A New York Times Editor Blasts — the New York Times!
In his final column as Public Editor for the New York Times, Arthur S. Brisbane concluded that the paper's progressive world view "bleeds through" every department of the paper....
About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
Jeffrey Sachs Decries Coming Government Shrinkage under Obama or Romney
In his article in London’s Financial Times, professor Jeffrey Sachs laments the inevitable shrinkage in America’s federal government, regardless of which political party takes the White House in November. Calling...
How One Congressman Gamed the System
15-term House member Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.) has been milking the system for years, the latest being obtaining VIP treatment from Countrywide Financial and then denying it. ...
More ObamaCare Taxes Taxpayers Don’t Know About
Thanks to the Heritage Foundation's report on Taxmageddon, taxpayers became aware of the $500 billion of new taxes the government is expected to extract from the economy starting the...
With Moody’s New Rules, Public Pension Plans Even More Woefully Underfunded
Moody’s, one of the big three credit rating agencies, has announced new rules to be effective on September 1 that bring an additional dose of reality to the size...
Medicare: The Latest Political Football
With political ads defending and bashing various proposals about how to “fix” Medicare reaching a crescendo, fact-checkers are having a field day in sorting through who’s right and who’s wrong....
Movie Review: “2016: Obama’s America”
Conservative scholar Dinesh D’Souza has, with Gerald Molen (Schindler’s List) and John Sullivan, produced the documentary 2016: Obama's America, which was recently released in Texas and is now being...
Former MF Global CEO Jon Corzine Will Likely Get Off Scot-Free
Ten months after stitching together the pieces of the MF Global collapse and bankruptcy in October, 2011, the New York Times reported that criminal investigators aren’t likely to file...
Charles Koch: Covert No Longer
Conservative billionaire Charles Koch is going public with his massive efforts to influence politics in the short run and the direction of the country in the long run. Partly because...
Drought Recharges Ethanol Debate
The current drought afflicting the country is driving up the price of corn and reviving the debate over ethanol mandates that redirect corn from food to fuel. Because of...
Reagan Budget Director Stockman Blasts Ryan’s Budget
Calling potential Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan’s budget plan a “fairy tale,” David Stockman, President Ronald Reagan’s budget director from 1981 to 1985, took Ryan’s plan to task for...
More Help for Farmers from Obama and the USDA
President Obama made sure that Iowa farmers knew that he was “there for them” during a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on August 13, by announcing another package...
War Colleges Need to Plan for Military Action to Suppress “Insurrections” on U.S. Soil
"Scenario 2016" builds the case for more war college curricula to develop plans to quash Tea Party insurrections if and when they occur, according to a retired colonel and...
China’s Economy Is Continuing to Slow
The latest numbers from China on its gross domestic product, factory output and electricity usage all show a bubble bursting.  Kevin Yao, writing from Beijing for Reuters, expressed surprise when the latest...
Rich French Citizens are Leaving France
Plans announced by French President Francois Hollande to "tax the rich" are driving wealthy French citizens out of the country. Vincent Grandil, a partner in the Paris law firm Altexis...
Former Global Warming Supporter Now Shows Data that Refutes It
In his testimony August 1 before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, climate scientist John Christy revealed the results of his latest work showing “clear evidence … that...
Boston Fed President Calls for More “Stimulus”
After reviewing the weak jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) that was released last Friday, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Eric Rosengren,...
America’s Exploding Energy Reserves Are Also Exploding Myths
The latest report from the U.S. Energy Information Agency (EIA) not only confirmed the explosive growth in the country’s proven reserves of oil and natural gas, it also shattered...
Surprise! Social Security Taxes Are Now Exceeding Benefits
Based on a study by the Urban Institute, AP writer Stephen Ohlemacher has announced a surprise for couples who started collecting their Social Security last year: They won’t be getting all...
Senator Rand Paul’s Bill to Protect Citizens From Drone Surveillance
Kentucky Senator Rand Paul's bill to protect citizens from surveillance by drones needs 48 more cosponsors in order to rein in the Supreme Court's approvals of such surveillance. ...