The Pentagon has released its “National Military Strategy of the United States of America 2015” in June, 2015. The document announces a shift in focus from terrorists to “state actors” that “are challenging international norms.” It is important to understand what...
Month: July 2015
When Money Dies
by Paul-Martin Foss | Jul 10, 2015 | Featured Articles
“When Money Dies” is the title of a 1975 book by Adam Fergusson, in which he describes the downfall of the Reichsmark in Weimar Germany. A fascinating look at that period of history, one can glean quite a few useful pieces of advice on how to survive a currency...
Ron Paul Talks ‘Swords into Plowshares’ on the Tom Woods Show
by Adam Dick | Jul 9, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Former US presidential candidate and US House member Ron Paul and libertarian multi-bestselling author Tom Woods offered an enticing preview of Paul’s new book Swords into Plowshares on the Wednesday episode of the Tom Woods Show. Paul’s new book, which may be...
RPI’s Adam Dick Tells Alaska Radio Listeners of Politicians Gone Bad
by Adam Dick | Jul 8, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Saturday, July 4, Ron Paul Institute Senior Fellow Adam Dick took Fairbanks, Alaska KFAR radio listeners on a tour of American politicians gone bad. Taking calls and speaking with Patriot’s Lament show hosts Joshua Bennett, Michael Anderson, and Aaron Bennet, Dick...
Army Troop Cuts – A Propaganda Ploy?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 8, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Press reports that the US Army would cut 40,000 troops are meant to terrify the American people into demanding an increase in military spending - even though the US spends more than all developed countries combined. The truth is US military spending is going to...
Obama Fails to Make the Strategic Case for an Iran Nuclear Deal
by Going to Tehran | Jul 8, 2015 | Featured Articles
The Iran nuclear talks may be getting close to some sort of conclusion in Vienna, but American political and policy elites remain, to an appallingly large extent, clueless as to what is really at stake in the negotiations. And, while the headline from a recent NBC...
New Ron Paul Book!
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. | Jul 7, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron has written many important books, but I think his latest is the most important for our time: Swords into Plowshares. Ron, movingly and eloquently, describes his lifetime of perpetual war, beginning with the horrific WWII, but shows us how to dream of, and achieve,...
Obama: No Military Solution in Middle East; Increases Bombing Anyway
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 7, 2015 | The Liberty Report
President Obama told us yesterday that the US war against ISIS was going to last a very long time. While he said there was no military solution to the problem, he also ordered a increase in US bombing. Today Congress voted to send more military aid to Jordan. Obama's...
Government Warmongering Criminals: Where Are They Now?
by Philip Giraldi | Jul 7, 2015 | Featured Articles
The United States already has by far the per capita largest prison population of any developed country but I am probably one of the few Americans who on this Independence Day would like to see a lot more people in prison, mostly drawn from politicians and senior...
Jade Helm, Terrorist Attacks, Surveillance, and Other Fairy Tales for a Gullible Nation
by John W. Whitehead | Jul 6, 2015 | Featured Articles
“Strange how paranoia can link up with reality now and then.” ― Philip K. Dick, A Scanner Darkly Once upon a time, there was a nation of people who believed everything they were told by their government. When terrorists attacked the country, and government officials...
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For Normal Relations With Cuba, End US Interventionism
by Ron Paul | Jul 6, 2015 | Featured Articles
Last week we saw an encouraging sign that the 50 year cold war between the US and Cuba was finally coming to an end. President Obama announced on Wednesday that the US and Cuba would restore full diplomatic relations and that embassies could be re-opened in each...
Greeks Vote No: Keynesian Crisis Continues
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 6, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Greece's vote against the EU bailout offer raises as many questions as it answers. What happens next? We know the debt will not disappear. Eventually it will have to be liquidated and Greece will have to start over if it is ever going to be a "normal" country again....
Will Texas Nix Marriage Licensing? Yes — if Rep. David Simpson Gets His Way
by Adam Dick | Jul 6, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Texas state Rep. David Simpson (R-Longview) has an intriguing response to Obergefell v. Hodges, the United States Supreme Court decision imposing a national mandate to override the diverse ways in which state governments deal with same sex marriage. Simpson is asking...
Hillary Arms Terrorists, Greece Wastes $ on Military: Week in Review With McAdams and Taylor
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 5, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Hillary oversaw US arms shipments to terrorists fighting in Libya and Syria according to Judge Napolitano. Why is no one interested in the story? Both parties support regime change. The half-billion dollar program to train "moderate" Syrian rebels is a disaster. Part...
ISIS Makes the British Lion a De-Clawed and Shabby Cat
by Michael Scheuer | Jul 4, 2015 | Featured Articles
The recent and rapid successes of the Islamic State (IS) in seizing Palmyra in Syria and Ramadi in Iraq, together with its three successful same-day strikes on 26 June 2015 in Kuwait, France, and Tunisia seem to have left British Prime Minister David Cameron rather...
On Celebrating Dependence Day
by Butler Shaffer | Jul 4, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
I shall spend the remainder of this July 4th hiding beneath my bed, with as many pillows packed around me as I can find. I have not forgotten the important “duck-and-cover” strategy in which we were conditioned to protect us from Cold War-era nuclear attacks. I am...
Independence Day: Celebration or Sadness?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 3, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Do the fires of liberty still burn in an America that revolted against the British crown in 1776? Perhaps the majority have opted for a new overlord, the omnipotent state and its accompanying American exceptionalism, but there remains, in the words of Samuel Adams, a...
What It Really Takes For a US-Iran Deal
by Pepe Escobar | Jul 3, 2015 | Featured Articles
Forget the mad spinning. Here it is, in a nutshell, what it really takes for Iran and the P5+1 to clinch a game-changing nuclear deal before the new July 7 deadline. Iran and the P5+1 agreed in Lausanne on a “comprehensive plan of action,” taking into account delicate...
Greek Crisis Awaits Other NATO Partners
by Finian Cunningham | Jul 3, 2015 | Featured Articles
One notable consequence of the Ukraine conflict and the ongoing confrontational stand-off between the West and Russia is the dramatic surge in military spending among several European countries. However, this unprecedented militarization of economies across Europe...
The Tunisia Massacre and the Irish-ISIS Connection
by Maidhc O Cathail | Jul 2, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
“The murder of three Irish citizens at a tourist resort in north Africa has brought Islamic terrorism much closer to home,” Cormac O’Keeffe observes in the Irish Examiner. “Until now we have looked on in shock, and revulsion, at terror attacks targeting other...
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