Antiwar.com news editor Jason Ditz discusses recent Japanese tanker attacks in the Gulf of Oman, which the Trump administration is claiming were perpetrated by Iran. Trump officials say they have solid evidence for this claim, but nothing has been released except for...
The Scott Horton Show
6/14/19 Patrick Cockburn on the Disastrous Results of US Policy in the Middle East
by Scott Horton | Jun 16, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to the great Patrick Cockburn about war and politics in Iraq, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt, and the general disaster that has resulted from America's thinking it could completely remake the Middle East. Patrick Cockburn is the Middle East correspondent...
6/14/19 Ron Paul on the Prospects for Liberty Today
by Scott Horton | Jun 15, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Ron Paul talks about his storied political career and the prospects for liberty under the Trump presidency. Paul is skeptical of Trump's trade strategies, but holds out hope that his good instincts on certain foreign policy issues will translate into an actual...
6/14/19 Ramzy Baroud on Israeli Apartheid
by Scott Horton | Jun 15, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Ramzy Baroud about the conundrum Israel finds itself in today. On the one hand, they claim to be the only liberal democratic regime in the middle of a hostile region, and that they are committed to reaching peace with the Palestinians. On the other...
6/14/19 Sheldon Richman: Why Conservatism Has Nothing to do With Libertarianism
by Scott Horton | Jun 15, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott and Sheldon Richman announce some of the projects the Libertarian Institute has underway, including the late Will Griggs' book, No Quarter. They also discuss the "family tree" of libertarianism, and why the popular idea that conservatives and libertarians are...
6/10/19 Jim Epstein on Brazilian Libertarians’ Alliance with Jair Bolsonaro
by Scott Horton | Jun 14, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Reason's Jim Epstein joins the show to discuss the Brazilian libertarians who are trying to influence the Bolsonaro government. Brazil has the largest and fastest growing libertarian community in the world, and though this arrangement can be seen as a major political...
6/10/19 Gareth Porter on the Latest Excuse for War with Iran
by Scott Horton | Jun 12, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter joins the show to explain the latest event being sold as evidence for the need to attack Iran. Evidenceless as usual, the claim that Iran is behind the sabotage of Saudi ships is based only on the fact that they had motive to do it. Porter's theory? This...
6/10/19 Patrick Eddington on the US Spying Apparatus
by Scott Horton | Jun 12, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Patrick Eddington about the surveillance of U.S. citizens and the legislation that allows it. Although the USA Freedom Act ostensibly rolls back the NSA's metadata program, it really only tweaks a technicality of whom the organization allowed to spy...
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