Job Market Remains Strong; Unemployment Rate at 50-year Low
The job market continues its impressive run, confounding experts along the way. ...
About: Bob Adelmann
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CDC Buried Data Supporting Defensive Use of Firearms
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention conducted three studies in the 1990s showing that about 2.5 million Americans use guns in self-defense every year. But the studies were...
IEA Declares OPEC Has Accomplished Its Mission: Oil Is Now “Balanced”
OPEC is no doubt rejoicing in its accomplishment of raising the price of crude oil by restricting output, but that rejoicing is likely to be short-lived. ...
Dick’s Sporting Goods Will Destroy All Its “Assault-style” Rifle Inventory
Ed Stack, president of Dick’s Sporting Goods, announced that his company would not only stop selling semi-automatic rifles, but that it would destroy remaining inventories, rather than returning them...
Conference Board Predicts Robust Economy for Rest of Year
No slowdown in the economy is expected before November's elections, and none is likely afterward, either, says the Conference Board. ...
Effingham County, Illinois, Declares Itself a Sanctuary — for Gun Owners!
Shouldn't the United States declare itself a "sanctuary" country for gun owners? But hasn't it already done so, through the Second Amendment? ...
Empire State Survey: Manufacturing Optimism “Tumbles”
Since the Empire State Manufacturing Survey — taken by the New York Federal Reserve — measures the economic outlook of just 200 manufacturers in one state, its drop is...
Starvation, Suicides Increasing Under Venezuela’s Hyperinflation
Once South America's most prosperous country, Venezuela has now been suffering in dire misery for many months under hyperinflation brought on by its leaders. ...
Tax Foundation: Average American Works 109 Days to Pay All of His Taxes
This year’s Tax Freedom Day, which “represents how long Americans as a whole have to work in order to pay the nation’s tax burden,” falls on April 19 according...
Trump’s Attack on Syria vs. the (Ignored) Constitution
The Constitution couldn't be clearer: Trump's recent attack against Syria is unconstitutional. ...
Harvey, Illinois, Can’t Make Pension Contributions, Lays off Police & Firemen
Harvey, Illinois, is laying off police officers and firefighters after money has been diverted from the city funds to pay the Police Pension Fund. ...
New Weekly Unemployment Claims Remain Below 300,000, Longest Streak Since 1967
Thursday's report that unemployment remains very low should be no surprise to those who understand how the capital system works, when it's allowed to. ...
Dow Theory Sell? Not yet.
Was Monday's "Dow Theory" sell signal a head fake? Investment strategist Jeffrey Saut thinks so. ...
CBO Update: Trillion-dollar Deficits to Arrive Two Years Sooner
The latest report from the Congressional Budget Office about the state of the economy isn't apocalyptic. It just points the way. ...
ATF Opens Comment Period on Its Bump Stock Ban
Compliance with the latest proposed infringement of precious rights by the ATF — the outlawing of bump stocks — will likely disappoint anti-gunners. ...