Contrary to popular belief, Americans are moving Left (and other news)

By Robert A. Vella The popularly-held opinion is that conservatism is on the rise in America and that progressivism has Continue reading →

Judge orders release of Trump, Pence emails on Carrier Corp.

INDIANAPOLIS — A Marion County judge has ordered the Indiana governor’s office to turn over emails between then-Gov. Mike Pence and President-elect Donald Continue reading →

The first layoffs from Trump’s tariffs are here

The first casualties of President Trump’s trade war are 60 workers at Mid-Continent Nail, America’s largest nail manufacturer. They lost Continue reading →

Millions of Men Are Missing From the Job Market

Economists have long struggled to explain why a growing proportion of men in the prime of their lives are not Continue reading →

New economic studies verify our 5-year old report about the cause of Middle Class decline

By Robert A. Vella In 2011, I statistically linked the cause of middle class decline in the U.S. to a Continue reading →

What Republicans [and Dems like Bill Clinton] did 15 years ago to help create Donald Trump today

The Republican establishment began losing its party to Donald Trump on May 24, 2000, at 5:41 p.m., on the floor Continue reading →

Explaining the issue of Trade in plain language

By Robert A. Vella A major topic of discussion on this blog is the issue of free trade.  I’ve been Continue reading →

Why the issue of Trade is so important, and how I failed my country

By Robert A. Vella During the 1992 presidential election campaign, I was so myopic about wanting to boot the Republicans Continue reading →