An ancient Hindu prayer says, "Lord Shiva, save us from the claw of the tiger, the fang of the cobra, and the vengeance of the Afghan." The United States, champion of freedom and self-determination, is now in its 18th year of colonial war in Afghanistan. This miserable, stalemated conflict is America’s longest and most shameful war. So far it has cost over $1 trillion and killed no one knows how many Afghans. This conflict began in 2001 on a lie: namely that Afghanistan was somehow responsible...
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Canada Joins US in the Hot Seat for Industrial Espionage
Brazil President Dilma Rousseff, after condemning US government mass spying on Brazilian companies in her speech last month before the United Nations General Assembly, is now...
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Judge Andrew Napolitano Explains the FISA Court Scam
Judge Andrew Napolitano, an RPI Advisory Board member, explains the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court scam in his latest masterful column. Napolitano reviews the evidence...
Unanticipated Benefit of US Government Shutdown
Something to cheer about the US governnent's ongoing budget battle! US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul wrote today on Twitter: Due to the lapse in appropriations I will not...
Exposing the Prison Profiteers
As would be expected in the nation with the highest incarceration rate in the world, the US prison-industrial complex is large and powerful. Yet, the companies that gain from the...
Govt. Shutdown, Ron Paul’s Chevette, and More: McAdams with Taylor on Radio
Daniel McAdams and Jay Taylor discuss the government shutdown, Ron Paul's green Chevette, claims that the Syrian gas attack videos were a hoax, and more...
Afghan Attack: Who’s to Blame, Marines or the Policy?
The Washington Post yesterday carried the extraordinary story of two Marine generals fired after a 2012 Afghan insurgent attack on Camp Leatherneck/Camp Bastion in Afghanistan's...
Daniel McAdams on the Tom Woods Show
What a treat it was for me to spend part of my day on the radio with the great Tom Woods! On his Show today, we discussed Syria, John McCain and the neocons, Iran, the Ron Paul...
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