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Scott Horton

Scott Horton is director of the Scott Horton Academy of Foreign Policy and Freedom director of the Libertarian Institute, editorial director of Antiwar.com and host of the Scott Horton Show from ScottHorton.org. He is the author of four books. He has conducted more than 6,000 interviews since 2003. Scott lives in Austin, Texas with his wife, Larisa Alexandrovna Horton.

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1/18/19 Daniel Lazare on America’s Inscrutable Foreign Policy

by Scott Horton | Jan 22, 2019

Daniel Lazare comes on the show to talk about Hillary Clinton and her staff's role in America's latest wars in the Middle East. He says the story really goest back to Bill Clinton, who broke with Democratic Party tradition by supporting generally right-wing positions...

1/18/19 Hunter DeRensis on Bill Kristol’s ‘Never Trump’ Return

by Scott Horton | Jan 21, 2019

Hunter DeRensis talks about his recent article on Bill Kristol's new publication, The Bulwark, which he sees as a direct successor to the Weekly Standard, and a new home for the "Never Trump" movement. The Standard made a name for itself by pushing for the invasion of...

1/18/19 Mike Swanson on the Current Economic Bubble

by Scott Horton | Jan 20, 2019

Mike Swanson joins the show for an update on the U.S. economy. He says that some investors think the recent 20 percent drop in the stock market was the needed "correction," and that the economy is now healthy. But Swanson warns that we're far from out of the woods,...

1/18/19 Winslow T. Wheeler on Earmarks in the Federal Budget

by Scott Horton | Jan 20, 2019

Winslow T. Wheeler explains earmarks in the federal budget, a process by which representatives can subtly direct money away from what it's actually been requested for, often into projects that will go straight contractors in their districts. These firms then make...

1/7/19 Gareth Porter on the Khmer Rouge

by Scott Horton | Jan 9, 2019

Gareth Porter comes back on the show to respond to claims that he's an apologist for Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge. In explaining his 1975 book, Cambodia: Starvation and Revolution, he identifies a dangerous trend surrounding American wars abroad, which he himself fell...

1/5/19 Gareth Porter on Ending the War in Yemen

by Scott Horton | Jan 7, 2019

Gareth Porter tells Scott why he's optimistic that the war in Yemen will soon be coming to an end. For one thing, says Porter, the War Powers resolutions in both congress and the senate have created political pressure to end America's backing of the Saudis, even if...