In a return to a more scholarly format of the podcast, I take a bit of a deep dive into Chapter 1 of "Law and Revolution: The Formation of the Western Legal Tradition" by Harold J. Berman. In this episode, we become acquainted with the Germanic Folklaw that existed...
Jason Greenblatt, Donald Trump’s No. 2 special envoy to the Middle East behind son-in-law Jared Kushner, assures us that his boss’s plan to settle the Palestine-Israel “conflict” once and for all is still in the works and is going to be great. (It’s a conflict in the...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGcbAMHxYpk I appeared with my boys Daniel and Robert of the Actual Anarchy Podcast to discuss one of my favorite childhood movies, "Liar Liar." We booze out and have a great time discussing ethical obligations and legal constructs in...
As midterms draw near Ted Cruz has ramped up his political attacks on his Democrat opponent. One attack on Twitter was particularly interesting. In a bizarre tweet, Cruz posted a video of Beto O’Rourke speaking in front of a predominately black church about...
Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke was found guilty this afternoon of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Laquan McDonald in 2014. McDonald's death was an abrupt encounter that tore at open wounds between Chicago's government and its community. At the time of the...
Last December, Krissy Noble (then going by her maiden name Tran) shot and killed a man who broke into her apartment and attacked her. She was 11 weeks pregnant at the time. As ABC News described the incident: [When her attacker was] inside, the man tackled her and...
In these interesting times, we all need someone to admire. I have found such a one in Benedict de Spinoza (1632-1677), the 17th-century rationalist liberal philosopher who advocated freedom of thought and expression, toleration, and simple kindness. Spinoza lived in...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DjSgY-flI5U In this episode, I share my experience in the first few weeks of being a lawyer. I also address an attack I got on Twitter that brought up a point that needed addressing. Episode 94 of the Liberty Weekly Podcast is Brought...
