Tonight on LibertyChat: Doug Bandow and Maj. Todd Pierce 8:00 Eastern

Doug Bandow discusses the ISIS/Sunni offensive in Iraq; John Kerry's pretense that Egypt's military dictatorship is really a democracy; and the strange Israel-Saudi Arabia special relationship. Bandow Interview .mp3 Todd E. Pierce discusses the Bush administration's attack on the Constitution after 9/11, and why the destruction our civil liberties isn't making us any safer. Pierce Interview .mp3 LibertyChat.com, 8:00 eastern

06/17/14 – Jesse Franzblau – The Scott Horton Show

Jesse Franzblau, a policy analyst and freedom of information activist working with the National Security Archive, discusses the escalating crisis in Libya and why the 2011 intervention "can only be regarded as a dramatic strategic failure on the part of the United States and its NATO allies."

06/16/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

Eric Margolis, an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist, discusses the neoconservative strategists of yesteryear who brought about the current almighty mess in Iraq; why the US continues to support the Syrian opposition; the resurgence of Saddam's Baath party; and the risks of terrorism blowback in Europe and the US.

06/16/14 – Daniel McAdams – The Scott Horton Show

Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses what's happening in Ukraine while the world's attention is focused on the Middle East; the Kiev government's reference to Russians as "subhuman;" and the State Department's questionable claim that Russian tanks are deployed in Ukraine.

New Bookstore

It's isn't hardly complete, but I've gotten a good start on the new bookstore. All my recommended reading. Books I've read, can think of, and would like to pass on to you, as well as those I would like to read or have on my to-do this decade list. Check it out at scotthorton.org/books.

06/10/14 Sheldon Richman

In this edition of Liberty Chat, Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his review of Garet Garrett's essay "The Rise of Empire;" the differences between minarchism and anarchism; and the qualities of a fine pipe tobacco.