Former US presidential candidate and House of Representatives member Ron Paul says people seeking to advance peace can learn much from looking to Switzerland. Paul made his recommendation in an extensive interview with host Eric Dubin on Liberty Rising Radio focused...
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Sandra Bland is Everyman
by Adam Dick | Jul 23, 2015 | Featured Articles
Waller County District Attorney Elton Mathis is characterizing Sandra Bland — who died last week in a jail in the Texas county — as being “very combative” and “not a model person” during the traffic stop that led to her arrest and incarceration. His disparaging...
On Social Security? Obama Wants Your Gun!
by Adam Dick | Jul 20, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a move that Alan Zarembo of the Los Angeles Times reports could result in the US government barring millions of Americans from owning guns, President Barack Obama’s administration has been quietly planning to have the Social Security Administration report the...
Praise for Swords into Plowshares from Charles Goyette
by Adam Dick | Jul 20, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Bestselling author Charles Goyette, who hosted with Ron Paul a series of fascinating podcasts regarding current events, is praising Paul’s new book Swords into Plowshares: A life in Wartime and a Future of Peace and Prosperity. Writes Goyette: I received a review copy...
Hey, Obama, How About Freeing the Nearly 100,000 Drug War Victims in US Prisons?
by Adam Dick | Jul 13, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
With President Barack Obama announcing Monday the commutation of the sentences of 46 US government prisoners, Reuters calculates that the president “has now commuted the sentences of 89 prisoners, the vast majority of whom were nonviolent drug offenders who applied...
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...
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...
Andrew Napolitano: Hillary Clinton Armed Terrorists and Lied to Congress about It
by Adam Dick | Jul 2, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano, in a new editorial, presents his conclusion that Hillary Clinton, as US Secretary of State, violated United States law by providing weapons to terrorists and then denying it to Congress. Napolitano’s conclusion is based in part on a review of...
California Über Alles: Gov. Jerry Brown’s Onerous Vaccination Mandates
by Adam Dick | Jul 1, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The 1979 Dead Kennedys song “California Über Alles” could be updated today to say that California Governor Jerry Brown’s secret police “have come for your unvaccinated niece.” On Tuesday, the once-again governor of California signed into law some of the most onerous...
Rep John Duncan: ‘Permanent, Forever, Endless War in the Middle East’ is Not Conservative
by Adam Dick | Jun 28, 2015 | Congress Alert
Rep. John J. Duncan, Jr., in a speech Wednesday on the House of Representatives floor, quoted several prominent conservatives to help make the case that “there has been nothing conservative about our policy of permanent, forever, endless war in the Middle East.” In...
If You Want to Get Rid of ‘Racist Flags,’ How About Starting with the American Flag?
by Adam Dick | Jun 24, 2015 | Featured Articles
It looks like open season has been declared on the battle flag of Army of Northern Virginia, which is commonly referred to as the Confederate battle flag. But, if you are looking for a flag to ban as racist, you might as well start with the American flag. After all,...
Ron Paul and Lew Rockwell on Their Decades Promoting Liberty and Shared Optimism for the Future
by Adam Dick | Jun 20, 2015 | The Liberty Report
This week on the Ron Paul Liberty Report, Ron Paul discussed with guest Lew Rockwell their many years working to advance liberty, as well as their shared optimism for the future. For people new to libertarian ideas, the engaging conversation is a good starting point...
Judge Napolitano: What if the US Consulate in Benghazi was a Terrorist Weapons Warehouse?
by Adam Dick | Jun 18, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano, in a new riveting two-minute video monologue, is asking important questions regarding the killings of the US ambassador to Libya, another diplomat, and CIA contractors in Benghazi, Libya in 2012. Napolitano is also asking about the connection...
Former NSA Director Michael Hayden: It’s ‘Cool!’ That Congress Has Not Restrained Mass Surveillance
by Adam Dick | Jun 17, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Almost four months after ludicrously claiming to be an “unrelenting libertarian” while on stage with Ron Paul Institute Board Member Andrew Napolitano, Michael Hayden — whose rotation through high-level United States intelligence offices included several years as...
South Dakota Native American Tribe Legalizes Marijuana
by Adam Dick | Jun 17, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe became last week the first South Dakota American Indian tribe to approve marijuana legalization. The approval came via the tribe’s executive committee voting on Thursday to adopt a legalization ordinance. The tribe’s reservation is...
Small Victory: Decades-Old Database of Nevada Handgun Owners to be Destroyed
by Adam Dick | Jun 15, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In this age of mass surveillance, it is uncommon to hear of the destroying of a government’s surveillance database — even if in just one American county. Yet, that is what the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department is preparing to do. As required by Senate Bill 175...
The Prosecution of Dennis Hastert and the Government’s War on Cash
by Adam Dick | Jun 13, 2015 | Featured Articles
Back on March 31, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) announced what many media reports heralded as a big rollback in the use of structuring allegations to justify seizing assets from individuals. Yet, here we are less than three months later with the DOJ prosecuting...
Judge Napolitano: Prosecute ‘Hothead’ McKinney Pool Party Cop
by Adam Dick | Jun 10, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The resignation on Tuesday of McKinney, Texas policeman Eric Casebolt after the widespread viewing of a video showing Casebolt drawing his gun and brutalizing a teenager outside a pool party may not be enough to bring justice, suggests Judge Andrew Napolitano....
Reps. McGovern, Jones, and Lee to Force House Vote This Month on ISIS War Withdrawal
by Adam Dick | Jun 5, 2015 | Congress Alert
The days of the United States House of Representatives leadership blocking debate and a vote on the ISIS War appear to be coming to an end. On Thursday, Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), along with Reps Walter Jones (R-NC) and Barbara Lee (D-CA), introduced, pursuant to the...
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