The Economics of Terrorism

On my June 18 radio show [stream] [download], I interviewed Loretta Napoleoni, an economist, reporter, and novelist from Italy, about the economics of terrorism, a subject she knows well. Her work for Italy's financial papers goes back to the '70s and includes...

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Behind the Color-Coded Revolutions

What are the color-coded revolutions about? Who's behind them and and why? What does the future hold for the American Empire? These were my questions for Justin Raimondo, and this is what he said: Stream wma Download mp3 Main Page

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Star Wars and the American Empire

[Spoiler warning: This article gives away important details about the new movie.] "For a thousand generations, the Jedi Knights were the guardians of peace and justice in the Old Republic. Before the Dark Times. Before the Empire." – Ben Kenobi "This is how...

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I’m Here for My Bill of Goods

"America must not ignore the threat gathering against us. Facing clear evidence of peril, we cannot wait for the final proof – the smoking gun – that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud." - George W. Bush October 7, 2002 Listen to Scott's interview...

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How Communists Became Republicans

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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