National Endowment for Democracy president-for-life Carl Gershman takes to the pages of the Washington Post today to put a positive spin on a recent Russian government decision to finally send that US government-funded regime-change organization packing. The Russian...
Daniel McAdams
Obama’s Kenya Debacle Shows Folly of Interventionism
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 29, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Every time US officials try to lecture foreign leaders about what their social policies should be, resentment is created. Far from following the dictates of Washington, often the endless hectoring turns foreign leaders and citizens against the US. Even if the policies...
Breaking: Daniel McAdams on Russia Veto of MH17 Tribunal Proposal at UNSC
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 29, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Executive Director Daniel McAdams was interviewed on RT as Russia vetoed a UN resolution to set up a tribunal to look into the downing of Malaysian airlines flight MH-17. Co-drafted by Ukraine, which is one of the suspects in the crime, McAdams points out that...
US Escalation: A No-Fly Zone in Syria?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 28, 2015 | The Liberty Report
According to recent press reports, the US and Turkey have agreed to carve out a piece of Syria for a "no-fly" zone where the Syrian government cannot bomb ISIS or the US-backed insurgents. Meanwhile, Turkey has been bombing the Kurds in the region, who are known as...
US War on Your Passport Continues
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 23, 2015 | Congress Alert
Just the other day we wrote about a US House "suspension" bill that would give the Secretary of State the authority to cancel your passport if he decided that you had "aided" an organization that he rules is terrorist. There is no definition of what "aided" means, no...
Today Congress Votes to Take Your Passport
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 21, 2015 | Congress Alert
Revolutions most often become horrific parodies as they inevitably turn inward on their own people. The former subjects of Louis XVI soon understood liberté, égalité, fraternité to in fact mean the guillotine. In the name of fighting one's enemies, the regime takes to...
The Deadly Fallacy of Good Intentions
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 21, 2015 | The Liberty Report
From "humanitarian" interventions to regulating what we put in our bodies, the "good intentions" of governments often produce the most horrific results. Today's Liberty Report looks at the worst of tyrannies -- those constructed for your own good:
NSA Spies on Enemies…And Friends!
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 20, 2015 | The Liberty Report
What are the long-term consequences of recent revelations that the NSA has for decades spied on the top leaders of the closest US allies? While neither German Chancellor Merkel nor French President Hollande have been particularly outwardly annoyed at the revelations,...
Bill Kristol on Iran Deal: ‘Its Munich!’
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 18, 2015 | Neocon Watch
Bill Kristol is the epitome of the neocon mindset: cultivating a staid and urbane image while writing the most unhinged and mendacious claptrap. In his utterly predictable denunciation of the successful Iran nuclear talks, Kristol frames the issue in the crudest...
Obama to Bibi: Want Some (More) Money?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 17, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul has always said that US foreign policy is incredibly simple: do what we say and we will send you money; disobey and we will bomb you. While there is (fortunately) little threat of the US dropping bombs on Israel over that country's hysterical opposition to...
In His Own Words: Ron Paul On His New Book, Swords into Plowshares
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 17, 2015 | The Liberty Report
On today's Liberty Report, Ron Paul sits down with co-host (and RPI Director) Daniel McAdams to explain his new book, Swords into Plowshares. Why did he write such personal book about war? What were his early memories of World War II? His grandmother's great words of...
Torture Conspiracy: Doctors Collude With CIA
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 16, 2015 | The Liberty Report
A recent report commissioned by the American Psychological Association showed that several of its members surreptitiously assisted the Central Intelligence Agency in designing new forms of torture. Even the APA's person in charge of ethics was caught trying to...
Ron Paul Takes on Neocon: ‘We’ve Got a Schizophrenic Foreign Policy’
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 15, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
We're with the Iranians because we are both fighting ISIS but we're against the Iranians because they are on the side of Assad. That is why RPI Chairman Ron Paul described our foreign policy as "schizophrenic" in a Newsmax debate on the Iran deal. On the Iran talks,...
Kiev’s Contradictions
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 15, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
With the extremist "Right Sector" militias beginning to foment unrest in western Ukraine, will US-backed president Poroshenko move against his most dedicated storm troopers or will they move against him? Ukraine is breaking apart and no amount of EU or US goodwill...
Iran Deal: Peace Opportunity or ‘Historic Mistake’
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 14, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Does today's announcement that a deal was reached with Iran bode well for our peace and prosperity in the future? Not if the neocons get their way -- and they have only begun to fight. Look for them to pull out all stops in their manic determination to strangle this...
Whataburger’s Gun Discrimination Is Good For Liberty
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 13, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Next January it becomes legal in Texas to openly carry firearms in public places. The burger chain Whataburger has decided that it will not allow open carry of firearms in its restaurants. Is it OK for Whataburger to discriminate against its customers? Of course, says...
Forget ISIS: Russia and China Biggest Threat Says Pentagon
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 10, 2015 | The Liberty Report
According to the newly released Military Strategy of the United States, 2015, the real threats are no longer the terrorism of non-state actors but rather Russia, China, Iran, and any other state that challenges US global hegemony. This even though the document makes...
Army Troop Cuts – A Propaganda Ploy?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 8, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Press reports that the US Army would cut 40,000 troops are meant to terrify the American people into demanding an increase in military spending - even though the US spends more than all developed countries combined. The truth is US military spending is going to...
Obama: No Military Solution in Middle East; Increases Bombing Anyway
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 7, 2015 | The Liberty Report
President Obama told us yesterday that the US war against ISIS was going to last a very long time. While he said there was no military solution to the problem, he also ordered a increase in US bombing. Today Congress voted to send more military aid to Jordan. Obama's...
Greeks Vote No: Keynesian Crisis Continues
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 6, 2015 | The Liberty Report
Greece's vote against the EU bailout offer raises as many questions as it answers. What happens next? We know the debt will not disappear. Eventually it will have to be liquidated and Greece will have to start over if it is ever going to be a "normal" country again....
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