About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
It’s Official: Ferguson Effect Causing Police to “De-police”
Studies by Pew Research and the FBI conclude that the Ferguson Effect is indeed restraining police, causing them to avoid confrontation and causing criminals to become emboldened and commit...
President Trump Issues Executive Order Expanding Religious Freedom
President Donald Trump unveiled his much-anticipated executive order expanding religious freedom in the Rose Garden on Thursday, the nation’s National Day of Prayer. ...
John Lott: Half of All U.S. Murders Happen in Just Two Percent of Counties
In 2014, the latest year for which sufficient data is available, half of all murders in the United States took place in just 63 U.S. counties — two percent...
Puerto Rico Headed to Bankruptcy Court, Likely Costing Investors Billions
Nothing ever seems to change. With Puerto Rico headed for bankruptcy court, the backstop, the final payor, is again, and always seems to be, the American taxpayer. ...
OPEC Increasingly Irrelevant as Cartel Seeks to Extend Output-cut Deal
On May 25, OPEC oil ministers will meet in Vienna to decide whether or not its present oil-output-cut agreement should be extended. Either way, OPEC’s doom as the prime...
North Dakota Demands U.S. Taxpayers Pay for Pipeline Protest Cleanup
Is this the new normal in the environmentists' war against society? ...
Schumer, Pelosi Celebrate Stop-gap Government Spending Bill
Has President Trump been assimilated by the Powers That Be, willing now to see his campaign promises broken? ...
Senator Ted Cruz Introduces Bill to Have Drug Lord El Chapo Pay for the Wall
When Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) introduced his bill — the Ensuring Lawful Collection of Hidden Assets to Provide Order (EL CHAPO) Act — on Tuesday, he said the $14 billion seized...
Trump Gives “Never, Ever” Speech to NRA National Convention
Touching the heart of his mission at the NRA convention, President Trump also voiced his solid support of the Second Amendment and vowed never to disappoint gun owners. ...
Latest GDP Report: The Good News and the Bad News
Friday’s report from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) was so filled with disclaimers that one will have to wait another month to get a true picture of how...
Supreme Court’s Non-decision Expands Passenger Ridesharing Freedom
Unless Big Taxi can wriggle out from under the rules that once protected them from competition, it wll soon be called Little Taxi. ...
Trump Floats Trial Balloon on Tax Reform; Wants Feedback
This is merely the opening bid in the long and likely tortuous process of getting tax reform onto Trump's desk. ...
Former Heritage Economist Stephen Moore Refutes CBO’s Doom & Gloom
It didn't take long for Stephen Moore, CNN economics commentator and distinguished fellow at the Heritage Institute, to move from a limited government conservative to a funder of big...
National Concealed-carry Reciprocity Gains Momentum and Opposition
As Representative Richard Hudson's Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 gains momentum in the House, it is gaining opposition from gun-control zealots and even constitutionalists. ...
More Gun-control Hypocrisy Out of Chicago
This isn’t a war against crime in Chicago. It’s a war against the Second Amendment. ...