Ron Paul’s Special Report and Predictions for 2015 has caused quite a stir, showing up on the top of the Drudge Report and Zero Hedge, and even crashing servers with high volume.
Is 2015 the year that Ron Paul’s Audit the Fed measure finally moves forward on Capitol Hill? As Senate Majority Leader, Harry Reid refused to allow a Senate vote on the bill.
Ron Paul often talks about “Austrian Economics” as an antidote to today’s Federal Reserve money printing and Washington’s debt binge. But what is Austrian economics and what does it have to do
On this special “Best of Ron Paul” edition of the Weekly Podcast, Charles Goyette and Ron Paul talk about how he was able to do what so many others fail to do:
Even though there was widespread dissatisfaction with $1.1 trillion, 1,774 page federal spending bill that nobody read, it passed anyway in large part because of the governing classes’ palpable fear at the
This week the deaths and the protests in Ferguson, Missouri and Staten Island, New York have Ron Paul and Charles Goyette talking about the problems of America’s inner cities. If we really
The central bank went on a full-tilt offensive against the recent pro-gold initiative in Switzerland and the measure was soundly defeated. But Ron Paul compares it to his efforts over the years
Even though the U.S. has been warring in Iraq for 24 years now, The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs says the war there and in Syria against ISIS could go another four
Now we have it from the inside, from White House advisor and Obamacare architect Jonathon Gruber: government programs like the Affordable Care Act represent nothing less than the clever and the sophisticated
President Obama has ordered 1,500 more troops to Iraq, doubling down on the U.S. presence already there. And while the question of the constitutionality of this move in the absence of a
If the U.S. government has been a reckless spender and a dangerous debtor, if the monetary system has been corrupted to the advantage of crony banks and the detriment of the people,
In the 60’s and 70’s Canada was a haven for young men who were resisting the calamitous Vietnam War. Now Canada’s leaders, having participated with the U.S. in 13 years of interventionist
Statist politicians of both the left and the right – John McCain, Robert Reich, Charley Rangel – keep asserting a claim the lives of young people. And if conscription into the military
There is nothing new about a tumultuous October in the stock market; it is the stuff of legend. But the volatility of recent weeks takes place against background of slowing economic growth
Are government reports and officials’ talking points about the state of the economy designed to reveal or conceal? The unemployment rate is said to have dropped to 5.9 percent, but the percentage
“We are,” says President Obama, “the indispensable nation.” “That’s how we roll.” he said, explaining his bombing of Syria. “That’s what makes this America.” But what about the Constitution? Doesn’t that have
The Nobel Peace Prize winner has launched another bombing campaign without a declaration of war. President Obama’s latest initiative saw more bombs dropped on Syria in its first night than in a
Switzerland will hold a referendum on November 30 demanding the repatriation of its gold. The measure also requires the Swiss National Bank to hold 20 percent of its assets in gold. This
Just as Barack Obama was to announce what some are calling Iraq War III, Dick Cheney emerged on Capitol Hill to scold Republicans about isolationist heresies. An interventionist philosophy prevails in both
Administration officials call ISIS the biggest threat we have ever encountered. It doesn’t help that jihadist elements in Syria have been armed and trained by the U.S. and that ISIS has helped
Just weeks ago President Obama requested an extra $500 million dollars for Syrian rebels. Now with the ISIS rebels having spread across northern Iraq, European sources tell us that the U.S. is
Thirteen years after the 9/11, 28 pages of the House-Senate report on the tragedy remain sealed under lock and key. Former Sen. Bob Graham, who was chairman of the Intelligence Committee, says
It was August 15, 1971 when President Richard Nixon severed the last remaining link of the U.S. dollar to gold. Since then nothing has restrained the authorities in their creation of more
Only after lying about it, the CIA admits to breaking in to Senate computers. It’s an old story. After lying for decades about staging a coup in Iran, the CIA finally fesses
Having a New York Times column makes Paul Krugman the point man for today’s let’s-spend-our-way-to-prosperity Keynesian economics. And he seems to be growing increasingly defensive about the monetary policy responsible for our
The kids are streaming across America’s southern border by tens of thousands. What is to be done? On this edition of the Weekly Podcast Ron Paul and Charles Goyette begin with the
Is America headed toward class warfare? This week Ron Paul and Charles Goyette talk about the economic squeeze on the middle class and the growing wealth disparities in this country. Increasing inequality
Gold and silver were both stellar investment performers in the first half of 2014, beating the SP 500. Geopolitical conflicts have been the drivers of gold so far this year, but now
Anti-Fed and anti-war demonstrations in Germany have spread to a hundred cities and now to two more countries . But why should Germans and other Europeans be protesting the U.S. Federal Reserve? Charles
The U.S. has been arming Jihadists in the Middle East for more than a generation now. And it must have escaped the notice of the interventionists in Washington all these long years,
President Obama chose his West Point commencement address to reaffirm the globalist, interventionist posture that has characterized his presidency. This week, against the backdrop of Iraq descending into chaos with hundreds of casualties
