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Vida Blue Has Died, and a Vision of America Died with Him

Vida Blue, one of the great pitchers of the 1970s and a mainstay of the three-time world champion Oakland Athletics of 1972-4, has died at the age of 73.

News | Antisemitism Watch

A New Study Shows That the U.S. Has More Anti-Semites Than Jews

According to a recent survey conducted by the Antidefamation League (ADL), disturbingly large numbers of Americans answered “yes” when asked if they believe Jews “go out of their way to hire other Jews” or “are more loyal to Israel than to America,” and to other similar questions. Kevin Williamson reflects on these results, and what they say about the persistence of this “strange prejudice.”

History | History

Eyewitness Stories To The First Thanksgiving From The OG Pilgrims

These accounts of the first Thanksgiving at Plimoth Plantation in 1621 are, according to Pilgrim Hall Museum, the only two available primary sources about the event. Thanks to the “Brief History of Power” podcast for the source material. Listen to last ye

Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous

Dennis Prager: The Quintessential American Holiday

Thanksgiving is not a Christian holiday. It's not a Jewish holiday. It's the quintessential American holiday where people of every race, creed, color, and…

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US Marines Successfully Complete 3 Live-Fire Tests of Iron Dome Interceptor

Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system, on display during a visit by US President Joe Biden. Photo: Ariel Hermoni / …

Politics | Media Bias

Democracy’s watchdog has abandoned its role

  It has often been said that the media is a pillar of democracy because it keeps our politicians honest.

History | History

Writing the Constitution: Miracle in Philadelphia

Spring 1787. The American revolution had been won, but no one seemed to know how to govern the new nation. There was no chief executive, no agreement taxes,…

Politics | Opinion

The Woking Dead: Phantoms and Woke Zombies of This American Moment

 
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the republic faced a shadowy, nearly invisible threat. Beneath the shiny veneer of its gleaming capitol lurked a deep evil plotting to crush the elect...

Politics | Politics

The Constitution: Why A Republic? | PragerU

Winning the War of Independence brought a new challenge to the American people: what sort of government should they choose for their new nation? Robert…

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Tsvi Bisk – AIPAC’s Betrayal of American Jewry and Israel

Tsvi Bisk – AIPAC’s Betrayal of American Jewry and Israel Despite the recent upsurge in anti-Semitic activity, we Jews have never been more secure. The two inextricably connected pillars of Jewish security are Israel and the American Constitut

History | History

American Revolutionary War: 9 Most Important Battles

From the first shots at Lexington and Concord, to the surrender at Yorktown, we explore the most important clashes of the American Revolutionary War (1775–83)

Politics | The Hall of Idiots

Poet featured during Joe Biden’s inauguration rewrites ‘Scar-Mangled Banner’ for Independence Day

It seems fitting that she read a poem at Biden's inauguration.

History | History

10 Things You Might Not Know About Calvin Coolidge

Our 30th president, born on the Fourth of July in 1872, once pardoned a raccoon.

Politics | Opinion

Westerns Are Us: What remnants of the Western endure will be the survival of American culture

In 1939, William S. Hart, a Shakespearean actor from New York who had been a key player in the making of Hollywood 20 years earlier, and for a time was…

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AMERICA PREVAILS: Giants Win After Woke Manager Ditches National Anthem Protest on Memorial Day

San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler is trying to become the next Colin Kaepernick. Last week, Kapler announced he would be boycotting the national anthem "until I feel better about the direction of our country" following the mass shooting at Robb Ele

Politics | Opinion

Time for a New Declaration of Independence?

Hillary Clinton signed off on delivering the Russia hoax to the FBI. Hooray. I have a hard time getting excited about something that matters so little.

Politics | Politics

Victor Davis Hanson: Imagine the Unimaginable

Americans are now entering uncharted, revolutionary territory. They may witness things over the next five months that once would have seemed unimaginable.

