by Robert Higgs Robert Higgs is senior fellow in political economy at the Independent Institute and editor of The Independent Review. He is also a columnist for LewRockwell.com. His most recent book is Neither Liberty Nor Safety: Fear, Ideology, and the Growth of Government. He is also the author of Depression, War, and Cold War: Studies in Political Economy, Resurgence of the Warfare State: The Crisis Since 9/11 and Against Leviathan: Government Power and a Free Society. Update: Another great...
Torture
A renditioned man tells his story.
I was right about Ron Paul
He is an incredibly brave and honorable man. Thanks to Lew.
Al Qaeda Attacks America Because Israel Attacks Palestine
Michael Scheuer is the former chief of the CIA's bin Laden unit. Since resigning from the CIA in 2005, he has been trying desperately to get Americans to recognize that the jihad ain't against our freedom, but our empire in the Middle East. Here Scheuer warns that Americans will be killed as a result of Israel's slaughter in Gaza, just as 3,000 died on 9/11 for Israel's previous brutality (not that they didn't know it was coming and turn a blind eye.)
Ron Paul on the Gaza Massacre And Bailout Slaughter
LA
Man the cat and I arrived at our new digs in Los Angeles last night. Interviews again as soon as possible, I promise.
Hey Guys
Help me pick out some 'best of' interviews to run on awc. please? http://antiwar.com/radio/interview-archives/
Roderick Long’s New Site
Just thought I'd let you all know I set up Roderick Long's new blog on this server.
Impeach Bush!
And it's not too late to hold a trial in the Senate. Seriously though, The Other Scott Horton's great Harper's article, "Justice After Bush" is now online. My take is forget commissions, just keep hiring special prosecutors until Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Tenet, Ashcroft, Rice, Powell, Addington, Haynes, Feith, Yoo, Bybee and Gonzales are all rotting in cages - life without parole. They can sit in the Supermax with the other terrorists. WE ALL ALREADY KNOW THAT THEY ARE GUILTY. And we all...
It coulda been Ron
Antiwar Radio Reruns
For those suffering from me withdrawals, Bianca Oblivion says she's going to play some reruns for at least the next few weeks... Tha'd be sometime around 11 central, weekdays, at KAOSRadioAustin.org.
Robert Welch Was Right
Ike was a commie rat traitor.
The Show for Today: Patrick Cockburn
Listen live from 11-1pm Texas time at KAOSRadioAustin.org. Update: Thanks to every-y'all for everything. Update 2: Today's show here.
12/19/08 – Patrick Cockburn – The Scott Horton Show
Patrick Cockburn, Middle East correspondent for The Independent, discusses the enforcement power of Iraq’s Status of Forces Agreement in light of comments by General Ray Odierno, the influence Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani still has over the major decisions on Iraq’s future, the disappearance of Iraq as a media topic since the 'successful surge' narrative became definitive, the instability in Kurdistan, how the U.S. inadvertently aided Iran’s rise as a regional power and the perils of not learning...
12/18/08 – Thomas Woods – The Scott Horton Show
Thomas E. Woods, senior fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses the evidence that contradicts Paul Krugman's opinion that war is good for the economy, the renewed skepticism on the cause-and-effect relationship between WWII production and U.S. economic recovery, the stifling of private investment during the Depression due to erratic governmental interventions, the centrality of managerial intransigence to current Big-3 automaker woes and the debate on the benefits of a global...
