The numbers are in. For the first quarter of 2o14 the U.S. economy showed virtually no growth at all. At the same time the World Bank says that China is about to surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest economy. On The Weekly Podcast, Ron Paul and Charles Goyette talk...
Former Head of Israeli Nuclear Commission: Iran Is At Least 10 Years Away From a Nuke
The former head of Israel's Atomic Energy Commission believes Iran is more than a decade away from a nuclear weapon and that the Islamic Republic may not even want "the bomb," according to the Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronoth (Ynet news). An insider in Israel's...
A War Crime Is A War Crime Is A War Crime…Right?
According to an exclusive report from Colum Lynch in Foreign Policy, the United States agreed to let France "distribute the text of a draft Security Council resolution authorizing an ICC investigation into alleged Syrian atrocities." The U.S. has officially opposed...
A Larger Conflict in Ukraine Is Not Inevitable
Anatol Lieven's latest piece in the New York Review of Books is a sober analysis of the shaky situation in Ukraine that contrasts sharply with the overwrought commentary in the U.S. that can't seem to avoid references to pre-WWII European land grabs. Lieven says the...
Antiwar Rep. Walter Jones Beats Neocon-Backed GOP Rival
Strongly antiwar incumbent Rep. Walter Jones (R - NC) has won a hotly contested primary tonight, defeating a challenge from hawkish challenger and former Treasury Dept. official Taylor Griffin 51% to 45%. A Congressman since 1995, Rep. Jones was challenged almost...
John Bolton: Forget Syria, Pursue Regime Change in Iran
John Bolton is confused. After spending years berating the Obama administration for failing to take action in Syria's bloody civil war, he has come out against such an intervention...kind of. In a piece in the New York Post, Bolton criticizes the administration for...
Why Did We Really Bomb Libya?
Citing RAND Corporation political scientist Christopher S. Chivvis and Daveed Gartenstein-Ross's testimony before the House Committee on Oversight, The National Interest's John Allen Gay asks "Did We Bomb Libya to Keep the Arab Spring Going?" In addition to the...
More on the Credibility Fallacy
"Credibility" in international affairs refers to the reliability of a country keeping its promises, typically the kind that involve using force under certain conditions like coming to the defense of allies or if a red line is crossed. It is always used by hawks and...
Rand Paul to Hold Up Another Obama Nominee Over Drone Memos
Rand Paul may be on another collision course with the Obama administration over the issue of drones. According to Reason's Matt Feeney, Paul "has warned Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) that he will put a hold on one of President Obama's appellate court...
Needed: Obama-Putin Summit on Ukraine
MEMORANDUM FOR: The President FROM: Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS) SUBJECT: Urgent Action on UkraineThe buck stops with you, Mr. President. If you want to stop a bloody civil war between east and west Ukraine and avert Russian military...