After five years of captivity in Afghanistan, has Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl been released only to spend the rest of his life in an American prison? Ron Paul wonders what it would be
Take a good look because in the tragic revelations about the failures of the VA medical system we are seeing the future of American healthcare. That is because it is not likely
The Justice Department has broadened its investigation of Bitcoin. This week Ron Paul and Charles Goyette discuss digital currencies, competitive currencies, and the legal tender laws. How long will the State allow
Another separatist victory at the ballot box in East Ukraine. At the same time warlike members of the Senate are calling for U.S. military exercises in 10 countries around Russia. And they
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
Campaign for Liberty, the political action group founded by Ron Paul, led the fight to audit the Federal Reserve. Now the IRS is demanding information about its donors. But no one receives
Cattle rustlers and cowboys on horseback riding to a showdown. It had all the makings of an old fashioned range war. But the rustlers were government agents who were rounding up rancher
From the CIA’s efforts to spy on U.S. Senate staffers it was apparent that the Senate’s findings about the CIA would be something the American people would find profoundly disturbing.This week, a
Ron Paul says the Ukraine bailout bill is a bad deal for the American people. But it passed the Congress by a landslide. On the issues that determine our freedom and prosperity,
On this edition, a conversation with Ron Paul about the billions of taxpayer dollars spent meddling in the political affairs of foreign nations like Ukraine, and sanctions and their long track record
If you wanted a new Cold War, you might do what the U.S. has done in Ukraine. And now Crimea has seceded. Saber-rattlers are demanding arms for Ukraine. And President Obama, saying
This week Ron Paul and Charles Goyette continue their conversation about Ukraine, Crimea, nation-states breaking apart, and the way U.S. interventionism escalates and globalizes every regional conflict around the world.
The United States is an ocean away from most of the world’s conflicts, and yet we seem to be involved in everything everywhere. This week Charles Goyette talks with Ron Paul about
How did Ron Paul become America’s leading voice for freedom? How did a doctor from a small town in Texas become an inspiration to armies of students and young people across the
CLEMENCY FOR EDWARD SNOWDEN President Obama says he welcomes the discussion about NSA spying on Americans. Politicians on both sides of the aisle say reforms are imperative. Yet there would be no
The NSA isn’t the only one snooping on phone calls. A U.S. State Department official has been caught on tape secretly trying to micromanage regime change in Ukraine. The Russian don’t like
THE FED’S OLD BOSS AND NEW BOSS: After eight years as head of the Fed Ben Bernanke is out and Janet Yellen is in. Charles Goyette asks Ron Paul if Bernanke is
Congress has passed a trillion dollar appropriation bill funding the government for the rest of the Fiscal Year. The media may pretend that Washington is acting responsibly, but in this conversation Ron
The people don’t like being spied upon. This week Charles Goyette asks Ron Paul why Congress has refused to do anything about the NSA and its warrantless eavesdropping. But while Washington is
Al Qaeda had no presence in Iraq before the U.S. invasion. Today Al Qaeda flags fly over Fallujah and Ramadi. And it won’t be the first time that the weapons from American
Are Bitcoins the coming currency of the digital age? Can they provide an effective alternative to the state’s money monopoly? Do they have any advantages over gold as a dollar alternative? And
It was 100 years ago this month that President Wilson signed the act creating the Federal Reserve. Since then the Fed has presided over the worst economic downturn in our nation’s history
Ron Paul’s message has set young people across the country on fire with enthusiasm for liberty. What kind of advice does he give them about how they can make a difference and
In Washington it’s never about principles. It’s always about power. Now that Democrats are in the majority, Harry Reid has rammed through a Senate rules change that he vigorously opposed for years
It’s not just problems with a web portal. It’s not just broken promises about keeping your insurance company. Charles Goyette talks with Ron Paul about Obamacare and the choices of statist politicians
Ron Paul often talks about “Austrian Economics” as an antidote to today’s Federal Reserve money printing and Washington’s debt binge. But what is Austrian economics and what does it have to do
Iraq and Foreign Interventionism The carnage in Iraq has hit levels not seen since 2008. And Dick Cheney pops back up to justify the war for eliminating Iraq as a source of
The Total Surveillance State has been outed, snooping on heads of state, private economic communications, and even industrial espionage. Charles Goyette talks with Ron Paul about foreigners who are livid about NSA
Congress has suspended the debt limit and made things much worse. In an important podcast, Ron Paul speaks with Charles Goyette about what happened in the debt ceiling debate and about the
After 60 years, a U.S. president picks up the phone and talks with an Iranian president. Charles Goyette talks with Ron Paul about a breakthrough that he has been suggesting for a
The government’s new Fiscal Year began with a shutdown and now we are hard up against the national debt ceiling. Some in Washington even want this statutory limit on the debt eliminated.
