In an astonishing Washington Times article this week, unnamed Trump Administration officials (who may or may not be called “John Bolton”) are claiming that Iran, which has been battling al-Qaeda in Syria for nearly four years, is actually secretly allied with al-Qaeda...
prosperity
Janet Yellen Powell Puts On Some Pants And A Tie
by David Stockman | Nov 4, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
It can't get any worse than this. Jerome Powell is a Wall Street-coddling Keynesian and Washington lifer who passes for a Janet Yellen replica---that is, save for his tie and trousers and his as yet underdeveloped capacity to whine pedantically. During his years on...
Peace Is Popular
by Jeff Deist | Jun 30, 2017 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Capitalism is essentially a scheme for peaceful nations. What the incompatibility of war and capitalism really means is that war and high civilization are incompatible. — Ludwig von Mises Peace is popular. That was Ron Paul’s message to our audience in Texas earlier...
6/12/17 Daniel McAdams on the Saudi Iranian proxy wars and recent terror attacks in Iran
by Scott Horton | Jun 12, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel McAdams, Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, is on to talk about the recent terror attacks in Iran and the Saudi Iranian proxy wars in the Middle East. The Trump administrations three strikes on Syrian government positions, as well as...
3/22/17 Daniel McAdams on Senator Rand Paul’s ‘Stop Arming Terrorists Act’
by Scott Horton | Mar 22, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses how Rand Paul's Stop Arming Terrorists Act could impact terrorism-supporting countries like Saudi Arabia; and the Mises Institute event "Symposium with Ron Paul: War and...
1/9/17 Daniel McAdams on Russian election hacking claims, Trump’s pick for director of national intelligence, and the Syria war
by Scott Horton | Jan 9, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute For Peace and Prosperity, discusses the Intelligence Community report on Russian election hacking claims; Trump's likely nomination of pro-every-war Dan Coats for director of national intelligence; and the...
12/8/16 Daniel McAdams on the Obama administration’s refusal to concede defeat in their Syria regime-change operation
by Scott Horton | Dec 8, 2016 | The Scott Horton Show
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute For Peace and Prosperity, discusses the Syrian government's defeat of rebels in East Aleppo; Rep. Tulsi Gabbard's "Stop Arming Terrorists Act;" and the upside to having Dana Rohrabacher as secretary of state...
For A Libertarian Foreign Policy: Five Key Fixes
by Ron Paul | Nov 20, 2016 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy, Libertarianism
Awaken Congress from its coma and restore Article I, Section 8. Repeal the Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive war Revisit alliances and don't obligate future generations to go to war Reclaim language Set new goals for peace and prosperity Watch the full segment with Dan...
Blog
Crime and Poverty
“The theory that crime is caused by poverty is not supported by the known facts. The very poor, in fact, tend to be just as law-abiding as the rich, and perhaps more so. To argue otherwise is to libel multitudes of people who keep to decency under severe difficulties,...
Don’t Be Silent
We should reject the fashionable idea that one should never write or post anything that possibly could be used by bad people for bad purposes. That admonition brings two things to mind. First, it fails its own test. If good people avoid a topic because even...
Can There Be Only One Race?
I'm old enough to remember this 1960s Lay's Potato Chips commercial. (Hell, I'm almost old enough to remember when plays were in black and white!) In the commercial a man (Bert Lahr, the cowardly lion in The Wizard of Oz) faces a challenge from the devil, who has a...
How Not to Defend “Capitalism” Against” Socialism”
I challenge you to show me a lamer "debate" over "capitalism" and "socialism." (Don't worry; it's not about Bill Maher.)
Yes, Andrew Sullivan Demanded W. Bush Nuke Iraq
He wrote on October 17, 2001: THE COMING CONFLICT: The sophisticated form of anthrax delivered to Tom Daschle's office forces us to ask a simple question. What are these people trying to do? I think they're testing the waters. They want to know how we will respond to...
War is a Euphemism for Theft Funded Mass Murder
The libertarian’s basic attitude toward war must then be: it is legitimate to use violence against criminals in defense of one’s rights of person and property; it is completely impermissible to violate the rights of other innocent people. War, then, is only proper...