Puerto Rican Senate to Investigate Causes of the Island’s Financial Woes
When something is free, demand for it is unlimited. But there's always a day of reckoning, as Puerto Ricans are finding out. ...
About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
As Oil Price Drops, Iraq Faces Existential Threat
Dependency upon a government that is in turn dependent upon oil may be Iraq's undoing. ...
Energy Expert Sticks With Prediction of $18 Oil
John Kildruff, the founder of energy trading company Again Capital, predicts oil will reach as low as $18 a barrel. If his prediction comes to pass, it will continue...
Robots Are Taking Over Agriculture
Technology will soon allow a single factory to produce more than 30,000 heads of lettuce every day, using 98 percent less water, 30 percent less energy, and 50 percent...
After Being Tied up and Robbed, Colorado Homeowner Shoots and Kills Fleeing Suspect
One less criminal for the Colorado justice system to worry about. The homeowner will likely be charged with a lesser crime instead of first-degree murder. ...
Florida’s Economy Rebounds Thanks to Cuts in Taxes, Spending, Regulations
No surprises here. When taxes, regulations and spending are all cut, the free market can breathe again. ...
Federal Government Continues to Lose Trust of Its Citizens
A Pew study on Americans' satisfaction with the federal government strongly suggest that the larger government gets, the more people distrust it. ...
Social Security Inching Its Way Toward Bankruptcy, Says CBO
Margaret Thatcher was right. Welfare schemes fail when they run out of other peoples' money. The CBO gives some background on the failing Social Security program. by Bob Adelmann...
Robots Transforming China, Causing Heartburn at World Economic Forum
The Fourth Industrial Revolution — centered in China where indusrtrial robots are replacing humans — has many side benefits in addition to lower costs and higher standards of living. ...
GE’s Move to Boston: Corporate Welfare Through Tax Incentives?
Some call the Boston mayor bribing General Electric to move to Boston crony capitalism. Others call it corporate welfare. A few see it for the bottom line of what...
Minimum Wage Hikes Are Costing Jobs
Economic laws cannot be overturned, no matter how hard progressives try. ...
Gun Permit Applications Swamping Local, Federal Agencies
In the wake of the recent San Bernardino shooting in December, gun permit applications are swamping local and federal agencies. ...
Oregon Gun Bill “Most Dangerous” Ever Offered
Ignoring due process now appears to be the battering ram of choice by anti-gun politicians, this time in Oregon. ...
Crude Prices Likely to Drop Further After Iranian Sanctions Lifted
Justice may be slow but it is sweet. Iranian oil will put additional pressure on OPEC. ...
Second Amendment Momentum Builds; More Law Officers Urge Gun Ownership
Reflecting the cultural shift favoring the Second Amendment, sheriffs and police officers around the country are urging their constitutuents to arm themselves. ...
Interior Secretary Halts All New Coal Mining on Public Lands
The announcement that the Obama administration would be stopping issuing new coal leases on federal land should catch no one by surprise. Obama promised to shut down the coal...
TransCanada Sues Obama for Exceeding his Authority in Rejecting Keystone
Even as the Obama administration ignores the Constitution, at least TransCanada sees it as relevant in its lawsuit. ...
“Audacious Executive Actions” Coming, Promises Obama’s Chief of Staff
Any notion that the president is going to relax his efforts to impose his agenda on American citizens was swiftly removed by his chief of staff on Wednesday. ...
Oil Prices Down, Oil Bankruptcies Up, Industry Safe
OPEC's hopes that low oil prices, owing to its full-tilt pumping operations, would remove production in the United States' oil fracking areas continue to be dashed on the rocks...
Use of “Beware” Software by Police Is Raising Concerns
The "Beware" software being tested in Fresno is one small jump away from the "precogs" in the film Minority Report, which profiled people and arrested them before they had...
