Social phenomena -- both good and bad -- cannot happen without cooperation -- that is, without people doing things uncoerced. This is especially clear with bad phenomena. How much havoc could a Stalin, a Hitler, a Mao Zedong, or a Pol Pot wreak alone or with just a...
Justice
How to Read a SCOTUS Opinion Ep. 93
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOsTmGHJEqE In this episode, I welcome any new listeners and go back to basics by teaching everyone how I read SCOTUS opinions. For demonstration purposes, I use Castle Rock v. Gonzales (2005), a case that I've worked with in several...
TGIF: Anti-Israelism and Anti-Semitism: The Invidious Conflation
I and others have warned that enactment of the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act now before Congress would threaten free speech and free inquiry on America’s college campuses and beyond. As I’ve explained, this bill incorporates a conception -- a "definition" plus potential...
Brian Saady on the Drug War, Bad Forensic Evidence, and the “School to Prison Pipeline” Ep. 91
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNUisEIAEuM Brian Saady is a freelance journalist and author of four books, including a three-book series, entitled “Rackets,” which discusses the legalization of drugs, gambling, and prostitution, respectively. His writing has appeared...
“Wild, Wild Country V” FINALE ft. Sherry Voluntary Ep. 92
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG858L8Bixc Find the entire series at http://www.libertyweekly.net/wwc In this finale, Daniel, Robert, and I had the pleasure of welcoming Sherry Voluntary to the show to discuss her own experience in a non-traditional religious...
TGIF: Defining Anti-Semitism, Threatening Free Speech
In May the benign-sounding Anti-Semitism Awareness Act appeared before the U.S Congress “to provide for consideration a definition of anti-Semitism for the enforcement of Federal antidiscrimination laws concerning education programs or activities.” No big deal? Let us...
James Corbett Interviews Liberty Weekly: Law, Liberty, Gay Cakes, & FBI Entrapment Ep. 90
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7dHPhugM4E Audio Only Version I had the immense honor of being interviewed about my work by James Corbett of the Corbett Report. James is a leading figure of both the alternative media and the voluntaryist communities. His style of...
TGIF: For the Love of Reason
Far be it from me to divide humankind in two, but were I so inclined, I’d divide it into those who love reason and those who are indifferent if not outright hostile to it. Members of the first group adore the reasoning process and their own reasoning faculties. The...
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