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Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Telling it Like It Is(n’t) in Israel and America

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – Telling it Like It Is(n’t) in Israel and America If there’s a common theme running through Israeli and American Jewry’s thoughts about each other, it’s the different way they talk and how they say it. This is not a

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PODCAST | Winkin, Blinken & The Need for Common Ground

A perfect example of useless talk came to us in Secretary of State Blinken and Defense Secretary Austen's meeting with Ukrainian President Zelinsky, going to the war-torn country without badly needed weapons. It's the kind of gratuitous and time

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PODCAST | E Pluribus Unum: The Honest Conversation Starts at Common Ground

It’s no secret that we live in a very divided society. This divide, sadly, is by political design. The opportunistic political class has come to understand that utilizing the strategy of divide and conquer – accredited to Philip the Second of Macedoni

Politics | Opinion

America’s biblical roots | Israel National News

Do Jews betray a “dual loyalty” when they support Israel? Absolutely not. Jews who support Israel stand for the very best of our American heritage and our American values.Op-ed.

Politics | Op-Ed

Democrats Need to Be Destroyed

How do you negotiate with a terrorist? You can’t. They want you dead, you don’t want to be dead; where is the compromise? Can you be half-dead? One-quarter dead? Can

Politics | Politics

A Black Guy’s Defense of the Constitution

Recently a leftist journalist from The Nation named Elie Mystal referred to the U.S. Constitution as "trash". He appeared on The View last Friday to promote his new book "Allow

Politics | POLITICS

'World becomes less safe every time the US fails to show strength'

  No less than three United States congressional delegations have visited Israel within the last two weeks – two Democrat

Politics | Opinion

America’s future depends on our relationship with Israel

Opinion: "I’m an unapologetic believer in the promises God has laid out in Scripture," writes Dr. David Jeremiah.

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Victor Rosenthal – Should American Jews Worry About Antisemitism?

Victor Rosenthal – Should American Jews Worry About Antisemitism? A recent survey tells us that more than 90% of American Jews are “concerned” about antisemitism, and almost half of them have experienced it either directly, or “through family

Politics | Op-Ed

Some Votes Should Not Count › American Greatness

Here’s something professional politicos know well: the broader net a pollster casts, the better his poll results will be for the Left. “How out-of-touch is the…

Politics | Politics

As of This Moment, America Is Still a Beacon of Liberty

Under the pretext of public health, the soul of what is known as the Free West has left most Western countries. Looking at the government overreach and abuses of power in virtually every other Western nation, one can only conclude that America truly is th

Politics | Op-Ed

The War We Must Fight › American Greatness

“And what is most repugnant to me in America is not the extreme freedom that reigns there, it is the lack of a guarantee against tyranny.” “I have found genuine…

Politics | The Decline Of America

Only 18% Of American Households Are Families With Married Parents

Children need a mother and a father — a context that more American youth than ever are lacking.

Politics | Politics

Can the ideal of American citizenship survive globalist, technocratic elites?

Only a little more than half of the current world’s 7 billion people are citizens of fully consensual governments.

Politics | Opinion

Who Would Hide a Jew if Nazis Took Over America?

There is something about most Jews that few non-Jews know: We Jews often ask ourselves if a non-Jew in our lives would hide us in the event of a Nazi-like outbreak. I don’t know if young Jews think about this, but nearly all Jews who grew up in the decade

Politics | Op-Ed

How It Might End, Act I › American Greatness

A couple of years ago, I had the honor of publishing American Secession: The Looming Threat of a National Breakup by Frank Buckley, a prolific author and law…

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

America’s founding documents now feature ‘Harmful Language Alert’ on National Archives site

Documents such as the Declaration of Independence now have trigger warnings.

Politics | The Decline Of America

Victor Davis Hanson: Does America Still Work?

For nearly two years, Americans have engaged in a great woke experiment of cannibalizing themselves. American civilization has invested massive labor, capital…

News | News

Steve Kramer – Israel Goes It Alone

Steve Kramer – Israel Goes It Alone Can Israel rely on any other country to support it when it’s critically endangered? First of all, Israel has never asked any other country to fight on its soil; but, Israelis hope and expect that other Western d

Politics | The Hall of Idiots

America’s 250th Birthday Will Be A ‘Commemoration,’ Not ‘Celebration’ In Virginia Because Leftists Don’t Think It’s Worth Celebrating

Event should be oriented around liberal priorities because "because [conservatives are] all in anyway."

Politics | Politics

America: ‘A Pitiful, Helpless Giant’

President Richard Nixon warned what America would become should it fail to have the determination and courage of a great world power. Speaking on April 30, 1970…

Miscellaneous | Interesting stories

Why There Are So Few Pickup Trucks In Europe - Cheddar Examines

The pickup truck has become a symbol of Americana. In fact, the Ford F-150 has been the best selling vehicle in the United States for the past 40 years. But ...

