fat cells can be converted into stem cells can repair any damaged tissues. They appear to have …
Taking care of yourself. Rest and Quiet Contemplation: We Need More
At meetings, conferences, receptions, and even during casual conversations I’m inevitably asked if I saw so-and-so on the stir-the-pot talk …
The Great Horse-Manure Crisis of 1894
We commonly read or hear reports to the effect that “If trend X continues, the result will be disaster.” The …
One Way Poor People Can Buy Land With No Money
Want to homestead? Don’t have any money for land? Becky explains how owner financing works, how to study flood records, …
Throwing Good Money after Bad Doesn’t Improve Government Schools
Whenever I discuss education policy with one of my leftist friends, it usually follows the same script. They’ll ask whether …
17-foot python that could ‘pretty much kill any full-grown man’ caught in Everglades
A monster 17-foot python that was captured in the Florida Everglades over the weekend is the largest caught so far …
That classic book you read as a child? It’s probably here! FREE
The University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature has an extensive collection of children’s books from the 19th …
Stachys byzantine – The miracle plant that kids can grow
Wooly Lamb’s Ear, (Stachys byzantine), has been used for centuries as a medicinal herb. It’s so easy to grow that …
How this deer disease could change the face of hunting
Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a fatal neurological disease of mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk (or “wapiti”), moose, and reindeer. …
Statistician Rethinks Gun Control After Digging into the Data
Statistician Leah Libresco said she used to be for gun control. Then she looked at the data. Writing at the …