Liberal House Veteran Dingell Expects to Keep His Seat
In an election year when it appears no incumbent is safe, Rep. John Dingell (D-Mich.) is on cruise control. He even pooh-poohs the latest poll showing him 4 points...
About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
Removing “Technical” Obstacles to Surveillance
Buried in an otherwise innocuous-appearing article in the New York Times about wiretapping was this chilling sentence: “The issue [of surveillance of individuals by law enforcement agencies] has added...
Social Security: No COLA for You
When the Social Security Administration announced that there would be no cost-of-living-adjustment for 2011, Betty Dizik, Claire E., John Walker, Nancy Pelosi, and the AARP all agreed it would...
Study: VAT Will Cost More Jobs, Further Reduce Living Standards
Time is running out on the Obama administration to pass a value-added tax: The mid-term elections are two weeks away with Democrats anticipating heavy losses, the lame-duck session is...
Chinese “Dissident” Receives Nobel Peace Prize for Supporting US Constitutional Principles
Liu Xiaobo, co-author of "Charter 08," was arrested two days before that freedom manifesto was published on December 10, 2008, and was finally sentenced on Christmas Day 2009 to...
Colorado Amendment 62: An Issue of Life or Death
The “personhood” movement began with Justice Harry Blackman’s opinion for the majority in Roe v. Wade in 1973: “The appellee and certain amici [pro-lifers] argue that the fetus is...
The Federal Reserve Makes Plan to Increase the Money Supply — Again
The notes of the latest meeting of the Federal Reserve, released on Tuesday, clearly show the Fed’s next step in trying to solve the problem it has created: Quantitative...
A Primer in Protectionism
Despite opaque and dissembling arguments that what the world needs now is a world currency to replace the weakening dollar, there are significant obstacles confronting that elitist dream. ...
Greenspan’s Fear and Trembling
Alan Greenspan, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, is worried about many things. In March he worried about the future of the economy. “The important lesson,” he wrote, “is...
Tea Party Giving Neocons Heartburn
Several neoconservative writers have recently expressed nervousness about Tea Party supporters threatening to make substantial cuts in military expenditures in order to rein in government spending. Articles in the...
Translating Bernanke-speak About the Great Recession
When Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke says the country is in trouble, many aren’t listening, partly because the media wasn’t there reporting on it, and partly because those listening can’t...
Stuffing the Lame Duck (Congress)
In their haste to leave Washington and attempt to rescue whatever might be left of their political careers, politicians put off until a lame-duck session any serious discussion of...
The Real Costs of the Wars
When the book The $3 Trillion War debuted in 2008, it was roundly criticized by such notables as John Lott, Richard Zerbe and Edgar Browning, who held that estimates...
The Coming Third Trillion-dollar Bailout: The States
It was appropriate for Meredith Whitney to title her latest 600-page report for her investment clients The Tragedy of the Commons. That title was borrowed from an article written...
Bank Failures: 127 Down, 800 to Go
When Zacks Equity Research announced on Monday the failure of two more banks in the current recession, the silence was deafening. The report blamed the usual suspects: “tumbling home...
Wiretapping Your Emails
As communications technology has raced ahead of government attempts to tame it, in the name of law enforcement, the Obama administration, the FBI, the Department of Justice, the National...
Pulpit Freedom Sunday Confronts IRS
On Sunday more than 100 preachers will be speaking out on political issues and candidates in direct contravention of the IRS. And then each preacher will send a recording...
Armed Citizens 1, Criminals 0
The report from NewsNet5 in Wadsworth, Ohio, was scarcely considered news, rating only a few brief paragraphs: “A gun-carrying couple helped [police] catch a man who was allegedly beating...
GM Caught in a Lie, Still Owes The United States Billions
Daniel Akerson, the new CEO of General Motors, said last week that the rate of payback of U.S. government bailout monies "will be determined by GM's performance over the...
Bell City: Lessons in Looting
Eight former or current Bell, California, officials were arrested on Tuesday for looting the city for themselves and their friends, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney Steve Cooley....