About once every four days, part of the nation’s power grid — a system whose failure could leave millions in …
Should Drones Be Regulated? Balancing Privacy, Airspace Rules
The Federal Aviation Administration missed its Sept. 30 deadline to file national regulations for drone use. Interest groups sent a letter …
Even more spying from workplace wellness programs
Workplace Wellness Programs Put Employee Privacy At Risk Houston workers who checked the fine print said they weren’t sure whether …
Is your company wellness program actually spying on you?
If your company hasn’t launched a wellness program, this might be the year. Benefits enrollment have increased in 2016, and …
Homeowners Battle to Stop City Taking Their Homes
The Squirrel says: You NEVER know what’s going to bite you. Sometimes, the things you take most for granted, like the …
Policing for Profit and 7 Things You Should Know about civil asset forfeiture
From the prestigious Heritage Foundation comes this shocking article that looks at the rise of civil asset forfeiture and how …
Readers Ask About Concierge Medicine And Medicare; Insulin Costs And The Doughnut Hole
Readers Ask About Concierge Medicine And Medicare; Insulin Costs And The Doughnut Hole By Michelle Andrews September 8, 2015 This week, …
Do you qualify? Will the government help to repair or improve your home?
Want to add an addition onto your home? Renovate your bathroom or basement? Learn about programs to help pay for …
It’s Single Working Women’s Week – So check your Social Security situation
By better understanding your benefits as a single woman, you can capture more Social Security income over your lifetime. According …
The kitchen of second chances
Sometimes we come across things that don’t really fit all our Self-Reliance categories but this story is a stand out …
School lunch program tracks students via thumbprint scans and sends info to Feds
File this under Give Them an Inch and They’ll Take a Mile. Another move from the Surveillance State A Pennsylvania …
Power rationing, the spy in the shower and the neighborhood snitch
The reason we are suspicious of smart meters goes back a ways. At the start of the Obama Administration, we predicted that …
Health insurance rates set to go up half as much again in some states
Occasionally we post news items from reputable sources. This article comes from the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. This look …
How to find an unclaimed pension
You, or someone you know, may be owed a pension. Search below using the participant’s or beneficiary’s last name, the …
But Officer…
For most of us, blue flashing lights in the rearview mirror create a feeling of abject dread in the pit …
60% of Americans not practicing for disaster
FEMA is trying to scare people over weather-related disasters, which it claims are on the rise. But, despite our disdain …
Conserving water at home
You don’t have to live in a drought area like California to know that saving water in the home makes …
Live-saving protocols to protect against stalkers
When you think of someone being stalked, chances are that a celebrity or other famous figure comes to mind. So …
GUEST AUTHOR: Very wise words from President Eisenhower…with a humorous twist
What are the wisest words ever uttered by an American president? I’m not going to pretend to know the answer, …
EPA wants us to take “submarine” showers
As we’ve been warning you, the government is hell-bent on monitoring your every move and controlling every activity. Moving on …
SSA has obligations when your family member dies
I’m sure as a self-reliant person you have an action plan in place for when you or a family member …
Big government steals our freedoms- ALWAYS
RFRA – Big Government Means Big Losses of Freedom and Choices and Big Cronyism by Seton Motley The solution to many, …