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American Schools Used to Teach Practical Life Skills — So Why Did They Stop?

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I lived in these times with shop class,personal finance, home economics. I didn't go to college, but I did work with my hands and made a living doing it. But nowadays if you go to college there is a good chance you will have 10 or more difference jobs in your life time. I worked at mine for 35 years and same company.  There was a time when American high schools taught you how to cook, budget, weld, sew, change your oil, and balance a checkbook. Students graduated knowing how to function as adults. Then, over the course of a few decades, nearly all of it was quietly stripped from the curriculum — and replaced with standardized test prep and a single message: go to college. This video traces the full history of how practical life skills education was built, why it was dismantled, and what it's costing us now. From Ellen Swallow Richards and the birth of home economics, to the Smith-Hughes Act, to the golden age of shop class, to the devastating impact of No Child Left Behind — th...
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How a small WV pharmacy helped expose a multimillion dollar shell game

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For years, it's been a disturbing pattern: Smaller, regional pharmacies closing because they cannot compete against what's being called a "rigged" system. For decades, Lynne Fruth has worked as the president and CEO of Fruth Pharmacy. At their peak, the stores had more than 30 locations across the Tri-State. "If they didn't want to fill something because it was a loser, as we say, they would tell their patients, take it over to Fruth Pharmacy, because we understand that they're filling it,” she said. But keeping her customers came at a crushing cost. "And we did fill things for much longer at a loss than a lot of people did because it was the right thing to do,” Fruth said. “But then the economics of it come in, and you're like how do you buy a product for $100, when you're selling it for $50?" Prices weren't adding up. In fact, they realized their health plans were being billed thousands for a drug that an uninsured patient could wa...
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Skip navigation Create Avatar image 25 Poor Man’s Door-Security Tricks That Don’t Need Electricity

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  Poor Man’s Home Fortification and Forgotten American Survival
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EV vs Gas After 7 Years and 200,000 km

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After 7 years and over 200,000 km on two EVs, André finally ran the real numbers, straight from his own receipts. No estimates, no myths, no "somebody said" : just what it actually costs to own an EV in Quebec, from maintenance to insurance to charging, compared to a comparable gas-powered crossover.  How much did he actually save? This video shows you exactly how much!
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Americans Are Finally Realizing Everything Is JUNK Now

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  Everything is more expensive, but somehow the products we buy keep getting worse. From washers that fail after 18 months and brand-new cars that repeatedly break down to smaller packages, cheaper materials, and appliances technicians don’t even want to repair, consumers are beginning to question what happened to product quality. JJ examines clips from frustrated consumers and discusses planned obsolescence, shrinkflation, private equity, social-media consumerism, and why products from decades ago often appear to outlast their modern replacements. When companies charge more while delivering less, the best response may be to stop chasing every trend, keep reliable products longer, and become much more selective about what we buy.
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Are Cops the Enemy?

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You may have seen one of the many propaganda posts, by various police departments, where the cops zealously insist that they aren't your enemy.  So ... is that true? 
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The Tech Review Nobody Wants to Make

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Another year, another phone, another 3% improvement, and $1200 please. Let’s talk about why tech reviews keep making pointless yearly releases feel normal.
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