Who and what is a neoconservative? Where do they come from? What do they have to do with Leon Trotsky, with Leo Strauss? How and why did they lie us into war with Iraq? These were my questions for Justin Raimondo on my radio show April 30, 2005, and this is what he...
Blame Wilson
"[America] goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own. She will commend the general cause by the countenance of her voice, and the benignant...
The Teetering Empire
Listen to Scott's interview with Chalmers Johnson stream download mp3 Chalmers Johnson, author of Blowback: The Costs and Consequences of American Empire and Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic, and the guest on my March 26 radio...
Who’s Afraid of John Bolton?
Listen to Scott's interview with Tom Barry stream download mp3 George Bush's nomination of John Bolton to be U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has provoked a storm of controversy, setting off cries of "loose cannon!" and "unilateralism!" from the more...
The End of the Right to Counsel?
Listen to Scott's interview with Elaine Cassel stream download mp3 What if the government arrested you on terrorism charges? What if your lawyer was afraid to zealously defend you (as required by the Model Rules)? What if your lawyer was so afraid, he wouldn't...
Bush Keeps Fueling the Fire
Listen to Scott's interview with Eric Margolis stream download mp3 When Seymour Hersh last appeared on Comedy Central's The Daily Show, he explained the administration's foreign policy agenda to host Jon Stewart. After noting that this agenda was the work of the...
Man, Technology and State
Listen to Scott's interview with Brian Doherty stream download mp3 It's clear at this point in the history of our nation that the national government is not limited in any serious way by the restrictions placed upon it in the Constitution. The...
Torturing Our Sovereignty
One issue raised in my Feb. 19 interview [stream] [download] of the coincidentally named Scott Horton, director of the International League of Human Rights, was that certain crimes, particularly war crimes, are subject to prosecution by any nation. That is, when the...