Ron Paul: Obama’s “Year of Action” a Prescription for Presidential Tyranny
President Obama’s promise of a “year of action” through executive orders is a recipe for tyranny, former Republican congressman and presidential contender Ron Paul told Neil Cavuto of Fox News....
View ArticleKeeping the al-Qaeda Threat Alive
Appearing last week before the Senate Intelligence Committee, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper testified that he could not say the threat from al-Qaeda is any less today than it was ten...
View ArticleWill No One Challenge Obama’s Executive Orders?
President Obama’s state of the union pledge to “act with or without Congress” marks a milestone in presidential usurpation of Congressional authority. Most modern presidents have used executive orders...
View ArticleAt the Fed: Meet the New Boss, Same as the Old Boss
Last week, Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen testified before Congress for the first time since replacing Ben Bernanke at the beginning of the month. Her testimony confirmed what many of us...
View ArticleRon Paul: US Out of Ukraine!
The tragic bloodshed in Ukraine is largely a result of Washington’s meddling in that country, according to Dr. Ron Paul, who insists that we should stay out of such affairs. “Why are we going thousands...
View ArticleRon Paul: Leave Ukraine Alone!
Last week Ukraine saw its worst violence since the break-up of the Soviet Union over 20 years ago. Protesters occupying the main square in the capitol city, Kiev, clashed with police leaving many...
View ArticleContinued Welfare for the Military-Industrial Complex
Last week Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel proposed an additional 40,000 reduction in active duty US Army personnel, down to 450,000 soldiers. As US troops are being withdrawn from the recent wars in...
View ArticleWe Can’t Afford to Intervene in Ukraine
Officially, US debt stands at more than $17 trillion. In reality, it is many times more. The cost of the US invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq may be more than six trillion dollars. President Obama’s...
View ArticleCrimea Secedes: So What?
Residents of Crimea voted over the weekend on whether they would remain an autonomous region of Ukraine or join the Russian Federation. In so doing, they joined a number of countries and regions —...
View Article“Spy on Thee, not on Me”: The Hypocrisy of Dianne Feinstein
The reaction of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) to last week’s revelations that the CIA secretly searched Senate Intelligence Committee computers reveals much about what the elites in government think...
View ArticleUS Aid to Ukraine: A Bad Deal for Everybody
Last week Congress overwhelmingly passed a bill approving a billion dollars in aid to Ukraine and more sanctions on Russia. The bill will likely receive the president’s signature within days. If you...
View ArticleNo More Ft. Hoods!
Last week we saw yet another tragedy at Ft. Hood, Texas, as a distraught Iraq war veteran killed three of his fellow soldiers before killing himself. It is nearly five years after the last Ft. Hood […]
View ArticleShowdown in Nevada a Symptom of Federal Authoritarianism
The nation’s attention has for the past few weeks been riveted by a standoff in Nevada between armed federal agents and the Bundys, a ranching family who believe the federal government is exceeding its...
View ArticleRon Paul’s Prescient Warning About BLM Militarization
Speaking on the House of Representatives floor on September 17, 1997, then-Rep. Ron Paul warned of the “massive buildup of a virtual army of armed regulators.” Paul, the chairman and founder of RPI,...
View ArticleWhy We’re No Longer Number One
Last week World Bank economists predicted that China would soon displace the United States as the world’s largest economy. The fact that this one-time economic basket case is now positioned to surpass...
View ArticleWhy They Hate Peace
The most succinct statement about how governments get their people to support war came from Hermann Goering at the Nuremberg trials after World War II: “Why of course the people don’t want war. Why...
View ArticleVA Scandal the Tip of Military Abuse Iceberg
President Obama held a press conference last week to express his outrage over reports that the Veterans Administration was routinely delaying treatment to veterans, with some veterans even dying while...
View ArticleWhy John Boehner Hates The Tea Party
May 22, 2014 What is now called the Tea Party began in 2007 as a loosely-organized yet highly-motivated grassroots support effort for Congressman Ron Paul’s bid for the White House. Since those early...
View ArticleThe Fallacy of “Federal” Lands
Over the past few months, political pundits and cartoonists have had great sport with the stand-off between the ranching family and the BLM in the Nevada desert. Many commentators point out that the...
View ArticleU.S. — Stay Out of Iraq!
In 2006, I invited the late General Bill Odom to address my Thursday Congressional luncheon group. Gen. Odom, a former NSA director, called the Iraq war “the greatest strategic disaster in American...
View ArticleNeeded: The Third Continential Congress
February 26, 2015 As much as we liberty-loving, Constitution-loving, America-loving patriots hate to admit it, the government in Washington, D.C., is NOT fixable. The elitist power structure in D.C. is...
View ArticleHere is Who I Am
Last Sunday, May 3, was my 63rd birthday. Accordingly, it is time for my annual “Come Clean” column. I think it only fair that readers should have an opportunity to learn a little something about the […]
View ArticleHow the Republican Establishment Controls the Primaries
With a major conservative rebellion on their hands, the establishment controllers of the Republican Party have planned their most sophisticated manipulation of voters to date—to make sure public...
View ArticleTed Cruz Wins Iowa: What It Means
A Ted Cruz victory in Iowa was not surprising. Not at all. Typically, the Republican presidential candidate that can “Out Christian” the rest of the field wins in Iowa. And Cruz is the best at doing […]
View ArticleWhere Do We Go From Here?
Several friends and supporters around the country have recently asked me the question, “Where do we go from here?” These are people who love and fear God, who love their country, who love freedom, who...
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