In his State of the Union address Tuesday night, President Trump received rapturous applause from Republicans for his declaration: “America was founded on liberty and independence — not government coercion, domination, and control. We are born free, and we will stay free.” But this uplifting sentiment cannot survive even a brief glance at the federal statute book or the heavy-handed enforcement tactics by federal, state, and local bureaucracies across the nation. In reality, the threat of...
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NSA, Africa, Syria: Daniel McAdams and Jay Taylor on Top Stories of the Week
RPI's Daniel McAdams is on the radio again with Jay Taylor, host of excellent "Turning Hard Times into Good Times" program. This time they discuss extrajudicial executions,...
Ron Paul Channel Discusses US Africa Raids, Quotes RPI
In today's edition of the Ron Paul Channel, Dr. Paul discusses in detail the folly of last weekend's twin US raids in Libya and Somalia. He describes how his optimism over recent...
Covert US Action Brings Overt Failures in Africa
The Obama administration conducted two covert raids in Africa this past week, one in Libya and one in Somalia. One was a messy failure that will only increase blowback; the other...
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...
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...
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...
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