Scott interviews Hunter DeRensis about the National Conservatism Conference, part of a movement that DeRensis describes as trying to come up with intellectual rationalizations for Trumpism after the fact. Crucially, this new national conservatism movement did not...
Politics
The Dayton Shooting, The Castro Tweet, and How I’m Very Disappointed
by Jennifer Monroe | Aug 8, 2019 | Jen the Libertarian
I discuss the Dayton shooting and what we do and do not know, how I am so insanely disappointed in the reactions to both the Dayton and El Paso shootings, and the awful no good horrible Castro tweet that named and shamed Trump donors...
7/30/19 David Stockman on the End of the Mueller Probe
by Scott Horton | Aug 3, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
David Stockman reminds us how flimsy the "Russiagate" case has been from the very beginning, and that we should really be focusing on how the investigation even got started in the first place. Stockman claims that President Trump's idea that it would be better to...
The Tyranny of the Police State Disguised as Law-and-Order
by John Whitehead | Jul 31, 2019 | Featured Articles, Politics
Enough already. Enough with the distractions. Enough with the partisan jousting. Enough with the sniping and name-calling and mud-slinging that do nothing to make this country safer or freer or more just. We have let the government’s evil-doing, its abuses, power...
7/23/19 Pat Buchanan on America’s Endless Wars
by Scott Horton | Jul 23, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Pat Buchanan about his life in politics and the lessons we can apply to today. Buchanan was a committed cold warrior during the 1980s, but then advocated withdrawal of the U.S. from Europe after the Soviet Union collapsed, and urged that NATO not...
If You Don’t Have Choice, You Don’t Have Liberty
by Peter R. Quiñones | Jul 23, 2019 | Featured Articles, Libertarianism, Peter Quinones
If you are a libertarian who openly advocates for liberty, you’re almost certainly familiar with this scenario. You’re in a conversation with someone about a random political point, you advocate for expanded freedoms in relation to the subject, and get hit with, “But,...
7/14/19 Gareth Porter Debunks Lies About Iran Killing US Troops in Iraq
by Scott Horton | Jul 17, 2019 | The Scott Horton Show
Gareth Porter explains the latest lie being used to promote a war with Iran. This time, the old story from the mid-2000s that Iran was responsible for a certain type of roadside bomb that killed about 600 U.S. soldiers in Eastern Iraq has new life, thanks to John...
Debate: Is US Aid to Israel too much?
by HypocriteTwins | Jul 13, 2019 | Blog
What lobbying groups influence American foreign policy towards Israel? Is the current system fair? Does it help or hurt the safety of Americans? Does Israel get too much military aid from the United States or not enough? In this episode we’ll cover: -AIPAC -Iron...
Blog
David Boaz (1953-2024)
With great sadness I note the passing of David Boaz today, June 7, 2024, at age 70. He had been ill for some time. He was a good man and a giant of the libertarian movement. Very much because of David's influence and example, libertarian organizations not only...
Provoked Book Update
As many of you know, I'm working on a book called Provoked: How Washington Started the New Cold War with Russia and the Catastrophe in Ukraine. You may also know that it's way overlong and way overdue. Well, the news is that I got it up to 1,400 pages, and more than...
Wonderful Israeli Best Friends and Most Moral Army in World History™ Torture, Murder Palestinians with Electro-shock, Sodomy
New York Times: Eight former detainees, all of whom the military has confirmed were held at the site and who spoke on the record, variously said they had been punched, kicked and beaten with batons, rifle butts and a hand-held metal detector while in custody. One said...
Nothing New in Military Technology Disasters
Readers think I am highly critical of Western military foibles and bad decisions (I am) but history is replete with mismanagement and poor planning planet-wide in military technology. Like the Indian nuclear submarine disaster from leaving a hatch open on the INS...
What Inequality?
According to research conducted by Phil Gramm, the late Robert Ekelund, and John Early, documented in The Myth of American Inequality: How Government Biases Policy Debate and summarized in this video: The bottom 20 percent of households have an average annual income...
Immigration Talk
I talk about immigration with Michael Liebowitz on The Rational Egoist.
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