Politics | Politics

The American Descent into Madness › American Greatness

Nations have often gone mad in a matter of months. The French abandoned their supposedly idealistic revolutionary project and turned it into a monstrous hell…

Politics | Politics

H.R. 1 is Emblematic of the Crisis of American Democracy - American Greatness

There is no evidence at all after 60 days of the new administration, of any disposition to collaborate with moderate Republicans in a centrist response to the…

Politics | Op-Ed

What Happened to Our Country? – RedState

"It is all insane. It will all get far worse before any of it even has a chance of getting any better. Perhaps it will take decades or more. If it happens at all."

Politics | Op-Ed

Can You Afford to Ignore Politics? - American Greatness

Although it is somewhat hard for me to believe, I am told there are people who do not follow politics closely. All joking aside, I have always understood there…

Politics | Op-Ed

The First Step Towards Righting America Is Refusing To Believe The Left About Anything

The weakness and stupidity of America’s right has allowed false narratives to cement in the minds of the public. It’s killing our freedoms.

News | News

Tsvi Bisk – Deplatforming Seditionists is Not Censorship

Tsvi Bisk – Deplatforming Seditionists is Not Censorship Twitter and Facebook (and others) are being accused of censorship by deplatforming Trump and his political apologists. Such an accusation is pure demagoguery. Deplatforming is not censorship,

Politics | Politics

The Spirit of 1776 | National Review

Joe Biden versus a proper understanding of American history.

Politics | Op-Ed

The Real Reason for Big Tech Left's Ban Spree

As with any debate, the definition of the terms is key, except, in this case, the definitions keep changing.

Politics | Op-Ed

Do Black Lives Matter in the White Elite’s Civil War?

Sasha Johnson, a prominent Black Lives Matter activist, tweeted the last day of 2020 her highest hope as a black nationalist: “The white man will not be our…

History | History

Beware Political Agendas That Come With Thanksgiving 'Myth-Busting'

Revisionist histories are nearly always written (or posted to the internet) with an agenda in mind — it's no different for the Pilgrims and Thanksgiving.

News | News

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – The Totally Taboo Topic: Why Are American Jews So Successful?

Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig – The Totally Taboo Topic: Why Are American Jews So Successful? There is almost no question that the American Jewish community considers off limits for public discussion, except for this: why are Jews so successful? Most Jews

Politics | Politics

Trumpism Is On the March - American Greatness

I confess that I do not usually read columns by David Axelrod, the former senior advisor and campaign strategist for Barack Obama. But I chanced upon “History…

Politics | Op-Ed

America: A Reminder About Us

In his splendid little book American Exceptionalism, Charles Murray reminds us it was foreigners who took the lead in claiming Americans are different: For…

News | News

Dov Lipman - Obama’s Revisionist ‘Promised Land

Dov Lipman – Obama’s Revisionist ‘Promised Land In his new memoir, the former U.S. president misleads readers in a way that will forever shape their negative perspective of the Jewish state. Permission to re-publish by Rav. Dov Lipman (November

Psychology | Psychology

American Liberalism in Danger - Tablet Magazine

Read an essay about how American Liberalism is in danger and what it means to acknowledge reality in order to confront it.

History | History

Out-Of-Print Children's Biographies Repudiate Uneducated Anti-Americans

Forty years ago, as my children’s book collection proves, grade-school history pedagogy offered a diverse and inclusive narrative about our national past.

Politics | Op-Ed

The Complex and International Fight for America’s Future - American Greatness

ecent sustained street protests, escalating intimidation, and violence by the Democratic Party’s leftist Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Antifa activists have reached an untenable level of threat. Americans of all political parties, races, and faiths need to

Politics | Op-Ed

September 11, 2001: Why We’ve Already Forgotten

It wasn’t September 11, 2001, that made me a political conservative—a believer, I mean, in the intentions and philosophy of the American founding. I had already seen into the lie of leftism by the time the Islamic terrorists hijacked our jets and attacked

Politics | BLM

Violence in America: Chaos is coming to Mayberry

The majority of Americans still have no idea that they are living in the midst of a low-boil civil war. They sit back on comfy couches, watching on TV or computer screens little snippets of the "new normal." They see chaos enveloping large cities – Minnea

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Considering Proposal To Remove Thomas Jefferson, Other American Icons From Public Spaces

A commission created by Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has recommended a slew of changes to public buildings in the district that includes scrubbing Thomas Jefferson’s name from schools and potentially removing the Washington Monument. The District

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

Here Is Joe Biden's Worst Campaign Pitch If You Live In a State That Still Feels Like America

Joe Biden has some awful ideas if you live in states like Georgia, Florida, or South Dakota. For now, these states still feel like America despite COVID-19.

