A Courtside View of Scott Pruitt’s Cozy Ties With a Billionaire Coal Baron

LEXINGTON, Ky. — It was one of the biggest games of the University of Kentucky basketball season, and Scott Pruitt Continue reading →

What Does Trump EPA’s Scott Pruitt Need A Soundproof “Privacy Booth” For?

For those who missed it, Pruitt had a sound-proof “privacy booth” (phone booth) installed in his office at the EPA. Continue reading →

Ukraine ‘paid Trump lawyer for talks’

Donald Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, received a secret payment of at least $400,000 to fix talks between the Ukrainian Continue reading →

Bad News Monday: Poison in our food, a poison poll for Dems, and a poisonous response to humor

By Robert A. Vella It’s Monday;  so, we can’t expect a lot of good news, right?  Poison appears to be Continue reading →

Trump delays release of some JFK assassination files until 2021, bowing to national security concerns

After President Trump vowed last year to release all the long-secret files related to the JFK assassination, the administration announced Continue reading →

More self-driving car troubles

By Robert A. Vella “Call me old, call me grumpy, but I don’t want no self-driving cars!” Such sentiments are Continue reading →

Washington state legislators try to shield themselves from public exposure, but governor vetoes it

By Robert A. Vella They say that the legislative process is like sausage-making, and that the public really doesn’t want Continue reading →

Friday briefs: the ‘Disruptor in Chief,’ more on JFK assassination files, court ruling on ‘religious freedom’

By Robert A. Vella Here’s some interesting news briefs for this last Friday of 2017: Bill Neely of NBC News Continue reading →