Andrew Cockburn talks about what he calls the legal corruption of the U.S. government and various lobbying industries. Whether it's arms manufacturers, steel, farmers, or health insurance, practically every major industry in the U.S.—and some industries abroad—works...
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10/4/19 Adam Wunische on the Real Costs of the War in Afghanistan
Adam Wunische joins the show to discuss his work in assessing the true costs of the war in Afghanistan and the future of the American military there. He and Scott remind us that most metrics used to describe the costs of war assume that you can put a value on the loss...
9/28/19 Sheldon Richman on the Real Story of Israel and Palestine
Scott interviews Sheldon Richman about his new book, Coming to Palestine, a collection of Richman's essays on the founding of Israel. Richman was raised in a Jewish household to believe that Israel's cause was just and worthy of support. He now believes that the...
The Impossible Burden of the US Regulatory State
Following the infamous Enron and Arthur Anderson scandal of the early 2000's our wise overlords enacted legislation to prevent history from repeating itself. The overreaction of Congress, to a couple of bad actors committing things that were already illegal, is a...
9/30/19 Nasser Arrabyee on the Houthi Attack on Saudi Forces
Nasser Arrabyee is back with an important update from Yemen, where Houthi forces are now claiming to have captured thousands of Saudi soldiers in a battle in August. They likely view this as leverage in a possible peace negotiation, but Scott fears that it could also...
The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019
The Libertarian Institute is proud to announce the publication of the brand-new book, The Great Ron Paul: The Scott Horton Show Interviews 2004–2019! It's the heroic Dr. Paul at his very best on war, peace, economics and individual liberty. We know you're going to...
9/27/19 Mark Perry on America’s Foreign Policy Follies
Mark Perry discusses some of the disasters of America's foreign policy for the last 20 years, particularly U.S. support for Saudi Arabia in their war in Yemen and repeated cases of empowering Iran by starting or supporting ill-advised conflicts that end up making Iran...
9/27/19 Daniel Lazare on What Trump-Ukraine Is Really About
Daniel Lazare rehashes some of the details of "Russiagate", focusing on the obvious media malfeasance and bias against President Trump, and the theory that the so-called "intelligence community" was doing everything they could to sabotage him. The latest episode in...
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