Trump deploys paramilitary secret police to trigger urban violence as a reelection strategy

By Robert A. Vella This is what all authoritarians do.  This is what fascists especially do.  This is what Donald Continue reading →

Collapse or Redemption: America at the crossroads between Dictatorship and Freedom

By Robert A. Vella The United States, despite all its obvious flaws and transgressions, has always promoted democracy and freedom Continue reading →

The Tyrant threatens state governors, orders police to illegally evict peaceful protesters for a photo-op

By Robert A. Vella Of all of President Trump‘s authoritarian abuses of power, none are more symbolic of a tyrant Continue reading →

Deaths, guns, failures, federalism, bravado, reality shows, rent, elections, crackdowns, and crackpots

By Robert A. Vella Today’s focus is on the firestorm of politics and bizarre human behaviors swirling around the coronavirus Continue reading →

Sunday Roundup: Pandemic updates, court rulings, and political news

By Robert A. Vella Here’s a news roundup for this Sunday concerning the COVID-19 pandemic, some important court rulings, and Continue reading →

National Guard Troops Fail to Quell Unrest in Ferguson

FERGUSON, Mo. — Violence erupted here once more overnight, even as Missouri National Guard troops arrived, the latest in a Continue reading →

Private autopsy results released in Michael Brown case, Missouri Gov. calls in the National Guard

EDITOR’S NOTE:  The Secular Jurist is continuing to focus on the Michael Brown case and the ongoing social unrest in Continue reading →

One shot, seven arrested in clashes after curfew in Ferguson, Missouri

Getty Images: Scott Olson – Police fire tear gas at demonstrators protesting the shooting of Michael Brown after they refused Continue reading →