Jacob Hornberger appears to be laying the groundwork for a 2020 presidential run as a Libertarian. That is the subject of a Monday article at Independent Political Report that notes Hornberger, who is the president of the libertarian Future of Freedom Foundation...
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Rules Committee Chairman: US House to Soon Approve Legislation Ending Interference with States’ Marijuana Legalization
by Adam Dick | Mar 27, 2019 | Congress Alert
In a new interview at Boston Herald Radio, United States House of Representatives Rules Committee Chairman Jim McGovern (D-MA) said he expects the House, in the next few weeks, will approve by “an overwhelming vote” legislation requiring the US government to respect...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Nicaragua, Mass Killing, Electoral College, New Mexico Marijuana, Drug War Conference
by Adam Dick | Mar 25, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
UPDATE: Twitter Lets Julian Assange’s Mom Tweet Again
by Adam Dick | Mar 21, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Yesterday, I wrote about Twitter restricting public access to the past Twitter posts of Christine Assange, the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, as well as preventing her from making new posts at her Twitter account. Today, it appears Twitter has removed...
Twitter Prevents Julian Assange’s Mom from Posting, Restricts Viewing of Her Past Posts
by Adam Dick | Mar 20, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Christine Assange, the mother of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, has used her Twitter page to criticize the United States government effort to prosecute and imprison her son for making available leaked information exposing abusive government actions, as well as her...
Ron Paul Airs Concerns about the Trump Presidency
by Adam Dick | Mar 19, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul, the libertarian communicator who ran three times for president, has been neither a “never-Trumper” nor a loyalist of President Donald Trump. Instead, Paul, through the 2016 presidential campaign and Trump’s presidency, has judged Trump’s various comments and...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Watching Assange, Ocasio-Cortez, Expungement, Bernie Sanders, Alaska Marijuana
by Adam Dick | Mar 16, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new...
Lawrence Wilkerson: ‘National Security’ Spending Should Be Cut, Not Increased
by Adam Dick | Mar 14, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Donald Trump released this week his budget proposal that includes increasing by five percent United States military spending. However, Ron Paul Institute Academic Board Member and retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson argues in a Tuesday The Real News...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Jailing Manning, ‘Antisemitism,’ Whole Foods Marijuana, The Foreigner, RPI Conference
by Adam Dick | Mar 10, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is posted. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
Recollections of Walter Jones and His Principled Votes in the US House of Representatives
by Adam Dick | Mar 7, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A Wednesday Public Radio East report by Valerie Crowder presents some fond recollections of the principled political efforts of Ron Paul Institute Advisory Board Member Walter Jones who died last month while serving in his 13th term in the Unites States House of...
Walter Block: US Government Should Ignore, Not Overthrow, ‘Evil Dictators’
by Adam Dick | Mar 7, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul Institute Academic Board Member Walter Block has some clear advice regarding what the United States government should do about “evil dictators” around the world: Ignore them. After all, Block, an economics professor at Loyola University and prominent...
US Government’s Top Pharmaceutical Official Promoting Eliminating Vaccination Exemptions
by Adam Dick | Mar 5, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
With the expansion of state governments’ crackdown on vaccination exemptions facing significant obstacles after, in 2015, California eliminated nearly all vaccination exemptions for children in government schools, private schools, and day care, Alex Newman writes at...
Making Marijuana Legalization More Freedom-Friendly
by Adam Dick | Mar 1, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It took 45 years after the 1933 termination of the United States government’s alcohol prohibition for the US government to legalize beer home brewing and, then, another 35 years until in 2013 the last two American states legalized home brewing. In comparison, of the...
Lawrence Wilkerson: US Intervention in Venezuela is About Profits for the Rich, not Democracy and Freedom
by Adam Dick | Feb 27, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
College of William & Mary Professor Lawrence Wilkerson describes the current effort of the Donald Trump administration to overthrow the Venezuela government and oust Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro as a continuation of the United States effort begun in 2002,...
Congratulations Women, Judge Rules the US Military Should Draft You Too
by Adam Dick | Feb 25, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Over the last few years, there has been action in the United States Congress regarding whether or not to expand Selective Service registration requirements and any potential military draft to include women as well as men. Much of the support for this move has been...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Syria Troops, Licensed Rights, Bossy US, Wisconsin Marijuana, Political Parties
by Adam Dick | Feb 25, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is available. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new...
Praise for Prof. Walter Block from a Three-Time Student
by Adam Dick | Feb 19, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It is great to see exuberant praise for Walter Block, a Loyola University economics professor and Ron Paul Institute Advisory Board member, at Loyola University’s The Maroon on Sunday. In an editorial, Loyola student Nathan Fryzek offers several reasons fellow...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Yemen Vote, Legalizing Marijuana, Women Working, Democracy Promotion, Checkpoint Alert
by Adam Dick | Feb 18, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new...
Walter B. Jones Restoring Power to Congress Act Would Repeal the 2001 AUMF
by Adam Dick | Feb 14, 2019 | Congress Alert
In his work opposing United States wars overseas, Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC), before his death Sunday, put much effort into seeking a repeal of the 2001 authorization for use of military force (AUMF) that has been used by successive presidents as a basis for...
Lew Rockwell Calls ‘Baloney’ on Claim Iran is a National Security Threat to the United States
by Adam Dick | Feb 13, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Asked in a recent panel discussion at the RT show CrossTalk if Iran is a national security threat to the United States, Ludwig von Mises Institute Founder and Chairman Lew Rockwell answered that that claim is ‘baloney’ used for “justifying imperialism.”Elaborating,...
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