04/06/09 – Guy Lawson – The Scott Horton Show

by | Apr 6, 2009 |

Guy Lawson, author of the Rolling Stone article 'The Making of a Narco State,' discusses Mexico’s increasingly violent and destabilizing drug war, the fundamental changes brought about by NAFTA, the rampant corruption throughout Mexico’s government and civil society and why legalizing Marijuana is probably the best long-term solution to the problem.

Colin Powell: War Criminal

by | Apr 5, 2009 |

Rachel Maddow busts Colin Powell, the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and former Secretary of State of the United States, as he pretends on live TV to not be qualified to know whether someone (him) would be in violation of the laws of war if that person had done what he did. He also, as The Other Scott Horton notes, acknowledges the need for an investigation - of him. Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy "Why are we talking about this in the...

04/01/09 – James Bovard – The Scott Horton Show

by | Apr 1, 2009 |

James Bovard, policy advisor at The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the prospect of mandatory national service in the U.S., the often dubious contributions made by AmeriCorps programs, the expansion of civil service budgets from the Clinton to Obama presidencies and the general dislike of compulsory service among Americans.

04/01/09 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show

by | Apr 1, 2009 |

Gareth Porter, independent historian and journalist for Inter Press Service News Agency, discusses Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s persecution of Sunni Awakening Councils, the U.S. military’s cooperation with Iraq’s government in quelling a Sunni 'Sons of Iraq' uprising and how a new outbreak of sectarian violence could give the U.S. occupation a new lease on life.

Robert Higgs on C-SPAN

by | Mar 31, 2009 |

David Theroux writes: Dear Lighthouse Reader, I am very pleased to alert you to two, very timely, upcoming C-SPAN TV programs featuring Independent Institute fellows: 1. Senior Fellow Robert Higgs will be the featured guest in an exclusive, three-hour interview on C-SPAN2's prestigious "In Depth" program to discuss his work as an author, economist and historian. With the deepening economic crisis, ongoing wars in the Mideast, enormous expansions of federal spending and power, and widespread...

03/30/09 – Charles Featherstone – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 30, 2009 |

Charles H. Featherstone, seminarian and freelance editor, discusses the use of religion to justify Israel's Gaza invasion, the irony of browbeating Muslims for being anti-modern while citing an ancient biblical text, the eventual election of a Palestinian Arab as Prime Minister of Israel and the limited but significant opportunities for free expression in Saudi Arabia.

03/28/09 – Lora Lumpe – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 28, 2009 |

Lora Lumpe, Legislative Representative for the US Campaign to Ban Landmines (USCBL), discusses the campaign to end U.S. export and use of cluster bombs, the continued lethality of unexploded bomblets on civilians for decades after a war and the national call-in day to tell the U.S. Senate to 'Give Cluster Bombs the Boot.'

03/27/09 – Pepe Escobar – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 27, 2009 |

Pepe Escobar, writer for the Asia Times, discusses the importance of home-field advantage in the fossil fuel Great Game, how the U.S. empire of bases is used to dominate access to critical energy resources, the IPI (Iran, Pakistan, India) pipeline proposal that defies U.S. influence and the increasing cooperation of Russia and China on energy issues.

03/27/09 – Lawrence Wilkerson – The Scott Horton Show

by | Mar 27, 2009 |

Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Colin Powell during his tenure as Secretary of State, discusses how the Bush administration ignored the perfectly adequate Geneva Conventions guidelines for classifying war-zone detainees, the ethical and practical considerations of detaining and interrogating innocent civilians to 'fight terror,' the counterclaim to Dick Cheney’s assertion that torture prevents terrorism and the end of an Israel/Palestine two state solution. Wilkerson also says he...