Episode 339 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the Trump Administration’s desire to remove CDA Section 230 platform liability protections for altering third party content; the United State surpassing 4 Million COVID-19 cases, which according to recent research is probably 10x higher, producing a death rate of 1/3 of 1%; the possible national teachers’ union strikes over reopening in-person instruction without certain safety precautions; and a coalition group putting pressure on businesses benefiting from Chinese Uighur slavery.
Category: Editor’s Break
Riotous Looting, Police Brutality, Qualified Immunity, and Raising Adults (37m) – Episode 337
Episode 337 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: outsourcing security to an institution who claims not to have a duty to provide it leads to riotous looting; police brutality is a problem of authoritarianism, not racism; the abolition of qualified immunity in his lifetime; putting the focus as parents on raising adults, not on raising kids; and more.
Libertarian vs. Authoritarian, Anarcho-Communism, Democratic Socialism, & Free Will (37m) – Episode 336
Episode 336 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following questions from Quora: “What is the difference between a libertarian and an authoritarian?”; “Can an anarchist oppose communism?”; “What are your thoughts on democratic socialism?”; and “Can virtuous action exist without free will?”
COVID-19 10x Higher, Junk Food, Saudi Arabia Ruling, & Chinese Uighurs (42m) – Episode 333
Episode 333 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: CDC study shows COVID-19 cases may be 10 times higher than reported; COVID-19 testing produces 20-30% false negatives; Britons want to treat junk food advertising like tobacco advertising; a court in Saudi Arabia ruled in favor of a woman who was on trial for living and traveling on her own; British lawmakers want to put more pressure on China over their criminal and genocidal handling of their Uighur population; and more.
Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness Review (47m) – Episode 332
Episode 332 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: postmodernism and Sad Gaad; the Smithsonian’s chart titled, “Aspects and Assumptions of Whiteness & White Culture in the United States”, originally made by Judith Katz in 1990; and more.
Mr. Radical Libertarian & Safe Spaces (27m) – Episode 331
Episode 331 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: an article he wrote in August 2011 titled, “Call Me Mr. Radical Libertarian” and an article he wrote in July 2018 titled, “Safe Spaces Make Sense, but Not Always”.
Pandemic Evictions, MN Police PTSD, Student Visas, & SCOTUS Robocall Ruling (29m) – Episode 328
Episode 328 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the looming evictions of 28 million Americans caused by government lockdowns; Minneapolis police officers filing for PTSD-related disability claims; ICE forcing student visa holders to attend university in-person or risk deportation; the recent Supreme Court ruling overturning the 2015 law exempting government debt collectors from the 1991 law banning robocalls to cell phones; and more.
Private Censorship, Bootlickers, Forcing Dishonesty, & Free Country (21m) – Episode 327
Episode 327 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: attacking social media censorship on intellectual property protection grounds; repeating the state’s demands is it’s own form of bootlicking; forcing your children to offer an insincere apology is teaching them to lie; do we live in a free county of public discourse is dominated by politics?; and more.
Ghislaine Maxwell, PPP Loans, Columbus Statues, & NYPD Budget Cuts (26m) – Episode 325
Episode 325 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: the arrest of socialite and underage sex ring director Ghislaine Maxwell; the moral hazards of the Paycheck Protection Program; tearing down statues of Christopher Columbus and other villains in history; New York City cutting $1Billion from the NYPD budget amid protests; and more.
Billionaires, Freedom, Stoicism, & Police Brutality (28m) – Episode 323
Episode 323 has Skyler giving his commentary on the following topics: billionaires, what they do with their wealth and how to properly redistribute it through an increase to market competition; the difference between liberty and freedom and how unfree America really is; the value in his study and practice of Stoicism as it concerns driving around town for work; who the police are and why they aren’t your friend and protector; and more.