Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses why we don't really need government to protect our lives and property.

Retired USAF Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski discusses her firsthand observation in 2002-03 of the Bush administration's Office of Special Plans - a propaganda mill staffed by neoconservatives who were determined to start a war in Iraq by any means necessary.

Major Todd E. Pierce, a former JAG defense attorney at Guantanamo, discusses how the neoconservative philosophy of American and Israeli "exceptionalism" resembles pre-Nazi German fascism/authoritarianism.

Rebecca Gordon, author of Mainstreaming Torture, discusses the consequences of the failed War on Drugs in Mexico (and the United States).

Dan Sanchez, director of the Mises Academy, discusses Google's decision to disable its ads on Antiwar.com, supposedly because the infamous Abu Ghraib abuse pictures violated Google's policy against "violent or disturbing content, including sites with gory text or images."

Tyler Cullis, a Policy Associate at the National Iranian American Council, discusses the near-completion of an Iranian nuclear deal, and how eased economic sanctions will greatly improve the lives of ordinary Iranians.

John Feffer, director of Foreign Policy In Focus at the Institute for Policy Studies, discusses how hardliners in Congress are working to undermine an Iranian nuclear deal, and how they previously sabotaged the Agreed Framework on North Korea's nuclear program in 1994.

Matthew Hoh, a Senior Fellow at the Center for International Policy, discusses the military's prosecution of Army sergeant Bowe Bergdahl for desertion, even though an Army investigation report seems to exonerate the former Taliban prisoner.

Eric Margolis, an internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses Saudi Arabia's pending invasion of Yemen, after the Shiite Houthi rebels captured the capital city Sanaa.

Will Grigg, a blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the police and prosecutorial misconduct in the arrest and re-arrest (on ridiculous charges) of "cop-watcher" Matthew Townsend in Ada County, Idaho.

Seymour Hersh, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter and author, discusses how he broke the My Lai massacre story as a fledgling journalist in 1968, and his recent journey to Vietnam to revisit the scene of the crime 47 years later.

Kelley Vlahos, a Washington, D.C.-based freelance reporter, discusses David Petraeus's disastrous legacy in Afghanistan, as US-backed warlords terrorize the population and recreate the environment that gave rise to the Taliban.

Philip Giraldi, a former CIA officer and Executive Director of The Council for the National Interest, discusses the schizophrenic US policy in Iraq and Syria; and why the media doesn't confront John McCain, David Petraeus, and other hawkish commentators on their nonsensical claims.

Mike Swanson, author of The War State and founder of Wall Street Window, discusses the unsustainable bull market in stocks and bonds, and why many heavily-invested older Americans believe the good times will continue for another 10 years.

Patrick Cockburn, an award-winning journalist with The Independent, discusses his 5-part series on what daily life is like for the Iraqis and Syrians unlucky enough to live under ISIS rule.