Episode 363 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an article he wrote in August 2011 titled, “You’ve Got a Gun Pointed at Your Head”; and an article he wrote in June 2018 titled, “Cultural Marxism’s Fundamental Flaw”.
Category: Editor’s Break
Dreadlocks, German UBI, John Oliver, Taiwan, Ghislaine’s Jury, Robocalls, & Greek Tragedy (39m) – Episode 360
Episode 360 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: Federal court in Houston protects teen from being forced to cut off his hair by local high school; Germany’s new 3-year donation-funded universal basic income experiment; Danbury, CT naming their sewage plant after HBO comedy news show host John Oliver; Taiwan aiming to free up their economy to replace Hong Kong as area’s financial hub; Ghislaine Maxwell’s concern over getting a fair trial after deposition material released to the public; robocall company and its creditors getting robbed of almost a billion dollars by federal courts; Greece denying their program to send over 1,000 “illegal” migrants back out to see to fend for themselves or get rescued; and more.
Empowerment, Economic Growth, Gun Policy Costs, & Antinatalism (32m) – Episode 359
Episode 359 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: why empowerment is not telling people that they are helpless to do anything for themselves and must wait for others to act first; the importance of secure property rights to economic growth; why it’s muddy metaphorical thinking to claim that homicides, suicides, et cetera, are “costs” of loose gun policy; a couple of point against antinatalist philosophy; and more.
Kamala Harris’s Ancestry, Amazon Product Liability, & Yale’s Racial Discrimination (48m) – Episode 354
Episode 354 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: fact-checking the claims that Kamala Harris descended from a large plantation and slave owner on her father’s side and a supremacist caste status on her mother’s side; the California court ruling that Amazon can be held liable for damages caused by products sold by third-party sellers and fulfilled by Amazon; and the US Department of Justice determining that Yale University discriminates against “white” and Asian student applicants.
Civil Liberties, Bootstraps, Labor Unions, & Capitalism (22m) – Episode 350
Episode 350 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: how civil liberties or civil rights are conceived by the masses; the importance of pulling yourself up by your bootstraps in making your life meaningful; why labor unions may bargain collectively but may not engage in coercion; and why capitalistic greed has nothing to do with people who suffer and die for lack of the goods and services they need to survive; and more.
Flagpoles, Chaos, Nationalism, & Disillusionment (43m) – Episode 349
Episode 349 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following questions from Quora: “How would libertarian society keep individuals from devolving into chaos?”; “Isn’t libertarianism incompatible with nationalism?”; “What does it take for someone to finally admit their religion or political ideology is wrong?”; and a look at the flagpole challenge to the Non-Aggression Principle by David Friedman.
Florida Unemployment Scam, Native American Lands, & Beirut Lebanon Explosions (22m) – Episode 346
Episode 346 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the Florida unemployment payout process designed to be such a hassle that it deters almost everyone from claiming unemployment funds; the Esselen Tribe of Monterey County getting back nearly 1200 acres of land originally taken through Spanish conquest 250 years ago in the Big Sur area of California; and the ammonium nitrate explosion in Beirut Lebanon which killed over 150 people, injured over 6,000, and left over 300,000 homeless.
Radical Button Pushing & Progressive/Conservative Fundamentals (16m) – Episode 345
Episode 345 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an article he wrote in August 2011 titled, “Button Pushing and the Radical Libertarian”; and an article he wrote in July 2018 titled, “Progressives and Conservatives are Allies on a Fundamental Level”.
Banning TikTok, Australian News, & Soviet China (32m) – Episode 342
Episode 342 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: The Trump Administration’s threat to ban social media app TikTok, where that draconian authority comes from (the obviously unconstitutional IEEPA) and Microsoft’s plan to purchase it; Australia requiring companies Google and Facebook to pay licensing fees for sharing news headlines from Australian news sources; and China blocking Hong Kong citizens from leaving with a British overseas passport.
Power, Impregnation, & Identity (18m) – Episode 341
Episode 341 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the triple-edged sword that is vying for the government to assist you against your employer; impregnating others with ideas through writing and podcasting; what identity is and the absurdity of basing it commonalities with others instead of on what makes you unique; and more.