Scott Horton and Matthew Barganier discuss libervention, the upcoming Iraqi elections, and meddling in the Ukraine. Interview conducted Dec. 3, 2004. Check out Scott's other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian personalities. Download MP3 Listen to...
BANGKOK - By shooting down a plan to give the country's police wide powers to go after suspected Muslim insurgents in the south, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has generated an image that he might care about human rights after all. That impression was...
The human imagination is quicker off the mark than any six-gun, bomb, or JDAM missile. Long before humans made it into airplanes, whole cities were being destroyed from the air – in an avalanche of popular fiction. By the late 19th century London had gone down...
Yesterday, before the usual morning gunfire in the streets that has become my morning alarm clock, Abu Talat phoned me. There is very heavy fighting over in al-Adhamiya. Two giant explosions occurred around 6:15 a.m., followed by mortar blasts, then constant, heavy...
NEW YORK - U.S. civil rights groups have filed multiple freedom of information requests around the country to uncover evidence that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and local police are spying on political, environmental, and faith-based groups in the name of...
Yesterday's conference on "Al-Qaeda 2.0: Transnational Terrorism After 9/11," sponsored by the New America Foundation and the New York University Center on Law & Security, was a gift to those wanting an update on informed opinion on the subject. The...
When asked about the passage last week of the International Atomic Energy Agency Resolution on the implementation of its Safeguards agreement with Iran, President Bush replied "The Iranians agreed to suspend – but not terminate – their nuclear weapons...
Do you know who Viktor Yanukovich is? Do you know who Viktor Yushchenko is? Do you know what either man stands for? Could you take a blank map of Europe and draw in the boundaries of Ukraine? For most of us, the answer to all of the above is "No." The two...
Bullies at the AirportYes, I had a recent such humiliating experience. My son was in ICU in Phoenix, expecting to have his 11th brain surgery. I was rushing out there from Austin with a one-way ticket since I had no idea when I would return. I had the ICU information,...
Scott Horton discusses the Bush administration's war on human rights and the rule of law with Christopher Paine. Interview conducted Nov. 27, 2004. Check out Scott's other interviews with prominent antiwar and libertarian personalities. Download MP3 Listen to...
