Interview Show 20th Anniversary

I started on the radio in late 1998, but today is the 20th anniversary of the interview show. First of 5,894 so far was the great Alan Bock on Iraq, three days after the marines pulled down Saddam's statue in Baghdad. The full archive is here.

Happy April Glaspie Day!

Thank you, Julian Assange: SADDAM’S MESSAGE OF FRIENDSHIP TO PRESIDENT BUSH Date:1990 July 25, 12:46 (Wednesday) Canonical ID:90BAGHDAD4237_a Original Classification:SECRET Current Classification:SECRET Handling Restrictions– Not Assigned — Character Count:13633 Executive Order:– Not Assigned — Locator:TEXT ONLINE TAGS:IZ – Iraq | KU – Kuwait | MOPS – Military and Defense Affairs–Military Operations | PREL – Political...

Call Your Congressmen and Senators Re Yemen War Powers Resolution

In the House it’s HJ Res 87, in the Senate it’s SJ Res 54. Call 833 STOP WAR and they will connect you directly to your representatives. If you have a Democratic Congressman, tell them the President said he wants to end this war. He needs us to support him on this to help him face down pressure from the Republicans. Also, emphasize the humanitarian crisis and the idea that ending this war now will be good for the Democrats in November. If your rep is a Republican, you should tell...

New Book, Hotter Than the Sun, Out Now!

Hotter Than the Sun: Time to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Scott Horton interviews Daniel Ellsberg, Seymour Hersh, Gar Alperovitz, Hans Kristensen, Joe Cirincione and more. This book contains interviews conducted over more than a decade with experts of all descriptions — including Daniel Ellsberg, Seymour Hersh, Gar Alperovitz, Hans Kristensen, Gordon Prather, Joe Cirincione and more — about the threat of nuclear war between major and minor powers, the nuclear arms-industrial complex, the nuclear...

Ending the Yemen War

There’s a Resolution in the House, HJ Res 87, a War Powers Resolution demanding an end to all support for Saudi and UAE’s war in Yemen. The new Libertarian Party is working with all the great Yemen war activists to do a pressure campaign on Congress to support it. Massie and a few other GOPs support it. We’re also pushing the persuade the right from the right and the left from the left strategy to influence them. I believe that this really could be the margin to pass the...

RIP David Theroux

David J. Theroux, founder and president of the Independent Institute has died of heart failure. We are all very sad to hear of his passing. Best wishes to his wife Mary and the rest of their family.

Upcoming Speaking Events

I’ve got alot of speeches coming up. Most to LP state conventions and/or Mises Caucus events. February 26 Utah March 6 Kentucky March 12 New Jersey March 20 Tennessee March 26 Delaware April 3 Connecticut April 8 Irving, Texas FloteFest: April 30 Gause, Texas LP National Convention, Reno May 26-29 Sorry, no links. Figure it out.

RIP Roger G. Charles

Roger was a producer for 20/20. But he dedicated the last 25 years of his life to telling the truth to the people about the Oklahoma City bombing atrocity. He was a brave and good man, and a friend. He will be greatly missed.

LA Times Series on Iranian Arms to Bosnia

A footnote of footnotes: James Risen and Doyle McManus, “US Ok’d Iranian Arms for Bosnia,” Los Angeles Times, April 5, 1996, https://latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-05-mn-55275-story.html; James Risen, “Administration Defends Its OK of Bosnian Arms,” Los Angeles Times, April 6, 1996, https://latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-04-06-mn-55492-story.html; James Risen and Doyle McManus, “US Envoy May Have Aided Arms Convoy to Bosnia,” Los Angeles Times, April 17, 1996,...

Listeners Love Kyle Anzalone’s Conflicts of Interest

Via email: Hi, I just wanted to say that I am amazed by your COI podcast; I never found any other podcast as informative as yours without political or social instrumentalization. Thank you so much for your work. I wish I could be involved one day. I was in Tigray last summer, and I listened to your podcast, which was the most accurate for people who were not on the ground, and I was impressed. I am now heading to Sana’a in a week, and I am grateful for all your updates about Yemen. If...