Republicans Cave, Give President Unlimited Borrowing Power
The raising of the debt ceiling might just prove costly to the Republican establishment in November. ...
About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
Judge Rules Against the DEA in Prescription Drug Privacy Lawsuit
A victory for the guarantee of privacy under the Fourth Amendment was claimed by the ACLU in its lawsuit against the DEA's administrative subpoenas in Oregon. ...
Mike Rowe Touches the “Third Rail” of Retailing: Walmart
The Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs host Mike Rowe gave his Facebook fans a lesson in free market economics when he "touched the third rail" of retailing, Walmart. ...
Announcement of AG Eric Holder’s Departure may be Premature
After a New Yorker article said Attorney General Holder may be leaving office soon, the Justice Department said that was not the case. ...
Detroit’s Bankruptcy Plan Reveals Fraud in Funding Pensions
During his deposition in front of Detroit's bankruptcy judge, financial manager Kevyn Orr revealed how a couple of banks and an insurance company broke the law by fraudulently funding...
War on Drugs Claims SWAT Team Member Using No-Knock Warrant
Another botched drug raid under a no-knock warrant. Only this time one of the SWAT team members was killed and the grand jury said it was justified. ...
Shrinking Income Continues at New York Times
As the New York Times' total yearly revenue fell by 1.1 percent while net income fell more than half, the Times tried to put a good face on things....
IRS to Issue Rules to Silence Conservative Groups
The punitive new IRS rules meant to attack Tea Partiers are likely to force conservative groups to do what they should have done all along: forgo applying for tax-exempt...
S&P Downgrades Puerto Rican Debt to Junk Status
Now that credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s has ended the suspense by announcing that it is cutting Puerto Rico’s $70 billion worth of general obligation bonds to junk...
Congressional Budget Office Report Ignores Critical Factors
The Congressional Budget Office left out two critical elements in its announcement that deficits now appear to be under control: birth rates and tipping points. ...
Latest Keystone Pipeline Study Greeted with Cheers, Protests
After the release of the latest Keystone XL pipeline report, people on both sides of the issue were quick to praise or criticize the study. ...
Euroskepticism Growing, Threatening European Union
The greater the efforts by elite statists such as Viviane Reding to push for a political unification of once-sovereign European nations, the greater the growth of Euroskepticism against them....
Supreme Court Hears Forced Unionism Case Brought by Illinois Mother
The Harris v. Quinn case that the Supreme Court heard last week could stop some forced union membership. ...
California Teachers Unions Threatened in Lawsuit Over Hiring, Firing Rules
A group called Students Matter is suing California schools for not providing an adequate public education; unions are fighting back. ...
Obama to Force Americans to Buy Government Bonds?
By edict the president is ordering Americans to buy government bonds in "starter" MyRA accounts. ...