Scott interviews Hannah Cox, from Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, who explains why anyone who favors smaller government should oppose the death penalty. Among the problems she cites: one in nine death penalty convicts are later outright exonerated,...
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9/23/19 David Stockman on the Demonization of Iran
by Scott Horton | Sep 25, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
David Stockman talks about the recent drone strike on a Saudi Arabian oil facility and America's sanctions war in Iran. For some reason, everything in the Middle East seems to be about Iran, as far as American neocons are concerned. They will do anything to turn a...
9/20/19 Max Blumenthal on Civilian Life in Syria and the US Sanctions on Iran
by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Max Blumenthal recounts his recent trip to Syria, where he witnessed firsthand the destruction wrought by the proxy war fought there with the support of the U.S. To this day, willingness to negotiate with the Assad regime makes you a pariah in Washington, as we've...
9/20/19 Shireen Al-Adeimi on Samantha Power’s Revisionist Yemen History
by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Shireen Al-Adeimi discusses the U.S. role in the Saudi-led war in Yemen, particularly that of Obama administration official Samantha Power. Tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of civilians have died from starvation and deprivation during the war in Yemen, many of them...
9/20/19 Christine Ahn on a Chance for Peace With North Korea
by Scott Horton | Sep 24, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Christine Ahn joins the show for an update on the Korean peace process, now that John Bolton is out of the Trump administration. She thinks Bolton was a major obstacle to Korean unification, and that now Trump might go along with the negotiations between the North and...
9/20/19 Catherine L. Besteman on America’s Shadow War in Somalia
by Scott Horton | Sep 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Catherine Besteman joins the show to share some of her research about America's covert proxy war in Somalia. American military intervention in Somalia goes back at least as far as the Bush administration's support for Ethiopia in its invasion of the country in 2006,...
9/20/19 Gareth Porter on Why Iran’s Role in the Oil Attack is Beside the Point
by Scott Horton | Sep 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Gareth Porter about his recent article for the American Conservative about why Iran's possible role in the recent Saudi oil field attacks is beside the point. Porter thinks it's pretty likely that Iran was behind the attacks, probably as a...
9/20/19 Grant F. Smith on Virginia’s Taxpayer-Funded Israel Lobby
by Scott Horton | Sep 22, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Grant Smith lays out the astonishing corruption taking place between state governments and big business in cahoots with foreign lobbies across the U.S. He focuses on two large companies in Virginia that are tied to the Israel lobby, whose massive coffers allow them to...
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