Sheldon Richman, senior fellow at The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the case for decentralized non-state national defense, the ideological line — created by an informed and assertive citizenry — that the government dares not cross, the deterrence of government abuse of power through nonviolent action and how society tends toward informal customs — not rampant lawlessness — in the absence of government.
02/12/10 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, managing news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses his fight against the constant barrage of media disinformation on Iran's nuclear program, Ahmedinejad's proclamation that Iran has no need for nuclear weapons and how the Obama administration uses the UN Security Council to punish Iran's uranium enrichment while paying lip service to Iran's right to civilian nuclear power.
02/12/10 – Petra Bartosiewicz – The Scott Horton Show
Freelance journalist Petra Bartosiewicz discusses the trial and conviction of US-educated Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui for the attempted murder of US soldiers in Afghanistan, seemingly crucial setbacks in the prosecution’s case that were disregarded by the jury, allegations that during the previous five years Siddiqui was a 'ghost prisoner' subject to torture at Bagram prison and the immunity of federal prosecutors to charges of gross misconduct.
02/11/10 – Stephan Kinsella – The Scott Horton Show
Stephan Kinsella, fellow at the Mises Institute and author of the book Against Intellectual Property [.pdf], discusses the federal government's appropriation of the Bill of Rights - through the 14th Amendment - to regulate state powers, the debate about whether current lawlessness can rightfully be blamed on deviation from the beneficent Constitution or if the problem lies in the deeply flawed document itself and why ideas can't be property.
02/11/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses Hamid Karzai's increased willingness to make a deal with the Taliban, the US determination to militarily weaken the Taliban before negotiating and the disastrous Afghan strategy born from a compromise between US political and military goals.
02/11/10 – Charles Goyette – The Scott Horton Show
Charles Goyette, former co-contributor to Antiwar Radio and author of The Dollar Meltdown: Surviving the Impending Currency Crisis with Gold, Oil, and Other Unconventional Investments, discusses the FED's attempt to prevent inflation after creating trillions in new money, our dim future of resource scarcity and martial law, the hyperinflation tipping-point ratio of deficit to national budget reached by the US, the looming reality of US sovereign debt default and the delusion of US fiscal...
02/10/10 – Brendan O’Neill – The Scott Horton Show
Please pardon the echo. Brendan O’Neill, editor of Spiked, discusses the failed 'Voltaire defense' used on behalf of Islamic protesters in a British free speech case, why the Chilcot Inquiry is nothing more than non-punitive talk therapy for the state, the scapegoating of Islamic extremism for the West’s abandonment of Enlightenment ideals and how controversial speech in Britain is silenced by legislation rather than challenged by public debate.
02/10/10 – Murray Polner – The Scott Horton Show
Murray Polner, co-editor of We Who Dared to Say No to War: American Antiwar Writing from 1812 to Now, discusses the ritualistic paeans to militarism embedded in American sporting events, the curse of conservative and liberal hawks, the fickle and fleeting nature of American antiwar activism and how Randolph Bourne’s refrain 'War is the health of the State' has become a truism.
02/09/10 – Jason Ditz – The Scott Horton Show
Jason Ditz, managing news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses the quickly removed AP article from George Jahn that blatantly exaggerates Iran's nuclear program, Iran's tentative agreement to third-party uranium enrichment for medical applications and the big difference between highly enriched and weapons grade uranium.
02/09/10 – Francis Boyle – The Scott Horton Show
Francis Boyle, Professor at the University of Illinois College of Law, discusses his legal Complaint demanding the prosecution of Bush administration officials for crimes against humanity, the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) jurisdiction over crimes committed by the US in ICC-member countries, the 'Marty' report that catalogs the US practice of 'extraordinary rendition' and how a less-desirable international prosecution is the result of the Obama administration’s failure to uphold the...
02/09/10 – Cole Miller – The Scott Horton Show
Cole Miller, Founding Director of No More Victims, discusses his organization's efforts to provide medical care for Iraqi children injured by the US military, the mainstream media's refusal to cover the effects of war on individuals, the deeply rooted humanitarian instincts of Americans for children in need and how you can help.
02/09/10 – Anand Gopal – The Scott Horton Show
Independent journalist Anand Gopal discusses the miniature Bagram-type prisons popping up on US military outposts in Afghanistan, loopholes that render prisoner treatment rules meaningless, limited US intelligence operations that rely on dubious tips from score-settling Afghans and how US night raids in rural Afghanistan turn ordinary Pashtuns against the occupation.
02/02/10 – Kurt Haskell – The Scott Horton Show
Kurt Haskell, Detroit area attorney and passenger on 'Christmas bomber' Northwest Airlines flight 253, discusses the change in the official narrative that now acknowledges the 'sharply dressed' Indian man who helped bombing suspect Abdulmutallab board the plane in the Netherlands, the official US policy of helping terrorism suspects into the country in order to catch the entire 'terror network,' the possibility that the 'sharply dressed' man was acting on behalf of the US government and...
02/02/10 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service, discusses the Obama administration’s inability to negotiate an Afghan peace deal, differing opinions on whether the troop surge will ultimately help or hurt U.S. diplomatic leverage with the Taliban, the possibility a constitutional rewrite will bring back Sharia law and snuff out Afghanistan’s fledgling 'democracy', the high likelihood of renewed civil war even with a U.S.-brokered peace deal and the slightly...
02/02/10 – Muhammad Sahimi – The Scott Horton Show
Muhammad Sahimi, Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at the University of Southern California, discusses the newest round of proposed US sanctions on Iran, the odd idea that choking off supplies of refined petroleum will pressure Iran to give up uranium enrichment, how sanctions will effectively impose a gasoline tax on ordinary Iranians and consolidate the power of the Revolutionary Guard, generous concessions made by moderate Iranian presidents that were rebuffed by the...
