They came Armed, Wearing Boots, Flying Flags, and Holding Bibles

By Robert A. Vella What do you get when you combine paleoconservatism, Neo-Confederate secessionists, Neo-Nazi fascists, the KKK, with the Continue reading →

Good gosh, what a gully!

By Robert A. Vella “Good gosh, what a gully!” – The Quaz, circa 1971 No, dad wasn’t referring to the Continue reading →

EU takes legal action against Poland over court reform

The European Union said Saturday it has launched legal action against Poland’s right-wing government over a new law it fears Continue reading →

The Significance of the 3 Greatest Questions of Our Times

By Robert A. Vella Last week, the hosts of a local sports talk radio show (which is quite entertaining, provocative, Continue reading →

2016 was the deadliest year on record for the LGBTQ community

The gruesome attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando a year ago was the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Continue reading →

As Trump pulls U.S. out of Paris Climate Accords, ominous changes in Arctic, Antarctic are observed

By Robert A. Vella As expected, President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accords yesterday.  Also expected, Continue reading →

‘Final act of bravery’: Men who were fatally stabbed trying to stop anti-Muslim rants identified

Two men were stabbed to death and one injured Friday on a light-rail train in Portland, Ore., after they tried to intervene when another Continue reading →

Analysis | Five startling things Betsy DeVos just told Congress

Does this sound familiar? Betsy DeVos went to Capitol Hill to testify before U.S. lawmakers. She didn’t answer a lot Continue reading →