The Revolution: A Manifesto is a New York Times #1 best seller by Republican U.S. Congressman Ron Paul. According to Paul, the book is based on written notes during his 2008 presidential campaign. The contents include a brief preface, seven chapters, and a bibliographic appendix. The preface emphasizes that the book was written to contrast Paul’s ideas against “the deadening consensus that crosses party lines, that dominates our major media”. Paul closes by stressing the need for laymen to seek education “in the scholarship of liberty”, citing the Mises Institute and LewRockwell.com for particular attention, and by laying out a presidential agenda based on the issues presented

Cold War Part 24 of 24: Conclusions (1989-1991)
The Cold War was the continuing state of conflict, tension and competition that existed primarily between the United States and the Soviet Union and those countries’ respective allies from the mid-1940s to the early 1990s. Throughout this period, the conflict was expressed through military coalitions, espionage, weapons development, [...]

Cold War Part 22 of 24: Star Wars (1981-1988)

Cold War Episode 20 of 24: Soldiers of God (1975 of 1988)
The Soviet war in Afghanistan (also known as the Soviet-Afghan War or the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan) was a nine-year conflict involving Soviet Union forces supporting the Marxist People’s Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) governmentagainst the mujahideen resistance. The latter group found support from [...]

Cold War Episode 18: Backyard (1954-1990)

Cold War Detente

Cold War Episode 14 of 24: Red Spring (1960’s)
After Stalin died in March 1953, he was succeeded by Nikita Khrushchev as First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party and Georgi Malenkov as Premier of the Soviet Union. However the central figure in the immediate post-Stalin period was the former head of the [...]

Episode 12 of the Cold War Series, covering the doctrine of Mutual Assured Destruction (M.A.D.) in which either side is prohiped from attacking by the knowledge that they themselfs will be destroyed by the retaliation.

Cold War Part 10 of 24: Cuba (1959-1962)
The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba in the early 1960s during the Cold War. In Russia, it is termed the “Caribbean Crisis” (Russian: Карибский кризис, Karibskiy krizis), while in Cuba it is called the “October Crisis”. The crisis [...]

Cold War Part 8 of 24: Sputnik (1949-1961)
Sputnik 1 was the world’s first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite. It was launched into a low altitude elliptical orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957, and was the first in a series of satellites collectively known as the Sputnik program. The unanticipated announcement ofSputnik 1’s success precipitated [...]

Episode 6 of the Cold War Series. This time covering the fear of communism in the US (partialy created by the propaganda). The McCarthy committee searching for communist, which turned into a witchhunt and violation of civil rights. It also covers the same time period in the USSR: the showtrails of Stalin and the outright [...]

Cold War Episode 4 of 24: Berlin 1948-1949
Episode 4 of the Cold War Series, covering the Sovjet blockade of West-Berlin and the following air-lift of supplies. During the final stages of World War II, the Soviet Union annexed several countries as Soviet Socialist Republics within theUnion of Soviet Socialist Republics. Most of those territories had [...]

Cold War Epsisode 1 of 24: Comrades (1917-1945)
Episode 1 of the Cold War Series, covering the origings of the tentions between the capitalist west and the communist Soviet Union. Starting with revolution of 1917 followed by the events of WW II, which outcome brought the Red Army into eastern Europe. “Red” officially refers to the [...]

Class: Introduction To The Constitution | Instructor: Michael Badnarik
This is the highly acclaimed 7hr class taught by author and Constitutional scholar, Michael Badnarik.
In 7 hours, Michael covers far more than you learned in years of high school or college, in a way you’ll never forget.

Class: Introduction To The Constitution | Instructor: Michael Badnarik
This is the highly acclaimed 7hr class taught by author and Constitutional scholar, Michael Badnarik.
In 7 hours, Michael covers far more than you learned in years of high school or college, in a way you’ll never forget.

Class: Introduction To The Constitution | Instructor: Michael Badnarik
This is the highly acclaimed 7hr class taught by author and Constitutional scholar, Michael Badnarik.
In 7 hours, Michael covers far more than you learned in years of high school or college, in a way you’ll never forget.

Class: Introduction To The Constitution | Instructor: Michael Badnarik
This is the highly acclaimed 7hr class taught by author and Constitutional scholar, Michael Badnarik.
In 7 hours, Michael covers far more than you learned in years of high school or college, in a way you’ll never forget. 

EPISODE 5: “The World Turned Upside Down” 1778-1783
The British hope to exploit the issue of slavery and to enlist the support of loyalists in the south. They fail. After a series of brutal engagements, the British army heads for Virginia, only to be trapped by the miraculous convergence of Washington’s army and the French fleet [...]

EPISODE 3: “The Times That Try Men’s Souls” 1776-1777
Days after the Declaration of Independence is signed, a British force arrives in New York harbor. Washington and his troops are driven to New Jersey. With only a few days of enlistment left for many of his volunteers, a desperate Washington leads his army quietly across the [...]

EPISODE 1: “The Reluctant Revolutionaries” 1763-1774
In 1763, the capitol city of America is London, George Washington is lobbying for a post in the British army, and no one thinks of Boston harbor when they hear talk of tea parties. In a dozen years, the colonies are on the brink of rebellion. What happens to bring [...]