Ukraine heats up and the US continues pointing fingers away from its own actions. Max Boot and the neocons want us to go harder and faster against Russia. What might we expect from recent developments in Greece - wither the EU? RPI's Daniel McAdams again joins Jay...
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The Horrible Foolishness of Sanctions: Ron Paul Talks to Lew Rockwell
by Adam Dick | Feb 1, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
photo: Sirkon AshThe momentum in the United States government seems to be behind piling more and more sanctions on countries with abandon. In opposition to this trend, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Founder and Chairman Ron Paul and RPI Advisory Board...
Sharia Law in Texas?
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 31, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Addressing the news that a non-profit Muslim organization in Texas is offering to privately settle disputes on a voluntary basis between those who see Sharia law as binding, Judge Andrew Napolitano points out that privatized justice should be welcomed in the United...
To Stop Tracking of Car Movements, States Can End License Plate Requirement
by Adam Dick | Jan 30, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Despite Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Patrick Leahy (D-VT) of the Senate Judiciary Committee expressing concern about the US government using a license plate tracking system to monitor vehicle movements in America, we should not expect the US...
Yemen Coup and the Week in Review — McAdams and Taylor
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 25, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
A quick review of the Sunni vs. Shia split and how that drives violence in the Middle East. What does the ascendence of a Shia insurgency to power in Yemen last week mean for the balance in the region, especially with the death of the Saudi king? More US double-talk...
Foreign Troops in Ukraine? You Bet!
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 23, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US-backed president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, was among the elites gathering in Davos, Switzerland this week to attend the 2015 World Economic Forum. During his speech he made the remarkable claim that 9,000 Russian troops were currently fighting in Ukraine on...
Kucinich: Obama’s Wars Stand in Way of His SOTU Wish List
by Adam Dick | Jan 23, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Commenting Wednesday in a Sky News panel discussion, Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Advisory Board Member Dennis Kucinich questioned how President Barack Obama planned to pay for the “wish list” of government programs Obama presented in the State of the...
Breaking the Mold: Rick Sanchez Interviews Ron Paul
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 22, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In his recent appearance on the Rick Sanchez Show, RPI Chairman Ron Paul discussed why the Founders favored liberty and were very skeptical of democracy. Also, is Obama finally starting to get Cuba policy right? Ron Paul made the point that when he was campaigning...
Is The FBI Busting Terror Plots or Creating Terror Plots?
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 20, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Last week's arrest of 20 year old Ohio resident Christopher Lee Cornell for allegedly plotting to shoot up the US Capitol was yet another in dozens of spectacular FBI takedowns of dangerous homegrown terrorists out to do us harm. Or was it? As has been the case at...
Free Speech, Paris, False Flag, US Training to Syrian Rebels – McAdams and Taylor’s Foreign Policy Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 17, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Director Daniel McAdams joins Jay Taylor to look back on the week in foreign affairs. The hypocrisy of the Paris "unity" march, the free speech crackdown in France, free speech in the US, the US decision to begin training Syrian rebels with US troops, Ukraine...
Ron Paul: What is Really Behind Violent Police Confrontations in US Cities?
by Adam Dick | Jan 14, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul is a well-known opponent of the militarization and nationalization of local police in America. Yet, he cautions against looking at this development in isolation. On the Alex Jones Show on Tuesday, Paul discussed the economic policies of the US government and...
After Free Speech Rally, France Cracks Down on Free Speech
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 14, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Well that didn't take long. Just three days after the French government hosted dozens of foreign leaders in a "unity rally" to defend free speech in the wake of last week's shooting at the Charlie Hebdo magazine, France has begun arresting its citizens for actually...
Civilian Bus Attacked in Ukraine, Washington Blames Rebels
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 14, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
On Tuesday a civilian bus was attacked in the breakaway region of eastern Ukraine. Some 12 people were killed in what was initially reported to be a grad missile attack but that looks much more like the work of some sort of small arms fire or anti-personnel mine....
Hypocrisy of the Paris Marchers
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 13, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
The Paris "unity rally" to stand up for free speech in the face of last week's magazine shooting in Paris was an exercise in hypocrisy by the western political leaders who rushed in for the photo-op, RPI Director Daniel McAdams told Sputnik News today. France,...
Paris Attack, Blowback, is Ron Paul Right? – McAdams and Taylor Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 10, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI Chairman Ron Paul was criticized for daring to mention "blowback" in relation to the recent attack on a provocative French magazine. The usual neocon outlets made their usual superficial accusations that Dr. Paul was somehow justifying the attack. But is it...
Michael Scheuer: The Paris Killings Are Blowback
by Adam Dick | Jan 8, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Micheal Scheuer, whose twenty-plus years working at the Central Intelligence Agency included several years in charge of the CIA’s Osama bin Laden unit, describes the killings at the Charlie Hebdo office in Paris this week as blowback. Scheuer, a Ron Paul Institute...
How Many Current US Wars? Let’s Ask Obama…
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 4, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Non-interventionists and antiwar activists are often accused of exaggerating the extent of US military actions overseas to make our point about the costs of empire. We are said to over-estimate US troop deployments and level of military activity overseas. We reject...
The Evil of Sanctions
by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. | Jan 3, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Free trade is essential to prosperity, peace, and civilization. But free trade does not mean State-managed trade of the Nafta sort. It means businesses and individuals able to deal across international borders as easily as across town borders. Many things hamper free...
North Korea Sanctions? Afghan Victory? McAdams and Jay Taylor Week in Review
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 3, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Ron Paul Institute Director cannot understand new Obama sanctions on North Korea as the US case against North Korea involvement in recent hack of Sony falls apart. North Korea hacks Sony to block a film featuring assassination of North Korea leader? What about the...
Oliver Stone: CIA Fingerprints All Over Ukraine Coup
by Daniel McAdams | Jan 1, 2015 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Famed Hollywood director Oliver Stone created a media storm this week with his statements about the February coup that ousted democratically elected Ukrainian leader Victor Yanukovych. Stone has concluded that the mysterious sniper fire that killed dozens and...
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