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4/29/22 Jordan Smith on Melissa Lucio and the Pitfalls of Capital Punishment

by Scott Horton | May 3, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott is joined by investigative journalist Jordan Smith to discuss Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman awaiting execution. Smith walks us through Lucio’s case where the tragic death of her child was immediately assumed by police and prosecutors to be...

No, Disney World Isn’t the First of ‘One Thousand Liechtensteins’

by Ryan McMaken | May 3, 2022 | Featured Articles

One of the stranger narratives coming out of the controversy over Disney's "special district" in Florida is the notion that Disney's Florida property is some sort of truly independent self-governing entity operating without government oversight. Most claims in this...

4/30/22 Nassar Arrabyee on Yemen’s Future

by Scott Horton | May 1, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Nassar Arrabyee joins Scott for Antiwar Radio this week to discuss the ongoing ceasefire in Yemen. Arrabyee explains why he still considers this ceasefire to be different and he gives Scott an update on the effects on the ground. They then discuss...

4/22/22 Mitchell Plitnick on Israel, Iran and a Cold War in the Middle East

by Scott Horton | Apr 29, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviews Mitchel Plitnick about Israeli politics and the Iran Nuclear Deal. Plitnick begins by filling us in on the political situation in Israel, where a new coalition government is working to agree upon a budget by the Fall of 2023. If...

4/22/22 Mike Swanson on Inflation and Economic Bubbles

by Scott Horton | Apr 29, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott interviews Mike Swanson about our current economic situation. Swanson starts by pointing out the historic nature of the economy in the middle of 2020 when interest rates and commodity prices were extremely low. Swanson explains how the...

US Will ‘Strongly Support’ NATO Membership for Finland, Sweden

by Kyle Anzalone and Will Porter | Apr 29, 2022 | News Roundup

The United States will welcome Helsinki and Stockholm into the NATO alliance with open arms, Washington’s top diplomat told lawmakers. Russia has warned of steep consequences should the Western military bloc further expand to 32 members.

4/22/22 Peter Van Buren on the Elections of Post-Constitutional America

by Scott Horton | Apr 27, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Peter Van Buren is back on the show to discuss a number of articles he published about Russiagate and the Hunter Biden Laptop coverup. He and Scott run through the history of the coordinated effort to keep Trump out of the White House in 2016, and...

4/22/22 Ryan McMaken on Capitalism and Peace

by Scott Horton | Apr 26, 2022 | The Scott Horton Show

Download Episode. Scott talks with Ryan McMaken about free markets and free trade. They begin with a discussion about the role of the Mises Institute in the push for sound money. Scott then asks McMaken about the nuances of debating capitalism vs. socialism while...

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How Far We’ve Come

"The conditions under which modern man of the capitalist West must act are different from those under which his primitive ancestors lived and acted. As a result of the providential care of our forebears we have at our disposal an ample stock of intermediate products...

The Vulnerable Capitalist

"Popular literature attributes enormous 'power' to the capitalist and considers his owning a mass of capital goods as of enormous significance, giving him a great advantage over other people in the economy. We see, however, that this is far from the case; indeed, the...

Winter is Coming to an American City Near You

It is much worse than Shawn Ryan thinks per his reactions during the interview. Sarah Adams discusses a forecast of an attack on the US from 1:12:00 to 1:25:00. There will be far more than 1k fighters (think train the trainer) because the aQ et al planners will...

Ruminations on War in the 21st Century

Agreed, Armchair Warlord nails the paper tiger posing as the US military. My additions: There is no Auftragstaktik in the modern western militaries despite their "embrace" of Mission Command. Carriers are the crossbow and chariot of the 21st century. A tremendous...

USS Liberty Incident Rises from the Ash Heap of Inconvenient History

Medal of Honor citation for Commander William L. McGonagle, USN, Commanding Officer, USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Thanks to Candace Owens for lifting this incident from the dead. One receives the Medal of Honor for engaging in a fight in enemy action. "For conspicuous...

Natural Economic Law Can’t Be Repealed

If the government restricts supply and subsidizes demand, out-of-control prices, resource shortages, and unpleasant ad hoc coping restrictions will follow. That is the natural (economic) law. The government cannot repeal it. But it can stop its attempt to plan.