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3/19/18 Mark Perry on Rex Tillerson’s firing and the political workings behind it

by Scott Horton | Mar 19, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

Reporter Mark Perry returns to the show to discuss his latest article for The American Conservative, "The Political Forces Behind Rex Tillerson's Firing." Perry begins by breaking down what he calls the "Qatar Fiasco" and the role that Israel and its friendly American...

3/19/18 Mark Perry on Rex Tillerson's firing and the political workings behind it

by Scott Horton | Mar 19, 2018 | The Scott Horton Show

07/27/17 Conn Hallinan on the Persian Gulf Crisis

by Damon Hatheway | Jul 27, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Foreign Policy in Focus columnist Conn Hallinan returns to the show to discuss his latest article for Foreign Policy in Focus, "The Tortured Politics Behind the Persian Gulf Crisis." Hallinan details the reasons for the rising tensions between Qatar and their former...

06/28/17 Mark Perry on Jared Kushner’s Middle East Mess

by Damon Hatheway | Jun 29, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Mark Perry returns to the show to discuss his latest article in the American Conservative, detailing how Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner has the president's ear in the Middle East and how Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis...

6/14/17 Derek Davidson on ‘What’s Happening in the Persian Gulf’

by Scott Horton | Jun 14, 2017 | The Scott Horton Show

Derek Davidson, formerly of the Rand Corporation, Middle East and Iran specialist and writer at lobelog.com, on his article from June 5th, “What’s Happening in the Persian Gulf”. Davidson explains the complex situation between the Whabbi Qataris and rival Saudis, the...

12/27/16 Gareth Porter on Obama’s real strategic blunder in Syria

by Scott Horton | Dec 27, 2016 | The Scott Horton Show

Gareth Porter, an independent investigative journalist and winner of the 2012 Gellhorn Prize for journalism, discusses President Obama's decision to help arm the Syrian opposition to appease Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar; then-CIA Director David Petraeus's role in...

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They’ll Ruin Your Country Then Piss on You for Sayin’ So

It should be no surprise that the faux-conservative "Rich Men North of Richmond" at the National Review don't approve of the meteoric rise of singer-songwriter Oliver Anthony. "Just what is it this time?" you might ask—did he oppose slaughtering a million Iraqis? No,...

The Gov’t Sterilized the “Feebleminded” in My Hometown

When I was in middle school, the bus route would take us past a mysterious, old campus with an array of decaying brick buildings. I always thought it was dark and ominous looking. Little did I know, a century prior, hundreds of people had been committed and sterilized...

The Trinity Test Killed Babies…Yeah, You Read that Right

The wanton and reckless disregard for human life shown by the Manhattan Project boggles the mind. Despite my criticism of the Christopher Nolan Film "Oppenheimer," it did include the infamous fact that Manhattan Project scientists believed there was a chance that the...

Tom Woods Show Episode 2378: Contradictions and Stupidities of Public Health

Tom Woods and I recently discussed the Coronapocalypse and Questioning the Company Line: Critical Thinking in Hysterical Times: The Tom Woods Show Episode 2378: Contradictions and Stupidities of Public Health https://youtu.be/ez1hCYAOuHM

The Army Panicked When it Discovered This Shocking Fact

In 1947, Brigadier General SLA Marshall made an announcement that shocked the military world and changed combat forever. The startling news came when Marshall published "Men Against Fire: The Problem of Battle Command," a study that he conducted during his service as...

You’ll Never Believe this Fact About Dr. Seuss

During WWII, a children's author and cartoonist smeared American's largest political organization opposing US involvement in WWII. It may surprise you that this children's author was none other than Theodor Seuss Geisel, or Dr. Seuss. But just what was this group Dr....

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