America in Decline: New poll shows growing Anti-Intellectualism and the devaluing of Education

By Robert A. Vella In director Mike Judge’s prescient and highly underappreciated 2006 satirical film Idiocracy, society five centuries from Continue reading →

Quote of the Day: On the growing divide between the E.U. and U.S.

“Our world has never been so divided. Centrifugal forces have never been so powerful. Our common goods have never been Continue reading →

Analysis | The dark side of Trump’s much-hyped China trade deal: It could literally make you sick

The first known shipment of cooked chicken from China reached the United States last week, following a much-touted trade deal Continue reading →

Drifting apart: New study adds weight to belief that American society is fracturing internally

By Robert A. Vella The 21st century is still new, but it hasn’t been very kind so far to good Continue reading →

As Trump pulls U.S. out of Paris Climate Accords, ominous changes in Arctic, Antarctic are observed

By Robert A. Vella As expected, President Trump pulled the U.S. out of the Paris Climate Accords yesterday.  Also expected, Continue reading →

Merkel warns US, Britain no longer reliable partners

Europe “must take its fate into its own hands” faced with a western alliance divided by Brexit and Donald Trump’s Continue reading →

Assange says ready to talk to UK and US after Sweden case dropped

LONDON, May 19 (Reuters) – Wikileaks’ Julian Assange said on Friday he was prepared to talk to Britain and the Continue reading →

People Are Seeing U.F.O.s Everywhere, and This Book Proves It

The book contains no narrative or anecdotal accounts, just 371 pages of charts and graphs that slice and dice the Continue reading →