Politics | Opinion

Instead Of Rejecting It, The Civil Rights Movement Fulfilled The American Revolution

American colonial leaders in the 18th century and Martin Luther King, Jr. both fused religious beliefs with philosophical principles to motivate action.

Politics | Op-Ed

Why America Is in Real Danger | RealClearPolitics

Americans have long been proud of the fact that, unlike European countries, America never went the route of totalitarianism as embodied in communism, fascism and Nazism.
This achievement may be...

Politics | POLITICS

The Fragility of the Liberal Democracies and the Challenge of Totalitarianism

There is a short distance between “peaceful demonstrations” and mob violence, civil war, and regime change. - The Fragility of the Liberal Democracies and the Challenge of Totalitarianism - Joel Fishman

News | The News

Jersey Sales Soar For Orlando Magic’s Jonathan Isaac After He Stood Alone For National Anthem

It turns out that bucking woke trends may be good for business, because jersey sales for Orlando Magic player Jonathan Isaac have been surging since he decided to stand alone for the national anthem last Friday, becoming the first NBA player to do so amid

Politics | Politics

Why This Revolution Isn't Like the '60s

In the 1960s and early '70s, the U.S. was convulsed by massive protests calling for radical changes in the country's attitudes on race, class, gender and sexual orientation. The Vietnam

Politics | Op-Ed

Victor Davis Hanson: Our Summer of Cultural Suicide

Professional sports, universities, and the motion-picture industry all know that what they are doing is bad for business. They also are ignorant of history and cannot be persuaded that they are destroying themselves.

Politics | Op-Ed

5 Arguments Against 'America Is a Racist Country'

The left-wing charge that America is a racist country is the greatest national libel since the Blood Libel against the Jews. America is, in fact, the least racist multiracial, multiethnic country in world history.

Miscellaneous | NEW YORK CITY

Vandals Tear Down 9/11 Memorial Flagpole in New York

Police in New York are looking for vandals who cut down a flagpole at a memorial honoring five firefighters who died in the September 11 terrorist attacks.

News | The News

Statues Of Christopher Columbus, Stonewall Jackson Taken Down. Abraham Lincoln Statue To Be Removed In Boston.

Left-wing activists succeeded in forcing the removal of more statues and monuments across the country on Wednesday as statues of General Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson and Italian explorer Christopher Columbus were taken down. The statue

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

Dems tweet then delete post linking Trump's Mt. Rushmore event to ‘glorifying white supremacy’

The Democrats raised eyebrows on Monday night for accusing President Trump of "glorifying white supremacy" for scheduling a Fourth of July celebration at Mount Rushmore. 

News | The News

And Then They Came For The Duke

Democrats in Orange County Board California have passed a resolution demanding that John Wayne Airport be renamed.

News | News

When Everyone Kneels, Who Will Stand Up for Western History and Culture?

"Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History h

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

Ulysses S. Grant statue toppled in San Francisco

A statue of former President Ulysses S. Grant-- the Union general who led his army to victory against the Confederacy during the Civil War-- was toppled on Friday as hundreds gathered in San Francisco to celebrate Juneteenth. 

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

WATCH: Rioters Tear Down Statue Of Francis Scott Key. He Wrote The Star-Spangled Banner.

Rioters in California tore down a statue of Francis Scott Key on Friday, which is just the latest instance of left-wing rioters destroying monuments and statues across the nation. Key, an attorney and poet, wrote the lyrics to “The Star-Spangled Ban

News | News

George Washington statue toppled by protesters in Portland, Oregon - CBS News

Nation's first president was slave owner, and demonstrators for racial ljustice and police reform target his statue in Portland, Oregon.

