A Year from Hell: The rest of 2020 looks very bad for America, but even worse for Trump and the GOP

By Robert A. Vella Previously on this blog, I published dire statistical projections about the number of potential deaths in Continue reading →

Whistleblower’s secret, Pompeo’s slip, Cameron’s concern, Feds’ cut, gun violence’s toll, and other news

By Robert A. Vella A whistleblower inside the U.S. intelligence community reported a recent conversation between President Trump and a Continue reading →

IPCC report released, more travel warnings, Kashmir reels, Trump fumes, ICE raids, McConnell blocked

By Robert A. Vella The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its previously leaked report on food production today.  It Continue reading →

Tuesday Potpourri: Travel warnings, irreconcilable differences, scientist quits, Asia tensions, Mitch tweets

By Robert A. Vella The latest spate of mass shootings in Texas, Ohio, and California has triggered official warnings by Continue reading →

New Zealand’s gun laws come under scrutiny in the wake of a deadly domestic terrorist attack

By Robert A. Vella Islamophobic white supremacist Brenton Harrison Tarrant has been named as the shooter in the deadly domestic Continue reading →

States with stricter gun control regulations have fewer mass shootings: study

States with stricter gun laws and lower rates of gun ownership in general saw a lower rate of mass shootings Continue reading →

Suspect in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting charged with 29 counts in deaths of 11 people

PITTSBURGH — A man armed with a semiautomatic assault-style rifle stormed the Tree of Life synagogue here Saturday and shot Continue reading →

At least 40 shot and four killed in a night of Chicago gun violence

At least 40 people were shot in Chicago over the weekend during the seven hours from midnight Saturday to early Continue reading →