After more than 80 years, Don Butt received the honor he deserved.  Butt, a British military veteran and one of the last remaining soldiers still alive from the D-Day invasion in 1944, was given a medal from France – the nation’s highest military honor – in recognition of his bravery, helping liberate it from Nazi Germany during World War II. Butt, who turned 100 years old in August 2025, received the medal last week. The World War II veteran said the honor “completes his life.”  Butt became emotional upon receiving his medal from the Royal Marines, a moment his family said…

Every November, I go to a climbing festival in southern Illinois. While the weather is often beautiful during the day, at night, the temps drop quickly, and I’m frequently left shivering in my lightweight puffer. This year, however, I came better prepared, with Patagonia’s Hi-Loft Nano Puff Hoody. This jacket takes the brand’s classic Nano Puff design and beefs it up with more body-mapped synthetic insulation and more durable fabric. This is the burlier big brother, built for colder conditions and true winter weather. With it, I can stay toasty on those chilly Illinois nights even when they dip into…

Hawaii taxpayers could soon be forced to pay for state-sponsored gun “buyback” efforts after the Hawaiʻi State Association of Counties included that demand in their legislative wish list for 2026.  According to Maui Now, the lobbying group representing county governments wants the state to hold two compensated confiscation events in each county every year, claiming that “existing results from Oʻahu illustrate the effectiveness of these programs and demonstrate the value of establishing a consistent, statewide approach.”In April 2025, a gun buyback event on Oʻahu collected 367 firearms and distributed $37,900 in Foodland Farms gift cards.…

It is pretty rare to see something new come out of the ammunition side of the firearms industry unless a company is chasing a wildcat cartridge that they’re hoping will really take off. One manufacturer who surprised us at Range Day was Sim-X with their unassuming line of ammo that touts ultra-high velocities while pushing low grain weights for given cartridges. Sim-X Ammunition Sim-X Ammunition offers both recreational and practice range ammo as well as self-defense rounds. The practice ammunition is dubbed RANGECORE™ with a patented synthetic core inside a precision alloy full-metal jacket. Their self-defense ammunition is named Defensecore…

After the successful removal of Nicolas Maduro from power in Venezuela, the United States now seek a regime change in Cuba. Originally declaring that the operation was over “narco terrorism,” it was quickly revealed that the U.S. simply wanted control of Venezuela’s natural resources. So what’s going on with Cuba? Should Cuba, Canada, Greenland And Venezuela All Be Owned By The United States? Currently, the U.S. ruling class is searching for allies within Cuba’s government in order to help facilitate regime change. The U.S. believes that Cuba’s economy is “close to collapse and that the government has never been this…

Virginians who currently possess so-called “assault firearms” could face criminal charges unless they give them up under a newly-introduced bill in the state Senate. SB 749, introduced by Sens. Saddam Sadim, Creigh Deeds, and Lamont Bagby, contains no grandfather clause for current gun owners. Instead, it simply bans the importation, sale, manufacture, purchase, possession, transportation, or transfers of an “assault firearm.” B. Any person who imports, sells, manufactures, purchases, possesses, transports, or transfers an assault firearm is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor.C. The provisions of this section shall not apply to (i) any government officer,…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Army has ordered several dozen additional active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minneapolis if needed, a defense official said Wednesday, amid protests over the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement crackdown. The defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive plans, confirmed that members of an Army military police brigade who are stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina have been given prepare-to-deploy orders. If deployed, the troops would likely offer support to civil authorities in Minneapolis, according to the official, who stressed that such standby orders are issued regularly and…

In a mixed bag ruling, a three-judge panel of the Richmond-based 4th Circuit Court of Appeals recently delivered one big win and several big losses to gun owners challenging the state’s onerous gun-control laws. Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s Bruen ruling, Maryland was one of several anti-gun states to strengthen, rather than loosen, its gun restrictions. One new law banned carrying firearms on private property held open to the public without the owner’s express permission—a regulation commonly known as the “vampire rule,” which references the literary notion that vampires must obtain an owner’s consent before entering a building. On January…

This article was originally published by Connor O’Keeffe at The Mises Institute.  In recent weeks, President Trump has been getting more vocal about his intention to bring the semiautonomous Danish territory of Greenland under the control of the American federal government. A meeting was held last Wednesday between officials from the US, Greenland, and Denmark that, according to the Danish foreign minister, didn’t move the dispute any closer to a resolution. Since then, Trump has been repeatedly signaling that he’s willing to send American troops in to take it by force if the Danish government doesn’t agree to hand it over peacefully.…

As I carefully descend down a slick, slurpy, muddy path, a giant brown puddle of unknown depth awaits at the bottom. Undeterred, I add throttle. The Wilderness sinks in and scrapes the front bumper. Yet the Bridgestone Dueler tires claw at the sloppy terrain with plenty of force, and I march through the puddle, showering the sides of the Outback with mud along the way. All in a day’s work for a Wilderness-branded Outback, given its 9.5 inches of ground clearance, 17-inch wheels, all-terrain tires, and easy-to-clean surfaces — both inside and out. But with the more refined, seventh-generation platform…

The battle of the generations is something that seems to be perpetual. Boomers look down on Millennials. Millennials roll their eyes at Gen Z. Gen Xers like myself are rarely even acknowledged, though we’re pretty used to that. It goes on and on, and considering the ancient Greek writings about the failings of the new generation, it seems like it’s gone on forever. But the truth is that while it’s really kind of stupid to lump everyone in a generation into a group where you expect them to fit neatly into a box, there are…

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