I can’t decide which is more amusing: the CIA’s use of “national security” to justify keeping secret its 50-year-old records in the JFK assassination or the mainstream media’s response to the continued secrecy.On the one hand, the CIA’s use of “national security” to...
Jacob G. Hornberger
US Violence Abroad Begets Violence at Home
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Oct 3, 2017 | Featured Articles
Although ISIS is claiming that Las Vegas mass murderer Stephen Paddock was one of theirs and was acting on its behalf, so far no independent evidence has surfaced to confirm ISIS’s claim. If such evidence does emerge, it will be one more of a long series of deadly...
America: The Dictatress of the World
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Oct 2, 2017 | Featured Articles
On July 21, 1821, John Quincy Adams, who would go on to become the sixth president of the United States, warned that if America were ever to abandon its founding principle of non-interventionism in foreign affairs, she might well become the dictatress of the...
North Korea Would Be Stupid to Trust the US
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Sep 28, 2017 | Featured Articles
To many mainstream pundits, the solution to the crisis in Korea is for US officials to sit down and “talk” to North Korea in the hopes of negotiating a mutually beneficial agreement. While it won’t guarantee that a deal will be worked out, they say, “talking” is the...
The Worst Mistake in US History
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Sep 20, 2017 | Featured Articles
The worst mistake in US history was the conversion after World War II of the US government from a constitutional, limited-government republic to a national-security state. Nothing has done more to warp and distort the conscience, principles, and values of the American...
Interventionism and the Korean Crisis
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Sep 6, 2017 | Featured Articles
If war ends up breaking out in Korea, President Trump, the Pentagon, and the CIA will be announcing that it was all North Korea's fault. They’ll say that North Korea was “begging for war,” and that the United States was “forced” to act to protect “national security.”...
One Way to End Drug War Violence
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Aug 26, 2017 | Featured Articles
Two police officers in Kissimmee, Florida, were recently shot and killed while investigating illegal drug activity in a dangerous part of town. According to the New York Times, government officials praised the officers for their service and asked Floridians to pray...
Unlike Trump, JFK Didn’t Bend the Knee
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Aug 24, 2017 | Featured Articles
NOTE: I’ll be speaking at the Ron Paul Institute’s Peace and Prosperity 2017 Conference. Saturday, September 9, from 9:30 am to 3:00 p.m., Washington Dulles Airport Marriott. Last year’s conference was a sell-out and this year’s conference promises to be even better....
Korea and Venezuela: Flip Sides of the Same Coin
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Aug 15, 2017 | Featured Articles
By suggesting that he might order a US regime-change invasion of Venezuela, President Trump has inadvertently shown why North Korea has been desperately trying to develop nuclear weapons — to serve as a deterrent or defense against one of the US national-security...
Bring the Troops Home From Korea
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Aug 11, 2017 | Featured Articles
There is one good solution to the Korean crisis, one that the mainstream press commentators simply will not confront. It’s not a solution that is likely to be adopted, especially by a blustery and bellicose president and a national-security establishment that has a...
Where Trump Might Be Vulnerable
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Aug 4, 2017 | Featured Articles
It’s still not clear to me the particular crime for which special prosecutor Robert Mueller is investigating President Trump.Was it illegal for Vladimir Putin to support Trump for president instead of Hillary Clinton?Nope.Was it illegal for Trump to receive advice,...
Killing and Dying for Minerals
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jul 27, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Americans might soon have a new reason to thank the troops for their service, at least in Afghanistan, where the troops have been killing and dying for almost 16 years. According to an article in yesterday’s New York Times, “President Trump, searching for a reason to...
Don’t Be Surprised to See Trump Bomb North Korea
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jul 7, 2017 | Featured Articles
After the in-your-face Fourth of July “gift” that North Korea delivered to President Trump in the form of an intercontinental ballistic missile test, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see President Trump and the Pentagon retaliate by bombing North Korea. The reason...
Empire-Speak
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jun 28, 2017 | Neocon Watch
One of the most fascinating aspects of living under imperialism is the lexicon that this philosophy brings into existence. It’s called Empire-Speak. Given the complexity of this specialized language, it usually takes people years of education and training to master...
Tyranny at Home to Fight Tyranny Abroad
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jun 24, 2017 | Featured Articles
President Trump has reminded us of how the US government destroyed the liberty of the American people in the name of fighting tyranny abroad. Exercising the same dictatorial method that his predecessors have employed — executive decrees — he has made it illegal again...
Tyranny Over There but Not Over Here
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jun 15, 2017 | Featured Articles
One of the fascinating aspects of tyranny is that people can recognize it when it happens in other countries but are blind about it when it happens at home. The American people, especially the US mainstream press, are a perfect demonstration of this...
Punishing People for Helping Dying Children is Evil Too
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jun 8, 2017 | Featured Articles
In my article “The Evil of Killing Children,” I pointed out how the US government, in an attempt to achieve regime change in Iraq, knowingly and intentionally killed hundreds of thousands of innocent children in Iraq.Unfortunately, killing those innocent Iraqi...
Bring the Troops Home, Mr. President
by Jacob G. Hornberger | Jun 6, 2017 | Featured Articles
Another terrorist attack in London, and more predictable responses from President Trump, British Prime Minister May, other public officials, and the mainstream press. We have to crack down on terrorism. The problem is with extremist Muslims. They hate us for our...
The Troops Don’t Defend Our Freedoms
by Jacob G. Hornberger | May 29, 2017 | Featured Articles
This article was originally published in 2005 on LewRockwell.com. How often do we hear the claim that American troops “defend our freedoms”? The claim is made often by U.S. officials and is echoed far and wide across the land by television commentators, newspaper...
Lying DEA Officials Get a Pass (Just Like Clapper)
by Jacob G. Hornberger | May 26, 2017 | Featured Articles
Why is there one set of criminal laws for the private sector and another set for U.S. officials?The inspectors general for the State Department and the Justice Department have released a report that states that DEA officials lied to Congress about an episode in...
Recent Posts
- Trump Opts For More War With Russiaby Moon of Alabama
- The Genesis of Sectarian Violence in Syria: The Fall of Assad to US Supported Extremists and the Massacre of Christians and Alawitesby Dennis J. Kucinich
- When Dissent Becomes a Crime: The War on Political Speech Beginsby John W. And Nisha Whitehead
- MAGA should embrace Thomas Massieby Emily Jashinsky
- Mr. Trump, you would’ve been lucky to have Dan Davis on your teamby Kelley B. Vlahos
- Professor at Center of Columbia University Deportation Scandal is Former Israeli Spyby Alan MacLeod
- Europe Faces a MAGA ‘Vibe-Shift’ as Trump Moves to his Primordial Objective – The Global Resetby Alastair Crooke
- President Trump, Where Are Those Long-Secret JFK Records?by Jacob G. Hornberger
- It’s Rescission Timeby David Stockman
- Tariffs are Theftby Ron Paul
Categories
Sign Up For Institute Updates for Free!
Keep up to date with all Ron Paul Institute news and events by signing up for our updates. We will keep you informed and make sure you are the first to know any RPI news. We will occasionally send you our take on breaking events. But we won't clog your in-box and we absolutely will respect your privacy. Let's work for peace and prosperity together! Come on board!
Donate to The Ron Paul Institute Today!
Support our upcoming set rebuild. We plan to improve our reach by amplifying the message.