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By RonPaul.com on March 2, 2013
by Ron Paul When John Kerry was confirmed as Secretary of State last week his first promise was to bring “new ideas” to the job. Particularly, he promised a new approach to the two-year long civil war in Syria. He immediately set out on a “listening tour” of Europe and the Middle East, presumably to [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings | Tagged Diplomacy, Interventionism, John Kerry, Syria |
By RonPaul.com on January 28, 2013
by Ron Paul President Obama last week began his second term by promising that “a decade of war is now ending.” As he spoke, the US military was rapidly working its way into another war, this time in the impoverished African country of Mali. As far as we know, the US is only providing transport [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged France, Interventionism, Mali |
By RonPaul.com on September 17, 2010
Ron Paul spoke with Mike Church as part of Friday’s Constitution Day celebration and provided his insight regarding the amazing amount of progress gained in forwarding the philosophy of liberty and limited Constitutional governance since the grassroots rEVOLution began during his Presidential Campaign. Date: 09/17/2010 Show: Mike Church Show Transcript Mike Church: Next up here [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy | Tagged Constitution, Constitution Day, Interventionism, Mike Church |
By RonPaul.com on September 22, 2009
Trade Wars and Protectionism are not Free Trade by Ron Paul Two weeks ago, both the administration and the Fed announced with straight faces that the recession was over and the signs of economic recovery were clear. Then last week, the president made a stunning decision that signals the administration’s determination to repeat the mistakes [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Free Trade, Interventionism, Special Interests |
By RonPaul.com on August 19, 2009
In his latest column Ron Paul points out that the free market is a natural and wise regulator which works best if it is left alone. Things start going downhill as soon as interventionist governments try to manage the economy, and then blame the free market for the results of their own reckless and convoluted [...]
Posted in Economy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Free Market, Interventionism |
By RonPaul.com on May 27, 2009
Ron Paul and Neil Cavuto discuss Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court and America’s decline from interventionism to socialism. Channel: Fox Business Date: 5/26/2009 Neil Cavuto: Texas Republican Congressman and former Presidential candidate Ron Paul on the phone with me now. Congressman, it’s always a pleasure to have. Thanks for joining me. Ron [...]
Posted in Ron Paul's Interviews | Tagged Fox Business, Inflationism, Interventionism, Neil Cavuto |
By RonPaul.com on August 22, 2008
by Ron Paul We’ve heard how the value of the dollar affects gas prices – and indeed the price of everything. I was pleased that my request for a hearing on such was granted by the Financial Services committee and we were able to hear some very informative testimony. Certainly domestic policies, regarding off-shore oil [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Gas Prices, Interventionism, Oil |
By RonPaul.com on December 30, 2007
by Ron Paul Last week I highlighted the irony of sending nearly $1 billion overseas in military earmarks as we close down bases here at home to save money. Our government’s flawed foreign policy troubles me this week especially. Benazir Bhutto’s assasination was a great tragedy. Pakistan is now more than ever teetering on chaos. [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Foreign Aid, Interventionism, Musharraf, Pakistan |
By RonPaul.com on October 21, 2007
by Ron Paul Actually, both. A few months back, I wrote back-to-back weekly messages regarding globalism and isolationism. In writing those columns, I focused on the fact that our nation’s interventionist foreign policy was precisely what was isolating us from other countries. Turkey’s recall of their U.S. ambassador in the wake of last week’s resolution, [...]
Posted in Foreign Policy, Ron Paul's Writings, Texas Straight Talk | Tagged Interventionism, Isolationism |