Friday Roundup: Will the U.S. suffer the fate of Belarus?

By Robert A. Vella Right now in Belarus, the country is erupting in protest over its authoritarian president’s (i.e. Alexander 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 →

Friday Roundup: The Blob, and other news monsters

By Robert A. Vella Normally, this time of year in southwest Washington state is very pleasant with daytime highs in Continue reading →

Mexico Denies Entry to U.S Lawyers & Journalists Working with Migrants

Two U.S. attorneys and two journalists who have been working with members of a Central American caravan in Mexico have Continue reading →

Sunday Potpourri: Secret UFO program, DEA and Big Pharma, Tax Reform update, what is Sexual Consent

By Robert A. Vella These are strange times we’re living in.  The following four stories in the news today are Continue reading →

Apple Ordered to Pay $14.5 Billion in Back Taxes

BRUSSELS- E.U. antitrust regulators ordered Apple on Tuesday to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in taxes plus Continue reading →

Bombshell in Kansas Courts: DCF Engaged in Witch Hunt Practices Against LGBT Homes

DCF Secretary Phyllis Gilmore contends LGBT status never mattered; unsealed court documents show otherwise. On Friday, December 4, 2015, documents Continue reading →

How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations

By Glenn Greenwald One of the many pressing stories that remains to be told from the Snowden archive is how Continue reading →