Friday’s Unemployment Numbers: Correcting the Corrections

by Bob Adelmann | 8:11 pm, February 6, 2012

It’s awfully easy to accuse the BLS of fudging the numbers for political purposes, especially since an improving economy is likely to improve Obama’s chances for a second term. But honesty requires that we look more closely at those numbers.

Drones: Newest Tool of the Surveillance State

by Bob Adelmann | 12:18 pm, January 31, 2012

Rather than think about how scary this scenario is, I prefer to think about how to stop it. These incursions into our freedoms require money which requires congressional approval. If we stop the funding, we stop the incursions. It’s that simple.

Constitutional Authority House Rule XII Largely Ignored

by Bob Adelmann | 6:02 am, January 20, 2012

Perhaps I’m getting cynical in my old age but this was worthless from the start. How ridiculous even to think that limits would be honored when they are written by the very people who intended to ignore them.

SOPA, PIPA Blackouts Are Working!

by Bob Adelmann | 5:11 am, January 19, 2012

Read carefully about Marco Rubio’s reversal when he realized that he might just wind up being a one-term Senator over this issue. The internet does work.

One Lonely State Representative Opposes Indefinite Detention

by Bob Adelmann | 5:52 am, January 17, 2012

Where is the outrage? Where is the anger? Where is the complaining? Is there just ONE politician with backbone stiff enough to say NO?

Ron Paul Primary Results: the Rest of the Story

by Bob Adelmann | 3:54 pm, January 13, 2012

Since Ron Paul isn’t especially charismatic, what is the basis for his attraction among young people? It has to be his message: the message of freedom.

Family Research Council: Individual Mandate Unconstitutional, Thus Whole Law

by Bob Adelmann | 11:54 am, January 12, 2012

The entire Obamacare law rises or falls on this point: if the mandate is unconstitutional, so is the law. Wouldn’t that be sweet? Color me anxious.

Ethanol Subsidies Disappear, Mandates Remain

by Bob Adelmann | 5:03 am, January 9, 2012

What makes this story so interesting, I think, is the fact that the editorial board of the Washington Post now, all of a sudden, thinks that the ending of ethanol subsidies is a good thing.

Arrogant ATF Makes Up Rules As It Goes Along

by Bob Adelmann | 12:22 pm, January 8, 2012

This is truly one of the most villainous and dangerous of the unconstitutional agencies. Just reading about their attacks on innocent civilians over the years gives me the willies.

Not All Economic News is Bad News

by Bob Adelmann | 5:50 am, January 8, 2012

It’s good to have a reason to take a break and get away from all the bad news. Happily, there are places to go. This article looks at a few of them.

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