Bob Adelmann
Doctors Fleeing Medicare, Moving to Direct Primary Care
Concierge medicine and its more modest iteration, "direct pay" medicine, are looking more and more attractive to both doctors and patients fed up with dealing with the complexities and difficulties of Medicare and insurance companies.
Book Review: The Citizen’s Last Stand: Are You Ready?
Jeff Wright's latest book is directed specifically and deliberately at a small but growing remnant of the American citizenry: those who cherish freedom and want now, finally, at last, to get involved in the fight to restore it.
Social Security to Run Out of Money Sooner Than Estimated
The latest report on the financial condition of Social Security from the Congressional Budget Office hides an important fact: the Disability Insurance program will be exhausted in 2016 so that its benefits will have to be paid from other funds, depleting them much more rapidly than estimated.
Calif. SEIU Boss Could Be Sentenced to 180 Years in Prison
Tyrone Freeman, appointed head of a California chapter of the Service Employees International Union by SEIU's national president Andrew Stern, will go to prison for a very long time for his embezzlement of union funds. His boss, on the other hand, is part of Obama's inner circle and will escape punishment of any kind.
CBO Report: Gloomy, with Unrealistic Optimism
On its face the latest report from the Congressional Budget Office is gloomy enough, but careful sifting through it reveals excessive optimism that its predictions cannot hide: rising interest rates, increased healthcare costs thanks to ObamaCare, and the inevitable march of demographics and the aging Baby Boomers.
Capital Appreciation Bonds: Delaying the Inevitable
Capital appreciation bonds, when combined with economic ignorance and political expediency, make up a toxic brew that is likely to explode long before they come due.
Navy SEAL Sniper Shot by Ex-Marine He Was Trying to Help
Chris Kyle, a highly decorated Navy veteran and a friend, Chad Littlefield, were shot and killed by an ex-Marine suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome at a shooting range south of Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday.
Private Enterprise Interrupts Seattle’s Gun Buyback Program
The great Seattle gun buyback program was essentially worthless in removing "dangerous" weapons from society, but it did serve to teach essential truths about free enterprise and human behavior.
3D Printing of Guns at Home Making Gun Grabbers Nervous
As prices of 3D printers decline and the availability of software for such printers increases, the opportunity for average citizens to manufacture their own firearms at home is making legislators increasingly nervous.
Advice from the DHS: See an Active Shooter? Run and Hide
A just-released video from the Department of Homeland Security offers many suggestions when confronted with an "active shooter," but neglects the single most effective one: resistance by armed civilians.