Back in grade school PE class the coach would, on occasion, have the students sit together on the gymnasium floor for a short lecture. One of those lectures I have thought about periodically in the years since. It is the lecture in which the coach described the...
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Hotels, a Refuge for Free Speech
by Adam Dick | Mar 24, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
This century we have seen a major crackdown on free speech in America. The crackdown has shut off much free speech, including at colleges and social media websites where free speech had before seemed quite welcome. This month, I have been working with a couple hotels...
The War on Marijuana is Hitting American Trucking
by Adam Dick | Mar 17, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Marijuana is legal for medical or general (recreational) use by adults in most American states, but a truck driver can still lose his job because a United States government mandated routine drug test indicates he used marijuana.Some people will be quick to respond,...
About Oklahoma Voters Rejecting the Recreational Marijuana Legalization Initiative
by Adam Dick | Mar 8, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a Tuesday statewide Oklahoma election, State Question 820 that would have legalized recreational marijuana in Oklahoma was rejected when 62 percent of votes were cast against it. Why did this initiative fail, and fail by such a large margin, when recreational...
Donald Trump in New Campaign Video is Following Through on Running as the Peace Candidate
by Adam Dick | Feb 24, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On February 8, I wrote about indications that Donald Trump may run as the peace candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential primary. Concluding, I commented, “We’ll see if Trump follows through with this campaign strategy.” This week, the Trump campaign released a...
When President Grover Cleveland Rejected Congressional Pressure for War against Spain
by Adam Dick | Feb 22, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
During the Tuesday episode of the Ron Paul Liberty Report, host Ron Paul answered questions that viewers had submitted. In the process of answering one of the questions, Paul mentioned that there was an instance in which President Grover Cleveland, who Paul...
Speeches from the Sunday Rally in Washington, DC Opposing US Involvement in the Ukraine War
by Adam Dick | Feb 20, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Sunday, a collection of opponents of the United States government’s involvement in the Ukraine War spoke at a rally in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. The event titled Rage Against the War Machine, included speakers who hold differing views on many...
New Presidential Candidate Nikki Haley — the Ron Paul institute has some Background Information
by Adam Dick | Feb 14, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Nikki Haley announced on Tuesday that she is running for president of the United States as a Republican. What may a Haley presidency look like? To help answer that question, check out the nine articles linked below from the website of the Ron Paul Institute. The...
Donald Trump — the Peace Candidate in the 2024 Republican Presidential Primary?
by Adam Dick | Feb 8, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A Monday article at Politico makes the case that Donald Trump will likely be running as the peace candidate among individuals vying to be the 2024 Republican presidential nominee. The article’s authors — Meridith McGraw, Natalie Allison, and Gary Fineout— write: Those...
President Biden Wants to End the New Hampshire Primary’s First-in-the-Nation Status. Is He Just Trying to Benefit Himself?
by Adam Dick | Feb 3, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In every United States presidential contest since 1920, New Hampshire has held the first primary. That tradition of over 100 years is in President Joe Biden’s sights for elimination. Why? Norman Solomon argues in a Friday Salon article that the reason Biden is calling...
Could Brazil’s Lula and Israel’s Netanyahu Help End the Ukraine War?
by Adam Dick | Feb 1, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
With the United States and a few other nations dumping money and weapons nonstop into Ukraine in an apparent effort to ensure the Ukraine War continues until the death of the last Ukrainian soldier, it can seem that peace has no chance. In fact, it can seem that much...
The Border-Industrial Complex Feeding Trough
by Adam Dick | Jan 30, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The border-industrial complex may not do so well at stopping illegal immigrants or illegal drugs from entering America, but it appears to have done an impressive job in jacking up government spending and making sure much of that loot is distributed to select...
Courts Diverge on California Law to Silence Doctors Regarding Coronavirus
by Adam Dick | Jan 27, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In the fall, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law legislation giving medical boards in the state the power to punish — including via revoking state medical licenses — doctors for challenging the orthodoxy regarding coronavirus. This new law was quickly...
Shut Down the CDC Already
by Adam Dick | Jan 25, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What is the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) supposed to do? Here is the answer from the CDC website’s “about” page: Saving Lives, Protecting People TM CDC is the nation’s leading science-based, data-driven, service organization that protects the...
Jeremy Corbyn: Free Julian Assange and End the Ukraine War
by Adam Dick | Jan 20, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Julian Assange should be freed, and the Ukraine War should be ended right away. These are two views expressed by Jeremy Corbyn, the former Labour Party leader of Great Britain. These views are in sharp contrast with views typically expressed by prominent politicians...
Dollar Hegemony, Saudi Arabia, Oil, and Ron Paul
by Adam Dick | Jan 18, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed Tuesday at Bloomberg, Saudi Arabia Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan indicated that Saudi Arabia would be open to conducting trade, including involving oil, in various currencies — mentioning in particular the euro and the Saudi riyal — instead of the...
New York May Be the First to Ban Gas Stoves
by Adam Dick | Jan 12, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Tuesday, I wrote about the latest step being considered in the United States government’s ongoing effort to make homes more dreary. The US government has already pursued over the last few decades regulations to eliminate the sale of popular types of light bulbs,...
The US Government Versus Home Sweet Home
by Adam Dick | Jan 10, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Over the last few decades the United States government has been working on degrading Americans’ homes one piece at a time. A new proposal the US government is considering would add gas stoves commonly used in the kitchens of homes across the country to its list of...
Killer Shots and Justice
by Adam Dick | Jan 4, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A Rasmussen Reports survey of American adults conducted last week found that 28 percent of the polled individuals “personally know” someone whose death “may have been caused by side effects of COVID-19 vaccines.” These same experimental coronavirus “vaccine” shots...
Ron Paul, ‘Heroic Voice of Reason’ and ‘the Deep State’s Principal Enemy’
by Adam Dick | Jan 2, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a Sunday post titled “The Voice of Reason” at the LewRockwell.com blog, Charles Burris provides eloquent praise for libertarian communicator Ron Paul’s past and present efforts to promote liberty and nonintervention.Starting off, Burris writes: The true heroic...
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