Padilla Not Proven Guilty, Convicted Anyway
Warren Richey, reporter for the Christian Science Monitor, discusses the case against Jose Padilla, the state’s inability to prove the extent of his involvement with al Qaeda and the broad conditions under which the government will now detain an American citizen without trial.
MP3 here. (41:26)
Warren Richey is a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor.
First Strike Nukes On ‘Table’
Physics professor Jorge Hirsch discusses America’s nuclear weapons policy toward non-nuclear states.
MP3 here. (16:07)
Jorge Hirsch is a professor of physics at the University of California San Diego.
Central Banking, Inflation and Empire
Lew Rockwell, founder and president of the Ludwig von Mises Institute, discusses the corruption of the modern conservative movement, the detrimental effects the Federal Reserve System has on the economy, and how it perpetuates the warfare/welfare state.
MP3 here. (40:34)
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Lew Rockwell is the founder and President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, Vice President of the Center for Libertarian Studies in Burlingame, California, and publisher of the political Web site LewRockwell.com. He served as Ron Paul’s congressional chief of staff between 1978 and 1982.
Off-message alert! Off-message alert!
Glenn Reynolds lets slip that things in Iraq could be much better (if only Jacques Chirac had helped a brother out back in the day). But Glenn… what about all the painted schools? And the purple fingers – the purple fingers, Glenn! Who could ask for anything more?
(Reynolds link via Clark Stooksbury.)
US-supported Kurdish “liberation” group, PJAK, has been very busy trying to provoke an open military conflict between Iran and the Americans. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
