Jordan Smith, an investigative journalist with The Intercept, discusses Rodney Reed's imminent execution in Texas for the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites - even though the evidence strongly suggests that Stites's then-fiance was the real murderer.

John L. Esposito, professor of Islamic Studies at Georgetown University, cuts through the propaganda to reveal what a billion Muslims really think about the US and Americans.

Marjorie Cohn, a professor at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses Obama's nearly-unlimited war powers under the new AUMF for ISIS (if Congress passes it); and the War on Terror's success at drastically increasing acts of terrorism worldwide.

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, discusses Matt O'Brien's hit piece on Rand Paul for being "clueless" in his criticism of the Federal Reserve and monetary policy.

Scott McConnell, a founding editor at The American Conservative, discusses his article "The Ambitions Driving the Ukraine Consensus," about the near-unanimity of policy-makers and media pundits on the need to hold Russia and Putin accountable for "aggression" in Ukraine - even if it means risking nuclear confrontation.

Former Republican congressman Ron Paul discusses Obama's request for a new AUMF against ISIS; why letters of marque and reprisal are better than war declarations in fighting non-state enemies; and how political partisanship blinds people to the link between US foreign policy and terrorism blowback.

Rebecca Gordon, a lecturer in philosophy at the University of San Francisco and author of Mainstreaming Torture, discusses the bogus excuses for the Bush administration's unnecessary torture program; the eventual prosecution of US officials who violated the Geneva Conventions; and the brave whistleblowers and journalists who exposed and rejected the torture program.