Written by Mia Von Scha. It seems obvious that we would want our kids to be happy… always. We go out of our way to protect them from negativity,...
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Is “Screen Time” Dangerous for Children?
Written by Alison Gopnik. I was in the garden with Augie, my four-year-old grandson, watching the bees in the lavender. “Bees make honey,” I said, transmitting the wisdom of...
Continue ReadingOptimistic about the Future of Liberty
This morning, after a little reflection, I'm more optimistic than ever about the future of liberty. There are so many great companies, organizations, and technologies that enable us...
Continue ReadingGet Outside to Improve Your Mental and Physical Health
Written by Scott Moses. A typical person in today´s industrial society spends the vast majority of his or her time indoors and in front of some sort of...
Continue ReadingSpontaneous Order is Not an Engineered Outcome
Written by Donald Boudreaux. Commenting on this post, Lanny Ebenstein asks me: If even the smartest professors aren’t able to engineer a society according to their, or to...
Continue Reading23 Ways Big Government Is Hurting the Poor
Written by Daren Bakst. Advocates for big government often equate expanding government with concern for the poor. But reality speaks to the contrary: Expanding government often has very...
Continue ReadingWhy Our Coercive System of Schooling Should Topple
Written by Peter Gray. I've been called a crazy optimist, a Pollyanna, a romantic idealist. How can I believe that our system of compulsory schooling is about to...
Continue ReadingPolitical Means and Economic Means
Written by Gary Galles. March 30th (2014) marked the 150th anniversary of the birth of someone who introduced a crucial distinction in understanding political reality–sociologist Franz Oppenheimer. In...
Continue ReadingPolitics without Romance? Yes and No
James Buchanan, a pioneer in the development of public choice, viewed his approach to the study of government and politics as the analysis of “politics without romance.” But...
Continue ReadingAcceptance vs. Tolerance
Written by Scott Noelle. Acceptance is one of your greatest sources of Power. Without it, you couldn’t receive or own anything, handle unexpected change, or listen effectively. In...
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