Today: Jason Ditz, Jesse Franzblau 12-3 eastern time http://lrn.fm http://scotthorton.org/chat
06/17/14 – Jesse Franzblau – The Scott Horton Show
Jesse Franzblau, a policy analyst and freedom of information activist working with the National Security Archive, discusses the escalating crisis in Libya and why the 2011 intervention "can only be regarded as a dramatic strategic failure on the part of the United States and its NATO allies."
06/17/14 – Maj. Todd Pierce – The Scott Horton Show
Major Todd E. Pierce, a former JAG defense attorney at Guantanamo, discusses the Bush administration's attack on the Constitution after 9/11, and why the destruction of our civil liberties isn't making us any safer.
06/17/14 – Doug Bandow – The Scott Horton Show
Doug Bandow, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, discusses the ISIS/Sunni offensive in Iraq; John Kerry's pretense that Egypt's military dictatorship is really a democracy; and the strange Israel-Saudi Arabia special relationship.
06/17/14 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses ISIS's capture of US-made anti-aircraft missiles and why the Sunni offensive in Iraq will slow down now that they have captured territory.
06/16/14 Full Show
You are listening to the Scott Horton Show. 06/16/14 Full Show
Today: Eric Margolis 12-3 eastern
Today: Eric Margolis 12-3 eastern time http://lrn.fm http://scotthorton.org/chat
06/16/14 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show
Eric Margolis, an award-winning, internationally syndicated columnist, discusses the neoconservative strategists of yesteryear who brought about the current almighty mess in Iraq; why the US continues to support the Syrian opposition; the resurgence of Saddam's Baath party; and the risks of terrorism blowback in Europe and the US.
06/16/14 – Daniel McAdams – The Scott Horton Show
Daniel McAdams, Executive Director of the Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity, discusses what's happening in Ukraine while the world's attention is focused on the Middle East; the Kiev government's reference to Russians as "subhuman;" and the State Department's questionable claim that Russian tanks are deployed in Ukraine.
New Bookstore
It's isn't hardly complete, but I've gotten a good start on the new bookstore. All my recommended reading. Books I've read, can think of, and would like to pass on to you, as well as those I would like to read or have on my to-do this decade list. Check it out at scotthorton.org/books.
06/10/14 Sheldon Richman
In this edition of Liberty Chat, Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his review of Garet Garrett's essay "The Rise of Empire;" the differences between minarchism and anarchism; and the qualities of a fine pipe tobacco.
06/13/14 Full Show
You are listening to the Scott Horton Show. 06/13/14 Full Show
Today: Yousaf Butt, William Astore, Hillary Mann Leverett 12-3 eastern
Today: Yousaf Butt, William Astore, Hillary Mann Leverett 12-3 eastern time http://lrn.fm http://scotthorton.org/chat
06/13/14 – Yousaf Butt – The Scott Horton Show
Yousaf Butt, a former scientific consultant to the Federation of American Scientists, discusses the common US and Iranian interest in saving Iraq's government from an al-Qaeda takeover, and whether that can create enough goodwill to ensure a successful Iranian nuclear deal.
06/13/14 – William Astore – The Scott Horton Show
William Astore, a retired lieutenant colonel (USAF) and editor of The Contrary Perspective, discusses the militarized realities of fortress America where criticism of soldier-warriors or their war-planning superiors isn't tolerated.
