Posts related to "libertarian"

In this episode Jad and Kevin discuss an article Kevin found about a kid getting expelled from his school for having a weapon in his car. Well maybe it wasn’t a weapon. In fact, maybe […]

In this final part detailing the Libertarian Party of Texas’s 2014 state convention, Jad and Kevin talk about the three to four hour long discussion the Libertarian delegates had over borders and immigration. While platform […]

As Kevin’s campaign for the 2014 Texas State House of Representatives ticks on, Jad and Kevin discuss the first major breakthrough the campaign has seen, in this case entirely thanks to Reddit. Besides that little […]

Recently one of the country’s most famous idiots, Sarah Palin, made some some off-colored remarks about the NRA. Around the same time a man few had ever heard of before named Donald Sterling (incidentally the […]

In this second of three parts detailing the Libertarian Party of Texas’s 2014 state convention, Jad and Kevin discuss the gubernatorial race. The race essentially came down to two candidates, Kathie Glass and Robert Bell. […]

With Kevin currently running for the Texas House of Representatives, he definitely felt he should attend his own party’s 2014 state convention. Over the next three Monday Morning episodes Jad and Kevin will walk through […]

As part of our ongoing Monday Morning Campaign Update series, Jad and Kevin talk about Kevin’s run on the campaign trail over the past two weeks. Since we last chatted about it, Kevin had the […]

This week we examine the problem of citing individual cases to represent collective problems. Our primary focus tends towards the misrepresentation of the rights of women in the United States. Violence, rape, power dynamics, and […]

As part of our ongoing Monday Morning Campaign Update series, Jad and Kevin talk about the financial information gathering process Texas candidates are subjected to. Since Kevin is experiencing this process first hand (as a […]

Welcome to our first Monday Morning Campaign Update. Like our “Throwback Thursday” series, this will be another sub-series of our podcast. This particular set will focus on discoveries Kevin has whilst on the campaign trail. […]

After discussing the possibility of this for quite some time, Kevin officially announces his candidacy for the Texas House of Representatives in Texas House District 46. Jad and Kevin discuss the nuances of filing candidate […]

This week Jad and Kevin conclude their discussion of the Travyon Martin and George Zimmerman situation. This is the second part of a two part conversation that began last week. One part of the episode […]

This week we conclude our two-part episode on finding common ground. In the first part of this discussion, Jad, Tom and I discuss varying methods, strategies, and pitfalls for finding common ground in which to […]

This week we begin the first of a two-part episode primarily focused on the idea of finding common ground in political discourse. In a round-about way we’ve actually discussed the topic many times before, but […]

We’ll get to the topics in just a moment, but first a little note about the podcast. This week is a little different for us. Over the past 9 months now, Jad and I have […]

Hello and welcome once again to the JKPodcast. This week we’re presenting the first of a two-part episode primarily focusing on the Freedom of Conscience. Our conversation on the topic was actually a spin-off from […]

In this episode we explore how human beings respond to authority. Since the philosophical ideals of libertarianism sit exactly opposite those of authoritarianism, Jad and I are essentially always focused on this topic. I think […]

In this episode we explore some of the b-sides to a third-party system political system. The pretext to this exploration was considering whether or not a third-party could exist in the United States at all. […]