Trump’s gambit: Sacrificing lives in the hope that it would save the economy is a fool’s errand

By Robert A. Vella Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress announced today that progress is being made in negotiations to Continue reading →

Roger Stone is sentenced to prison, Trump’s bribe to Julian Assange, and today’s other news

By Robert A. Vella President Trump’s longtime political operative and self-described “dirty trickster” Roger Stone was sentenced today to serve Continue reading →

The State of the World, plus an Impeachment Trial update

By Robert A. Vella Impeachment trial update Before getting to today’s main topic, I’ll briefly cover the latest developments in Continue reading →

Saturday Supplement: More on assassination rationale, Iran-U.S. de-escalation, plane crash, + other news

By Robert A. Vella The Trump administration’s rationale for assassinating a top Iranian military officer keeps changing in the vain Continue reading →

Impeachment Day: A preview, what comes next, what it all means, plus today’s news

By Robert A. Vella Preview The full House of Representatives will vote on two articles of impeachment (i.e. abuse of Continue reading →

Friday Roundup: Syria/Turkey/Kurds, Impeachment, Giuliani, Trump in Texas, and more

By Robert A. Vella As I conveyed yesterday, an accurate assessment of President Trump’s foreign policy blunder which enabled the Continue reading →

Tuesday Topics: Impeachment, Syria, right-wing extremism, trade war, policeman arrested, other news

By Robert A. Vella Topics for this Tuesday include congressional testimony in the impeachment inquiry by former NSC advisor Fiona Continue reading →

The geopolitical fallout of Trump’s withdrawal from Syria, impeachment and international news, + more

By Robert A. Vella There’s a longstanding aphorism in politics, derived from a quote attributed to Aristotle, which states that Continue reading →