On Thursday, United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued a memorandum in the Department of Justice (DOJ) that many people are concerned will lead to a crackdown by the US government on people acting in compliance with state laws under which, in varying ways,...
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The People in Charge of the US Military
by Adam Dick | Jan 4, 2018 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Fifty-seven years ago this month President Dwight D. Eisenhower presented this warning in his farewell address: “In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial...
The Congressman Who Has Sent Thousands of Letters to Families of US Troops Killed in Wars
by Adam Dick | Oct 30, 2017 | Congress Alert
On a Sunday morning more than two weeks after four U.S. soldiers were ambushed and killed in Niger, Rep. Walter Jones sat at the desk in his North Carolina office, doing what he’s done more than 11,000 times in 14 years: signing letters to families of the dead troops....
US House Passes INTERDICT Act, Plodding Forward with Destructive War on Drugs
by Adam Dick | Oct 25, 2017 | Congress Alert
The United States House of Representatives approved on Tuesday, by a vote of 412 to three, the INTERDICT Act (HR 2142) that ramps up US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) efforts to interdict fentanyl and other substances related to illegal drugs upon entry to...
House Members Make the Case for Ending US Participation in the War on Yemen
by Adam Dick | Oct 12, 2017 | Congress Alert
Three members of the United States House of Representatives wrote in a Tuesday editorial at the New York Times about their legislation (H.Con.Res. 81) that would use the authority of Congress under the War Powers Resolution to end US participation in the war in Yemen....
Rep. John Duncan: Shut Off the Afghanistan War Money Spigot
by Adam Dick | Sep 19, 2017 | Congress Alert
Speaking this month on the floor of the United States House of Representatives, Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN) sharply criticized the Afghanistan War, declaring that the war “has always been about money — increased appropriations for the Defense Department and huge...
Ron Paul: More Work Ahead to Repeal Old War Authorizations
by Adam Dick | Sep 14, 2017 | Congress Alert
On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) amendment that would repeal authorizations for use of military force (AUMFs) from 2001 and 2002 that successive presidents have perversely used to justify just about any military action a president wants to pursue across the world...
What Michael Moore Gets Right and Wrong about the Police State
by Adam Dick | Sep 6, 2017 | Featured Articles
Documentarian Michael Moore, in a Friday post at Twitter, linked to video of Alex Wubbels, a nurse at a Salt Lake City, Utah hospital, being arrested for refusing to comply with a police demand that she draw blood from an unconscious patient at the hospital without...
New Senate Intelligence Authorization Bill Includes Language Threatening WikiLeaks
by Adam Dick | Aug 22, 2017 | Congress Alert
The Senate Intelligence Authorization Act (SB 1761), introduced Friday by Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-NC) and already approved by the committee, concludes with a one sentence section — Section 623 — that appears to threaten WikiLeaks with...
Lew Rockwell: US Should Butt Out and Let South Korea Deal with North Korea
by Adam Dick | Aug 15, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed recently on RT, Ludwig von Mises Institute Chairman Lew Rockwell offered bold suggestions for altering United States foreign policy in regard to North Korea. Rockwell argues in the interview that the path to avoiding what “could be the worst military...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Invading Venezuela, Shona Banda, American Fear, Benghazi Emails, RPI Conference
by Adam Dick | Aug 14, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is up. 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,...
Why President Donald Trump May Let Hillary Clinton Walk Scot-Free
by Adam Dick | Aug 10, 2017 | Featured Articles
Donald Trump famously said in an October of 2016 presidential debate with Hillary Clinton that she would be in jail if he became president. Pointing to her deletion and destruction of emails that were a focus of an Obama administration Department of Justice...
Rep. Walter Jones’ Tireless Effort to End the Afghanistan War
by Adam Dick | Aug 8, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
United States House of Representatives Member Walter Jones (R-NC) has for years ardently advocated terminating US involvement in the Afghanistan War. Jones’ efforts in this regard include his legislation introduced in the House, letters to US presidents and...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Trump’s Oath, Renouncing Citizenship, North Korea, Syria Goal, Trump Crime
by Adam Dick | Aug 6, 2017 | 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,...
Ron Paul Fears Propaganda and False Flag Attack May Lead to War with North Korea
by Adam Dick | Aug 3, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed Wednesday at RT, foreign nonintervention advocate and former presidential candidate Ron Paul said that “we’re hearing the same type of war propaganda” in regard to North Korea as Paul recalls hearing as a United States House of Representatives member in...
Rep. John Duncan, Conservative Peace Proponent, Will Not Seek Reelection to US House
by Adam Dick | Aug 1, 2017 | Congress Alert
Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr. (R-TN) announced on Monday that he will not seek reelection in 2018 to the United States House of Representatives. In addition to being one of the longest-serving Republican members of the House (representing the second district of Tennessee...
Andrew Napolitano on Natural Law and Positivism
by Adam Dick | Jul 30, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Speaking last week at the Ludwig von Mises Institute’s annual Mises University, Andrew Napolitano presented a captivating speech regarding legal issues, including an examination of natural law and positivism. In the speech, Napolitano, who is the senior judicial...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Russia Sanctions, Veterans Marijuana, DOJ Policy, Colin Kaepernick, RPI Conference
by Adam Dick | Jul 29, 2017 | 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 atStitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
A Nonintervention Lesson from Ron Paul
by Adam Dick | Jul 28, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Sometimes, nonintervention advocate and former United States presidential candidate Ron Paul is given an opportunity in an interview to address in detail his view on US foreign policy and interventions abroad, from the Korean and Vietnam Wars decades back to the...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Israel Boycott, Uruguay Marijuana, Revolving Door, NH Marijuana, RPI Conference
by Adam Dick | Jul 22, 2017 | 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,...
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