Former president George W. Bush has returned to the spotlight to give moral guidance to America in these troubled times. In a statement released on Tuesday, Bush announced that he was “anguished” by the “brutal suffocation” of George Floyd and declared that “lasting...
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6/6/20 David Stockman on America’s Fake Money Pandemic
by Scott Horton | Jun 5, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to David Stockman about his latest article on the economic fallout from the coronavirus lockdowns. Stockman begins by pointing out a startling fact: though the stock market has now returned to all-time highs, the American job numbers are back down to where...
The Tiananmen Square Massacre: From China’s Authoritarian Roots to the Iconic “Tank Man”
by Sam Jacobs | Jun 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
This is a deep dive into the protests – and the massacre – that took place at Tiananmen Square.
FPF #500 – Scott Horton on Star Wars and the George Floyd Murder
by Kyle Anzalone | Jun 3, 2020 | Conflicts of Interest
Scott Horton returns to Foreign Policy Focus for the 500th episode. Scott talks about the lessons and themes of Star Wars. He explains how the failures of the Jedi led to the fall of the Republic and the rise of the Empire. The saga is a warning to Americans about the...
Maryland’s Coronavirus Self-Destruction
by Jim Bovard | Jun 1, 2020 | Featured Articles
Maryland politicians have destroyed more than four hundred thousand jobs in dictatorial responses purporting to thwart the coronavirus pandemic. “Nearly one in five Maryland workers have filed for unemployment” compensation, theBaltimore Sun reported. The situation is...
5/29/20 Coleen Rowley on the Dangerous Failings of the FBI
by Scott Horton | May 31, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott talks to Coleen Rowley about the failures in America’s intelligence agencies that contributed to the 9/11 attacks, and that continue to plague us today. She reminds us that three FBI agents in three different states tried to pass very specific warnings to...
Three Ways the Coronavirus Is Benefitting Political Decentralization
by Tho Bishop | May 23, 2020 | Featured Articles
The coronavirus pandemic, and resulting government response, has created one of the greatest disruptions to daily life in modern American history. With much of the country now focused on “reopening,” pundits and policymakers have focused their attention on what the...
5/15/20 Ben Freeman on the Qatar Lobby in Washington
by Scott Horton | May 19, 2020 | The Scott Horton Show
Scott interviews Ben Freeman about his report, "The Qatar Lobby in Washington D.C." Freeman goes over the recent history of Qatar's efforts to influence U.S. policy, including their apparent success in winning over the Trump administration to their side in a dispute...
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But Hamas…
When Israel's defenders bring up Hamas's execrable anti-Semitic and genocidal charter, they should be reminded that for decades before the 1948 self-declared founding of Israel, Zionist leaders and settlers had talked about reclaiming and sanctifying the "Promised...
‘Netanyahu Wants the World to Accuse Israel of Genocide, Apartheid and Ethnic Cleansing’
How this for irresponsible political leadership?: Veteran Haaretz columnist Bradley Burston: "He wants the world to accuse Israel of genocide and apartheid, violent occupation and ethnic cleansing" so that Israelis believe "the world hates us, and he is the only one...
Trump: The American Empire Personified
That's why they hate him. He's just saying what they're all thinking, but you're not supposed to do that. Dave DeCamp: Former President Trump said in an interview with Israel Hayom over the weekend that Israel made a “big mistake” by broadcasting images and videos of...
My Favorite Michael Malice Quote
If the government didn’t have a monopoly on security, only rich people would be able to have security just like when the government got out of other businesses, the only cars produced were limousines, the only clothes produced were tuxedos and the only food produced...
Netanyahu as Haman
The fable of Purim ends with the slaughter of over 75,000 non-Jewish Persians by the Jewish Persians after one official's (Haman's) plot to kill the Jews is exposed when the king is alerted by his Jewish wife. That's a mighty big conspiracy! God makes no appearance....
Beware: The Government Is People
Nearly everyone complains about capitalism's defects, or market failures. In fact, those are social failures, not specifically market failures, which show up when many rational individual actions create a social situation that displeases everyone. This means that...
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