2019 comes to an end: Angry Iraqis storm U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, plus today’s other news

By Robert A. Vella On this last day of 2019, a little reflection is in order for a year full Continue reading →

Tuesday Topics: Impeachment, Syria, right-wing extremism, trade war, policeman arrested, other news

By Robert A. Vella Topics for this Tuesday include congressional testimony in the impeachment inquiry by former NSC advisor Fiona Continue reading →

The geopolitical fallout of Trump’s withdrawal from Syria, impeachment and international news, + more

By Robert A. Vella There’s a longstanding aphorism in politics, derived from a quote attributed to Aristotle, which states that Continue reading →

Sunday Topics: The second whistleblower, the cowering GOP, and the suspicious murder of a witness

By Robert A. Vella Topics for this Sunday include a second whistleblower in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, congressional Continue reading →

Weekend News Roundup: The Rebranding of the Republican Party

By Robert A. Vella There are those who commit crimes, those who enable crimes, and those who ignore crimes which Continue reading →

Mad genius or sheer stupidity: President Trump openly impeaches himself

By Robert A. Vella I’ve been asserting for some time now that President Trump’s brazen admissions of his corrupt behavior Continue reading →

Whistleblower fallout spotlights Volker, Pompeo, Senate Republicans, Ukraine, Giuliani, NRA, + other news

By Robert A. Vella Whistleblower fallout Fallout from the CIA whistleblower’s exposure of President Trump’s attempt to coerce a foreign Continue reading →

A crazy day, turnabout of a Trump supporter, water cannons, a baby’s life, racial bias, pessimism in America

By Robert A. Vella Donald Trump’s arrival in France yesterday for the G-7 meeting highlighted a growing disconnect between world Continue reading →