Bruce E. Levine, a clinical psychologist and author, discusses how TV makes Americans passive and accepting of authority; how producers use "technical events" to biologically attract a viewer's attention; the mental health issues and social isolation caused by watching television; and how the corporate state has essentially colonized Americans who cannot effect political change and feel helpless.

McClatchy Newspapers journalist Mel Frykberg discusses the September 11th attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi and why it remains a hot-button election issue; the revenge-minded Misrata militias attacking in Bani Walid; the stumbling blocks preventing Libya from forming a viable central government; the al-Qaida linked militants moving back and forth across the Libya-Egypt border; the huge cache of missing Gaddafi-regime weapons; and why the West is mostly silent on human rights...

IPS News journalist Gareth Porter discusses his article "Pentagon Nixed 1998 U.S. Nuclear Scientists' Probe of Iranian Programme;" how successive US administrations have blocked or ignored information that disproves the "Iran is making nuclear weapons" propaganda; Dick Cheney's ironic and humorous anti-sanctions arguments in 1996 (while CEO of Halliburton); how the Bush administration knew for certain that Iraq did not have a nuclear program in 2003; and Gareth's upcoming book Manufactured...

Truthout journalist Jason Leopold discusses his article about Adnan Latif's tragic and avoidable death in Guantanamo prison in September; why Latif should have been released years ago (and never imprisoned in the first place); the Yemeni government's refusal to claim Latif's body until the US reveals a cause of death - which is no longer assumed to be suicide; and how the Bush and Obama administrations, with help from the courts, have eviscerated habeas corpus and the Constitution.

Hanan Salah of Human Rights Watch discusses HRW's report on how the CIA and UK Secret Service (in 2005-06) captured anti-Gaddafi "militants" living abroad, often tortured them, and sent them back to Gaddafi for further torture; the irony that many of these Libyans are in the new government and de facto allies of the US and NATO; evidence that the Bush administration lied about waterboarding being limited to the "big 3" 9/11 conspirators; other medieval US torture practices; new photographic...

Leah Bolger, President of Veterans For Peace, discusses her trip to Pakistan with the CODEPINK delegation to witness the US drone war's effects; how the CIA has waged constant psychological warfare on civilians and fractured communal bonds in Waziristan; the lies told about drone "accuracy" by government and the media in the US and Pakistan; and why Americans generally don't care about the lives of people half a world away.

Sheldon Richman of the Future of Freedom Foundation discusses the merger of Israel's Likud and Yisrael Beiteinu parties; why it seems like all the Iran war talk was just to distract from the Palestine issue; how "facts on the ground" have made a two-state solution impossible; and proposals to change Israel's flag from a Jewish star to a symbol more befitting the diverse population. Scott Horton Interviews Sheldon Richman The Scott Horton Show October 29, 2012 Transcript Scott Horton:  All...

Wendy McElroy, a feminist, anarchist and author, discusses the media's focus on 14-year-old activist Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by Pakistani Taliban gunmen; why the mainstream press ignores the children regularly killed in US drone strikes; the government's success in hiding the consequences of war from Americans; arguments against the US's global policeman role; how "Paper Money = Despotism;" and the alternative currencies competing with the dollar (and how to spend them).

Joey King of Veterans for Peace discusses his organization's sponsorship of The Scott Horton Show; why veterans are an integral part of the antiwar movement; the upcoming protest against the School of the Americas (now WHINSEC) at Fort Benning, GA from November 16-18; and VFP's anti-recruitment efforts at schools.

Peace activist Cindy Sheehan discusses her candidacy for vice president (with Roseanne Barr for president) on the Peace and Freedom party ticket; Cindy's potential run for governor of California in 2014; how the Democrats in the antiwar movement bailed after Obama's election; Cindy's new book Revolution, A Love Story; and how the US empire is committing financial suicide.

Antiwar.com editor John Glaser discusses the presidential "debate" on foreign policy; Mitt Romney's inability to appear more hawkish than Obama; how both candidates trotted out long-ago-debunked lies to smear Iran and appease Israel; Obama's "don't call it nation-building" nation building; keeping US troops in Afghanistan at least 10 years beyond the 2014 withdrawal; Obama's chest-thumping on killing Osama bin Laden and crippling Iran's (civilian) economy; and why these debates have been...

Daphne Eviatar of Human Rights First discusses alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's military commission hearings at Guantanamo (she blogs about them here); the government's censorship of court proceedings; the unclear rules and constitutionality of commissions; how federal civilian courts have been tougher on terrorists than military courts; and doubts about President Obama's pledge to end torture.

Ann Ighe of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition discusses the latest attempt to break the Gaza blockade - this time on the Swedish ship Estelle; the Israeli Navy's heavy-handed seizure of the ship and arrest of activists in international waters; Israel's continuing collective punishment of Gazans for daring to elect Hamas in 2006; and how the activists onboard the Estelle conducted a public awareness campaign about Palestinians during their circuitous route to Gaza.

Philip Giraldi, executive director of the Council for the National Interest, discusses the upcoming session on Christian Zionism and Islamophobia in Washington D.C. on October 24th; the end-times religious extremists who unduly influence foreign policy and the Republican Party; debunking claims that Muslims are stuck in medieval times and have no yearning for democratic governance; and current events in Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.

Kelley Vlahos, a Washington D.C.-based freelance reporter, discusses the toxic open-air burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan; the dire health effects on US troops and veterans; the class-action lawsuit against Halliburton subsidiary KBR for failing to install proper incineration units; and the government's foot-dragging on every severe health issue effecting the military, from Agent Orange to Gulf War Syndrome.