Editor’s Break 079 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: libertarianism and “people of color”; the benefits of being wealthy and how this either benefits or harms others; the essence of the ruling class; and more.
Category: Editor’s Break
Kids’ Choices, Heartless, Atheists and a Dying Child, & White Privilege (21m) – Editor’s Break 078
Editor’s Break 078 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: giving kids choices and thereby improving their future; whether or not it is accurate to say that libertarians are heartless; how an atheist would answer a question about Heaven by their dying child; the existence of white privilege, in-group privilege, and political privilege; and more.
Violence, Aggression, Gun Control, Talking Back, & Unschooling as Abuse (30m) – Editor’s Break 077
Editor’s Break 077 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: are libertarians opposed to violence?; what he hates the most: aggression; why state gun control in any degree is a violation of the right to bear arms; whether or not children have a right to “talk back” to their parents, and the importance in doing so; why he unschools to hide his “abuse” of his children; and more.
Becoming Libertarian, Feminism or Masculinism?, Childism (26m) – Editor’s Break 076
Editor’s Break 076 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the choices we make along the way in becoming a libertarian, anarchist, or voluntaryist; does he claim the label feminist or masculinist?; why neither of those hold a candle to the way children are treated in many societies, including his own; and more.
Love of Wisdom, Robin Hood, Civilized Behavior, & Shadow Profiles (34m) – Editor’s Break 075
Editor’s Break 075 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: what philosophy is, what wisdom is, what politics is; who Robin Hood was and why we need more ethical outlaws; why calling for gun control is not engaging in civilized behavior; the legitimacy of Facebook creating and maintaining “shadow profiles” in their database; and more.
Fatherhood, Red & Blue, Backpage/Silk Road, Education vs. Schooling (22m) – Editor’s Break 074
Editor’s Break 074 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: what fathers need to do so that their children will always talk to and confide in them; inconsistencies among right-wing (red) and left-wing (blue) politics regarding their views on government and gun control; a short look at the Backpage.com and Silk Road shutdowns; the difference between education and schooling; and more.
Good Parenting, MYOB, Spitting Toddlers, & Russian Propaganda (28m) – Editor’s Break 073
Editor’s Break 073 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: what good parenting is; why it’s important to mind your own business and how to balance that with community vigilance; how to deal with misbehavior, such as a toddler spitting on your face; the courage in sticking with your principles, especially when it means standing alone; whether or not we should be concerned with Russian propaganda and election meddling; and more.
Free Range Kids Law, Smartphone Zombies, Self-Ownership, & Media Narratives (35m) – Editor’s Break 072
Editor’s Break 072 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the new “free range kids” law passed in Utah and what that may mean for kids and parents; the phenomenon of smartphone users looking like zombies and what this has to do with the uncanny valley problem in animation and robotics; the foundational principles of libertarianism, which are self-ownership and non-aggression; why various media outlets give certain perspectives more spotlight than other perspectives; and more.
Few Libertarians?, Law Enforcement Culpability, & Not Feminism (35m) – Editor’s Break 071
Editor’s Break 071 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: why there are seemingly so few people who identify as someone who believes in the philosophy of liberty; who holds more culpability for aggression that is the result of bad laws, policymakers or law enforcement?; a challenging and enlightening look at motherhood, birth control, and abortion from a feminist perspective; and more.
Children’s Friends, Bullied Children, Adult Children-Parent Dynamics, & Raising Genders Equally (29m) Editor’s Break 070
Editor’s Break 070 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: whether or not we should allow our teenage children to befriend homosexuals, how to help a child who’s being bullied at school, why adult children may never wish to see their parents again, three ways to raise both male and female children equally, and more.