Americans push back against a Trump dictatorship amidst a crackdown on white supremacists

By Robert A. Vella Principled Americans are pushing back against Donald Trump‘s blatant moves towards dictatorship as alarms are sounding Continue reading →

Italy collapses, top cop resigns, health agencies silenced, longer detentions, more cuts, and world wildfires

By Robert A. Vella The Italian government collapsed today from political turmoil triggered by its far-right interior minister and would-be Continue reading →

Humankind, 2050

By Robert A. Vella Thirty-one years from now, I would be 95.  Fortunately, I probably won’t live that long.  My Continue reading →

Tory minister says it’s ‘shameful’ to claim benefit cuts have driven people to suicide

Govt Newspeak Tory minister says it’s ‘shameful’ to claim benefit cuts have driven people to suicide – I don’t know Continue reading →

GOP eyes post-tax-cut changes to welfare, Medicare and Social Security

High-ranking Republicans are hinting that, after their tax overhaul, the party intends to look at cutting spending on welfare, entitlement programs Continue reading →

No joke: Iceland’s Pirate Party surges into first place in the polls

attribution: Daniel Donner […] The Pirate Party is a strange beast that has no political analog in the United States, Continue reading →

Middle Class Shrinks Further as More Fall Out Instead of Climbing Up

In the late 1960s, more than half of the households in the United States were squarely in the middle, earning, Continue reading →

California revenue soars, even as tax-cutting states feel the pinch

Republican-led states like Kansas, Wisconsin and Arizona are suffering mightily because of their addiction to tax cuts (which, it turns Continue reading →