The streets aren’t burning right now, so is it still okay to have children?

By Robert A. Vella Back in the early days of the Reagan administration, I made a personal decision not to Continue reading →

Trump, the Pied Piper of a sick America

By Robert A. Vella Remember the legend of the Pied Piper? The Pied Piper of Hamelin (German: Rattenfänger von Hameln, Continue reading →

Mitch McConnell Calls to Cut Social Security, Medicare

After instituting a $1.5 trillion tax cut and signing off on a $675 billion budget for the Department of Defense, Continue reading →

House GOP plan would cut Medicare, Medicaid to balance budget

House Republicans released a proposal Tuesday that would balance the budget in nine years — but only by making large Continue reading →

Yesterday’s school massacre in Florida raises the question of America’s national sanity

By Robert A. Vella Yesterday at a Parkland, Florida high school, a young white nationalist named Nikolas Cruz went on Continue reading →

Sunday Potpourri: Secret UFO program, DEA and Big Pharma, Tax Reform update, what is Sexual Consent

By Robert A. Vella These are strange times we’re living in.  The following four stories in the news today are Continue reading →

US lawmakers are redistributing income from the poor to the rich, according to massive new study

Back in 1980, the bottom 50 percent of wage-earners in the United States earned about 21 percent of all income in Continue reading →

Texas Republicans Helped Chemical Plant That Exploded Lobby Against Safety Rules

The French company that says its Houston-area chemical plant is spewing “noxious” smoke — and may explode — successfully pressed federal regulators to delay new Continue reading →