Lew Rockwell’s new Lew Rockwell Show interview with author Jesse Ventura provides interesting criticism of the war on marijuana in America and thoughts on the prospect of a future without that war. Rockwell mentions at the beginning of the interview that he loves the...
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Five Minutes Five Issues: Marijuana Arrests, Johnson ‘Gaffes,’ Presidential Debate, NPR Bias, Legal Heroin
by Adam Dick | Oct 2, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Saturday. 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...
Oops They Did it Again: US ‘Misdirected’ Drone Strike on Somalia Kills 22 Civilians, Soldiers
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 29, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In what the US is calling a "misdirected" airstrike, some 22 Somali citizens and soldiers were killed by a US missile fired from a drone intended to take out al-Qaeda affiliated al-Shabab militia members. According to the BBC, the airstrike may have been a ruse by one...
Judge Napolitano: Donald Trump Supports ‘Authoritarian Police State’ Stop-and-Frisk
by Adam Dick | Sep 29, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Constitutional scholar and former New Jersey state judge Andrew Napolitano, in an interview Wednesday with host Brian Thomas at KRC-Radio in Cincinnati, Ohio, decried as an authoritarian police state activity the now-discontinued New York City stop-and-frisk program...
Five Minutes Five Issues: WaPo Betrayal, Tulsa Charge, NYPD Cash, Marijuana Defense, Boehner’s Bonanza
by Adam Dick | Sep 26, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Saturday. 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...
Ron Paul: Clinton and Trump Support More Militarism, Mass Surveillance, and Drug War
by Adam Dick | Sep 23, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Speaking Thursday with host Kennedy at Fox Business, former presidential candidate Ron Paul critiqued Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton and Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump for their support of the continuation of militarism, mass...
In Kerry’s Own Words: Syria Prohibited from Attacking al-Qaeda
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 22, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
No wonder the United States insisted that its Syria ceasefire deal with Russia remain secret! It turns out that one of the US demands was that the Syrian air force must be prohibited from attacking al-Nusra Front (al-Qaeda in Syria). Crazy conspiracy theory? Listen to...
‘Claims of Russian airstrike on Syrian aid convoy comes at convenient time for US’
by RT | Sep 21, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Concern over the fate of 62 Syrian soldiers, killed in a US airstrike just days ago, is now overshadowed by claims that Russian and Syrian forces targeted a Syrian aid convoy, Daniel McAdams, executive director at the Ron Paul Institute, told RT.Following an attack on...
Breaking: US Military Strikes Syrian Forces, Allowing ISIS to Advance
by Daniel McAdams | Sep 17, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Associated Press is reporting that the US military has struck Syrian government positions in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour today, as the Syrian military was involved in a battle with ISIS forces. According to the report, the US attack on Syrian troops...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Israel Aid, Anti-Marijuana Dollars, Ballot Access, Guantanamo Vote, Conference Report
by Adam Dick | Sep 17, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A new episode of Five Minutes Five Issues posted on Saturday. 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...
Politicians Won’t Make America Great Again
by Adam Dick | Sep 15, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Wednesday, I was a guest on Liberty Talk Radio with host Joe Cristiano. The interview explored many topics, including foreign intervention, incarceration in America, the United States presidential election, and my new book, A Tipping Point for Liberty: Exposing and...
Rep. Thomas Massie Joins the Ron Paul Institute Advisory Board
by Adam Dick | Sep 14, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US House of Representatives Member Thomas Massie (R-KY) is the newest addition to the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity (RPI) Advisory Board. RPI Executive Director Daniel McAdams first made the announcement of Massie’s selection as a board member Saturday...
Kerry: US Must Approve All Syrian Airstrikes During Ceasefire
by Jason Ditz | Sep 13, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In an attempt to clarify questions about the Syrian ceasefire, and the Nusra Front not being a party to it, Secretary of State John Kerry today offered more details, confirming that the US and Russia needed to provide joint permission before the Syrian government was...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Vaccination Mandate, Kratom Ban, Trump Biometrics, NRA Position, Colin Kaepernick
by Adam Dick | Sep 9, 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...
Judge Napolitano: FBI Tricked Hillary
by Robert Wenzel | Sep 8, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The FBI set up a trap for Hillary Clinton during their questioning of her and she fell right into it, according to Judge Andrew Napolitano.Judge Napolitano appeared yesterday morning on the Don Imus Show on WABC radio and told Imus that at one point early in their...
Donald Trump: We Need More Stop-and-Frisk
by Adam Dick | Sep 5, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In his main stage speech at the Republican National Convention in July, Rudy Giuliani, a former New York City mayor and current advisor to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, predicted, “What I did for New York, Donald Trump Will do for America.” That does...
Five Minutes Five Issues: Clinton’s Dictators, Party Principles, Speed Control, Planet K, Sailor Sentenced
by Adam Dick | Sep 2, 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...
The Russians and Sultan Tayyip?
by Col. W. Patrick Lang | Aug 31, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
It is not clear to me what, if anything, the Russians and Sultan Tayyip (Erdogan) have agreed on. The battle east of Aleppo City out on the green plains of the fertile crescent seems a muddle. I don't see evidence of Russian participation, for or against the Turkish...
Donald Trump’s Wall Would Threaten Americans’ Freedom
by Adam Dick | Aug 30, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Berlin Wall was a tool for oppression. It prevented people from exercising a very important right — the right to leave. In doing so it also helped ensure continuing abuse of individuals trapped by the wall and armed enforcers. In November of 1989, gates of the...
Gary Johnson and Bill Weld Presidential Campaign Dragging Libertarianism Through the Mud
by Adam Dick | Aug 28, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul Institute Senior Fellow Adam Dick, in a Wake Up Call Podcast interview posted on Friday, argues that Libertarian Party presidential and vice-presidential nominees Gary Johnson and Bill Weld have drug the term “libertarian” through the mud with their advocacy...
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