The Concord Monitor reports that hundreds of people came to the Concord, New Hampshire city council meeting Monday night to protest Concord Police Chief John Duval's ongoing effort to obtain a Lenco BearCat G3 armored vehicle for the town's police department. BearCat...
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President’s Spy Review Commission Provides Unintended Comedy
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 13, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Government commissions are always set up to cover up or hide government incompetence or maliciousness once exposed. They are put together when the government fails spectacularly -- as on 9/11 -- and they are staffed with government insiders who can be trusted to not...
Embassy Closure Farce Ends Except in Yemen
by Col. W. Patrick Lang | Aug 13, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Sana'a is a dangerous place, as is all of Yemen. It was dangerous 30 years ago when I was the military attache there and it still is. The government's area of control never extends far outside the cities and the tribal warfare endemic to the country often comes to...
Washington Gay Policy Push Counterproductive in Russia
by Adam Dick | Aug 13, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Americans upset over a new Russian law banning "propaganda of nontraditional sexual relations around minors" should think twice before calling on the United States government to help their cause. That is the message of Stephen F. Cohen, a professor emeritus of Russian...
Tom Woods and Pat Buchanan Dissect US Foreign Policy
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 9, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Don't miss Tom Woods' interview with Pat Buchanan on the Peter Schiff show. Woods and Buchanan dissect US foreign policy in such a coherent and elegant manner.
NH Police Chief: I Need Tanks to Fight the Free State Project!
by Adam Dick | Aug 9, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Mother Jones reports that Concord, NH Police Chief John Duval has backed off his outlandish suggestion that his police department needs a Lenco Bearcat G3 to fend off the terrorism threat posed by the Free State Project and Occupy New Hampshire. Duval had made the...
Leveretts: ‘The Bankruptcy of Washington’s Approach to Nuclear Diplomacy’
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 7, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In yet another timely and important article at this critical time in US/Iran relations, Ron Paul Institute Academic Board Members Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett shed some much-needed light and perspective on the seemingly irrational US reaction to the ascendence of...
RPI Director Talks Iran with Jay Taylor on VoiceAmerica Radio
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 7, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Listen here to RPI Director's most recent interview with Jay Taylor, host of "Turning Hard Times into Good Times" for the VoiceAmerica Radio Network. Daniel and Jay dissect the recent Iran elections and the US neocons' efforts to thwart an opening to dialogue.
RPI’s McAdams Talks McCain and Neocons With Scott Horton
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 7, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute For Peace and Prosperity, discusses John McCain’s eagerness to go to war with Russia; how “pro democracy” NGOs manufacture regime change in other countries; the US’s role in Egypt’s military coup; and the...
US Intervention and Middle East ‘Peace’
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 7, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
US intervention in the Middle East, whether overt or covert, was supposed to bring peace and stability -- even democracy and human rights -- to the region. Ten years after the US "liberation" of Iraq and some two years after US intervention on behalf of rebels seeking...
RPI’s Daniel McAdams on Global Dispatch Radio interview yesterday
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 4, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
RPI's Daniel McAdams appeared on Global Dispatch Radio interview yesterday. Topics discussed included the Middle East, Iran, the neocons, new Benghazi revelations, the Ron Paul Institute -- and the meaning of non-interventionism versus isolationism. Listen to the...
Major Terrorism Alert: Are They Crying ‘Wolf’?
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 3, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
What should we make of the latest worldwide US government terrorism threat warning? Amidst the dramatic -- and well-covered in the mainstream media -- shuttering of several US embassies for at least a day or so, Americans are suddenly told to be very afraid. The media...
Under New Spy Pressure, Administration Issues Al-Qaeda Threat Warning
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 2, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Remember the color-coded threat level alerts that President Bush's' Homeland Security Secretary would always kick up a few colors when the domestic political heat increased on the Administration? For example when it was clear that there were no weapons of mass...
New RPI Feature: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 2, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
We are pleased to announce a brand new feature here at the Ron Paul Institute. As part of "Congress Alert," our continuing effort to pick apart -- beyond the usual superficial talking points -- the legislation that is most important to our misssion, we are going to...
Washington ‘Geniuses’ and Their Support for Syrian Rebels
by Jeremy R. Hammond | Aug 2, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
An Associated Press article last month titled “US surveillance, arming of Syrian rebels under debate as House takes up defense bill” enlightened us that: The House also will consider an amendment that would bar funds for any military action in Syria if it violated the...
RPI Director Interviewed on VoiceAmerica Radio
by Daniel McAdams | Aug 1, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Listen to RPI Director Daniel McAdams on Jay Taylor's "Turning Hard Times into Good Times" radio program this week to discuss the Ron Paul Institute, the creeping police state, US foreign policy, Neocon Watch, and more!
James Comey Won’t Improve the FBI
by Adam Dick | Jul 31, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
photo: kalavinkaExpect business as usual at the FBI after Monday’s Senate confirmation of James B. Comey, Jr. to be the Bureau's new director. Comey had previously served as George W. Bush’s Deputy Attorney General. Every indication is that Comey will lead the FBI in...
RPI Director Interviewed in RIA Novosti (Russia)
by Daniel McAdams | Jul 30, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Russian media interview with RPI Director Daniel McAdams on US foreign policy. RPI has several hundred readers in Russia according to Google Analytics. In the interview, McAdams discusses US interventionism in the "color revolutions" and "Arab spring" phenomena....
Greenwald Previews New Blockbuster NSA Story
by Glenn Greenwald | Jul 29, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
Guardian newspaper journalist Glenn Greenwald appeared on ABC News "This Week" program yesterday to preview a story he will be publishing this week on just how widespread is the NSA spying on Americans. His revelations may shock you.Among Greenwald's claims is this...
The Rise of SWAT
by Adam Dick | Jul 25, 2013 | Peace and Prosperity Blog
In a KERA Radio interview this week, investigative reporter Radley Balko provides an informative overview of the the history of police SWAT teams in the United States. Balko addresses factors that have contributed to the rise of SWAT including the war on drugs, civil...
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