American Society is sick and its prognosis is terminal

By Robert A. Vella – May 19th 2023 It is intellectually lazy to look at the world during difficult times, Continue reading →

The Mentality of Rightwing Extremism, and the Merger of Christianity with Racism

By Robert A. Vella – March 5th 2023 For many years on this blog, and in varying contexts, I’ve addressed Continue reading →

An Assessment of Congress’ January 6th Report

By Robert A. Vella – January 30th 2023 The following is my assessment of The January 6th Report published last Continue reading →

America’s Psychosis and the Republicans’ long descent into Fascism (a book review)

By Robert A. Vella – November 8th 2022 Today is Election Day for the 2022 midterms.  With over 300 Trump Continue reading →

The legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the ineptitude of liberals, and a farewell to our readers

By Robert A. Vella The liberal champion of the U.S. Supreme Court has died.  Ruth Bader Ginsburg was 87 years Continue reading →

Trump’s Vicious Circle: The more he alienates voters, the more tyrannical he must be to win

By Robert A. Vella We knew that the last few weeks before the November election would become increasingly tense and Continue reading →

Smoky, with a 10% chance of Ash: Our Electoral College map snapshot for September, plus today’s news

By Robert A. Vella This morning, I read a somewhat satirical weather forecast for southwest Washington state: Very smoky, with Continue reading →

Russian election meddling, Trump muzzles Fauci, Dems’ voter advantage, 2020 hottest year on record

By Robert A. Vella In today’s news, we’ll cover 3 Russians and 1 pro-Russian Ukrainian who have been either sanctioned Continue reading →