On Tuesday, I had the privilege and pleasure of podcasting with Sheldon Richman, as I do these days. Not every episode is about war, but they do tend to lean that way because both Sheldon and I are crazy peaceniks like that. Richman was particularly on fire in this...
US Publicly Announces It’s Not Going to Publicly Blame China for OPM Hack
We've gone through the paucity of evidence related to who was behind the OPM hack before. FBI officials suggested they were looking into a number of situations, including the possibility of "state actors," which led some media outlets to say they might be looking at...
Uri Avnery on The Iran Treaty
And what if the whole drama was only an exercise of deception?What if the wily Persians did not even dream of building an atomic bomb, but used the threat to further their real aims?What if Binyamin Netanyahu was duped to become unwittingly the main collaborator of...
The Tortured Logic Behind Using Torture
If you watched Batman when you were growing up, chances are you saw him torture someone. If you watched Jack Bauer from the hit show 24, chances are even better that torture scenes were involved. And if you watched the Netflix show Daredevil, you probably saw it in...
Ron Paul On His New Book, Swords into Plowshares
Ron Paul sits down with co-host (and RPI Director) Daniel McAdams to explain his new book, Swords into Plowshares. Why did he write such personal book about war? What were his early memories of World War II? His grandmother's great words of wisdom about governments...
Review of Tim Weiner’s “One Man Against the World: The Tragedy of Richard Nixon”
Years ago, after Richard Nixon had resigned and gone into temporary exile, my boss introduced me to Sam Dash, the former Senate Watergate Committee’s chief counsel. I remember asking Dash if he thought we had heard the last of Nixon. “Never!” he answered. “He’ll...
Ron Paul on the Iran Deal: Peace Opportunity or ‘Historic Mistake’
Ron Paul on the announcement of the Iran deal. Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.
Ron Paul on His New Antiwar Book
Ron Paul is interviewed by Tom Woods about his new book Swords into Plowshares, a personal reflection on war and his own career in the military, and also a systematic antiwar broadside.
US Lobby Groups Try To Squash Iran Deal Despite Public Support
A nuclear deal with Iran could be a game changer for US foreign policy and for the Middle East. The P5+1 (the U.S., China, Russia, France and the United Kingdom, plus Germany) and Iran have been developing a comprehensive agreement that would freeze Iran’s...
FBI Claims Arrests Tied to Fourth of July ‘Plots,’ Declines to Offer Any Details
In new comments today, FBI Director James Comey is claiming that he "believes" plots linked to the Fourth of July may have been thwarted by a series of arrests by the FBI, and that those plots may have killed people if carried out. The details were almost...


