Eric Margolis, author of American Raj, discusses Israel's slaughter of Palestinian civilians in another "mowing the lawn" operation, and Israel's role in creating Hamas in the first place.

Max Blumenthal, author of Goliath: Life and Loathing in Greater Israel, discusses the media's biased coverage of Israel's assault on Gaza.

Dahr Jamail, an investigative journalist and author, discusses how America's policies sealed Iraq's fate and why ISIS had so much support within Iraq's Sunni communities.

Ray McGovern, a retired CIA officer turned political activist, discusses who might be responsible for the shoot-down of Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 over eastern Ukraine.

Gareth Porter, author of Manufactured Crisis: The Untold Story of the Iran Nuclear Scare, discusses the carefully-worded statements of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, and why an agreement on Iran's nuclear program could be completed by next month.

Sheldon Richman, vice president of The Future of Freedom Foundation, discusses the isolationist smears against Rand Paul by hyper-interventionists like Rick Perry and Dick Cheney.

Kelley Vlahos, a contributing editor at The American Conservative, discusses her article "Blowback in Iraq: The Petraeus Legacy Comes Home."

James Bovard, author of Public Policy Hooligan, discusses why the US really gives foreign food aid and how it clobbers third world farmers.

Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses his article "How the Drug War Drives Child Migrants to the US Border."

Todd Miller, a TomDispatch regular, discusses the Bill of Rights violations committed by border patrol agents running amok in the "Constitution-free zone" that extends 100 miles inland from the US borders.

John Whitehead, founder of The Rutherford Institute, discusses how the Department of Homeland Security has become American's standing army, effective at stifling political dissent but not much good for preventing terrorism.

Mike Maharrey, the Communications Director for the Tenth Amendment Center, discusses the OffNow campaign to cripple the NSA's installations on a state and local level.

Ramzy Baroud, editor of The Palestine Chronicle, discusses Israel's ravaging of Gaza and why Netanyahu fears a united Palestinian people and a third intifada above all else.

Jason Ditz, editor at Antiwar.com, discusses the continued Israeli airstrikes on Gaza after both sides rejected a ceasefire plan; and why the Israeli government has no real strategy apart from killing Palestinians for as long as they can get away with it.

Freelance journalist Bel Trew discusses ex-CIA asset General Khalifa Hiftar's effort to conquer Libya and destroy the jihadists.