Trump’s anti-immigration roundup raids go “poof!”

Robert A. Vella President Trump’s Gestapo-style roundup raids against undocumented immigrants, which had been postponed once previously, failed to materialize Continue reading →

Going off the rails, squirming, raging, quitting, stripping, dealing, watching, reeducating, and planting

By Robert A. Vella President Trump’s former national security advisor Michael Flynn has gone off the rails of the cooperation Continue reading →

Midweek Madness: Court dramas, political intrigue, economic worries, international tensions top the news

By Robert A. Vella Insanity is all around us, folks.  It’s enough to turn any sane person into a quivering Continue reading →

Monday Kickoff: We will have to fight fascism sooner or later

By Robert A. Vella One of the great lessons of World War II was learned in the hardest way imaginable.  Continue reading →

E.U. bakes, nuke deal revives, wall loses, abortion wins, DeVos repeals, war prevails, felons pay, Dems fold

By Robert A. Vella Western Europe is baking under a dangerous climate change heat wave that is breaking temperature records, Continue reading →

Big SCOTUS decisions on census and gerrymandering, first Democratic debate, and G20 news

By Robert A. Vella The U.S. Supreme Court announced two big decisions today on the 2020 census and partisan gerrymandering.  Continue reading →

Mueller to testify, government secrecy, Supreme Court news, China-Canada tiff, NRATV, and ICE insight

By Robert A. Vella He didn’t want to, but former Special Counsel Robert Mueller will comply with a subpoena to Continue reading →

Between a rock and a hard place: Australia at the center of Sino-American trade war

By Robert A. Vella In geopolitics, there are superpowers, regional powers, and lesser states.  This is not meant to disparage Continue reading →