About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
Disincentives Cut Food Stamp Use
Although the decline in SNAP participants is comforting, it's a long, long way from ending the program altogether. ...
New York Times Shrinks Print Staff; 100 Taking Severance Offers
The problems at the New York Times are far deeper and more profound than being overstaffed, and won't be solved just by laying off a few people. ...
Supreme Court Grants Trump Partial Victory in Ongoing Travel ban Controversy
The war over security versus freedom to immigrate is far from over. ...
Fracking’s Vicious Cycle Making Bondholders Nervous
Investors in high-yield bonds issued by small fracking companies are getting nervous. ...
Opponents of Venezuela’s Maduro Will Launch “Final Offensive” on Thursday
Will Thursday's general strike, dubbed the "final offensive," succeed in ousting Venezuela's Marxist Dictator Nicolas Maduro? ...
Oregon Passes Resentment Tax: $15 Per Bicycle
Oregon officials believe President Ronald Reagan was right: If it moves, tax it. ...
From Hero to Zero: $2-Billion Private Equity Fund Goes Broke in Oil
Life's investing rules are like the law of gravity: They cannot be broken, only violated. ...
3,500 Colorado Voters Cancel Their Registrations in Protest
Is a seemingly innocuous request by President Trump's election commission a prelude to a federal registry of all voters? ...
Trump’s Growth Target Reduced to 3 Percent
David Stockman, Reagan's OMB director, had a difficult time in getting Congress to pass Reaganomics. Mick Mulvaney's task imay be even more difficult. ...
Democrats Used Discredited Dossier Against Trump
These Democrats don't care what the facts are. If the claims serve their purpose — to damage/destroy Trump — that's enough. ...
Goldilocks Stock Market Making Forecasters Nervous
There's one indicator that investors are missing when it comes to assessing the strength of the economy as it pertains to the stock market: the "Bernanke" indicator. ...
Trump Keeps Another Promise: Ignore Social Security’s Impending Shortfalls
Since the entire Social Security system was flawed from its beginning — and is basically a giant Ponzi scheme — Trump's decision to leave it alone will merely hasten...
Texas Professors’ Frivolous Concealed-carry Lawsuit Tossed Due to Lack of Standing
One can be assured of the bankruptcy of an argument, such as the arguments by three Texas professors that their rights are being impinged by a law that allows...
Crude Oil to Climb to $60 a Barrel, Claim Aramco’s CEO, Citi, and Goldman
Even as it predicts higher oil prices, OPEC is fighting a battle it cannot win, as U.S. producers continue to threaten the cartel's very existence. ...
Robots May Take 2/3 of Las Vegas Service Jobs
Two college professors from the University of Redlands, California, predict that over the next two decades 65 percent of the jobs in Las Vegas will be done by robots....