T. K. Coleman writes: Have you ever met someone who seems to have it easy? What if, instead of automatically dismissing them as a lucky person who gets all the breaks, you considered the possibility, however slight, that their ease was the product of superior efficiency, superior stress-management skills, superior competency, superior networking, superior study…
Category: Items of Note
Be Not Afraid of Life
Eliminate Quarreling
Writes T. K. Coleman: It is nearly impossible to get into a heated argument with your loved ones if, as a general rule of thumb, you commit to ALWAYS speaking to the other party as if they have the same amount of intelligence and integrity as you. Most quarrels have less to do with the…
Harms No Other
Writes Free Your Kids: I do not drink raw milk. Perhaps it is delicious. I don’t like cow’s milk in general, though. But that raw milk is illegal in many states is ridiculous. I don’t smoke cannabis. I don’t especially care for it. But if you enjoy it, you should be allowed to consume it…
Doing Good For Goodness Sake
Writes Kicking it Unschool: I try to do what is right simply because it is the right thing to do, not out of fear of punishments or hopes of rewards later down the road. I want the same for my children, and so I do not create artificial consequences for their actions. Acting morally because…
They’ll Amaze You
Writes Kicking it Unschool: Why do we trust our children to learn to walk and talk on their own as infants and toddlers, but we don’t trust they will figure out how to read and do basic math on their own as older children? Have you leaned a language lately, or gone to rehab to…
New Topic: Improvement!
A topic we’ve been unintentionally covering here is self-improvement, or self-growth. One of my columns, Greg Diehl’s column, and frequently shared among the parenting and unschooling Editor’s Picks and other columns are insight on improving one’s self. Change beings from within. Becoming a better person can be challenging. Believe me, I know! I hope these…
Re: Bitcoins as Bubble, or Not
Writes Pete Earle: I don’t know if Bitcoin is in a bubble or not. I gave a few reasons for and against the idea here and voiced other concerns here, but in the final analysis it doesn’t matter. It doesn’t matter because individuals choose to get involved with Bitcoin; unlike dollars, pounds, euro, or the…
Re: The Golden Age of America is Now
I shared Stephan Kinsella’s look at America experiencing its Golden Age. A good piece, but failed to make what I consider a very important distinction: liberty and freedom vs. power. America’s Golden Age is one of the later, not formers. See what I mean here. Skyler.
Libertarian Homeschool Curriculum?
Something I want to like, but can’t: a Ron Paul designed homeschooling curriculum. Why can’t I? Because curriculum = force, and I oppose compulsory education, even when it’s on topics I agree with, like liberty and Austrian School economics. Compulsory education, ie. indoctrination, is wrong. Plain and simple. It’s sort of an oxymoron, really. Libertarian…