Tonight on The Independents: Tierney vs. Bolton in a Battle of the Johns, ISIL vs. the U.S., Gene Healy vs. Militarization, Killer Mike on Ferguson, Plastic-Bag Bans, Reclining Airplane Seats, the Worst Driving Cities, Plus After-show!

The whole point of doing television,
really, is to create situations in which New York Times
science writer and friend
of Reason John Tierney gets to go
toe-to-toe with the likes of former U.S. ambassador to the
United Nations
John Bolton. On tonight’s live episode of The
Independents (Fox Business Network, 9 p.m. ET, 6 p.m. PT,
with re-airs three hours later) this Battle of the Johns will form
our Party Panel, duking it out over:

* News that an American citizen named
Douglas McAuthur McCain (!) from San Diego was killed over the
weekend while fighting for the Islamic State (ISIL).

* President Barack Obama’s
speech at the American Legion.

* A new
inspector general report about the mess in the Veterans
Administration.

* The morality (and threat assessment) of
reclining your seat on airplanes.

* California’s
proposed ban on plastic bags.

Also on the show: Michael
Weiss of The Interpreter discusses the latest
developments with ISIL (including its level of threat to the U.S.).
Cato Vice
President (and Reason.com columnist)
Gene Healy will talk
about the
political fight over police militarization, including
Congressional Black Caucus calls for a
federal police czar. The co-hosts will break down a new
Allstate study of the
worst drivers in America, and, obviously, the rapper Killer
Mike will come on to
talk about Ferguson.

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