It is with deep personal sorrow that I announce the passing of dear friend, mentor, and Ron Paul Institute Board Member, Ambassador Faith Whittlesey. Ambassador Whittlesey was truly a remarkable woman whom I admired so very much and cared about deeply. I first met Ambassador Whittlesey when I was selected to be an American-Swiss Foundation Young Leader in 2006, spending a week in Zurich with our "Young Leader" counterparts in Swiss government, culture, and industry. read on...
Today President Trump announced that he was canceling US participation in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPCOA) otherwise known as the Iran nuclear deal. The president's assertions were ludicrous and factually incorrect, but the neocons who were no doubt behind the speech have never been all that wedded to the truth. It became obvious fairly on that Trump's rationale was not to be taken seriously, when he cited last week's comical stage performance by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu that "Iran Lied" about its nuclear program.
Netanyahu's fairy tale required us to believe that the Iranians were storing their most sensitive national security documents and compact discs in an unguarded hut, which the crack Israeli team of intelligence operatives were able to discover and remove by the truckload right under the noses of what they claim is among the most totalitarian "regimes" on earth. read on...
Just a week after President Trump told an Ohio audience that US troops would be removed from Syria "very soon" and brought back home "where they belong," he has again changed his tune. After a neocon uprising in their various think tanks and journals and after a meeting with Defense Secretary Mattis, Trump did an about-face yesterday and grumbled that he'd keep them in for a while longer. Some say six months. Was Trump purposely misleading in Ohio, or is he really that pliable? Tune in to today's Liberty Report... read on...
Our imperialist foreign policy is doing us nothing but harm. So says today's Liberty Report guest Gary Heavin. And Heavin should know: he's an extraordinarily successful international businessman and one of the most impactful philanthropists of our time. When Haiti was devastated by a hurricane, he fired up his own jets and personally went down to help. But he is no fan of the neocon foreign policy of bombs away on any country that does not heed Washington's demands. And he is no fan of neocon meddling -- which results in such idiocies as the creation of ISIS as a proxy army to depose Syrian president Assad. Join today's very special episode with this incredibly clear-headed success story who has leveraged his good fortune to the betterment of others... read on...
Over the past week, President Trump has twice emphatically stated that he intends to remove US troops from Syria and bring them home "where they belong." He also defied his advisors by congratulating Russian President Vladimir Putin on his election victory and suggested a summit meeting at the White House. The neocons have spent the last week furiously attacking these two moves, accusing him of undermining the policies of his advisors. Strangely, they don't seem to remember that it is the elected president who makes foreign policy, not his/her advisors. Will Trump actually defy the neocons and follow through with these two policy shifts...or will he flip-flop? Join us for today's Liberty Report... read on...
The US is the world's leader in arms sales overseas and has been for a quarter of a century. President Trump is only following in the footsteps of his predecessors in pushing US weapons overseas. He claims it's about jobs. But what are the costs? What are the moral costs? Economic costs? Security costs? Tune in to today's Liberty Report... read on...
President Trump's huge military spending increase is based on a false premise: that more money means more security. If anything, the debacle of the F-35 fighter should demonstrate that massive military spending with no real purpose not only does not deliver more security but in fact undermines our security. A bigger military budget does not make us safer. It makes defense contractors and the revolving-door Pentagon officials much richer while emboldening the kinds of interventionist foreign policy that actually makes us more hated and thus vulnerable to attack. More in today's Liberty Report... read on...
Public school students forced to participate in anti 2nd Amendment marches? Being brainwashed to think like everyone else? Being taught fake history? There is another way to raise children -- homeschool them! Historian, New York Times best-selling author, and educator Tom Woods joins today's Liberty Report to make the case for taking education into your own hands...and how to make it easier to do so! read on...
President Trump has expelled 60 Russian diplomats from the US over UK government claims that Russia was behind the recent alleged attack on a former Russian spy in the UK. The Russians have asked for some evidence they were behind the alleged attack. London refused. What's behind Trump's decision to back up UK Prime Minister Theresa May in her allegations? Is it a diversion from economic issues like the new PetroYuan? Maybe it's about Iran? Tune in to today's Liberty Report... read on...
President Trump's shocking decision to appoint arch-neocon John Bolton to be his National Security Advisor has us wondering whether the old discredited GW Bush policy of "pre-emptive" war is back on the menu. Not only did Bolton help lie us into the Iraq war...he still thinks it was a really good idea! He has published articles calling for US pre-emptive strikes on Iran and North Korea and even called once for a US attack on Cuba! For a president who campaigned on how stupid all the foreign wars have been, he is sure picking a strange cabinet. The Ron Paul Liberty Report is releasing this special report on Bolton, while encouraging all our readers and viewers to join us in Charleston, SC next month to discuss the importance of a non-interventionist foreign policy. Get your tickets for only $5.00 here. Do you want to help co-sponsor the conference? Make a $100 or more tax-deductible donation to the Ron Paul Institute between now and a week before the conference and you will be publicly thanked in our special Ron Paul newsletter and your name will roll in the credits of a post-conference Ron Paul Liberty Report! read on...
