Daniel Lazare joins Scott to talk about his recent article in for the American Conservative Magazine about the war on drugs. He explains many of the practical reasons to end the war, demonstrated by America's own history. For instance, alcohol prohibition tended to...
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8/8/18 Ted Galen Carpenter on Venezuela and Russia
by Scott Horton | Aug 9, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Cato Institute Senior Fellow Ted Galen Carpenter joins Scott to talk Venezuela, Russia, and the United States' penchant for supporting brutal regimes. Though government officials like to talk a big game when it comes to freedom and democracy, they mostly only support...
7/17/18 Peter van Buren on Trump-Russia Hysteria
by Scott Horton | Jul 17, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Peter van Buren discusses the media reaction to President Trump's recent meeting with Vladimir Putin in Helsinki. He compares the entire story of Russian collusion to the birther conspiracy movement, in that swaths of Americans have been swept up in a campaign against...
Mueller Indicts 12 Russian Intel Officers Just Days Before Summit
by Jason Ditz | Jul 14, 2018 | Featured Articles, Foreign Policy
Indictment fuels new calls to cancel Trump-Putin summit On Friday, special counsel Robert Mueller has indicted 12 Russian GRU officers. The 12 are accused of conspiring to hack Hillary Clinton campaign and DNC computers to leak information ahead of the 2016 election....
PC Media Projects Their Racial Bigotry Onto Ron Paul
by A. Trevor Thrall and Erik Goepner | Jul 5, 2018 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism
This week, the mainstream media and its social media followers found another target of wrath: former presidential candidate and Texas congressman Ron Paul. One of his staffers posted a link criticizing political correctness with a cartoon image attached that depicted...
6/29/18 Jim Bovard on the Secret Machinations of the FBI
by Scott Horton | Jul 2, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Investigative columnist Jim Bovard joins the show to discuss the latest news from the FBI, as well as its history of meddling in American politics. Lots of people have been shocked by the revelations in the recent Inspector General report about the bias of top FBI...
6/28/18 Jacob Hornberger on Sanctions, Immigration, and the National Security State
by Scott Horton | Jun 30, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show
Jacob Hornberger joins Scott to talk about U.S. foreign and domestic policy. In particular, he wonders why, with so much outrage about family separation at the border, few seem to care about the impact U.S. sanctions have on foreign children. Hornberger says this...
News Roundup 6/19/18
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 19, 2018 | News Roundup
Nearly 2,000 children have been separated from their parents at the southern border. [Link] Justin Raimondo gives his assessment of Trump's foreign policy. [Link] Trump announces the creation of a new military branch. The Space Force will be set up so the US can...
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New US Army Tank Just in Time for Retirement
“You can ignore reality, but you cannot ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.” - Ayn Rand I have said that aircraft carriers are the chariot and crossbow of the 21st century not fit for purpose on the oceans and the tank is certainly a nominee for that notion....
Trump Announces US Take Over of Venezuela, Kidnaps Maduro & Bombs Caracas
A pre-dawn post, a capital in darkness, and a president in cuffs aboard a U.S. ship—what started as a “one-night raid” is already morphing into something far bigger. We unpack how the strike on Venezuela unfolded, why the official story leaves key gaps, and what it...
“It’S OK To SeLL OuT!”
Money has less value than it’s ever had, and yet to sell out is an open goal. We have become accustomed to being lied to, not just from politicians but the celebrities who compete for our attention online. They use their platforms as infomercials or to advertise...
The Pentagon Fat Amy Follies: Part XXCII
Happy New Year! Block 4 in concert with TR-3 (Technology Refresh 3) is the upgrade to solve all the inherent problems of the bird to include its poor design choices from the beginning of this massive failed program (a 2023 Congressional mandate). According to the GAO,...
Connor Boyack on Venezuela: ‘I’ve Seen This Story Before’
Maduro’s capture illustrates what I believe is one of the biggest problems in politics: people frequently treat principles as costumes—worn when convenient, discarded when costly. Over nearly two decades working in and around politics, I’ve watched the same pattern...
The Delta Doctrine: The Strong Do What They Can and The Weak Suffer What They Must
On Jan 3, 2026 the US sent forces into Venezuela to arrest Maduro and in the process sent a message to the world-global power dynamics have changed. The Delta Doctrine
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