This fund drive for the Institute is long overdue. You-all were so generous in the big book fund drive of Summer, 2019, that I couldn't bear to come back to you until the thing was finally done. And there was a severe delay caused by my over-doing it and having to start over. But now the book is done and the Institute is broke. So we turn to you, our faithful supporters to see us through. The legendary Sheldon Richman, the brilliant Kyle Anzalone and our great group of writers and podcasters make up this Institute and I'm proud to be associated with them. This is the future of the American...
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism Video Adaptation Chapter Nine – Somalia
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism by Scott Horton, A Video Adaptation Commentary by the author. Directed by Gus Cantavero. Access the full video playlist here.
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism Video Adaptation Chapter Eight – Af-Pak
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism by Scott Horton, A Video Adaptation Commentary by the author. Directed by Gus Cantavero. Access the full video playlist here.
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism Video Adaptation Chapter Seven – Iraq War II
Enough Already: Time to End the War on Terrorism by Scott Horton A Video Adaptation Commentary by the author. Directed by Gus Cantavero. Access the full video playlist here.
2/12/21 Patrick Jaicomo on Qualified Immunity and the Case of José Oliva
Scott interviews Patrick Jaicomo of the Institute for Justice about the case of José Oliva, a Vietnam veteran who was assaulted by police officers at a VA hospital in 2016. Because of doctrines like qualified immunity, it has taken years just to reach the point where Oliva can make his case against the officers in civil court. In America, government officials are virtually immune from civil prosecution, even in cases like this that seem so obviously unjust. Jaicomo and his group work tirelessly to try to change this. Discussed on the show: "Veteran Beaten by Police in Unprovoked Assault at...
2/12/21 John Kiriakou on the Government’s Dangerous Reaction to the Capitol Storming
John Kiriakou discusses an alarming new trend in the government and the media, in which the American right is freely compared to some kind of domestic terrorist or insurgent movement. Kiriakou describes the way that a small group of radicals like those who stormed the U.S. Capitol in January are being used to justify a crackdown on anyone on the right. So far this crackdown has manifested mostly in the controlling of speech online and calls for Donald Trump and his allies to be held directly accountable for the actions of a few. But Kiriakou warns that the situation could get even worse....
2/12/21 Danny Sjursen: Biden’s Bolt from Yemen
Scott talks with Danny Sjursen about President Biden's foreign policy moves during his first few weeks in office. Most notably, the administration has announced an end to all support for "offensive operations" in Yemen. Sjursen agrees that this is great news, but urges some caution so that we don't too readily accept a declaration that could still allow loopholes. The news isn't all good: the Biden administration has also hinted that they will cancel the Afghanistan withdrawal deal that was made with the Taliban under Trump. Sjursen suspects that Biden will escalate the war a little at...
2/11/21 Alan Macleod on the Social Media Giants in Bed With Big Government
Alan Macleod talks about the unholy alliance between government and social media. In an alarming number of cases, says Macleod, companies like Facebook and Twitter end up hiring former government officials to high-ranking positions, creating a revolving door that makes it hard to separate the public sector from "private" media companies. Macleod explains that it was officials like these who had a hand in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story, who perpetuate the idea that anything that runs against their narrative is "fake news" and who continue to cooperate with, and even advocate for,...