Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is on the record as an Evangelical Christian. In various interviews he claims to rely on the Bible as his guide and inspiration. Reportedly Mr. Pompeo was the driving force behind President Trumps recent execution by drone of Iran’s’...
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Many People in NATO Countries Say ‘No’ to Supporting a NATO Ally in a Military Conflict with Russia
by Adam Dick | Feb 11, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
NATO is marketed as providing each member nation with the benefit that the other member nations are committed to coming to its aid militarily in the event of an attack by another nation, especially Russia. However, Pew Research Center poll results released Sunday...
How You Unlock Your Phone May Determine if Police Can Access It Without Your Consent
by Adam Dick | Feb 8, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
You may find it more convenient to unlock your phone by pressing your fingerprint on or staring at the phone screen instead of typing out a password. But, some courts have determined that having your phone set to be unlocked via your biometric information will also...
‘Racist’ Joe Biden
by Adam Dick | Jan 30, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Democratic primary presidential candidate Joe Biden, in the 1990s when he was a member of the United States Senate, said racist stuff in two speeches. That is an insinuation of a Monday The Intercept article by Aída Chávez. The basis for this insinuation? Biden in the...
Trump is Doing Middle East Peace Deal Like Real Estate Agent – Daniel McAdams
by RT | Jan 30, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Trump recently unveiled his new Middle East peace plan, calling it “the deal of the century.” The peace plan would create a small and disjointed Palestinian state in the West Bank while allowing Israel to annex nearly all the Jewish settlements in the...
Ominous REAL ID Moves Forward
by Adam Dick | Jan 28, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a new interview with host Scott Horton at the Scott Horton Show, politics writer James Bovard describes some of the latest ominous developments in the rollout of United States government-prescribed identification requirements arising from the 2005 REAL ID Act....
Ron Paul Gives Jimmy Dore a Libertarian Tutorial
by Adam Dick | Jan 25, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Want a brief presentation on some key libertarian ideas regarding matters including United States tariffs on China, the status of the US dollar as the reserve currency of the world, pollution, and laws concerning labor unions? You can find it in the new interview of...
Associated Press Sees ‘Hundreds’ Where Pictures Show Millions
by Moon of Alabama | Jan 25, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
(bigger)At 10:01 UTC Friday the Associated Press tweeted that "hundreds" gather in central Baghdad to demand that American troops leave the country. Thirty eight minutes earlier CNN had already reported that "hundreds of thousands" are protesting in Baghdad against...
Ron Paul: The Impeachment Trial of President Trump is ‘Pure Politicking’
by Adam Dick | Jan 23, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Former United States Hose of Representatives member and presidential candidate Ron Paul is not too impressed with the ongoing impeachment trial of President Donald Trump in the US Senate. The impeachment trial is “pure politicking,“ declares Paul in a new interview at...
Trump Envoy Issues Death Threat to Soleimani Successor, Head of Iran’s Quds Force
by 21st Century Wire | Jan 23, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Just when you thought that Washington could not sink any lower in the international diplomacy game, the Trump White House compounds its previous misdeed by issuing a public death threat against the successor of assassinated Quds Force General Qasem Soleimani....
Rep. Ilhan Omar’s New Militarism-Cheering Election Opponent
by Adam Dick | Jan 18, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Just like you should not judge a book by its cover, you should not judge a political candidate by his religion, sex, or place of birth. That is a lesson from Dalia al-Aqidi’s Thursday video announcing her campaign as a Republican in opposition to United States House...
Lawrence Wilkerson Lambasts ‘the Beast of the National Security State’
by Adam Dick | Jan 13, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Lawrence Wilkerson, a College of William & Mary professor who was chief of staff for Secretary of State Colin Powel in the George W. Bush administration, powerfully summed up the vile nature of the US national security state in a recent interview with host Amy...
Dennis Kucinich, Antiwar to His Core
by Adam Dick | Jan 10, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A Thursday article by Matt Taibbi at Rolling Stone discusses Dennis Kucinich’s work in politics, from Kucinich’s eight terms in the United Sates House of Representatives to his two presidential campaigns to his activities since leaving political office. Taibbi, in the...
Ron Paul: US Wants to ‘Own Iran’ Like the US Did When the Shah Was in Power
by Adam Dick | Jan 10, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
President Donald Trump is offering plenty of justifications for the US government’s recent military actions against Iran, including that the actions were taken to prevent the deaths of Americans and to prevent a war. Not so, says former US House of Representatives...
Who’s to Blame?
by Jeff Harris | Jan 9, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Recently I witnessed a tragic story broadcast on Fox news. A former US soldier who’d been disfigured in a roadside bomb blast was sharing photos of other soldiers like himself who had died or been severely wounded by similar explosions of Improvised Explosive Devices...
Trump moves to unite the Middle East! (irony)
by Col. W. Patrick Lang | Jan 7, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Teevee coverage of the recent events in the ME has been predictable. Those who hated Trump continue to hate him, etc. A few observations: 1. I had hoped that Trump's decision to kill an Iranian general engaged in a diplomatic mission (among other things) while the man...
Ron Paul: It is Best for Iraq to Tell the US to ‘Get Out’
by Adam Dick | Jan 5, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a Friday interview with host Rick Sanchez at RT regarding the United States government’s assassination of Iran General Qassim Suleimani at the Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, peace advocate and former presidential candidate Ron Paul declared that “the best...
Bill Weld: Ho-Hum, Donald Trump Ordered the Assassination of Qassim Suleimani
by Adam Dick | Jan 4, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In 2016, former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld received the Libertarian Party’s vice-presidential nomination. This year, having returned to the Republican Party, Weld is challenging President Donald Trump for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination. Many...
Dennis Kucinich Condemns Killing of Iran General and Calls for US Congress to Prevent a Larger War
by Adam Dick | Jan 3, 2020 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Dennis Kucinich, a long-time advocate for the United States government pursing a peaceful foreign policy who served in the United States House of Representatives as a Democrat from Ohio and twice sought the Democratic Party presidential nomination, issued a statement...
Butler Shaffer, R.I.P.
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. | Dec 31, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
N.B. Butler Shaffer was a valued Member of the Ron Paul Institute's Board of Advisors. He will be greatly missed. We mourn the passing of our good friend Butler Shaffer, who died Sunday afternoon at the age of 84. Butler was a libertarian at a time when there were...
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