Gareth Porter, an independent journalist and historian , discusses why the Obama administration is so reluctant to lift sanctions on Iran, even as negotiations on a nuclear deal seem to be near completion.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses why the US should declare independence from Israel and end the "special relationship" that allows Israel to receive all the benefits and make none of the sacrifices.

Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses why we don't really need government to protect our lives and property.

Retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski discusses her firsthand observation in 2002-03 of the Bush administration's Office of Special Plans - a propaganda mill staffed by neoconservatives who were determined to start a war in Iraq by any means necessary.

Major Todd E. Pierce, a former JAG defense attorney at Guantanamo, discusses how the neoconservative philosophy of American and Israeli "exceptionalism" resembles pre-Nazi German fascism/authoritarianism.

Rebecca Gordon, author of Mainstreaming Torture, discusses the consequences of the failed War on Drugs in Mexico (and the United States).

Dan Sanchez, director of the Mises Academy, discusses Google's decision to disable its ads on Antiwar.com, supposedly because the infamous Abu Ghraib abuse pictures violated Google's policy against "violent or disturbing content, including sites with gory text or images."