The Libertarian Party has been the target of more than fair criticism over recent years.  Some concerned libertarians formed the Mises Caucus to bring the party back to its libertarian roots.  It’s kind of amazing that this would be required of the Libertarian Party, but here we are. The 2018 Libertarian Party Convention was held […] The post Episode 99 – Mike Tront on the Libertarian Party and Mises Caucus appeared first on Inside McFloogle's Mind.

Does the word “libertarian” have any meaning anymore?  If it does, what should we do about the people who call themselves libertarians but have major disagreements with the basic principles? Sponsor Liberty Mugs #1 Purest Libertarian Mug Get a free Liberty Mug by signing up for the Tom Woods Liberty Classroom Our friends’ podcasts The […] The post Episode 98 – What about the word “libertarian”? appeared first on Inside McFloogle's Mind.

We don’t agree with a lot of what Dave Rubin says, but we still like him.  The guy’s intellectually honest and curious and seems willing to talk to anyone about anything.  Rubin was recently on the Joe Rogan Experience talking about a number of issues and the topic of private regulation came up.  Although Rubin […] The post Episode 97 – Expanding on Dave Rubin’s idea of private regulation on the Joe Rogan Experience appeared first on Inside McFloogle's Mind.

There are a lot of libertarians and non-libertarians out there who seem to fetishize punishment for crimes.  We look at two cases in particular in this episode where people have been critical of the victims who forgave their attackers.  Is the hatred and lust for punishment helpful or are we better of forgiving and making […] The post Episode 96 – Punishment or forgiveness? appeared first on Inside McFloogle's Mind.

There has been a string of fairly publicized videos of police viciously beating people for no good reason.  We discuss the cases of Emily Weinman in Wildwood, NJ, Robert Johnson in Mesa, AZ, and Kevin Straw in Marion County, OR.  The videos show that the police’s behavior was appalling for each case, but some people […] The post Episode 95 – How the market would handle government police fists of fury appeared first on Inside McFloogle's Mind.

The Supreme Court gave their ruling on whether the First Amendment rights of the Masterpiece Cakeshop owner, Jack Phillips, were violated by the Colorado Civil Rights Commission when they ruled in the gay couple’s favor who wanted to compel Phillips to bake them a wedding cake.  They ruled that they were. Of course, a lot […] The post Episode 94 – Discussing the Masterpiece Cakeshop gay wedding cake Supreme Court decision appeared first on Inside McFloogle's Mind.

We’re accused of being it all the time by non-libertarians as a way to poison the well, so let’s have some libertarians discuss some issues of racism.  Specifically, is it possible to be a libertarian and a racist?  Conan joins us this week to make his case that it is not possible. Follow Conan on […] The post Episode 93 – Is it possible to be libertarian and racist? Conan answers. appeared first on Inside McFloogle's Mind.

Jordan Peterson gave a speech last month where he put forth “12 principles for a 21st century conservatism.”  The twelve principles are: The fundamental assumptions of Western civilization are valid. Peaceful social being is preferable to isolation and to war. In consequence, it justly and rightly demands some sacrifice of individual impulse and idiosyncrasy. Hierarchies […] The post Episode 92 – Jordan Peterson’s “12 Principles for a 21st Century Conservatism” appeared first on Inside McFloogle's Mind.

This week in over the top ridiculousness features Haddonfield High School in Jersey, which canceled its boys lacrosse season after a player among a group of five to seven called a black girl from another school the N word.  Now we’re not saying that it’s okay to call people by racial slurs, but perhaps it’s […] The post Episode 91 – Haddonfield High School cuts short boys’ lacrosse season because someone said a bad word appeared first on Inside McFloogle's Mind.

Bitcoin needs to scale and there’s been plenty of debate on how to do that.  We brought JW Weatherman to talk about block sizes, nodes and miners, and the Lightning Network.  JW is a software security expert, lead contributor to Mathbot.com, and publisher of The Bitcoin Threat Model.  If you’re interested in bitcoin and cryptocurrency, […] The post Episode 90 – Bitcoin scaling problems and solutions with JW Weatherman appeared first on Inside McFloogle's Mind.