Thomas Duncan, Assistant Professor of Economics at Radford University, discusses his paper "The Revolving Door and the Entrenchment of the Permanent War Economy," explaining the Pentagon's unaccountable and extravagant spending.

Matthew Harwood, senior writer/editor for the ACLU, discusses the recent fearmongering about lone-wolf terrorism, even though it is exceedingly rare and there's really no way to prevent it in a free society.

Sina Toossi, assistant editor of the Institute for Policy Studies' Right Web Project, discusses Right Web's profile of incoming Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter - his history, connections, and opinions on important foreign policy issues.

Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses why "American Sniper" Chris Kyle is no more an American hero/patriot than Sandy Hook school shooter Adam Lanza.

Daniel Larison, senior editor at The American Conservative, discusses the folly and futility of arming Ukraine - even though the anti-Russia hawks think its a great idea.

Mike Maharrey, the Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center, discusses the 200 state bills seeking to block or limit federal power, ranging from laws bypassing the FDA to allow terminal patients access to experimental drugs and treatments, to laws addressing Second Amendment and militarized police issues.

Dennis Edney, a defense lawyer representing former Guantanamo prisoner Omar Khadr, discusses Khadr's near-death battlefield capture in Afghanistan at 15; the torture he endured for years at Guantanamo; the US and Canadian governments' disdain for fair trials and justice; and the current effort to free Khadr from his Canadian prison.

Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), discusses his possible imprisonment for criminal trespass and resisting arrest (for using a paid ticket to see David Petraeus speak at a New York YMCA); and the neocons trying to provoke a military confrontation with Russia by supplying US armaments to Ukraine.