Historical Analogue: Why we are reliving the nightmare of 20th century fascism, plus news headlines

By Robert A. Vella “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” – philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist Continue reading →

Smoky, with a 10% chance of Ash: Our Electoral College map snapshot for September, plus today’s news

By Robert A. Vella This morning, I read a somewhat satirical weather forecast for southwest Washington state: Very smoky, with Continue reading →

Racial injustice protesters March on D.C. as White Supremacists are emboldened by Trump and police

By Robert A. Vella The United States is a nation tearing itself apart just like it did before the Civil Continue reading →

A riveting DNC convention, another ex-Trump official turns on him, the illegality of sabotaging the USPS

By Robert A. Vella Today, we’ll cover the surprisingly riveting Democratic National Convention conducted virtually in which former First Lady Continue reading →

COVID-19 record, a sycophant governor, GOP falls deeper, Mary Trump, and a crackdown in Portland

By Robert A. Vella In today’s news, we’ll examine another record number of COVID-19 cases in the U.S. as the Continue reading →

Why Republicans, not just Trump, must be defeated in November

By Robert A. Vella Yesterday, the United States recorded the highest number of new COVID-19 cases since the start of Continue reading →

As pandemic surges back to crisis levels and officials testify against him, Trump falls further in the polls

By Robert A. Vella What we are witnessing today in America is truly astonishing.  The United States, for 70 years Continue reading →

Market jitters undercut Trump’s downplaying of coronavirus threat to help his reelection chances

By Robert A. Vella President Trump has been publicly downplaying the worsening coronavirus threat, which is now technically a pandemic Continue reading →