Jonathan Landay, a national security and intelligence reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses his article "Obama strategy to beat Islamic State likely to draw U.S. into years of conflict;" and the marked philosophical differences between Al Qaeda and ISIS.

Dan Sanchez, Director of the Mises Academy, discusses his article "Squandered Lives and Snuffed Out Genius: Mises, Tolkien, and World War I."

Eric Margolis, an internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses the ceasefire deal in Ukraine and the reasons for US intervention there.

Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses his rebuttal to Daniel McCarthy's article in The American Conservative that asserts that a liberal democratic society requires empire.

Jack Matlock, a career diplomat and author of Superpower Illusions, discusses the Neo-Nazi forces being deployed by Kiev to fight in eastern Ukraine; and NATO's seeming intent to start a war with Russia.

Brian Burghart, editor and publisher of the Reno News & Review, discusses his Fatal Encounters project to research and document how many people are killed by law enforcement, since the government doesn't track this statistic for some reason.

Ramzy Baroud, author of My Father Was a Freedom Fighter: Gaza's Untold Story, discusses why Gazans are celebrating a "victory" over Israel despite sustaining heavy losses in life and property from Operation Protective Edge.

Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses the rise of The Islamic State and what the US should (and shouldn't) do about it.

Robert Naiman, Policy Director at Just Foreign Policy, discusses the failure of Liberal Zionism to apply political pressure on Israel's government to force a change on Palestinian issues.

James Bovard, author of Public Policy Hooligan, discusses Attorney General Eric Holder's hypocrisy on the Ferguson police shooting, and Holder's earlier role in covering up the Waco massacre.

Jason Ditz, editor for Antiwar.com, cuts through the media spin to bring the latest news on the Ukraine crisis.

Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi discusses the US government's attempt to squash a lawsuit against the non-profit group United Against Nuclear Iran, funded by billionaire Thomas Kaplan, which is vigorously trying to torpedo a deal on Iran's nuclear program.

Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad, President of the Minaret of Freedom Institute, discusses his family's connection to the 1948 Palestinian Nakba and Israel's recent concessions on Gazan commerce that enabled a temporary ceasefire.

Jonathan Landay, a national security and intelligence reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, discusses the top US government officials who are ginning up a war with ISIS in Iraq and Syria.

Jason Ditz, editor for Antiwar.com, discusses the latest news on Ukraine and the media's spin on Russian intervention.