12/01/08 – Bill Barnwell – The Scott Horton Show

by | Dec 1, 2008 |

Bill Barnwell, minister from Michigan and writer for LewRockwell.com, discusses the merit of the 'Obama is the Antichrist' rumors, how American dispensationalists influence Mideast policy, the havoc created if a Third Temple were rebuilt in Israel, the wisdom of a historical-contextual reading of the Bible and the conflict between militarist theology and Biblical scripture.

12/01/08 – Katrina vanden Heuvel – The Scott Horton Show

by | Dec 1, 2008 |

Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher for The Nation magazine, discusses the incoming Obama Administration, the popular backlash against corporate power, the ethical and practical necessity of ending the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, how an escalation in Afghanistan would ruin the promise of change and hope from the Obama campaign, the impotence of conventional military power against the contemporary threats of asymmetrical warfare and piracy and why NATO should be disbanded and a new...

Talk at UT Monday 12/01/08

by | Nov 29, 2008 |

Local friends of the show: Norman Horn and Andrew Glass of the The Longhorn Libertarians have invited me back to give a talk concerning the foreign policy legacy of George W. Bush and what to expect from Barack Obama. It will be Monday, December 1, 2008 at (I think) 7:00 at the Engineering Teaching Center Building at 26th and San Jacinto.

11/28/08 – Eric Margolis – The Scott Horton Show

by | Nov 28, 2008 |

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination?: Resolving the Conflict Between the West and the Muslim World, discusses the Mumbai terrorist attacks, India's numerous enemies both foreign and domestic, the 2002 Gujarat province massacre of Indian Muslims, the sixty year long battle over Kashmir and the risk of an India-Pakistan nuclear war.

11/25/08 – Will Grigg – The Scott Horton Show

by | Nov 25, 2008 |

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the origins and authoritarian tendencies of the Democratic and Republican parties, Alexander Hamilton's role in quelling the Whiskey Rebellion and his legacy of centralized economic and military power, the carefully orchestrated packaging and branding of Barack Obama as an agent of peace and change, the U.S. Treasury Department's usurpation of Congressional legislative authority and local law enforcement's increasing role as tax...

11/24/08 – David Henderson – The Scott Horton Show

by | Nov 24, 2008 |

David R. Henderson, research fellow with the Hoover Institution and author of 'The Wartime Economist' for Antiwar.com, discusses his article 'The Libertarian Case against the War in Afghanistan,' the efficacy of using ethical reasoning in foreign policy arguments, the inconsistent U.S. extradition policies regarding Luis Posada Carriles and Osama bin Laden, the exaggerations of systemic risk used to justify bailouts, the limited short-term risk of inflation and why a fractional reserve banking...

11/21/08 – Ron Paul – The Scott Horton Show

by | Nov 21, 2008 |

Representative Ron Paul (R-TX) discusses the expansion of the American empire after the collapse of the Soviet Union, how empires lead to the loss of liberty, security and wealth, and long term prospects of the current financial downturn.