News | Antisemitism Watch

The Arab American Plan to Defeat America's Jews

The Arab American Institute outlined a plan to undermine pro-Israel support in America — and it worked Around 1990, James Zogby, president of the Arab American

Politics | Politics

Pay Attention: Your Freedom Is Fragile | PragerU

Our society is rooted in freedom, yet "Freedom is never more than one generation away from distinction." We must conscientiously fight to preserve it amidst the destructive ideas of the left. This week, Dennis discusses how the protests are a sh

Politics | Op-Ed

What’s Actually Wrong With America’s Cities? - American Greatness

very major city—and probably every community for that matter—has some form of a police commission. Police commissions are entrusted to monitor the activities of the police department as a whole, and in most cases determine appropriate discipline for indiv

Politics | Op-Ed

The American Experiment Isn't Dead Yet but the Lab Is on Fire Right Now

If we had all only known in March how everything was going to turn out we might have been able to do something different. Like move to Antarctica.

Politics | Leftists Are Insane

Here’s All The Damage Rioters Did To Monuments And Memorials In Washington, D.C.

Rioters on Sunday night rampaged across the nation’s capital, defacing monuments and memorials and setting fire to St. John’s Episcopal Church, known as the church of presidents because of its proximity to the White House. St. John’s, built in 1816

Politics | Politics

What We Do — and Don’t — Know Now about George Floyd’s Death

The official complaint submitted to a Minnesota district court answers some questions, but raises others.

Politics | The China Threat

COVID-19 Proves America Needs Economic Nationalism

eports of a deadly new virus began trickling out of China in December. The infection spread rapidly. By March 12, the World Health Organization deemed COVID-19 a global pandemic. The next day President Trump declared COVID-19 a “national emergency” that w

News | NEWS

Space Force Launches First Recruiting Ad: ‘Maybe Your Purpose On This Planet Isn't On This Planet’ | Video

The United States Space Force has begun the first recruiting drive since its creation as the sixth branch of the military last year with this new ad.

"We have to plan for what's possible while it's still impossible," the voiceover says. "Maybe you weren'

Politics | Op-Ed

America In a New Upside-Down World - American Greatness

he world is changing at a pace not seen in years, and it is no time to become captives of fear despite the real and immediate dangers we face. The coronavirus and the ensuing panic, at least for a few more weeks, have stagnated the economy and scared glob

Politics | Op-Ed

Fellow Citizens No Longer? - American Greatness

n May 22, 1856, Representative Preston Brooks of South Carolina entered the Senate chamber and proceeded to beat Senator Charles Sumner of Massachusetts nearly to death with a cane. Brooks’ attack was prompted by Sumner’s earlier “Crime Against Kansas” sp

History | History

You Know Who Else Colonized 'Indigenous Peoples'? Native Americans

The 'settler' argument exacerbates racial tensions by projecting a historical narrative that white persons are always aggressors, never victims.

History | History

Why Clarence Thomas's Life Repudiates The Left's Hatred Of America

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas faced down a 'high-tech lynching' by the same people who now claim to be America's arbiters of racial justice.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

David French on Antisemitism: ‘And No One Will Make Them Afraid'

When Jews are under violent attack for building a home in this land, it repudiates the American promise.

Miscellaneous | Interesting stories

American & British People Swap Snacks

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Politics | Op-Ed

Prager: Does the Left Hate America?

Whenever leftists are charged with not loving or even with hating America, they respond angrily, labeling the question absurd, mean-spirited and an example of right-wing McCarthyism. But there can be little doubt that the left has no love for America, jus

Politics | The "Squad"

Omar: Bernie Will ‘Fight Against Western Imperialism.’ Here’s What That Could Mean.

Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) stated during a Minnesota campaign rally for Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders – an admitted socialist who has a history of sympathizing with communists – that she was excited at the prospect of a Sanders’ presi

Politics | Politics

If this interview doesn't make Democrats concerned, nothing will

Do they realize what's happening?

Miscellaneous | Islamism

Miss Iraq exposes CAIR's plan to destroy America!

She can see the truth, yet so many Americans can't!

Politics | Politics

Ilhan Omar Ignores Threat of Islamists But Supports Racial Profiling White Men

Congresswoman Ilhan Omar thinks that white men in America are a much greater threat to Americans than radicalized Islamist Muslims.

History | History

U.S. History Doesn’t Need To Be ‘Reframed’ Around Identity Politics; It Already Has Been

The myth that students and readers are getting some rose-colored version of American history is nonsense. So what is the 1619 Project really trying to do?

