When I retired, Medicare became my primary health insurance, fully covered by American taxpayers (and federal debt-holders), while Anthem/Blue Cross became my secondary health insurance, fully covered by the University of California. I will never have to spend a nickel of my Social Security benefits or inflation-adjusted defined retirement income on my health insurance. But [...]
If Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Ca.) assault weapons bill is not enough of a kneejerk reaction to the Newtown shooting, Chicago is playing its part in contributing to the lack of common sense measures as well — by hurting its employee pension system. The board of Chicago’s Municipal Employees’ Annuity and Benefit Fund voted to divest [...]
The stock market is getting a bad reputation these days. It waxes and wanes hour by hour depending on everything from who is elected president to the future of twinkies and cupcakes. Never mind that in the grand scheme of things, individual stock returns are really based on corporate earnings, and never mind that historically [...]
Last night’s debate left me a bit queasy. It wasn’t Candy Crowley’s implicit cheerleading of the president or her incorrect “correction” of Mitt Romney on the Benghazi question. Nor was it the fact that both candidates were interrupting each other so often that few coherent messages made their way to viewers. It was the first [...]