Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses the similarities between the Russian/Syrian bombing of Aleppo, the 2003 US bombing of Iraq, and Israel's 2014 bombing of Gaza; and Obama's apparent change in Syria policy as he targets Jabhat al-Nusra - a formidable opponent of Assad.

Historian and author Jim Powell commemorates Armistice Day by discussing how Woodrow Wilson's intervention in WWI gave rise to Hitler, Stalin, and WWII; then summarizes the 2,000 year history of the triumph of liberty - led by 65 revolutionary men and women who greatly advanced the cause of freedom.

David Swanson, author of War is a Lie, discusses his article "How Drone Pilots Talk;" and the RootsAction.org initiative to tell the next president "No more war!"

Ted Snider, a writer on US foreign policy and history, discusses his article "The End of Obama's Term: A Report Card on Latin America;" and why the lone bright spot, despite Obama's promise to change the way America does business with Latin America, is Cuba relations.

Sandy Tolan, author of Children of the Stone, discusses why Native Americans and activists across the country are demonstrating against the Dakota Access oil pipeline, and the crackdown against them by militarized police.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses how Turkey has become a destabilizing force in the Near East under increasingly-authoritarian president Erdogan, creating a risk of military entanglement for the US and NATO.

James Carden, a contributing writer for The Nation and former advisor on Russia at the US State Department, discusses how the Washington DC foreign policy consensus, locked down by neoconservatives and Wilsonian liberal interventionists, stopped Obama from following through on his campaign pledges to end the Iraq War, broker peace in Israel-Palestine, and improve relations with Russia.

Liza Goitein, Co-Director of the Brennan Center for Justice's Liberty and National Security Program, discusses her report on "The New Era of Secret Law" in the US, including the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel's secret interpretations of existing laws against torture and the FISA Court's secret authorization of NSA bulk collection of phone records.

Jeffrey Kaye, a psychologist and writer on torture, discusses the latest developments in the ACLU's lawsuit (on behalf of former Guantanamo detainees) against James Elmer Mitchell and John "Bruce" Jessen, the psychologists who designed the CIA's post-9/11 torture program.

Max Blumenthal, author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, discusses his two-part investigative series on the organizations running a sophisticated PR campaign to win Western public support for Syrian regime-change, and why most of the Left has fallen for it.

Grant F. Smith, director of research at the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses the longstanding US government policy of feigning ignorance of Israel's nuclear weapons program, why the new $38 billion US pledge to Israel is unconstitutional, and "The Israel Lobby and American Policy" conference scheduled for March 24, 2017 in Washington, DC.

Daniel Lazare, author of The Frozen Republic: How the Constitution is Paralyzing Democracy, discusses Hillary Clinton's bifurcated policy on ISIS, as she proposes fighting the group in Iraq and supporting it in Syria; and why Obama's greatest fear is the Saudi royal family's collapse.

Retired US Army colonel Daniel L. Davis discusses his article "Why the Battle for Mosul Could Become a Total Disaster;" and how US military intervention is paving the way for Al Qaeda/ISIS control of an actual state - not the pseudo state currently held in Iraq.

Jason MacLeod, author of Merdeka and the Morning Star: Civil Resistance in West Papua, discusses the brutal 50-year Indonesian occupation of West Papua; motivated by racial superiority, natural resources and political identity - and helped by US military aid.

Eric Schuler, author of The Daily Face Palm, discusses whether Hillary Clinton's Syria policy is due to stupidity or "something worse;" and how the terrible presidential debates have made libertarian ideas on immigration and foreign policy an appealing alternative to the status quo.