This week saw a new twist in what has become a D.C. Christmas tradition. I am not referring to the lighting of the White House Christmas tree but to passage of a “continuing resolution” (CR) funding the government and thus avoiding a Christmastime government shutdown....
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What Are We Doing in Syria?
by Ron Paul | Dec 16, 2024 | Featured Articles
My first reaction to news earlier this month that the Syrian government had been overthrown was, how much did we have to do with it; how involved was the CIA; and how much is it going to cost. As with Saddam and Gaddafi before him, we know that Assad was no...
The Real Scandal of Hunter‘s Pardon
by Ron Paul | Dec 9, 2024 | Featured Articles
Politicians and pundits spent much of last week commenting on President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter for lying on a federal gun purchase form, failing to pay taxes, and any other offenses he may have committed over the past decade. Much of the controversy is...
Biden’s Parting Shot at America
by Ron Paul | Dec 2, 2024 | Featured Articles
The interim between a US presidential election and the swearing in of a new Administration has for most of our history been a non-eventful period where the outgoing Administration winds down operations and the incoming Administration ramps up new personnel before the...
Get the Government out of the Classroom
by Ron Paul | Nov 25, 2024 | Featured Articles
President-elect Trump has nominated former World Wrestling Entertainment CEO Linda McMahon for Secretary of Education. President-elect Trump promised that, if confirmed, Mrs. McMahon would “spearhead” the effort to “send education back to the states.” This has led...
If Trump Didn’t Send Musk to Talk with the Iranians…He Should!
by Ron Paul | Nov 18, 2024 | Featured Articles
One of the most encouraging and promising things President-elect Trump said in his post-election acceptance speech was, “I’m not going to start a war. I’m going to stop wars…” We all understand that campaign promises often have a short shelf life after the election is...
Make Money Free Again
by Ron Paul | Nov 11, 2024 | Featured Articles
Two days after Donald Trump became the first American since Grover Cleveland to win nonconsecutive presidential elections, the Federal Reserve announced a quarter percent cut in interest rates. Following this announcement, Fed Chairman Jerome Powell held a press...
With JD Vance and Elon Musk, Suddenly Ideas Are Back in this Campaign
by Ron Paul | Nov 4, 2024 | Featured Articles
This presidential campaign season may be one of those turning points in history for reasons good and bad. Anyone watching the one debate between the Republican and Democratic Party candidates would not have come away with the view that this was a great battle of...
Government Gaslights People about the Economy
by Ron Paul | Oct 28, 2024 | Featured Articles
Public opinion polls consistently show the economy is one of the top issues, if not the top issue, for American voters. This may strike some as odd, since official government statistics show low unemployment and declining price inflation, suggesting the Federal...
Why Should We Fight Wars for Ukraine and Israel?
by Ron Paul | Oct 21, 2024 | Featured Articles
When you take on the role of the world’s policeman, don’t be surprised when countries who cannot fight their own wars call “911.” That is exactly what is happening to the United States on two fronts and it is bankrupting our country, depleting the military that should...
Hurricane Response Proves Volunteerism is Better Than Authoritarianism
by Ron Paul | Oct 14, 2024 | Featured Articles
Following Hurricane Helene, many private helicopter pilots launched their own search and rescue missions. One would think government officials would welcome the help of these volunteers, but instead they harassed them and even threatened to arrest them! For example,...
American Neocons Get Their Iran War as Congress Sleeps
by Ron Paul | Oct 7, 2024 | Featured Articles
Over the weekend, the Commander of the US Central Command (CENTCOM), General Michael Kurilla, arrived in Israel to “coordinate” with the Israeli military and plan a military strike against Iran. Think about that for a moment: one of the highest-ranking officers in the...
Fed’s Rate Cut Helps Candidate Harris but Will Hurt President Harris (or Trump)
by Ron Paul | Sep 30, 2024 | Featured Articles
Many investors, businesses, and consumers cheered the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut since March of 2020. The Fed’s 50 basis points interest rate reduction was larger than many Fed watchers anticipated and was followed by suggestions that there are more...
Washington’s Ukraine Obsession is Going to Get Us All Killed!
by Ron Paul | Sep 23, 2024 | Featured Articles
Last week the world narrowly escaped likely nuclear destruction, as the Biden Administration considered Ukraine’s request to allow US missiles to strike deeply into Russian territory. Russian president Vladimir Putin warned, as the request was being considered, that...
Homeschooling is Still Gaining Popularity…Thanks to Woke ‘Educators’
by Ron Paul | Sep 16, 2024 | Featured Articles
One of the few areas where liberty made gains in the COVID lockdown era was the increase in homeschooling. Many parents started homeschooling out of frustration with the failure of “virtual learning” to provide children with a quality education. Other parents withdrew...
The First Steps Toward a Liberty Platform
by Ron Paul | Sep 9, 2024 | Featured Articles
Last weekend several hundred of us gathered in Washington, DC, at the Ron Paul Institute conference to again proclaim our dedication to the cause of liberty and our opposition to constant US government assaults on that liberty. Our collaborators included old friends...
Trump and Harris Ignore a Great Danger Facing America
by Ron Paul | Sep 2, 2024 | Featured Articles
The Penn Wharton Budget Model, a think tank headquartered at the University of Pennsylvania, recently released a study claiming former President Donald Trump’s economic plans would add about four trillion dollars to the national deficit over ten years while Vice...
Do We Finally Have a Peace Ticket?
by Ron Paul | Aug 26, 2024 | Featured Articles
Just as the Harris/Walz campaign was looking for a boost from the content-free Democratic National Convention last week, real drama broke out that pulled the country’s attention back toward Republican candidate Donald Trump. Rumors had been swirling for days that...
Donald Trump Does Not Know the ‘Correct’ Interest Rate
by Ron Paul | Aug 19, 2024 | Featured Articles
Former President and current Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump recently renewed his criticisms of the Federal Reserve. He suggested that, if he returns to the White House next year, he will push Congress to pass legislation giving the president at least a...
Tyranny in the UK – Can it Happen Here?
by Ron Paul | Aug 12, 2024 | Featured Articles
As the UK descends into tyranny, where just re-Tweeting something the government doesn’t like can land a person a multi-year jail sentence, Americans are wondering, “can it happen here?” After all, we have the guarantees of the First Amendment. But while we shake our...
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