Ron Paul speaks with Charles Goyette about the soaring markets and the way the Fed’s monetary policy transfers wealth to the rich at the expense of the middle-class and the poor.
A New Answer for Our Broken Education System. Ron Paul’s new book is aimed straight at the heart of the failing state education system. Charles Goyette speaks with him about both the
The war party, blind-sided by public resistance, stumbled on the way to a new Syrian front in their endless war. Should non-interventionists have pushed for a vote on Obama’s war resolution while
WILL CONGRESS APPROVE WAR ON SYRIA? President Obama intended to go to war on nobody’s say so but his own. But after the British backed out, the President punted. Now the ball
THE LONG-AWAITED SYRIAN WAR: We been deceived into war before; are we being deceived into war in Syria? And where does the president derive the Constitutional justification to launch America into war
BUBBLES AND BUSTS: President Obama is testing a brand new talking point about bubbles in the economy. Ron Paul would feel a lot better if there were reason to think the president
MORE GOVERNMENT SNOOPING NEWS TO COME? Ron Paul learns from journalist Glenn Greenwald, who broke the Edward Snowden revelations, that there are more big disclosures about government surveillance yet to come.
FOREIGN POLICY FOLLIES: Congress Gives the New Iranian President the Back of Its Hand. The newly inaugurated Iranian president, who ran promising to seek reconciliation with the rest of the world, was
CAN THE RUNAWAY NSA BE STOPPED? Every day we learn more about the extent of state spying on the people. The government wants people’s secret passwords and a hidden NSA program allows
Even the Fed knows that it needs to do something about its orgy of money printing. But when it threatened to slow down, interest rates raced higher. It didn’t take Bernanke long
Making Enemies for Americans: Ron Paul says we have been on every side in Egypt except one – our side. Meanwhile people everywhere are up in arms about our spying on them,
HYPOCRISY ON HIGH: The U.S. Government’s double standards – from spying to currency manipulation – are breathtaking. It is in the interest of those who value liberty to challenge the empire and
The governing classes and the Washington media keep telling us that Edward Snowden is aiding the enemy by letting us know about the government’s unconstitutional snooping on our calls and emails. Does
THE SAFARI AND THE SEQUESTER: President Obama’s African junket is estimated to cost $100 million. Ron Paul says, “It’s Obama’s safari – but we’re the ones taken for a ride!” Even if
BIG BROTHER IS WATHCING YOU! Ron Paul talks about the total surveillance state and it tracking programs with Orwellian sounding names like the all-capital letters “PRISM” and “Boundless Informant.” And the fate
The Lessons of Foreign Interventionism: Ten year ago the U.S. blundered into Iraq with talk about remaking the Mideast. But May was the most violent month in Iraq in the last five
Ron Paul maintained his political ideals during a long career in office. How did he do it and what was it like? What conditions did he encounter? What kind of pressures did
THE IRS SCANDAL: Presidents and Congress have long used the IRS as a weapon against their political enemies. But Ron Paul uses the scandal of the IRS targeting opponents of big government
Right after President Obama criticizes people like Ron Paul who say government must be closely watched, we learn about the IRS targeting opponents of big government and the Justice Department seizing reporters’
America’s Confused Foreign Policy: Battling Al Qaeda (Except Where We’re on Their Side!) Plus the brand new Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity.
Eighty years ago this month the U.S. government confiscated the American people’s gold, threatening them with imprisonment. Could it happen again? And what does Ron Paul think of the sharp drop in
Ron Paul says America is becoming a nation of crony capitalism: Bailouts, subsidies, protection from competition, and sweetheart deals for government cronies.