About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
Senator Rand Paul’s National Right-to-Work Act
Senator Rand Paul's introduced his National Right-to-Work Act on January 31. His legislation is well-timed, considering the shift from forced unionism states to right-to-work states accelerating around the country. ...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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....
Teachers Flocking to Firearms Training Classes
Teachers are ignoring complaints by anti-gunners that being armed would somehow increase violence in the classroom and are instead taking firearms safety classes in increasing numbers. ...
Student Loan Consequences: Real, Costly, and Personal
The consequences of governmental intrusion into the private market are inevitable, painful, and costly, as students such as Nick Keith found out much too late. ...
New York Times Goes “Prepper”?
Is the New York Times now squarely in the camp of the "preppers"? Or is Alan Feuer's article a feint, a distraction away from efforts directed at restoring freedom? ...
Senator Dianne Feinstein’s Gun Bill: Disingenuous Overreaction
California Senator Dianne Feinstein's bill, "The Assault Weapons Ban of 2013," is a planned overreaction to the shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, and has little chance of passing into law....