History | History

10 Things You May Not Know About the Jamestown Colony - HISTORY

In May of 1607, a hearty group of Englishmen arrived on the muddy shores of modern-day Virginia under orders from King James I to establish an English colony.

News | News

Victor Rosenthal - An Ally, not a Satellite

Victor Rosenthal – An Ally, not a Satellite Despite the fact that my daughter once had one of those T-shirts with a picture of an F-16 and the words “Don’t worry, America, Israel is behind you,” a mutual defense pact with the US is a terrible

Politics | Op-Ed

The Left Has Managed To Mainstream Anti-Americanism

From the repudiation of the Fourth of July to calls for reparations, anti-Americanism that once was belonged to the far-left is now mainstream.

News | News

Documentary Details Muslim Brotherhood Effort to Dominate America

Documentary Details Muslim Brotherhood Effort to Dominate America by John Rossomando/IPT News Editor’s Note: Muslim Brotherhood activist Nidal Mohamed Sakr’s presence in the United States was first discovered by Joe Kaufman in a 2018 Front Pag

Politics | The Hall of Idiots

Nike Pulls American Flag Sneaker After Complaint From Colin Kaepernick | Daily Wire

Sometimes being woke just doesn't work out.

Miscellaneous | Miscellaneous

Finding America at a Back-Roads Gas Station – American Greatness

DICKERSON, Md.—Everything happens for a reason.

At least that's what people tell you when your plans go south.

Driving from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C., recently, I did as I nearly always do: I clicked the "avoid highways" option on Google Maps and c

Politics | Politics

Al-Quds Terror Organization Call for the Destruction of Israel and America in the Hague

This was a march that took place in The Hague (next to the Peace Palace). It was organized by pro-Iranian groups.

Music | Music

Gene Simmons visits White House and Pentagon, tells story of mother surviving Holocaust

He went on to discuss how his mother would cry when she saw the American flag and his gratitude for coming to America.

News | Israel & The Jewish Community

Poway and the Struggle for America’s Soul - Insight & Commentary

If you’re a Jew in America today, there’s a good chance you’re concerned.

Politics | Woke Insanity

Slow down your Kate Smith condemnations, Yankees and Flyers

Kate Smith, like her fellow deceased entertainer John Wayne, is having a bad time.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

The 25 Happiest Cities in America | Mental Floss

With high salaries, healthy environments, and more, these U.S. cities are home to a lot of happy citizens.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

The 25 Happiest Cities in America | Mental Floss

With high salaries, healthy environments, and more, these U.S. cities are home to a lot of happy citizens.

Politics | Politics

Thoughts from a hipster coffee shop… - Alpha News

My generation is becoming the largest voting bloc in the country. We have an opportunity to continue to propel us forward with the gifts capitalism and democracy has given us. The other option is that we can fall into the trap of entitlement and relapse into restrictive socialist destitution. The choice doesn’t seem too hard, does it?

Travel | Travel

Things Americans didn't realize were American until they went abroad - INSIDER

Cultural differences can lead to moments of confusion for Americans traveling abroad. Here are 10 things that have surprised Americans outside the US.

Science & Technology | Science & Space

America, the Moon, and National Memory

Even though we may have lost our way in a moment mired in silliness, fluff, and self-flagellation, we are indeed capable of accomplishing the unimaginable.

Politics | The Hall of Idiots

Ocasio-Cortez: U.S. Should Not Have Authorized Use Of Force Against 9/11 Perpetrators

Socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) made radical statements Monday night on Twitter, suggesting that the United States should not have authorized the use of force against those who perpetrated the 9/11 attacks — the deadliest terrorist attack

Miscellaneous | Interesting

The Real Deconstruction of the Administrative State

I must see Marini!!!” My boss, Clarence Thomas, then chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, wrote that command in bold script across the first page of an essay by John Marini on how the deterioration of Congress led to the administrati

History | History

American history myths: 7 things people get wrong

From the Salem witches who were burnt at the stake to the Declaration of Independence signed on the ‘Fourth of July’, American history is full of misconceptions and mistakes. Here, author Jem Duducu busts some of the biggest myths and separates fact f

Politics | Interesting Links

The only way to unify America is to kick California out

The 2000 election was boring. With both candidates trying to out-moderate each other, they were almost indistinguishable. The biggest breach of civility was Democratic candidate Al Gore’s very practiced sighing during the debates. The campaign did not b

News | News

‘Unbelievable’: Bald eagle swoops in to join firefighters’ 9/11 tribute in Minnesota

Viral video shows the majestic American symbol atop a fire truck in Coon Rapids.

