There is no doubt preparedness is expensive. Even if you have the very best of intentions to create your food cache, buy a generator, and the myriad of other equipment and...
Blog
In favor of killing trees
At Holistic Survival, we don't often jump into the environmental debate. That way lies madness but sometimes the topic can't be avoided. Today, we'd like to apply the law of...
Beat inflation with free investment advice
No amount of free investment advice will stop inflation. The trick is to beat it at it's own game. Finding a way around the debilitating effect of inflation is tricky because it...
Be glad we’re not Hungary…yet
It seems everywhere you look, the worldwide economic trend is down. The country of Hungary is the latest to join the conga line of nations standing on the precipice of economic...
B. Franklin knew what he was talking about
The following quote comes from Founding Father, signer of the Declaration of Independence, and a guy unafraid to fly his kite in a lightning storm, Benjamin Franklin. “Those who...
Holistic healing picks up the pieces when medicine fails
Modern medicine can be a wonderful thing, except when it isn't. Recent advances in moderating the effects of various immune system disorders like arthritis come to mind. Of...
What does “holistic” mean anyway?
We'll be honest – in the beginning of this website there were those who warned us away from including the word “holistic” in the name. To summarize the general sentiment,...
Surviving BP and the Fed
You might forgive residents of Grand Isle, Louisiana, for feeling picked upon. First Hurricane Katrina kicked the doors in with her brutal winds, now BP oil is headed for the...
FBI says crime is down
We've all been taught that crime, like the cost of gas and rate of inflation, never goes down. That's well and good, sounds perfectly sensible to us – except that the FBI has...
Buy land in Montana or shoot yourself now?
December 21, 2012, is a big day on many calendars. If you happen to be an ancient Mayan, your calendar will be ending then. What happens next? Are you a believer in a cataclysmic...