Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, discusses his article "Gold and Economic Inequality," and why the free market is better at distributing resources than the government.

Reza Marashi, Research Director at the National Iranian American Council, discusses the final hurdle in the Iran nuclear talks and the opportunity to end the Iranian-Saudi cold war.

Jerome Slater, a professor of political science at the State University of New York at Buffalo, discusses the UN report on war crimes in Israel's 2014 "Operation Protective Edge" assault on Gaza.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and historian, discusses why US military service chiefs don't want a US combat role in the fight against Islamic State in Iraq, even if that means the conflict will be drawn out and inconclusive.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses how Israel and its American allies have declared war on the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions Movement (BDS).

Daniel Larison, a senior editor at The American Conservative, discusses why Saudi Arabia and other US client states in the region would rather destroy Yemen than help the US fight ISIS and AQAP.