About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
AFL-CIO Backs Off Support for Obama, Democrats; Forms New Super PAC
Speaking to reporters at a breakfast sponsored by the Christian Science Monitor, AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka (left) made it clear that his...
White House to NY: Accept Bank Foreclosure Deal
New York's Eric Schneiderman (left) is the only Attorney General who doesn’t like the foreclosure settlement agreed to by the major banks...
The Postmaster General’s Challenges
In his report to a Senate subcommittee Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe (left) spelled out clearly why the U.S. Postal Service can’t make any...
Bank of America Blames Stock Price Decline on Analyst
When Henry Blodgett explained that the reason for the decline in the price of Bank of America’s stock was because Wall Street thinks that...
Technology Keeping Internet Freedom Ahead of Censorship
Efforts by the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) to regulate the Internet may become irrelevant if the new technology being developed succeeds as...
SuperCommittee Member Rep. Fred Upton Is Flexible
Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) made his position on cutting entitlement spending as part of the SuperCommittee’s attempt to reduce the deficit...
Fed Chairman Bernanke to Address Jackson Hole Symposium
Wall Street professionals' expectations are modest over Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s highly anticipated remarks at the Jackson Hole symposium this Friday. Unlike...
Some Unintended Consequences of Raising CAF Again
With the President’s announcement of higher mileage requirements — to 54.5 mpg on new cars and trucks sold in the United States...
Private Contractors Feeding at the Public Trough
The latest ranking of contractors providing services to the federal government reveals that at least nine of the top 10 are tied to...
Ending Ethanol Subsidies Won’t Reduce Food Costs After All
The recent attempt to terminate both the ethanol subsidies of $.45 a gallon and the $.54-per-gallon import tariff on Brazilian sugar-based ethanol by...
Warren Buffett Wants to Raise Taxes on His Friends
Warren Buffett (left), better known as the Oracle of Omaha, earned $40 million last year and paid $7 million of it in taxes....
Closing the Gold Window: Remembering the Nixon Lie 40 Years Ago
Against the backdrop of price inflation reaching six percent, the unemployment rate touching five percent, the increasingly large holdings by foreign governments of...
Democrats Receive 89 Percent of Donations Made by Four Top Political Donors
The recently released study of “heavy hitters” by the Center for Responsible Politics showed the amount of money the top 140...
Even Left is Abandoning Obama as His Poll Numbers Continue to Decline
For the first time in his presidency, Barack Obama?s poll numbers in heavily Democratic New York have gone negative, with 49 percent disapproving...
From the Good News Dept.: North Dakota’s Economy Is Doing Just Fine, Thank You
Finally, some good news about the economy, from an unlikely place: North Dakota. CNNMoney reported that while the United States' economy grew at...