Scott talks to Sheldon Richman about the dawning realization that a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians is never going to happen. Although Prime Minister Netanyahu recently backed down from his official plans for annexation of the West Bank, Richman says...
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Myths and Hoaxes of Sexual Abuse Stoke ‘Politically Useful’ Fear
"[S]ince love and fear can hardly exist together, if we must choose between them, it is far safer to be feared than loved."—Niccolò Machiavelli, The Prince, 1513 For those who want to control a population, fear is more useful than love and far easier to elicit. A...
7/18/20 Gareth Porter on the Prospects of War with Iran
Scott talks to Gareth Porter about the idea of a war with Iran. Certain hawkish figures in the U.S. government have been slowly and steadily pushing for such a war for a long time, and have gained even more prominence during the Trump presidency, as he has shown...
America’s “Days of Rage”: The Extensive Left-Wing Bombings & Domestic Terrorism of the 1970s
The hidden history of left-wing terrorism in the United States.
7/17/20 Phil Weiss on the Death of the Two-State Solution
Phil Weiss joins the show to discuss what he views as the internal collapse of Zionism, especially in America. It is starting to become obvious to everyone, as signaled by a recent Peter Beinart piece, that the idea of a two-state solution has pretty much been an...
7/17/20 Ted Carpenter on the Bogus Russian Bounties Story
Ted Carpenter talks about the Russian bounties story, including all the ways it has been misreported by the media. Carpenter reminds us that the original intelligence that was leaked to the press was based on very flimsy anonymous sources, and may have been obtained...
7/16/20 Kelley B. Vlahos on the Dangerous National Security ‘Blob’ Dominating American Government
Kelley Vlahos talks about prominent Democratic national security official Michele Flournoy, whom she calls "The Queen of the Blob." The Blob, explains Vlahos, is the group of politicians, advisors, lobbyists and pundits who advocate for the continuation of America's...
A Halo for the Civil War is Hogwash
“If the people who started wars didn’t make them sacred, who would be foolish enough to fight?” said Rhett Butler, the savvy anti-hero in Gone with the Wind. Politicians, activist historians, and social justice warriors have awarded the American Civil War an ex post...
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