Guest post by Laura Markham. We all know that children require unconditional love to thrive. But how many of us feel capable of giving it? We can’t, quite simply, give something we don’t have inside. Loving your child starts with loving yourself. So if you didn’t have a perfect childhood, if you’re more cranky than…
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The Case for Radical Idealism
Guest post by Murray Rothbard. Every “radical” creed has been subjected to the charge of being “utopian,” and the libertarian movement is no exception. Some libertarians themselves maintain that we should not frighten people off by being “too radical,” and that therefore the full libertarian ideology and program should be kept hidden from view. These…
Analyzing Authority Through Anarchy
Guest post by Connor Boyack. Objecting to the near-limitless expansion of government authority, people of all political persuasions question, at times, the specific program or policy with which they take issue. Whether the criteria for judgment is the Constitution, statutory code, precedent, or other sources of affirmed legal authority, a comprehensive discussion regarding what government…
Spontaneous Order
Guest post by Kevin Lancaster.
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Civil Noncompliance
Guest post by James L. Payne. As a piano technician I come across many unusual requests, but none so bizarre as one I received some time ago from a man whom I’ll call Mr. Green. Could I, he asked, strip the ivory from the keys of a Steinway grand piano? I was appalled. Applying ivory…
Does Peaceful Parenting Mean Letting Kids Do Whatever They Want?
Guest post by Laura Markham. It might seem like just letting your kid do whatever she wants would make you more peaceful. No struggle, right? But that lasts for about three minutes. What makes a peaceful parent is regulating your own emotions so you can stay lovingly connected, to help your child process hers. That’s…
Apple and Intellectual Property
Guest post by Chris Bassil. In recent news, Apple, Inc. has won a decisive lawsuit against fellow electronics and software developer Samsung. The lawsuit, which found Samsung guilty of infringing on a number of Apple’s patents, awarded over $1 billion to Apple, and sent a formidably clear message to all others in the field. It…
Learning Happens
Guest post by Wendy Priesnitz. Classic not-back-to-school question: “But what if a child doesn’t choose to learn math?” But that’s the issue, see. A child who lives and learns without schooling doesn’t have to choose to learn math! Learning math is a notion created and perpetuated by a group of adult experts who think that…
How Youth Resistance Was Crushed
Guest post by Bruce E. Levine. Traditionally, young people have energized democratic movements. So it is a major coup for the ruling elite to have created societal institutions that have subdued young Americans and broken their spirit of resistance to domination. Young Americans—even more so than older Americans—appear to have acquiesced to the idea that…