In 2011 President Barack Obama directed, without any congressional authorization, a US military attack on Libya that was marketed as “humanitarian intervention.” As RPI Director Daniel McAdams observed in August of 2014, the result of military action by the US and...
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Ron Paul’s Upcoming Speeches in Texas
by Adam Dick | Jan 26, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul will deliver two speeches in Texas this week and next. First, the former presidential candidate and member of the US House of Representatives will be speaking close to home in Houston, Texas on January 30. Three days later, on February 2, Paul will be in...
Report: Clinton Emails Contained Human Intelligence Classified At Highest Levels
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 24, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
There is another surprising report out today on the Clinton email scandal. Fox News Reporter Catherine Herridge is reporting that at least one of the emails on Hillary Clinton’s private server contained extremely sensitive information identified as “HCS-O,” the code...
Al-Qaeda Allies to Represent Opposition in Upcoming Syria Peace Talks
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 20, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A Saudi-backed opposition committee representing the rebels fighting to overthrow the Assad government in Syria have agreed on a chief negotiator for peace talks scheduled to begin in Geneva next week. The rebels will be represented by Mohammed Alloush, political...
Judge Napolitano: Hard to Believe FBI Won’t Recommend Indictment of Hillary
by Adam Dick | Jan 20, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Tick tock, tick tock. The clock is ticking on the investigation of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for illegal handling of United States government secrets. It is three weeks until the first-in-the-nation New Hampshire presidential primary on February 9....
Inflation And Banknotes: The War on Money
by Paul-Martin Foss | Jan 20, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Inflation-racked Argentina is preparing to issue larger-denomination banknotes to alleviate critical shortages of cash in the country. What a difference between the Argentine government and most other Western governments, which seek to crack down on the use of cash....
A Video Introduction to Police Militarization
by Adam Dick | Jan 18, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Would you like to share with someone a short video that provides a basic introduction to police militarization in America? A new video at Learn Liberty, featuring Independent Institute Research Fellow Abigail R. Hall, may be just what you are seeking. The video...
That Didn’t Take Long: US to Impose New Sanctions on Iran
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 18, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Just one day after "Implementation Day" of the Iran nuclear agreement, where international sanctions were removed with the certification that Iran had met all of its obligations under the agreement, the US has slipped back into its old habits. Citing Iran's work on...
FBI Now Investigating Hillary Clinton for Using State Department to Benefit Clinton Foundation?
by Adam Dick | Jan 16, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a new video at Fox News, Judge Andrew Napolitano suggests that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has begun a new investigation of Hillary Clinton, in addition to the ongoing investigation of if she as secretary of state in the Obama administration failed to...
Hillary’s Africa Genocide Problem
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 15, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Hillary might have some explaining to do to her base, with the latest batch of emails released from her days as Secretary of State. Her supporters in the Democratic Party are particularly attuned to minority issues and the social and economic struggles of those in...
They Just Can’t Stop It: US Planning New Rebel Training Program For Syria
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 14, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
After innumerable failed schemes to train rebels to overthrow the Syrian government (and then training more rebels to take on the rebels they had previously trained who went over to ISIS and al-Qaeda), the US appears to be on the verge of launching yet another...
Afghan Positions Being Overrun By Taliban Due To Nonexistent “Ghost Soldiers” Used To Funnel Money To Corrupt Afghan Officials
by Jonathan Turley | Jan 12, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
As the Taliban probes the strength of Afghan forces, they are finding it an easier task than anticipated with a sizable number of the Afghan force constituted of “ghost soldiers.” As much as half of the soldiers in frontline positions are missing. We previously...
A Tribute to Ron Paul’s Work for Austrian Economics and against the Federal Reserve
by Adam Dick | Jan 11, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Over at FreedomWorks, Alex Bales’ new article “Profiles in Liberty: Dr. Ron Paul” presents a tribute to Ron Paul’s decades of work promoting Austrian economics and opposing the Federal Reserve. While Bales’ article focuses on Paul’s past accomplishments in the United...
Challenging Obama’s Gun Control Executive Action
by Adam Dick | Jan 8, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
This month, President Barack Obama has announced gun control executive action that seeks to roll back the Bill of Rights — not just the Second Amendment. He has followed up on this unilateral action with a public relations campaign. Last month, I challenged the...
A Tale of Two ‘Terror Arsonists’
by Joshua Bennett | Jan 8, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Our story today is about two very different "terror arsonists" who started fires on federally owned land. Although it is not certain in the first case whether the fire was lit on purpose, it ultimately burned more than 85,000 acres. The fire spread quickly, forcing...
Judge Napolitano: Unconstitutional for Obama to Create a New Gun Transfer Crime
by Adam Dick | Jan 6, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Judge Andrew Napolitano, interviewed by Gretchen Carlson on Fox News regarding President Barack Obama’s Tuesday gun control executive order announcement, explained that Obama is exceeding his presidential authority in creating a new crime related to gun transfers....
Delusional State Dept: ‘We Brought Peace to Syria in 2015’
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 4, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
This gem from over the holidays may have passed under your radar screens. In the final State Department press conference for 2015, spokesperson John Kirby outlined the Department's "pivotal foreign policy moments of 2015." To be fair, some achievements warranted a...
Killer Cops: Dialing 911 May Be Hazardous to Your Health
by Adam Dick | Jan 2, 2016 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
If you call the cops on someone whose behavior is worrying you, just know that your call may lead to the cops killing or seriously injuring that person. Sitharath Sam learned this lesson Sunday after she called the police on her boyfriend of ten years. Sam is reported...
Ron Paul Rewind: Real ID is National ID
by Adam Dick | Dec 31, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Pursuant to the 2005 Real ID Act, the United States government is on schedule to prohibit many Americans from domestic flights unless they present US passports or other approved US government IDs in 2016. Expect the sweep of the prohibition to be vast given the US...
Is There a War on Police or a War on Us?
by Adam Dick | Dec 29, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
There has been much talk about a “war on police” in 2015. The story goes that police in America are in great danger from a rise in violent attacks against them. It is suggested that the attacks are stirred up by criticisms and protests of police misconduct. As the end...
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