In August and November I wrote about the strangeness of United States House of Representatives member and then 2020 Democratic presidential nomination candidate Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI) regularly playing up her 16-plus years and counting employment in the United States...
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Coronavirus Fear and Government Crackdowns Mean Less Drug War Rollback Ballot Measures This Year
by Adam Dick | Mar 31, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Traveling freely, visiting friends and family, and continuing operating a business or working at a job are all being prevented by coronavirus fear and the government crackdowns pursued in the name of countering coronavirus. Also apparently being prevented by the same...
Rhode Island Governor Repeals Order Directing Police to Stop Cars With New York Plates, Replaces It with More Extreme Order
by Adam Dick | Mar 30, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Saturday, I wrote about Rhode Island Governor Gina M. Raimondo adopting a set of draconian orders in the name of countering coronavirus. In particular, I wrote about her orders targeting people who have entered Rhode Island from other states or countries. Included...
Rhode Island Governor Using Coronavirus Fear to Justify Sending the Military House-to-House
by Adam Dick | Mar 28, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Rhode Island Governor Gina M. RaimondoMilitary abuses, including house-to-house searches, were among the primary reasons Americans offered to explain why they sought to secede from Great Britain in the 1700s. Now, an American governor is sending national guard forces...
The Voice of a Tyrant: Los Angeles Mayor Tells ‘Nonessential’ Businesses ‘We Will Shut You Down’
by Adam Dick | Mar 25, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The freedom of business owners to operate their businesses and of employees to continue working at their jobs is under attack in America in the name of fighting coronavirus. Run afoul of the many restrictions on businesses found in the proliferating crackdowns on...
Draft Women Too, Concludes Congressionally Mandated Commission
by Adam Dick | Mar 24, 2020 | Congress Alert
A soon-to-be-released 255-page report from a congressionally mandated commission recommends that women, in addition to men, be subject to a United States military draft, should one be imposed. So reported Lara Seligman at Politico on Tuesday based on a review of the...
Twitter Is Using Extreme Scare Tactics to Discourage People from Looking at Coronavirus Information
by Adam Dick | Mar 23, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
First, the Twitter company went on a rampage banning Twitter posts and people from the social media platform, largely targeting tweets and people who do not fall in line with ideas pushed by the United States government and US mainstream media. Now, Twitter is using...
Will the People Vote Out Politicians Instituting a Coronavirus Crackdown?
by Adam Dick | Mar 21, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Governments at the local, state, and national levels in America have been instituting this month increasingly draconian crackdowns on the public in the name of fighting coronavirus. Politicians supporting these oppressive actions, including “stay at home” orders that...
Rep. Thomas Massie Versus the Coronavirus Power-Grabbers in Government
by Adam Dick | Mar 21, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Fear of coronavirus, or the use of such fear being present among the people to justify expanding control, is driving decisions in much of American local, state, and national governments. Limiting international travel, prohibiting people from eating or drinking in...
GameStop Standing Up to Government Demands to Close Stores
by Adam Dick | Mar 20, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
One of the most basic and important freedoms is the freedom to engage in commerce. That freedom is under attack from state and local governments demanding that some businesses, often termed “nonessential,” limit or suspend their operations because of the coronavirus.A...
Coronavirus and the Rise of Social Media Censorship
by Adam Dick | Mar 17, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
If you thought the removing of content and the suspending and exiling of individuals from social media platforms has been bad over the last few years, expect the problem to worsen now that coronavirus is on the scene. With coronavirus fear affecting social media...
Danger: US Census Forms Are Being Mailed This Week
by Adam Dick | Mar 13, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Potentially dangerous letters are being mailed to millions of homes across America starting this week. The letters are not rigged to explode. Still, they may be quite dangerous for recipients. These letters contain questionnaires from the United States Census Bureau....
Rep. Thomas Massie Rebukes House Leadership for Pushing Lobbyists-and-Deep State-Drafted PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Bill
by Adam Dick | Mar 11, 2020 | Congress Alert
Speaking today on the United States House of Representatives floor, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) discussed how a committee markup of legislation dealing with reauthorization of USA PATRIOT Act provisions was terminated so the final bill could be drafted in a “backroom”...
Making the Best of Running a ‘Sure to Lose’ Libertarian Presidential Campaign
by Adam Dick | Mar 9, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Even most libertarians would probably agree that it is just about a sure bet that none of the current candidates or commonly discussed potential candidates for the Libertarian Party’s 2020 presidential nomination would, if he becomes the party’s nominee, defeat the...
The Return of Mayor Kucinich?
by Adam Dick | Mar 7, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It has been 40 years since Dennis Kucinich completed his term as mayor of Cleveland, Ohio in 1979. Kucinich, who had been tagged as the “boy mayor” given his age and youthful appearance when mayor, went on to later hold elected office in the Cleveland city council...
Bye-Bye, Libertarian Party Chairman
by Adam Dick | Mar 5, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
United States Libertarian Party Chairman Nicholas Sarwark announced at Facebook last night that he will not seek reelection as party chairman at the Libertarian Party national convention in late May. Sarwark’s activities during his time a Libertarian Party chairman...
Jacob Hornberger, Libertarian Presidential Race Frontrunner?
by Adam Dick | Mar 4, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Matt Welch concluded his Wednesday Reason article regarding Super Tuesday results for the Libertarian Party presidential race with this statement: “Much can and will change between now and late May but, for the moment, Jacob Hornberger is your Libertarian...
Thomas Massie, ‘One of the Most Unusual Members of the US House’
by Adam Dick | Feb 28, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A Thursday profile of Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) at the Cincinnati Enquirer declares that “neighbors, colleagues and friends all agree: Massie, who is running this year for a fifth term, is one of the most unusual members of the US House.” You can read the profile here...
Will Jacob Hornberger Sweep Upcoming Libertarian Presidential Primaries and Caucuses? If He Does, How Much Will It Matter?
by Adam Dick | Feb 25, 2020 | Featured Articles
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) has been racking up wins in state-level contests of the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. Much less mentioned in the media is that Libertarian presidential candidate Jacob Hornberger won the February 8 Iowa Libertarian...
Marijuana Legalization at State Legislatures and on Voters’ Ballots this Year
by Adam Dick | Feb 21, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
There was much reason for hope that marijuana legalization would be approved in several state legislatures in 2019. In January of 2019, I suggested that such action could be taken that year in any of six states — Connecticut, Illinois, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New...
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