“I explain the law of compensation like this: ‘Returns are minimal in spite of massive effort at...
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On May 27, 1930 Richard G. Drew (pictured) invented cellophane tape. Five years earlier, he had also...
This is an article hypothetically written to my younger self, as if I were just going to...
The weekly Snippets column is a collection of short items: responses to posted articles, practical self-sufficiency items,...
“Pace yourself in your reading. A little bit every day really adds up. If you read during...
FEMA recommends these emergency supplies for every household. Here's what each item is, why it matters, and...
On May 26, 1908, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Murdock and their children became the first family to...
When we started prepping, we did not have the money to buy an old missile silo…or an...
This weekly column features media from around the American Redoubt region. (Idaho, Montana, eastern Oregon, eastern Washington,...
“Perfect freedom is reserved for the man who lives by his own work and in that work...