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Myth-Busters: There Is No Right To Health Care

As government continues to stumble through the health crisis that it created, Ron Paul discusses what's being done, what should never be done, and of course, the solution to the crisis.

The Government Loophole

By Chris Rossini

The principles of liberty rest on an impenetrable foundation. No one (and no group) is permitted to use aggressive force against anyone else. No one is permitted to initiate violence to get what they want.

To sum it up with a few words that any human being can understand: "Live and Let Live".

Now, since we are all free to choose, there will always be a very small percentage of people that will decide to use violence to get what they want anyway. When that occurs, the use of forc...

Don't Forget JFK's Fight With The CIA

By Jacob G. Hornberger

Weighing in against President-Elect Donald Trump in his disagreement with the CIA over alleged Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election, the Wall Street Journal’s Shane Harris writes, “Donald Trump has picked a fight with the Central Intelligence Agency over Russian hacking of American elections, an unprecedented move for an incoming president.” (Emphasis added.)

The likely reason that Harris employed the term “incoming” is that it enables him to avoid add...

Let's Hear It for More White House Leaks

By Gary North

The White House is leaking like a sieve. Why should conservatives worry about this?

The federal government does everything it can to increase the secrecy of its operations. It invades our privacy, but it whines when any of the rest of us invade the privacy of government bureaucrats.

I am all in favor of WikiLeaks. I think WikiLeaks should be nonpartisan. I think it should expose anything that does not directly affect national security. In any case, the main thing that affects...

Race For Raqqa: Major US Escalation In Syria

The media reported yesterday that for the first time US regular military forces were deployed in Syria, with Marines preparing an assault on Raqqa and Army Rangers trying to keep two US-backed groups from killing each other in Manbij. An additional 1,000 US troops may be heading to Kuwait as back-up.

U.S. Drone Strikes Have Gone Up 432% Since Trump Took Office

By Carey Wedler

When he was in office, former President Barack Obama earned the ire of anti-war activists for his expansion of Bush’s drone wars. The Nobel Peace Prize-winning head of state ordered ten times more drone strikes than the previous president, and estimates late in Obama’s presidency showed 49 out of 50 victims were civilians. In 2015, it was reported that up to 90% of drone casualties were not the intended targets.

Current President Donald Trump campaigned on a less interventionist...

Arizona Committee Passes Bill to Treat Gold and Silver as Money, Remove Capital Gains Taxes

By Michael Boldin

Today, an Arizona Senate Committee passed a bill that would eliminate state capital gains taxes on gold and silver specie, and encourage its use as currency. Final approval of the legislation would help undermine the Federal Reserve’s monopoly on money.

Former US Rep. Ron Paul testified today in the Senate Finance Committee in support of House Bill 2014 (HB2014). The legislation, which previously passed the state House by a 35-24 vote, would eliminate state capital gains...

Truman Was Right About the CIA

By Jeff Deist

Say what you will about President Harry Truman, but at least he didn't leave the White House a suspiciously rich man. He also actually went home, to Independence Missouri, and moved into a modest house he didn't own. It was the same house belonging to his wife's family where he had lived with Bess (and his mother-in-law!) decades earlier.

Flat broke, and unwilling to accept corporate board positions or commercial endorsements, Truman sought a much-needed loan from a local Mi...

Trump's Global Hot Spots - Is He Losing Control?

President Trump promised less US meddling in the rest of the world, however he is increasingly surrounded by hawks and from South Korea to Kiev the US appears more entrenched than ever. Has the President broke his word, or is he out of control?

Wikileaks Unveils 'Vault 7': "The Largest Ever Publication Of Confidential CIA Documents"; Another Snowden Emerges

By Tyler Durden

WikiLeaks has published what it claims is the largest ever release of confidential documents on the CIA. It includes more than 8,000 documents as part of ‘Vault 7’, a series of leaks on the agency, which have allegedly emerged from the CIA's Center For Cyber Intelligence in Langley, and which can be seen on the org chart below, which Wikileaks also released: A total of 8,761 documents have been published as part of ‘Year Zero’, the first in a series of leaks the whistleblower or...