The Restoring the Republic Conference

Jacob Hornberger, founder and president of the Future of Freedom Foundation, is holding his second annual Restoring the Republic Conference in Reston, Virginia June 6-8. Anthony Gregory recommends you show up to it.

Clone Wars Trailer

In August they're coming out with a new Star Wars digital cartoon movie, The Clone Wars, to take place between Episode II and III. It will be followed by a TV series. Here's the trailer. It looks good to me, but then, I liked Episode I. Thanks to Roderick T. Long.

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Monterey Institute is an Enabler of Iran/Syria Nuke Claims

It was with disappointment, but not surprise, that I recently found out that the Monterey Institute’s Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) is on board with the Neocons in hyping up the Syria/Iran nuclear claims of the Bush Administration. In the L.A. Times, Leonard Spector of the CNS, in conjunction with Avner Cohen, wrote on May 4: ‘In the Syrian case (as with the release last year of part of the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran's nuclear program) the intelligence community was...

The Show: David Beito and Philippe Sands

David Beito and Philippe Sands will be the featured guests on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio, Thursday, May 15. David Beito will be discussing his recent article in the Kansas City Star, "Battle Over Eminent Domain Is Another Civil Rights Issue" at 12:15PM Eastern. Philippe Sands will be discussing his new book, Torture Team: Rumsfeld's Memo and the Betrayal of American Values at 1:15PM Eastern. David T. Beito is Associate Professor of History at the University of Alabama. He received...

Rumsnamara

Rumsfeld On 2006 Election: "The Correction For That...Is An Attack" An ongoing exploration of the documents related to the Pentagon's "message force multipliers" program has unearthed a clip of former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggesting that America, having voted the Democrats back into Congressional power, could benefit from suffering another terrorist attack, and doing so in the presence of the very same military analysts who went on to provide commentary and analysis of the Iraq...

The Show: Christopher Ketcham

Christopher Ketcham will be the featured guest on the Scott Horton Show an Antiwar Radio, Wednesday, May 14, at 1:15PM Eastern. Christopher Ketcham will be discussing his recent article in Radar Magazine, "The Last Roundup." Christopher Ketcham is a freelance reporter and writer for many venues including Antiwar.com, Harper's, GQ, the Nation, Salon, Mother Jones, Men's Journal, Good Magazine, Radar, and National Geographic. In 2002, he was selected as a Livingston Awards finalist for his...

Gates: US will teach Iran a lesson

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has revealed that Washington plans to engage in a number of 'exclusive' activities against Iran. "We're being very aggressive in going after the networks in Iraq, and the individuals who are interfering or supplying weapons from Iran," said Gates Tuesday. "We have a number of other activities under way. We take it very serioUSly. But at this point our activities are focUSed pretty exclUSively inside Iraq,'' he added. He accused the Islamic Republic of arming...

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‘Iran may take US, UK gov’ts to court’

Iran announces that it may press charges against the United States and Britain over their involvement in a deadly blast in Shiraz. Following investigations into an explosion last month at a religious center in the southern city of Shiraz, Iran announced Thursday that it had arrested six people in connection with the incident. Iran's judiciary spokesman, Alireza Jamshidi, confirmed on Monday that the American and British governments had been involved in the fatal incident. PressTV

The Show: Eric Margolis and Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad

Eric Margolis and Imad-ad Dean Ahmad will be the featured guests on the Scott Horton Show at Antiwar Radio, Monday, May 12. Eric Margolis will be discussing his recent article, "The Great Nuclear Menace" at 12:15PM Eastern. Imad-ad Dean Ahmad will be discussing the costs and benefits of U.S. support for the state of Israel at 1:15PM Eastern. Eric Margolis is a foreign correspondent for the Canadian Sun National Media. He is the author of War at the Top of the World: The Struggle for...