Sunday Topic: Why are there Black Churches and White Churches in America?

By Robert A. Vella Fifty-six years ago, as a Catholic schoolboy attending Sunday Mass, I remember our priest preaching that Continue reading →

The travails of Barr and Trump, Stephen Miller, Portland, election interference, Vindman, and civil war

By Robert A. Vella In today’s supplemental coverage of politics, we’ll examine the travails of Attorney General William Barr and Continue reading →

Headwinds meet Trump strategies on the election, protests, pandemic, immigration, and criminal allies

By Robert A. Vella President Trump’s strategies against a fair and democratic 2020 election, against the racial injustice protests, against Continue reading →

Trump deploys paramilitary secret police to trigger urban violence as a reelection strategy

By Robert A. Vella This is what all authoritarians do.  This is what fascists especially do.  This is what Donald Continue reading →

A Year from Hell: The rest of 2020 looks very bad for America, but even worse for Trump and the GOP

By Robert A. Vella Previously on this blog, I published dire statistical projections about the number of potential deaths in Continue reading →

Sunday Topics: The Grim Reaper, Putin’s fraud, Trump’s alienation, and police reform/racial injustice news

By Robert A. Vella After last night’s explosive assault on the nerves of people and pets alike in my locale, Continue reading →

Why Republicans, not just Trump, must be defeated in November

By Robert A. Vella Yesterday, the United States recorded the highest number of new COVID-19 cases since the start of Continue reading →

Forced to choose sides, Republicans recoil from Trump’s image as a Confederate, a Fascist, and a Racist

By Robert A. Vella During his seizure of the GOP, Donald Trump employed typical authoritarian tactics to compel obedience and Continue reading →