Some RPI readers may not be aware that Dr. Paul also publishes a monthly "Freedom Report" through his FREE Foundation. This printed report consists mostly of Dr. Paul's collected weekly columns with quotes and other items of interest as well. You can have a look at the online version of the October Freedom Report here. Also, if you would like to have Dr. Paul's weekly column e-mailed to you directly each week, you can sign up here. read on...
It was supposed to be an approval ratings-boosting photo-op with the youngest ever nominee for a Nobel Peace Prize, but as any parent knows kids can be hard to control. They have a tendency to blurt out inconvenient truths at the most inconvenient of moments.
So it was when 16 year old Malala Yousafzai, who had been shot by extremists in Pakistan over her vocal support for girls' education, was at the White House on Friday to meet the president and first lady along with their daughter of simillar age. read on...
In the continuing rise of SWAT, police in Napoleon Dynamite's hometown now have a tank. William N. Grigg, in his latest article at Pro Libertate, explores the small Idaho town's acquisition of the military armored vehicle at no cost and the ominous US government program that is helping militarize police departments all over the country. read on...
The Washington Post finally realized today that virtually every pundit allowed space in its paper and allowed time on the mainstream corporate news is an advocate for war, and that, further, each of them seem to have a personal stake in the promotion of war. Today the Post reported on a new study by the Public Accountability Initiative which found that: read on...
RPI's Daniel McAdams speaks with Marc Clair of the Lions of Liberty. Working for Ron Paul, the origins of the Ron Paul Institute, the left-right coalition behind the Ron Paul Institute, the great value of counting Dennis Kucinich among our advisors, the Ron Paul Channel, Syria, Iran, Africa, blowback, and more. read on...
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, Africa, Syria, etc. The news of the week. read on...
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 developments in US/Iranian relations turned somewhat sour over US moves in Africa. Dr. Paul also quotes from a recent article by RPI's Daniel McAdams that appeared on Dr. Paul's Institute for Peace and Prosperity website, titled "Covert US Action Brings Overt Failures in Africa." read on...
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 singling out the Canada government for engaging in industrial espionage targeting Brazil's mines and energy ministry. The Associated Press reports on Rousseff's concerns, as well as the Brazil foreign minster's discussion of the spying with Canada's ambassador to Brazil at a meeting Monday: read on...
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 was largely irrelevant but raised serious questions about post-"liberation" Libya.
In Somalia, it was reported that Navy SEALs conducted a raid on a village that was said to house senior members of the al-Shahaab group, which had recently taken credit for the attack on the Westgate shopping mall in Kenya. read on...