Politics | POLITICS

Ben Sasse Conducts a Two-Minute Master Class in American Civics | National Review

Good for Senator Sasse to remind us all of the Supreme Court’s proper place.

Politics | Interesting Links

MERICA! Patriot who loves this country SO HARD writes most EPIC thread about Independence Day maybe EVER

This patriot GETS IT.

Travel | Travel

Route 66 – the US road trip favourite – is under threat

There are few journeys as quintessentially American as a road trip along Route 66, but the “main street of America” may be under threat.

Politics | Politics

Bill Maher: ‘Bring on the Recession’ if It Will Remove Trump | National Review

The HBO comedian said on his show Friday that he was ‘hoping’ for the American economy to tank and take the president’s political career with it.

Advice & Self-Help | Advice & Self-Help

17 Amazing American Beach Towns You Can Actually Afford to Live In

Look to the American South -- in particular, the Gulf of Mexico -- for beach communities with absurdly low housing prices and costs of li...

Psychology | Personality

Americans Are More Socially Isolated, but Less Lonely

What's the difference between social isolation and loneliness? And why is one rising while the other one is declining over time?

Politics | Politics

Opinion | Three Cheers for Cultural Appropriation - The New York Times

If we make people stay in the ethnic and racial lane assigned to them by accident of birth, we’ll lose everything that makes this country great.

History | History

Why George Washington was nearly impossible to kill

He survived tuberculosis, dysentery, pneumonia, malaria, and more.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Stuff

I'm British, and I experienced the biggest culture shock when I started working in the US

The UK and the US are not all that different. But as a British person living and working in America, I experienced a huge culture shock at work.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Stuff

To Brits with knickers in a twist over Americanisms: don't get your panties in a bunch | Science | The Guardian

Many ‘American’ phrases are actually British but a new book argues why we say what we say reveals a lot about our cultures

Miscellaneous | Interesting Stuff

10 Ways Americans and Europeans Differ | HowStuffWorks

HowStuffWorks looks at come of the cultural differences between Europe and America, like ice consumption, metric system and portion sizes.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

27 fascinating maps that show how Americans speak English differently across the US

A survey of more than 30,000 people, turned into a series of maps, showcase the linguistic quirks that make American English such a fascinating dialect.

Miscellaneous | Interesting Links

Where the Small-Town American Dream Lives On | The New Yorker

As America’s rural communities stagnate, what can we learn from one that hasn’t?

Miscellaneous | OTHER STUFF

Paying the price for breakdown of the country's bourgeois culture

These basic cultural precepts could be followed by people of all backgrounds and abilities, especially when backed up by almost universal endorsement.

History | History

How Americans Celebrated Independence Day in 1777 | Mental Floss

July 4, 1776, may not be the day the Continental Congress declared their independence from England (that would be July 2). It's not even the day that signing of the Declaration began (that would be a month later and drag on for quite some time).

History | History

A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence has been found — in England

The only other parchment copy of the document that proclaimed the independence of America's 13 colonies is at the National Archives in Washington.

History | History

Here's How British and American Spelling Parted Ways | Mental Floss

Test your knowledge with amazing and interesting facts, trivia, quizzes, and brain teaser games on MentalFloss.com.

Food & Drink | Food & Drink

Margaritaville Tahiti DM3000

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Food & Drink | Food & Drink

Blendtec TB 621 20 Review - Blend Away

A detailed review of the Blendtec Heavy Duty Blender including the best place to buy - Quality reviews at On The Gas.

Food & Drink | Food & Drink

Cuisinart Multi Cooker Review

A detailed Cuisinart Multi Cooker Review including the best place to purchase it online.

Food & Drink | Food & Drink

The Bosch Universal Plus Mixer - Mix it up!

A detailed review of the Bosch Universal Plus Mixer including the best place to buy - Quality reviews at On The Gas.

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Omega Juicer 806 | A Detailed Review

Is The Omega J8006 Nutrition Center Commercial Masticating Juicer Black Chrome the Best Vegetable Juicer On the Planet ? Find Out Here