Paul-Martin Foss

Whether you’re prepping for a big storm, a natural disaster, or a societal breakdown, there are a few key things everyone needs to do. These hold true whether you’re an…

Turkey has always been an odd man out in NATO. The only Muslim country in NATO at the alliance’s founding, Turkey’s control of the Bosporus Strait made it a vital…

With the popularity of gold bullion coins growing after the US legalized gold ownership in 1975, numerous countries rushed to supply the investor demand that had been pent up. Among…

Although the US military continues to place its trust in the performance of the 5.56x45mm cartridge, many shooters have derided the cartridge over the years as a “poodle shooter,” meaning…

While the gold standard may have offered unprecedented monetary stability to the world, for much of history most countries in the world were actually on silver standards. China was a…

The Soviet Union did a lot of copying of other countries’ military designs over the years. Whether it was outright copies of the B-29 Superfortress (Tupolev Tu-4) and the DC-3…

Only a few years ago it seemed that gun rights were in the ascendant, with people of all political persuasions understanding the vital role that firearms ownership plays in protecting…

While the Coinage Act of 1792 established the US Mint and the American system of coinage, it took years for the Mint to really get started in creating money. With…

The idea of a shotgun in the United States has become almost synonymous with the 12-gauge shotshell. Sure, the 10-gauge may be bigger and the 20-gauge may be lighter, but…

If you’re like most people, you’ve probably never heard of the Latin Monetary Union (LMU). The LMU was a monetary union established in the 19th century to unite the currencies…