Following the recent clashes between the alt-right and the group antifa, some libertarians have debated which group they should support. The answer is simple: neither. The alt-right and its leftist opponents are two sides of the same authoritarian coin.The alt-right...
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Attack Venezuela? Trump Can’t be Serious!
by Ron Paul | Aug 14, 2017 | Featured Articles
There is something unsettling about how President Trump has surrounded himself with generals. From his defense secretary to his national security advisor to his White House chief of staff, Trump looks to senior military officers to fill key positions that have been...
Jeff Sessions Endorses Theft
by Ron Paul | Aug 7, 2017 | Featured Articles
Attorney General Jeff Sessions recently ordered the Justice Department to increase the use of civil asset forfeiture, thus once again endorsing an unconstitutional, authoritarian, and increasingly unpopular policy. Civil asset forfeiture, which should be called civil...
North Korea or Iran…Where Will President Trump Attack First?
by Ron Paul | Jul 31, 2017 | Featured Articles
President Trump seems to be impatiently racing toward at least one disastrous war. Maybe two. The big question is who will be first? North Korea or Iran? Over the past several days President Trump has sent two nuclear-capable B-1 bombers over the Korean peninsula to...
Trump Should Veto Congress’ Foolish New Sanctions Bill
by Ron Paul | Jul 24, 2017 | Featured Articles
This week’s expected House vote to add more sanctions on Russia, Iran, and North Korea is a prime example of how little thought goes into US foreign policy. Sanctions have become kind of an automatic action the US government takes when it simply doesn’t know what else...
Big Military Spending Boost Threatens Our Economy and Security
by Ron Paul | Jul 17, 2017 | Featured Articles
On Friday the House overwhelmingly approved a massive increase in military spending, passing a $696 billion National Defense Authorization bill for 2018. President Trump’s request already included a huge fifty or so billion dollar spending increase, but the...
Janet Yellen: False Prophet of Prosperity
by Ron Paul | Jul 10, 2017 | Featured Articles
Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen recently predicted that, thanks to the regulations implemented after the 2008 market meltdown, America would not experience another economic crisis “in our lifetimes.” Yellen’s statement should send shivers down our spines, as there...
We Must Declare Independence
by Ron Paul | Jul 3, 2017 | Featured Articles
As Independence Day comes around again we should spend a few moments between barbecue and fireworks to think about the meaning of independence. The colonists who rebelled against the British Crown were, among other things, unhappy about taxation. Yet, as economist...
Republican Healthcare Plan Fails the ‘Jimmy Kimmel Test’
by Ron Paul | Jun 26, 2017 | Featured Articles
This week the Senate Republican leadership unveiled its Obamacare replacement plan. Like its House counterpart, the misnamed Senate plan retains most of Obamacare’s core features.Both the House and Senate plans allow states to obtain waivers providing relief from some...
Trump Turns Back the Clock With Cold War Cuba U-Turn
by Ron Paul | Jun 19, 2017 | Featured Articles
Nostalgia seems to be very popular in Washington. While the neocons and Democratic Party hard-liners have succeeded in bringing back the Cold War with Russia, it looks like President Trump is determined to take us back to a replay of the Bay of Pigs! In Miami on...
Why Are We Attacking the Syrians Who Are Fighting ISIS?
by Ron Paul | Jun 12, 2017 | Featured Articles
Just when you thought our Syria policy could not get any worse, last week it did. The US military twice attacked Syrian government forces from a military base it illegally occupies inside Syria. According to the Pentagon, the attacks on Syrian government-backed forces...
Trump’s Budget: Radical Change or More of the Same?
by Ron Paul | Jun 5, 2017 | Featured Articles
President Donald Trump's proposed budget has generated hysteria among the American left. Prominent progressives have accused the president and his allies of wanting to kill children, senior citizens, and other vulnerable Americans. The reaction of the president’s...
Are We Fighting Terrorism, Or Creating More Terrorism?
by Ron Paul | May 28, 2017 | Featured Articles
When we think about terrorism we most often think about the horrors of a Manchester-like attack, where a radicalized suicide bomber went into a concert hall and killed dozens of innocent civilians. It was an inexcusable act of savagery and it certainly did terrorize...
Will the Trump Administration Overdose on Authoritarianism?
by Ron Paul | May 22, 2017 | Featured Articles
Last week Attorney General Jeff Sessions ordered federal prosecutors in drug cases to seek the maximum penalty authorized by federal mandatory minimum sentencing laws. Sessions’ order represents a setback to the progress made toward restoring compassion and common...
The ‘Giuliani Moment’
by Ron Paul | May 16, 2017 | Featured Articles
The Republican Party Debate, South Carolina, May 15th, 2007 MR. GOLER: Congressman Paul, I believe you are the only man on the stage who opposes the war in Iraq, who would bring the troops home as quickly as -- almost immediately, sir. Are you out of step with your...
President Trump: Toss Your Generals’ War Escalation Plans In the Trash
by Ron Paul | May 14, 2017 | Featured Articles
By the end of this month, Defense Secretary James Mattis and National Security Advisor HR McMaster will deliver to President Trump their plans for military escalations in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria. President Trump would be wise to rip the plans up and send his...
Trump Is Making Good Diplomatic Progress With Russia
by Ron Paul | May 10, 2017 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It's always important from the standpoint of peace that America and Russia, two major nuclear powers, continue to practice diplomacy.The 20th century, with hundreds of millions dead as a result of government wars, provides us all with valuable lessons on the...
President Trump: Cancel Your Saudi Trip, Play More Golf
by Ron Paul | May 8, 2017 | Featured Articles
President Trump is about to embark on his first foreign trip, where he will stop in Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Vatican, before attending a NATO meeting in Brussels and the G-7 summit in Sicily. The media and pundits have loudly wondered why hasn’t he gone on a...
Save Liberty, Shut Down the Government
by Ron Paul | May 1, 2017 | Featured Articles
Congress ended the week by passing a continuing resolution keeping the government funded for one more week. This stopgap funding bill is designed to give Congress and the White House more time to negotiate a long-term spending bill. Passage of a long-term spending...
Candidate Trump: ‘I Love Wikileaks.’ President Trump: ‘Arrest Assange!’
by Ron Paul | Apr 24, 2017 | Featured Articles
“I love Wikileaks,” candidate Donald Trump said on October 10th on the campaign trail. He praised the organization for reporting on the darker side of the Hillary Clinton campaign. It was information likely leaked by a whistleblower from within the Clinton campaign to...
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