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 →

Sunday Topics: The second whistleblower, the cowering GOP, and the suspicious murder of a witness

By Robert A. Vella Topics for this Sunday include a second whistleblower in the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, congressional Continue reading →

DEM inquiry, FEC’s veil, deportation ruling, border wall funding, LAPD goof, Odessa shooter, Bibi update

By Robert A. Vella Topics for this Sunday include Democrats’ focus on Trump administration officials they intend to question in Continue reading →

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 →