On Thursday, the presidential campaign of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. announced that Dennis Kucinich had been selected to be campaign manager. Kucinich, a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, has some experience with...
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Ending Marijuana Restrictions for Athletes
by Adam Dick | May 4, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In December of 2019, I wrote about Major League Baseball (MLB), along with the Major League Baseball Players Association, announcing that marijuana use by professional baseball players would no longer be verboten. Concluding my discussion of this new development, I...
Julian Assange and President Biden’s Reelection
by Adam Dick | May 3, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Former British diplomat Craig Murray has chronicled well much of the effort of the US and British governments against Julian Assange of WikiLeaks. In a Tuesday post at his website, Murray suggests that the course of Assange’s continuing torment recently and over the...
Kennedy Declares His Presidential Campaign and Presidency Mission: ‘To End the Corrupt Merger of Sate and Corporate Power’
by Adam Dick | Apr 20, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.’s presidential campaign announcement speech on Wednesday included much that advocates of limiting the power of the United Sates government can cheer, including strong criticism of the US government’s crackdown in the name of countering...
Restoring Some Vaccination Choice in Mississippi
by Adam Dick | Apr 18, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Like every American state government, the Mississippi government pressures parents to ensure their children take a slew of vaccination shots as a condition for the children to attend school. But, unlike most states, Mississippi law does not recognize the right of...
Ron Paul’s TimCast Interview: The John F. Kennedy Assassination and Beyond
by Adam Dick | Apr 13, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul has stirred up some attention with his two-hours Tuesday interview at the TimCast show, including for his assessment that the United States government, and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in particular, killed President John F. Kennedy. The...
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Registers Support in Poll a Week before Presidential Campaign Announcement Speech
by Adam Dick | Apr 12, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It can be an arduous task to defeat the incumbent president in an American presidential primary. Yet, that is the task Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. has taken upon himself. Kennedy is planning to announce his candidacy for the Democratic Party presidential nomination in an...
Republican Congress Members and Presidential Candidates Pushing for War in Mexico
by Adam Dick | Apr 10, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Back in September of 2018, I criticized Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s suggestion that the United States military invade Mexico if Mexico legalizes heroin. Now, several Republican Congress members are using fentanyl fears as a new drug war basis for urging US military...
Want to Attend a University where Free Speech is Respected? Don’t Write off Public Universities.
by Adam Dick | Apr 4, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Some individuals seeking out a free speech respecting university to attend may write off state or public schools, assuming that private schools will better fit the bill. Survey results from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE), however, indicate...
Revisiting Ron Paul’s 2004 House Foor Speech Calling for Disbanding NATO, ‘the Sooner the Better’
by Adam Dick | Apr 4, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On March 30, 2004 — just over 19 years ago, then-Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) concluded a United Sates House of Representatives statement with a strong admonition regarding the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and US involvement in it. Paul stated: In...
The Enriched Bread Scam
by Adam Dick | Mar 25, 2023 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
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...
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...
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