Flak Over Washington Post’s Pulitzer for Snowden NSA Revelations
As expected, most of the criticism about the Pulitzer Prize nomination for revealing the NSA's warrantless spying on Americans is coming from those with a vested interest in the...
About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
Solution to LA’s Pension Shortfalls? Create Another Commission!
A commission to solve the intractable problem of Los Angeles' decline recommended another commission to solve the intractable problem of underfunded pensions. ...
Fewer IRS Audits Again This Year
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen's whining about his agency's lack of personnel and funding to collect the taxes owed it is more than offset by taxpayers' sighs of relief. ...
HHS Sebelius Resigns, to be Replaced by Budget Office Head Burwell
Kathleen Sebelius' resignation as the head of Health and Human Services, and her replacement, is likely to have little impact on the rolling disaster of ObamaCare. ...
Al Sharpton Adroitly Sidesteps Charges He Was an FBI Informant
Al Sharpton’s denials have just enough ring of truth about them that the media are accepting them at face value. ...
Supreme Court Declines New Mexico Sex Discrimination Case
In its decision not to review a New Mexico sex discrimination case, the Supreme Court has left standing a viciously anti-freedom ruling. ...
Holder Promotes Smart Guns
Anti-gun Attorney General Eric Holder's comments last week likely sounded the death knell for the smart gun. ...
Inside Track
The welfare state under Obama continues to expand, exacerbating all the faults and fallacies of such schemes, as predicted years ago by Henry Hazlitt. ...
Otis McDonald, Key to Ending Chicago’s Handgun Ban, Dead at 79
Attorney Alan Gura chose carefully his lead plaintiffs in the Second Amendment case McDonald v. Chicago, including one Otis McDonald. ...
Islamist Front Group CAIR Is Against “Honor Diaries” Film
The Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR) has successfully petitioned universities to boycott the movie Honor Diaries, about Islamic violence against women. ...
Using “Mental Health” to Take Away Guns
Gun controllers have found the "mental health" loophole which, with the help of the NRA, would be another step forward in their quest. ...
Two Fort Hood Shootings: Similarities and Differences
The parallels between the massacre of 13 soldiers by Major Malik Hasan at Fort Hood in 2009 and three soldiers there by Spec. Ivan Lopez on Wednesday afternoon are...
Senator Levin Castigates Caterpillar for Using Legal Loopholes
Michigan Sen. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, attacked Caterpillar on Tuesday for using loopholes in the law to save the company an estimated $2.4...
Feds Determine Bleachers Are Unequal, Must Be Torn Down
Thanks to a combination of busybodies, "bleacher envy," and mission creep, Title IX is being used to erode freedom further. ...
Detroit: Fatal Self-defense Shootings Up, Crime Down
Detroit residents, fed up with the violence in their city, are becoming empowered: This year, fatal self-defense shootings are up, and crime is down. ...