In a new interview with Kyle Platt at Liberty.me, RPI Academic Board Member Walter Block — jovial as usual — tells the lively tale of his discovery of libertarian ideas as a young man. It all started in the early 1960s when Block, then — in Block’s words — a “pinko...
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Rep. Zoe Lofgren: USA FREEDOM Act Secretly ‘Altered in Worrisome Ways’
by Adam Dick | May 23, 2014 | Congress Alert
On Wednesday — the day before the United States House of Representatives voted to approve the USA FREEDOM Act (HR 3361) — Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) explained on the House floor that back room machinations changed the bill between the votes approving it in the House...
Judge Napolitano on Obama Helping ‘Targeted Killings Memo’ Author Become Judge
by Adam Dick | May 22, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano, speaking with Shepard Smith on Fox News, denounces President Barack Obama’s ongoing delay in providing the legal arguments used to justify the executive branch’s “targeted killings” program. In particular, Napolitano criticizes Obama’s refusal...
Toothless USA FREEDOM Act Losing Support
by Adam Dick | May 22, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
NSA Champion Rep. Mike Rogers (R-MI) The USA FREEDOM Act (HR 3361), which is supposedly designed to thwart the US government’s mass spying program, appears to be confirming RPI Executive Director Daniel McAdams’ warning from September: “beware NSA spying and beware...
US House Considers Gold Medal for Shimon Peres, Bill Touts US-Israel “Unbreakable Bond”
by Adam Dick | May 19, 2014 | Congress Alert
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor with Shimon Peres The United States House of Representatives is scheduled to consider today awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to Israel President Shimon Peres. Notably, the short bill, HR 2939, that authorizes the creation of the...
Rep. John Fleming’s Marijuana and Libertarians Disinformation Campaign
by Adam Dick | May 18, 2014 | Congress Alert
Rep. John Fleming (R-LA) presented his absurd and deceptive campaign against all marijuana use in his opening statement for a hearing regarding marijuana laws held by a subcommittee of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the morning of May 9. In the...
Ron Paul Praises States’ Nullification of US Marijuana Prohibition
by Adam Dick | May 15, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul, Wednesday on Fox Business’ The Independents, praises state governments’ nullification of marijuana prohibition. Paul, though, proceeds to warn against the taxation motivation behind liberalizing marijuana laws, noting that “if you had a libertarian society,...
Is Today ‘Lie about Ron Paul in Headlines Day’?
by Adam Dick | May 13, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Looking at the Washington Post and Rare, one has to wonder if today is Lie about Ron Paul in Headlines Day. First, the Washington Post published an article with the headline “Ron Paul thinks drug use is rampant inside prisons. He’s wrong.” That is a rather provocative...
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Oligarchs Run US Foreign Policy
by Adam Dick | May 11, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
William & Mary Professor and RPI Academic Board Member Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, in an in-depth interview with this week with Paul Jay on the Real News Network, argues that oligarchs run United States foreign policy. Having served in US government positions...
Ron Paul on the Benghazi Partisan Sideshow
by Adam Dick | May 9, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
While noting that the killing of two US diplomats, including the US ambassador to Libya, and CIA contractors in Benghazi, Libya is a “big issue” that merits attention, Ron Paul explains at the Ron Paul Channel that much of the commotion in Congress concerning the...
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson: Ukraine Rhetoric and Sanctions Threatening World War
by Adam Dick | May 4, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, speaking with Lindsay France on RT this week, explains that, in order to prevent “a shooting war that grows evermore larger,” the United States, Russia, and the nations of the EU and NATO should focus on ensuring Ukraine neutrality. Wilkerson,...
Rep. Walter Jones’ Refreshing Voting Philosophy
by Adam Dick | May 3, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In an Associated Press article focused on outside groups spending over $1 million to defeat US House Member Walter Jones (R-NC) in his May 6 primary, Jones, an RPI Advisory Board member, explains his voting philosophy: "I heard years ago — it might have been from my...
Following Bundy Ranch Raid, Congress Moves to Transfer Tortoise Habitat to US Military
by Adam Dick | Apr 30, 2014 | Congress Alert
With the US House of Representatives back in session this week after the standoff between the US Bureau of Land Management on one side and the Bundy family and protestors on the other, the House Committee on Natural Resources held a hearing regarding the BLM. What did...
Ron Paul Rewind: A Warning Against Arming the BLM…in 1997!
by Adam Dick | Apr 25, 2014 | The Liberty Report
Speaking on the House of Representatives floor on September 17, 1997, then-Rep. Ron Paul warned of the “massive buildup of a virtual army of armed regulators.” Paul, the chairman and founder of RPI, proceeded to comment in his speech that, with the number of armed...
Judge Napolitano: Hooray for Obama’s Clemency for Nonviolent Drug War Prisoners
by Adam Dick | Apr 22, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano, speaking on Fox News with Jenna Lee, explains why, “as someone who has harshly and repeatedly criticized the President,” he believes President Barack Obama “is doing the right thing” in granting clemency to potentially hundreds or thousands of...
Sen. Reid Ups Threats Against Bundy Ranch Protestors, Calling Them ‘Domestic Terrorists’
by Adam Dick | Apr 18, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
United States Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is upping his threats against the protestors at the Bundy ranch. Following his ominous declaration on Monday that the US government’s confrontation with protestors at the Nevada ranch is “not over” despite the...
Judge Napolitano: Bundy Ranch Protestors’ Line in the Sand Stops Thieving Feds
by Adam Dick | Apr 15, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano, speaking Monday with Stuart Varney on Fox Business, explains the significance of the United States government backing off its raid of the Bundy ranch in Nevada after “suffering such a terrible PR loss” from its confrontation with protestors,...
Stephen Colbert’s Ron Paul Interviews
by Adam Dick | Apr 12, 2014 | The Liberty Report
With the Thursday announcement that Stephen Colbert will succeed David Letterman as the host of the Late Show on CBS next year, it is a good time to look back at Colbert’s in-studio interviews of RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul. While humor-filled, the interviews...
Ron Paul Blasts US Ukraine Policy
by Adam Dick | Apr 8, 2014 | The Liberty Report
Speaking with RT's Sophie Shevardnadze, RPI Chairman and Founder Ron Paul presents a masterful, in-depth critique of the US government’s actions related to Ukraine. Among many matters discussed, Paul addresses the US government’s foolhardy imposition of sanctions as...
Eric Margolis: US Afghanistan Elections Not Up To Standard of Soviet Afghanistan Elections
by Adam Dick | Apr 7, 2014 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
While reviewing media reports of democracy in action in the Afghanistan election to select a replacement for President Hamid Karzai, consider the comments of RPI Academic Board member Eric Margolis on the Scott Horton Show on Friday. Margolis starts off the interview...
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