Friday Discussion: Speculating on Secrets, and Breeding like Roaches

By Robert A. Vella Two stories are on the docket today.  One regards follow-up reporting and speculation on President Trump’s Continue reading →

Whistleblower’s secret, Pompeo’s slip, Cameron’s concern, Feds’ cut, gun violence’s toll, and other news

By Robert A. Vella A whistleblower inside the U.S. intelligence community reported a recent conversation between President Trump and a 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 →

How a stupid ‘weather forecast’ turned into a full-blown political scandal, plus today’s other news

By Robert A. Vella It all began with an egomaniacal president interjecting himself into official weather forecasts for a powerful Continue reading →

Asylum ban blocked, spy extracted, refugees denied, NOAA investigation, gun control poll, climate news

By Robert A. Vella A federal judge has ruled that an injunction blocking the Trump Administration’s ban on asylum applications Continue reading →

As democracy dies, the last embers of resistance flare up in Hong Kong, Russia, and U.K. – but not in U.S.

By Robert A. Vella Democracy is dying.  Virtually everywhere we look around the world, authoritarians are on the rise.  Even Continue reading →

China retaliates, Trump causes market fall, floating nukes, Koch dies, anti-immigration and racism news

By Robert A. Vella President Trump’s nonsensical trade war with China and maniacal tweets have triggered more retaliatory tariffs against Continue reading →

Sunday Topics, Glaciers, bunkers, blasts, demonstrations, racial hatred, credentials, and NRA’s Russia ties

By Robert A. Vella In a bizarrely prophetic ritual, Iceland officially commemorated the first loss of one of its glaciers Continue reading →