A plotting racist sheriff and a dead transgender woman highlight police recruiting troubles, + other news

By Robert A. Vella For democratic societies to function properly, a nation’s citizens must feel a certain amount of respect Continue reading →

SCOTUS order on asylum, Piketty’s new book on inequality, groundbreaking law on college sports, + more

By Robert A. Vella People might think that yesterday’s order by the U.S. Supreme Court – that overturned an appellate Continue reading →

Opioid ruling, Brazil rejects aid, heat deaths rise, election concerns, new Epstein intrigue, and other news

By Robert A. Vella The first drug manufacturer has been punished for intentionally causing America’s opioid crisis, although the monetary 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 →

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 →

Sunday Topics: Trump subpoena deal, Labor Sec. to face victims, and white supremacist refuge in the NW

By Robert A. Vella Parliamentary elections in the European Union are ending today and we’ll get the results by tomorrow.  Continue reading →

GOP anti-abortion moves, latest Trump news, secrecy over election hacking, and a broken nuclear coffin

By Robert A. Vella GOP anti-abortion moves From:  Abortion ban reaction: Democrats erupt, Republicans stay quiet as both sides see Continue reading →

Contempt of Congress and the Democratic strategy to defend the Constitution from Donald Trump

By Robert A. Vella Yesterday, the House Judiciary Committee passed a contempt resolution against Attorney General William Barr for his Continue reading →