Dan Cohen, an independent journalist and co-producer of the documentary Killing Gaza, discusses the "narrowing of democracy" in Israel as the Knesset considers legislation that will further erode the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel and those living in the occupied territories.

Jon B. Carroll, co-founder of the Alabama Justice Project and a member of Reporters Without Borders, discusses the Dothan, Alabama Police Department's decades-long practice of planting evidence to make false arrests and the District Attorney's full cooperation in obtaining hundreds of wrongful convictions; and why the tables might finally be turning against Dothan's institutionalized corruption.

Nasser Arrabyee, a Yemeni journalist based in Sanaa, discusses Saudi Arabia's "Unholy War" in Yemen, and how Saudi air strikes against civilians increase popular support for the Houthis.

Michael T. Klare, a professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, discusses the energy wars between Saudi Arabia and new entries to the oil market, including US shale, Canadian tar sands, and Brazilian off shore producers; and why the oil market has undergone a permanent paradigm shift away from scarcity and high prices.

Robert Epstein, a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, discusses how the "Search Engine Manipulation Effect" of Google's search results can greatly influence public opinion, especially the decisions of undecided voters.

Eric Margolis, author of American Raj: Liberation or Domination, discusses why Hillary Clinton will be "haunted by Libya" in her run for the presidency, especially against Donald Trump, who will have no problem turning her Libyan democratic "success story" on its head.

Dan Simpson, a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette associate editor and former US ambassador, discuses the crumbling US-backed Afghan government, and why the 15 year-long US occupation is starting to look like the end days in Vietnam.

Muhammad Sahimi, co-founder and editor of Iran News & Middle East Reports, discusses the resounding defeat of hard-liners in Iran's nationwide elections, and the implications for Iran's relations with the West.

Peter Van Buren, author of We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, discusses Hillary Clinton's email problem, and why she resembles a political "Pigpen," with clouds of scandal surrounding her at all times.

Nick Giambruno, Senior Editor of International Man, discusses the hidden agenda at the 2016 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland; and how a war on cash makes it easier for world leaders to impose negative interest rates - an impossible feat in a free market.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning investigative journalist, discusses why the Syrian ceasefire is going better than he expected, and why the US doesn't have any reasonable military options to support anti-Assad forces and change the situation on the ground.

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, discusses how the Fed is responsible for economic booms and busts; the increase of economic inequality after the gold standard was abandoned in 1971; and the introduction of negative interest rates.

Sheldon Richman, a senior fellow of the Center for a Stateless Society, discusses his article "The Constitution and the Standing Army," and why the US Constitution - not the post-WWII National Security Act - created the basis for our current national-security state.

Jason Ditz, news editor at Antiwar.com, discusses his article "ISIS and the End of Cash: How the war on terror became a war on real money," as government officials get serious about eliminating the $100 bill - and then maybe all other physical currency as well.

Marcy Wheeler, a blogger at emptywheel.net, discusses the FBI's fight with Apple about making an alternate iPhone operating system that would allow the government to see the contents of San Bernardino terrorist Syed Rezwan Farook's phone - after the FBI screwed up their first chance to get the information.