The border-industrial complex has not been content to just count the money and gloat after receiving millions upon millions in “border security” dollars from the United States government. There is more easy money to be had if states can be convinced to take a bigger...
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Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Using Al-Qaeda to Fight ISIS is Crazy and Dangerous
by Adam Dick | Sep 6, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
College of William & Mary Professor and Ron Paul Institute Academic Board Member Lawrence Wilkerson frankly assesses that former United States General and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director David Petraeus’ proposal that the US support al-Qaeda to fight the...
Buy the Rights-Abusing Cops Lunch Says Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick
by Adam Dick | Sep 3, 2015 | Featured Articles
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick issued a statement Wednesday that says that, to counter “America’s negative attitude toward our law enforcement officers,” people should all-but grovel at the feet of any police they come across. Patrick even suggests that...
Families Choose Homeschooling to Escape Draconian California Vaccination Mandates
by Adam Dick | Sep 1, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
There is an “out” for Californian parents and children dreading the July 2016 implementation of the state’s recently adopted Senate Bill 277 — draconian legislation eliminating exemptions to child vaccination mandates. That out is homeschooling, and many Californian...
Sexual Assault by the TSA is OK, Except in the Airport Bathroom
by Adam Dick | Aug 28, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Here is some welcome news for travelers. There seems to be a limit to where Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees can sexually assault travelers — at least at the New York City LaGuardia Airport. WABC-TV reports that a TSA agent was arrested Thursday...
Telling Your Child to Call 911 in an Emergency Can Be Dangerous
by Adam Dick | Aug 27, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Cop Block co-founder Pete Eyre released a new video this week that, in just four minutes, explains clearly why telling children just to dial 911 is not the best means to ensure children’s safety in emergencies. Just as important, Eyre presents in the video several...
Hear Ron Paul, Andrew Napolitano, and Tom Woods from Paul’s 80th Birthday Celebration
by Adam Dick | Aug 22, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Were you unable to make it to Ron Paul’s 80th birthday celebration on August 15? Did you attend the party and now want to hear again the speeches Paul, Andrew Napolitano, and Tom Woods delivered that afternoon to the 675 people who had gathered together in Paul’s...
Firing House Speaker John Boehner
by Adam Dick | Aug 20, 2015 | Congress Alert
Shortly before United States House of Representatives members left Washington, DC for the August recess, Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) introduced a resolution declaring the office of speaker of the house vacant. The passing of the resolution would effectively fire House...
Hillary Clinton Criminal Charges Coming on the Eve of the New Hampshire Primary?
by Adam Dick | Aug 19, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The US Department of Justice may announce criminal charges against Democratic Party presidential candidate Hillary Clinton around the time of the first presidential primary. The charges would arise from Clinton’s mishandling of classified information in her email...
Police Invincibility Melting Away in Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
by Adam Dick | Aug 13, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It is not just ice cream melting off cones in the 100-plus degrees heat of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. The reactions of local police chiefs to two recent high profile incidents of apparent police brutality and unjustified killing in the metroplex of around seven...
Looking Back: Ron Paul’s Interviews with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show
by Adam Dick | Aug 9, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Though Jon Stewart on Thursday concluded his 16-year run as host of The Daily Show, Stewart’s interviews will live on — including his informative and entertaining interviews with former US House of Representatives member and presidential candidate Ron Paul. While...
Reminder: Ron Paul’s Birthday Party is Saturday, August 15, and You Are Invited!
by Adam Dick | Aug 8, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In case you missed the earlier announcement or have not yet made your reservation, please be advised that you are invited to join the many liberty lovers who will celebrate Ron Paul’s birthday in Lake Jackson, Texas on Saturday, August 15. Paul turns 80 this month....
Judge Andrew Napolitano: Cop Handcuffing Children for Acting Up in School is Assault
by Adam Dick | Aug 5, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The handcuffing of two children, ages 8 and 9, at a Kentucky school by Kenton County Deputy Sheriff Kevin Sumner is an assault, and not a legal means of discipline, says Judge Andrew Napolitano in a Tuesday interview with Fox News host Gretchen Carlson. Napolitano...
Lew Rockwell: Ron Paul’s New Book on War and Peace is Paul’s ‘Most Important Book’
by Adam Dick | Aug 5, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Lew Rockwell, in his Wednesday lewrockwell.com podcast interview with Ron Paul, heaps praise on Paul’s new book Swords into Plowshares: A Life in Wartime and a Future of Peace and Prosperity. Rockwell begins the interview noting that Swords into Plowshares is Paul’s...
Ron Paul: Look to Switzerland for Path toward Peace
by Adam Dick | Jul 25, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
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...
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...
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