Trickle of Companies Leaving Illinois Turning Into a Flood
Illinois is a poster child for progressive politics and their inevitable painful results. ...
About: Bob Adelmann
Posts by Bob Adelmann
Seattle’s Minimum-wage Increase Starting to Cost Jobs
Progressives in Seattle suffer from a blind spot — economic reality — that is causing exactly the opposite reaction to their new minimum-wage policy than anticipated. ...
Trump Calls Drop in Chinese Currency “Devastating”
Billionaire businessman Donald Trump was aghast at the decision by China’s central bank to devalue their currency, saying it could be devastating for us. ...
Princeton Professor Cornel West Goes to St. Louis
When Princeton Professor Cornel West was arrested on Monday for blocking the entrance to the Thomas F. Eagleton Federal Courthouse in St. Louis, not far from Ferguson where protesters turned violent...
VA Backs Down on Threat to Take Idaho Veteran’s Guns
The Veterans Administration, in another example of the dangers of the recombination of the three separate powers of government into a single agency, tried to confiscate a veterans guns...
Hillaryland Scrambles to Delete Damaging E-mails
The hubris of Hillary's hand-picked gaggle of operatives is astonishing, even to one woman intimately familiar with government corruption. ...
Saudi Arabia’s Cash Reserves Dwindling, Forcing It to Borrow
The Saudis are caught in a pickle: Cut oil production and lose market share, or continue to pump until they're out of money. ...
More Baggage for Hillary: Her Advisor Ordered to Reveal E-mails
Huma Abedin is just one more piece of unsavory baggage that candidate Hillary Clinton must tote around with her in her quest to become the nation's chief executive in...
“Gig” Economy Ending Lifetime Careers, Opening Opportunities
The "gig" or freelance economy is a dynamic economy, and the statists are having a tough time trying to adapt. ...
Celebrating Second Amendment Victory May Be Premature
In a case in Florida, the First Amendment is pitted against the Second Amendment. ...
Chattanooga Shooting: Lieutenant Who Returned Fire to be Charged
Lieutenant Commander Timothy White will be charged with violating Navy rules by carrying a personal firearm on federal property and then discharging it to defend himself and his fellow...
Ever-widening Scandals Continue to Plague Hillary
The scandals that have dogged Clinton for years appear finally to be catching up with her. ...
Chinese Plunge Protection Team Failing to Stem Stock Market Declines
Individual investors in China's stock markets are cannon fodder for insiders' manipulations, just as they are in the United States. ...
Home Ownership Rate Lowest Since President LBJ
Census Bureau records show that home ownership has dropped to the lowest level since 1967, despite government intervention in the economy to achieve the exact opposite end. ...
Is Obama the “Gun Salesman of the Decade”?
Despite President Obama's best efforts to restrict gun ownership in the country, it is growing more quickly than ever. ...
Cuban Athletes at Pan Am Games Defect
The glories of Castro's socialist paradise don't diminish the desire of some Cubans to defect. ...
Clinton Denies Inspectors General Claims on Secret Data in Her E-mails
Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton, reacting to the release of reports by the inspectors general of both the State Department (where she used to work) and Office of National...
Social Security Disability Trust Fund Could Be Depleted by Late 2016
The Social Security and Medicare Board of Trustees stated that “Social Security’s Disability Insurance (DI) Trust Fund now faces an urgent threat of reserve depletion, requiring prompt corrective action...
FBI Finds Chattanooga Shooter’s Diary; Many Questions Unanswered
After the FBI retrieved and analyzed the Chattanooga shooter's diary, there are still many unanswered questions about the man's motives and influences. ...
On Gun Control, Bernie Sanders Is a Conundrum
Bernie Sanders is a conundrum, taking positions that both delight and enrage conservatives during his years on Congress, especially on gun control. ...
