President Donald Trump released this week his budget proposal that includes increasing by five percent United States military spending. However, Ron Paul Institute Academic Board Member and retired Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson argues in a Tuesday The Real News...
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The Real Big Time Bribes Going on at Colleges and Universities
by Robert Wenzel | Mar 13, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
So the news is filled with reports over the last 24 hours of misguided efforts of semi-wealthy parents, who were busted in an FBI sting, getting their not so bright children into elite colleges and universities via bribes.But the real bribes go on. That is the...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Jailing Manning, ‘Antisemitism,’ Whole Foods Marijuana, The Foreigner, RPI Conference
by Adam Dick | Mar 10, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is posted. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new episode,...
‘Bay of Pigs 2.0’ US Invasion Plan for Venezuela Thwarted – Daniel McAdams
by RPI Staff | Mar 8, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A remarkable recent article in Bloomberg reports on the real plan for last month's showdown over US "aid" for Venezuela blocked at the Colombian border. According to the report, the US plan was for some 200 heavily armed exiled Venezuelan military officers from the...
Recollections of Walter Jones and His Principled Votes in the US House of Representatives
by Adam Dick | Mar 7, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A Wednesday Public Radio East report by Valerie Crowder presents some fond recollections of the principled political efforts of Ron Paul Institute Advisory Board Member Walter Jones who died last month while serving in his 13th term in the Unites States House of...
Walter Block: US Government Should Ignore, Not Overthrow, ‘Evil Dictators’
by Adam Dick | Mar 7, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul Institute Academic Board Member Walter Block has some clear advice regarding what the United States government should do about “evil dictators” around the world: Ignore them. After all, Block, an economics professor at Loyola University and prominent...
US Government’s Top Pharmaceutical Official Promoting Eliminating Vaccination Exemptions
by Adam Dick | Mar 5, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
With the expansion of state governments’ crackdown on vaccination exemptions facing significant obstacles after, in 2015, California eliminated nearly all vaccination exemptions for children in government schools, private schools, and day care, Alex Newman writes at...
US Has Foreign Policy of ‘World Domination’ – Daniel McAdams
by RT | Mar 5, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to make Russia’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty official. Russia continues to insist that they have not been in breach of the treaty, despite repeated accusations from US leaders....
Making Marijuana Legalization More Freedom-Friendly
by Adam Dick | Mar 1, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It took 45 years after the 1933 termination of the United States government’s alcohol prohibition for the US government to legalize beer home brewing and, then, another 35 years until in 2013 the last two American states legalized home brewing. In comparison, of the...
Senators to Reintroduce Bill to End US Involvement in Yemen War Next Week
by Jason Ditz | Mar 1, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Having seen a successful Senate vote late last year and a successful House vote earlier this month both come to naught on ending the Yemen War, the Senate is reportedly planning to try again. Officials say that the fresh Senate bill will be introduced next week.To...
Hard for US to ‘Sell Regime Change’ in Venezuela – Daniel McAdams
by RPI Staff | Feb 27, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Canada-founded "Lima Group" of Latin American countries dedicated to the overthrow of the Venezuelan government held an all important meeting in Colombia yesterday, coming on the heels of the weekend's unsuccessful push by US-appointed "interim president" Juan...
Lawrence Wilkerson: US Intervention in Venezuela is About Profits for the Rich, not Democracy and Freedom
by Adam Dick | Feb 27, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
College of William & Mary Professor Lawrence Wilkerson describes the current effort of the Donald Trump administration to overthrow the Venezuela government and oust Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro as a continuation of the United States effort begun in 2002,...
Congratulations Women, Judge Rules the US Military Should Draft You Too
by Adam Dick | Feb 25, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Over the last few years, there has been action in the United States Congress regarding whether or not to expand Selective Service registration requirements and any potential military draft to include women as well as men. Much of the support for this move has been...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Syria Troops, Licensed Rights, Bossy US, Wisconsin Marijuana, Political Parties
by Adam Dick | Feb 25, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues is available. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new...
Conservatives, China, and the USA
by Laurence M. Vance | Feb 22, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A usually good conservative magazine has an article titled: “China’s New Aggression on the World Stage.” The text under the title reads: “China has long used Western capital to challenge the might of the West. Now it is moving forcefully, making demands of companies...
Praise for Prof. Walter Block from a Three-Time Student
by Adam Dick | Feb 19, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It is great to see exuberant praise for Walter Block, a Loyola University economics professor and Ron Paul Institute Advisory Board member, at Loyola University’s The Maroon on Sunday. In an editorial, Loyola student Nathan Fryzek offers several reasons fellow...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Yemen Vote, Legalizing Marijuana, Women Working, Democracy Promotion, Checkpoint Alert
by Adam Dick | Feb 18, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted is out. You can listen to it, and read a transcript, below. You can also find previous episodes of the show at Stitcher, iTunes, YouTube, and SoundCloud. Listen to the new episode here: Read a transcript of the new...
Lew Rockwell Calls ‘Baloney’ on Claim Iran is a National Security Threat to the United States
by Adam Dick | Feb 13, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Asked in a recent panel discussion at the RT show CrossTalk if Iran is a national security threat to the United States, Ludwig von Mises Institute Founder and Chairman Lew Rockwell answered that that claim is ‘baloney’ used for “justifying imperialism.”Elaborating,...
McAdams: Senate Finds ‘No Collusion’ Between Trump and Russia – Now What?
by RPI Staff | Feb 13, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Director Daniel McAdams joined RT America's "Watching the Hawks" program today to discuss yesterday's bombshell report that the Senate Intelligence Committee has nearly completed its two year investigation into whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia and...
Venezuela: Politics of Regime Change ‘Dangerous & Inhumane’ – Daniel McAdams
by RPI Staff | Feb 13, 2019 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI's Daniel McAdams joins RT America to discuss Marco Rubio's crocodile tears over suffering in Venezuela. After supporting the sanctions that contributed to Venezuela's economic decline, he's pointing to that decline as an excuse for regime change. Also - at what...
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