Hassan Rohani’s election as Iran’s president seven months ago caught most of the West’s self-appointed Iran “experts” by (largely self-generated) surprise. Over the course of Iran’s month-long presidential campaign, methodologically-sound polls by the University of...
Month: January 2014
Ron Paul Goes Off The Grid…With Jesse Ventura!
by Ron Paul | Jan 31, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Chairman Ron Paul joins Jesse Ventura for a segment of Ventura's edgy "Off the Grid" broadcast. Dr. Paul discusses President Obama's State of the Union speech -- and particularly the president's threat to expand his use of executive orders if Congress does not...
Kerry's Astounding Hypocrisy on Ukraine
by harley | Jan 31, 2014 | The Liberty Report
As Ukraine spins out of control, US Secretary of State John Kerry speaks out of both sides of his mouth -- telling the opposition that it has full US support, while warning that “outside powers” should not get involved in the political crisis. RPI Director Daniel...
Ron Paul: Rein In Obama or Suffer the Consequences
by Adam Dick | Jan 30, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Speaking with host Neil Cavuto on Fox Business, RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul addresses President Barack Obama’s distressing emphasis in the State of the Union Speech on expanding presidential power and using executive orders to bypass the Congress. While Paul...
The State of Our Nation: The Greatest Threat to Our Freedoms Is the Government
by John W. Whitehead | Jan 30, 2014 | Featured Articles
“Twelve voices were shouting in anger, and they were all alike. No question, now, what had happened to the faces of the pigs. The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was...
Obama and Kerry Jeopardize Peace With Iran
by Sheldon Richman | Jan 30, 2014 | Featured Articles
Barack Obama and John Kerry should make up their minds: Do they want war or peace with Iran? We should hope for peace, but Obama and Kerry make optimism difficult. Ideally, the Obama administration would simply exit the Middle East, taking all its military and...
Ukraine in Revolt? Daniel McAdams Speaks With Tom Woods
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 30, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What are the origins of today's unrest in Ukraine? Is this a continuation of the Orange Revolution? Is it a coup d'etat? How much of a role is the US and EU playing in fomenting the current troubles today?Listen to the whole interview below:
Sen. Wyden Slams Intelligence Officials Over ‘Culture of Misinformation’
by Adam Dick | Jan 29, 2014 | Congress Alert
Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR), in a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing today, presents succinctly and forcefully the case that senior officials overseeing the US government’s mass spying program have relied on “secret interpretations of the law” and “years of misleading...
Geneva II, Iran, Syria, Ukraine: Daniel McAdams Talks with Jay Taylor
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 29, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Director Daniel McAdams is interviewed by Jay Taylor, host of "Turning Hard Times Into Good Times." The two discuss the Geneva II talks on Syria, the US demand that Iran not be included, the myth of "Arab Spring," and more...
The Persecution of Justin Bieber
by William Norman Grigg | Jan 29, 2014 | Featured Articles
Though he is adored as a minor deity in the degenerate world of pop culture, when confronted by a member of the State’s punitive priesthood Justin Bieber is just another Mundane. This explains how the alleged singer has found himself charged with the supposed crime of...
How Waist Deep in the Big Muddy Finally Got on Network Television in 1968
by Pete Seeger | Jan 29, 2014 | Featured Articles
Most of my life I have assumed that the kind of songs I sing would not normally get played on the airwaves. I pointed to examples like Woody Guthrie’s song, “This Land Is Your Land” to show that they don’t have to get played on the airwaves. If it’s a real good song,...
Winning the New York Times Prize!
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. | Jan 27, 2014 | Featured Articles
The New York Times, whistling past the financial graveyard, paused over the weekend to smear the Mises Institute, Ron Paul, our other scholars, hardcore libertarianism, and me. Why? Because our ideas and our youth movement are gaining real traction. It is in effect a...
