Eric Margolis discusses why Yasser Arafat's unexplained death in 2004 was probably caused by Polonium 210 poisoning; Israel's penchant for using rather exotic poisons for assassinating enemies; and the 2006 murder of Russian FSB agent Alexander Litivenko.
07/09/12 – Marcy Wheeler – The Scott Horton Show
Marcy Wheeler discusses her article "Failed Overseers Prepare to Legislate Away Successful Oversight;" the US government's double standard on which leaks are prosecuted and which ignored; why cyberwarfare is a bad idea, especially when Israel's involved; and the lies about Obama's "kill list" for drone strike targets.
07/09/12 – Robert Wenzel – The Scott Horton Show
Robert Wenzel discusses the LIBOR scandal and how central banks can wreck free markets much more efficiently than Wall Street can.
07/05/12 – Scott Horton – The Scott Horton Show
Scott says goodbye to Antiwar.com.
07/05/12 – Birgitta Jonsdottir – The Scott Horton Show
Birgitta Jonsdottir discusses the US government's persecution of WikiLeaks activists and the secret grand jury waiting to indict and probably extradite Julian Assange.
07/04/12 – Anthony Gregory – The Scott Horton Show
Anthony Gregory discusses his article "Should We Celebrate the American Revolution;" why King George III was better than US Presidents 1-44 (except maybe Grover Cleveland); and how even Thomas Jefferson came up short as a "Jeffersonian" kind of president.
07/03/12 – Charles Goyette – The Scott Horton Show
Charles Goyette discusses how prosperity is an offshoot of freedom, how the state is hastening America's economic collapse, why Democrats and Republicans are both "food stamp" parties; and why we need to be aware of the demagogues diverting public anger away from government and Wall Street, toward convenient scapegoats like gays and Muslims.
07/03/12 – Phyllis Bennis – The Scott Horton Show
Phyllis Bennis discusses her article "Syria is not Libya: it will not implode, it will explode beyond its borders" and Israel's nuanced policy on Syria and Iran.
07/03/12 – William S. Lind – The Scott Horton Show
William S. Lind discusses his article "Unfriendly Fire: How the Taliban mastered the operational art of modern war;" a history of state-dominated warfare since the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648; so-called "green on blue" attacks in Afghanistan; and how a rudderless foreign policy has prevented US progress in Afghanistan since November 2001.
07/03/12 – Gareth Porter – The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter discusses the anti-Iran propagandists in the press and the IAEA, and his article on the Parchin facility, "How a Nonexistent Bomb Cylinder Distorts the Iran Nuclear Issue."
06/29/12 – Reese Erlich – The Scott Horton Show
Reese Erlich, author of Conversations with Terrorists: Middle East Leaders on Politics, Violence, and Empire, discusses his article "Militias Become Power Centers in Libya;" why ex-Gaddafi Libya didn't miraculously transform into a vibrant Jeffersonian democracy; US interventions in oil-producing regions of Africa; differentiating between the real Arab Spring revolutions and the US-led counterrevolutions; Foreign Affairs editor Gideon Rose on "nice docile American client" states that cooperate...
06/29/12 – Robert P. Murphy – The Scott Horton Show
Robert P. Murphy discusses the Supreme Court's strange ruling on ObamaCare; the apparent weakening of the Commerce Clause and strengthening of Congress's taxing authority; why Leftists hoping for single-payer national healthcare should be sorely disappointed by ObamaCare; why the Europeans think they can borrow more money to solve their debt crisis; the two options for Greece - default or kick the can some more; and the conspiracy theory that Ben Bernanke is sitting on his hands, keeping...
06/28/12 – Joe Lauria – The Scott Horton Show
Independent investigative journalist Joe Lauria discusses his article "What Russia Fears in Syrian Conflict;" the Western media's practice of only telling the US side of the story in international conflicts; Russia's concern of an Islamic government coming to power in Syria; why the usual reasons given for Russia's support of Assad - the naval base at Tartus and arms sales - aren't that big a deal; how short-term thinking in US foreign policy produces unwanted consequences; and NATO's...
06/28/12 – Lew Rockwell – The Scott Horton Show
Lew Rockwell, founder and Chairman of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses his “War and Inflation“speech at a 2008 Future of Freedom Foundation conference;” how central banking allows governments to fund wars and empire through money printing instead of direct taxation, keeping a lid on internal dissent; why deflation is a normal and desirable condition of productive economies; and why Keynesianism is best summarized as the economics of state power.
06/27/12 – Pepe Escobar – The Scott Horton Show
Globetrotting journalist Pepe Escobar discusses his article “Syria and Turkey’s Phantom War;” Turkey’s violation of Syrian airspace in a purposeful, measured provocation and test of Syria’s defenses; the near-invocation of NATO Article 5 and a wider war (an attack on one NATO country is an attack on all); looking for ways to bypass the UN on Syria, since China and Russia won’t let an interventionist resolution pass the Security Council; grand plans for NATO expansion in the official “Assured...
