I have long been a critic of military tribunals as constitutionally dubious and practically ineffectual institutions. The tribunals at Guantanamo Bay have resulted in few actual trials and undermined the standing of the United States as a nation committed to the rule...
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Afghan Maintenance Program You Pay For Wastes $423 Million
by Peter van Buren | Aug 11, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
So, Afghanistan. America’s longest and wackiest war will soon enter its 16th year, and is scheduled to run through the next administration, as no one can remember why the US is fighting there anymore and so no one knows when this thing is over. Did we win yet? How...
The Drug War Built Leviathan Government; Drug War Backlash Can Defeat Leviathan Government
by Adam Dick | Aug 10, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed Saturday on the Patriot’s Lament radio show on KFAR radio in Fairbanks, Alaska, Ron Paul Institute Senior Fellow Adam Dick zeroed in on the drug war as a major avenue for the expansion of government power at the expense of liberty. Yet, Dick also told...
The Real Adam Dick Fights For Liberty
by Robert Wenzel | Aug 5, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
I have to admit, the first time I saw an Adam Dick essay at ronpaulinstitute.org, it was so solid I thought that Ron Paul Institute executive director Daniel McAdams had written the piece under a pen name.It was that good.The only difference was that it was about a...
Ron Paul Recommends Reading This French Book Published in 1850
by Adam Dick | Aug 5, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Thursday on the Tom Woods Show, host Tom Woods asked libertarian communicator Ron Paul what one book Paul would suggest someone read as an introduction to Paul’s views. Paul responded that he would suggest The Law by Frédéric Bastiat. Paul says in the interview that...
Obama at Pentagon: Syria Mess is All Assad’s Fault
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 4, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Some presidents grow in office and some presidents grow once out of office (Jimmy Carter comes to mind). But some presidents seem to learn very little during their four or eight year term. Unfortunately, especially when it comes to foreign policy, it seems President...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Khan’s Constitution, Philippines Killings, Johnson’s Justices, Burp Arrest, Aussie Jedi
by Adam Dick | Aug 4, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Thursday. 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...
A Tipping Point for Liberty: An Important and Timely Book
by Norman Singleton | Aug 3, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity has done a service to everyone looking for intellectual ammunition against statist lies and propaganda. They've published A Tipping Point for Liberty: Exposing and Defeating Leviathan Government. This book is a...
Clinton Admits That It Is ‘Fair’ To Question Her Truthfulness But Then Denies That The FBI Found That Any Of Her Emails Were Classified
by Jonathan Turley | Aug 2, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Hillary Clinton admitted this Sunday that it is “fair” for voters to have questions about her truthfulness. However, she then proceeded to make the very type of statement that has undermined her credibility with voters. Despite the express statement of the FBI that...
Breaking: US Airstrikes Hit Libya to Bolster UN-Created Government
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 1, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Pentagon has announced today that the US has begun conducting military airstrikes against Libya with the stated intent of defeating ISIS in that country. According to the Pentagon spokesman, the Libyan "Government of National Accord" requested that the US begin...
Dennis Kucinich: To Diminish Terrorism, Stop Funding It and Stop Bombing Countries
by Adam Dick | Aug 1, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Interviewed last week at the Democratic National Convention, two-time Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich offered a succinct explanation of what the United States government can do to diminish terrorism. “If we want to diminish terrorism in the world,...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Paul Conventions, Barney Frank, Sanders Supporters, Giuliani Plan, My Book
by Adam Dick | Jul 30, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Friday. 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...
Hillary to Deliver Syria to Jihadists?
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 29, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
According to Hillary Clinton's foreign policy advisor, Jeremy Bash, if Clinton is elected she will order a "re-set" of US policy toward Syria to emphasize the "murderous" nature of the Assad regime. As the Telegraph reports, Hillary Clinton will breathe new life into...
The Disposable Veterans
by Karen De Coster | Jul 28, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The obituary says he “lost his battle with PTSD.” He lost his battle for freedom and a quality life once he signed up to be used as cannon fodder for the US Government. Quote: Ketchum had been struggling with PTSD and substance abuse after returning home from his...
Robert Wenzel’s Early Praise for A Tipping Point for Liberty
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 27, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Robert Wenzel is publisher of the enormously popular websites Target Liberty and Economic Policy Journal. Today he posted a terrific early review of RPI's new book release, A Tipping Point For Liberty, written by RPI's Adam Dick. We are grateful for Robert's reaction...
Dennis Kucinich: Bernie Sanders Should Consider Withdrawing His Hillary Clinton Endorsement
by Adam Dick | Jul 26, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Former Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), who in 2004 and 2008 sought the Democratic presidential nomination, says that Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) should consider withdrawing Sanders’ endorsement of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton given new...
Boos and Jeers from Home State Delegation Greet Debbie Wasserman Schultz
by Adam Dick | Jul 25, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It was a rowdy scene at the Democratic National Convention this morning when Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) addressed her home state of Florida’s delegation to the convention. Wasserman Schultz over the weekend announced her resignation as chair of the...
Like the F-35, US Latest and Most Expensive Aircraft Carrier Doesn’t Work
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 24, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Why does the US spend more on its military than the next largest several countries combined? One reason is that the military budget has far less to do with protecting the United States than it does to further enriching well-connected military contractors. Politicians...
Intervention Fail: ISIS Makes Bloody Gains in Post ‘Liberation’ Afghanistan
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 24, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Shortly after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 1996 (their rise to power itself a result of the 1979 Soviet intervention in Afghanistan), we began to hear endless stories of the horrors of this student movement turned governing power. They ruled by Sharia law,...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Convention Infomercial, ISIS War, Clinton Foundation, VP Pence, Medical Marijuana
by Adam Dick | Jul 22, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Thursday. 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...
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