Climate change ‘significant and direct’ threat to U.S. military: reports

The effects of climate change endanger U.S. military operations and could increase the danger of international conflict, according to three Continue reading →

Wearing the President’s shoes

By Robert A. Vella Imagine, if you will, wearing the U.S. President’s shoes today.  You’re sitting in the Oval Office.  Continue reading →

BREAKING NEWS: A Military Coup is underway in Turkey

By Robert A. Vella Elements of Turkey’s armed forces staged a coup today against the government of President Recep Tayyip Continue reading →

If those in power can evade justice, there is no justice

“No one should be above the law and given that we are, in reality, not all equal before the law, Continue reading →

Dear Tony Blair: It’s Not the Pitch, It’s the Product.

By Richard Eskow If Tony Blair’s op-ed on Brexit is mournful and even elegiac in tone, that’s understandable. Great Britain’s Continue reading →

A brief comment on yesterday’s violence at the Donald Trump rally in Chicago

By Robert A. Vella The city of Chicago has been on the front lines of many of America’s internal conflicts.  Continue reading →

Democrats’ Achilles heel: 2016 Primaries show Low Voter Turnout among the Left

By Robert A. Vella This blog has been but one of many voices repeatedly warning the Democratic Party about low Continue reading →

The year of ‘enormous rage’: Number of hate groups rose by 14 percent in 2015

For the first time in five years, the number of hate groups in the United States rose in 2015, according to Continue reading →