Like a lot of teenagers of my generation, I played a Role-Playing Game (RPG) called Dungeons and Dragons (“D&D“.) The majority of the players in our smallish-town D&D group were Christians, so we downplayed the wizardry aspect, and concentrated on adventure and combat.  We also shunned most cosplay and Live-Action Roleplaying. (“LARPing”.) This was in the late 1970s, so we had access to just the small-format Chainmail book and the first three D&D boxed-set rulebooks developed by Gary Gygax, et al. This was long before the more popular large-format Advanced D&D books were published. One key aspect of characters in…

On the morning of March 12, 2026, a routine Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) leadership lab at Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Va., turned into a fight-or-flight situation. Inside Constant Hall, eight cadets faced an armed terrorist who was intent on mass murder. The murderer was a 36-year-old former Virginia Army National Guard member (we choose not to print the names of evildoers here) with a prior federal conviction for attempting to provide material support to the terrorist group ISIS. He entered the classroom around 10:43 a.m. He reportedly demanded to know if the class was for an…

00:00:03 Speaker 1: Hey, everyone, Welcome to The Houndation’s podcast. I’m your host Tony Peterson. In today’s episode is all about the ways in which we train our dogs to do certain things when we don’t even realize it. Oftentimes, something will happen in my life and I’ll just kind of like start to think about why, and then I’ll realize that somewhere in that event is the makings of an article or a podcast. Well, this happened to me recently as I listened to my wife lightly scold my five year old lab for not being downstairs and in…

I’m sure most everyone is familiar now with the seemingly sudden change in the Food Pyramid.  The Food Pyramid has essentially been flipped on its head.  Whereas, grains were considered a “foundational” food, meats (proteins), vegetables, and dairy are now considered to be foundational.  I am very pleased to see this change at the federal government level because it’s going to impact all federal programs for the better, in my opinion, such as feeding children, the less fortunate, healthcare, and nutrition guidelines. Have you ever (unkindly) thought “they could afford to lose some weight” when witnessing someone purchasing groceries with…

On March 25, 1306, Robert the Bruce was crowned Robert I, King of Scots, soon after he had killed his rival John Comyn, Lord of Badenoch. — March 25, 1863: The first US Army Medals of Honor were awarded to six Union Army soldiers by US Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in Washington. National Medal of Honor Day is now officially observed on March 25th of each year. — SurvivalBlog Writing Contest Today we present another entry for Round 123 of the SurvivalBlog non-fiction writing contest. The prizes for this round include: First Prize: A Gunsite Academy Three-Day Course Certificate.…

A 17-year-old has been charged after allegedly running down and killing three whitetail deer with a truck outside of Maryfield, Saskatchewan, on March 9. Witnesses called it in after seeing the chase take place through a field. By the end, the driver appeared to deliberately strike the animals, according to CBC News and a social media post from SaskTip.Conservation officers found two young whitetail fawn carcasses when they arrived on the scene the following morning. They also discovered the remains of a third deer that had already been picked over by scavengers.Early eyewitness reports indicated a second truck was involved…

00:00:01 Speaker 1: Eroded barren formations called badlands avoided during Western settlement at the hands of scientists and artists, have evolved into classic Western landforms and sought out destinations in our time. I’m Dan Flores and this is the American West, brought to you by velvet Buck Wine, where the hunt. 00:00:24 Speaker 2: Meets the harvest. 00:00:25 Speaker 1: A portion of each bottle goes to support backcountry hunters and anglers. Limited supply available at Velvetbuck Vineyards dot com. Enjoy responsible, getting over the color green, and learning to love badlands Out on the Southern high Planes. Low down…

Barrier blind ammo is designed to pass through common obstacles like car doors, windows, drywall, plywood, or heavy clothing without significant change to its terminal performance. I recently tested G9 Defense Barrier Blind Hollow Point ammunition in 6.5 Creedmoor. I must admit that I was only secondarily interested in its barrier blind qualities. My primary interest was in the fact that the ammo is machine-turned out of solid copper. According to G9, this gives it greater consistency in density over traditional jacketed bullets. The lower standard deviation of ballistic coefficient, in turn, provides higher accuracy at extended ranges. During my…

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March 24th is the birthday of Dr. Art Robinson, who was born in 1942. He has done yeoman service to both the preparedness and the homeschooling communities.  He was the creator of the very inexpensive Robinson Self-Teaching Curriculum. — On March 24, 1964 the Kennedy half-dollar was first issued. Aside for a few that were specially made for Proof Sets is was only the 1964-dated Kennedy halves that were 90% silver. Starting in 1965, the composition of circulating Kennedy halves was reduced to 40% silver. And in 1970, they were fully debased to mere clad copper tokens. — Today’s feature…