Written by Jim Davies for Strike-The-Root.com. What will marriage be like in the coming free society? Answer, of course: exactly what the contracting parties desire, neither more nor less. Marriage is a contract, governing relationships between two or more people. Its traditional terms are usually spelled out orally before witnesses, and involve forsaking all other…
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The Unschooling Mindset
Presentation by Blake Boles.
Less Dangerous Targets
Written by Butler Shaffer for LewRockwell.com. Congressional renewal of the federal Violence Against Women Act is generating a good deal of discussion in the media, academia, and political forums over what sounds like a noncontroversial topic. Is there to be a debate on the question of whether violence should be visited upon women? Are there…
The Challenge of Undesigned and Anonymous Order
Written by Steve Horwitz for FFF.org. The spontaneous order of the market has long been an object of both theoretical and aesthetic contemplation for libertarians. From Adam Smith’s discussion of the number of hands it took to make a wool coat, to Leonard Read’s justly famous “I, Pencil,” to the examples that fill Russ Roberts’s…
What Adults Can Learn From Kids
Presentation by Adora Svitak.
Can Anybody Ever Consent to the State?
Written by Charles Johnson, as published at C4SS.org. If there is no effective possibility of refusal, then there is no possibility of publicly expressing consent, and if there is no possibility of publicly expressing consent, then there is no possibility of consenting. If existing states make a standing threat to force people to submit to…
Civilized Society v2.0
Written by tzo for Strike-The-Root.com. As I have written many times, I don’t believe that government is an absolute necessity for creating and maintaining a civilized society. In this essay, however, I would like to throw as many bones as possible to (not at) those who would take up for the loyal opposition. In fact,…
You Are An Anarchist. The Question Is: How Often?
Written by Benjamin Powell for FEE.org. Classical liberals have long debated whether they should support a minimal state or no state at all. Unfortunately that debate is usually framed as an all-or-nothing proposition. Either you believe that “a minimal state is everywhere and always necessary” or that a “state everywhere and always does more harm…
What Is Normal?
Written by Darci Walker for Core Parenting. Join any group of parents and you will hear one universal question being asked over and over again. From the time our kids are born, until they move out of our daily sight, we are constantly looking for something to tell us that our kids are “normal.”Read the…
Entrepreneurs Are the Good Guys
Written by Jeffrey Tucker for LFB.org. Why is business so often scapegoated for all the problems of society? The term scapegoat comes from the Bible and refers to the goat cast out of the community as part of a purification ritual. Perhaps when people saw that lonely goat walk away and probably into its death,…