Ron Paul: Do We Live in a Police State?
by harley | Jan 26, 2014 | The Liberty Report
Ron Paul keynote speech at Mises Circle Houston last week. He speaks on war and peace and the police state. The original tea party was very soon co-opted by warmongers. Our role is to educate ourselves and to help educate others. Listen to this inspiring speech!
Hillary Clinton’s Responsibility for Libya’s Misery
by Michael S. Rozeff | Jan 25, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Libya is a mess, we are told, worse than when Gaddafi was around. Who was instrumental in attacking Libya in an outright aggression? Hillary Clinton. One headline at the time read “Clinton credited with key role in success of NATO airstrikes, Libyan rebels”.In that...
Hardcore Warmongers Beat Up On Samantha Power
by Chris Rossini | Jan 25, 2014 | Neocon Watch
There are neocon warmongers, and “humanitarian” warmongers. They’re virtually the same, with the “humanitarians” presenting a slightly different facade. Hardcore neocon warmongers believe that the U.S. should be attacking at all times. No need to sugarcoat. America is...
Ron Paul: Obama NSA Reform Speech Is “Nonsense,” Public Can Defeat Politicians on Spying
by Adam Dick | Jan 24, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul, interviewed this week on Fox Business, calls President Barack Obama’s mass spying reform speech “a lot of nonsense.” Paul proceeds to express that he is “hopeful and optimistic” that the American people, whose sentiment is shifting...
Hillary’s Hasty Rush to War on Syria
by Michael S. Rozeff | Jan 24, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Hillary Clinton backed Obama’s call for military strikes (i.e., war) against Syria. She was sure, based on the U.S. intelligence and interpretations, that Assad had ordered chemical weapons attacks several weeks earlier on August 21, 2013. To this day, that assertion...
Judge Napolitano: Obama’s NSA Proposals Maintain Totalitarian Hallmarks
by Adam Dick | Jan 23, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Speaking Tuesday with host Steve Doocy on Fox News, Judge Andrew Napolitano, an RPI Advisory Board member, concludes that the mass spying program reform proposed in President Barack Obama’s Friday speech maintains the program’s “hallmarks of a totalitarian...
'Foreign Pressure on Ukraine Will Only Make Matters Worse'
by harley | Jan 23, 2014 | The Liberty Report
RPI Chairman Daniel McAdams is on RT Television today discussing the worsening situation in Ukraine. McAdams strongly criticizes the foreign intervention into the unrest and says foreign diplomats encouraging violent protest deserve some of the blame for the bloodshed:
The Economic ‘Success’ of US Interventionism
by Chris Rossini | Jan 22, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal recently released their 2014 Index of Economic Freedom. Usually, such lists never really catch my attention. I have little interest in them, considering the sources especially.However, Ron Paul, in a recent episode...
Recent Posts
- Did the US Government Orchestrate a Color Revolution in Bangladesh?by Radika
- Government Can Fix neither Food nor Farmby Joel Salatin
- Disinformation Isn’t the Problem. Government Coverups and Censorship Are the Problemby John W. And Nisha Whitehead
- Perfidy in Tehranby Alastair Crooke
- Let Me Be Clearby Karen Kwiatkowski
- Our Official Enemiesby Jacob G. Hornberger
- Old Lies Behind Israel’s War Live On in Senate Resolutionby Adam Dick
- American Neocons Get Their Iran War as Congress Sleepsby Ron Paul
- ‘We Lose Total Control’: Clinton Continues Her Censorship Campaign on CNNby Jonathan Turley
- Blinken Approved Policy to Bomb Aid Trucks, Israeli Cabinet Members Suggestby Yaniv Cogan
Categories
Sign Up For Institute Updates for Free!
Keep up to date with all Ron Paul Institute news and events by signing up for our updates. We will keep you informed and make sure you are the first to know any RPI news. We will occasionally send you our take on breaking events. But we won't clog your in-box and we absolutely will respect your privacy. Let's work for peace and prosperity together! Come on board!
Donate to The Ron Paul Institute Today!
Support our upcoming set rebuild. We plan to improve our reach by amplifying the message.