Send her mail. “Balancing on My Toes” is an original column appearing every other Friday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Angel M. Ethell. Angel lives in the Chicagoland area with her family: sons Teen (13) and Lil G (2) along with their little sister Cassie Pie (dog), her partner Daddy G and father-in-law Grandpa G. She loves…
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The Values of a Voluntaryist
Send him mail. This article combines two columns written by the editor, Skyler J. Collins, in March 2013. Those columns are “My Reasons for Voluntaryism” and “Voluntaryism as a System of Values“. As an individual, I speak only for myself. Looking over the last few years, I can see that what has been the primary…
On Morality
Let us once again visit etymological roots. Morality is “moral qualities,” so what is moral? From the Latin moralis meaning “proper behavior of a person in society.” Alright, let’s keep going. What is “proper”? “Adapted to some purpose, fit, apt; commendable, excellent.” In the context of moralis, behavior most adapted to, fit, or apt for life…
Remaining Unconvinced
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. In a January 2014 column titled “Down with Conviction!” I argued that if one is committed to the pursuit of…
When Children Reach Adulthood
Send him mail. “One Improved Unit” is an original column appearing sporadically on Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OIU-only RSS feed available here. Many, if not most, of my fellow Americans would disagree with mine and my wife’s latest decision on what to…
Conservatives Never Tell It Like It Is
Send him mail. “Food for Thought” is an original column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Norman Imberman. Norman is a retired podiatrist who loves playing piano, writing music, lawn bowling, bridge, reading, classical music, going to movies, plays, concerts and traveling. He is not a member of any social network, nor does he…
It’s the Principle
When we find ourselves deciding on a course of action because of the “principle of it” – take a moment and ponder this question: What principle is it I am sticking to? My experience is that sometimes (if not most times) the principle that I am sticking to is the one – “I am right”.…
Spooner, Captain Phillips, Further Fallacies
Send him mail. “Finding the Challenges” is an original column appearing every other Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Verbal Vol. Verbal is a software engineer, college professor, corporate information officer, life long student, farmer, libertarian, literarian, student of computer science and self-ordering phenomena. Archived columns can be found here. FTC-only RSS feed available here. This is…
Cry Me a River
Send him mail. “Win-Win World” is an original column appearing sporadically on Thursdays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Russell L. Roth. Russell is a 30-year marketing veteran and graduate of Jay Snelson’s “Science of Human Interaction” course (he calls it “Win/Win 101”). He has owned and operated businesses in advertising, real estate and internet marketing. He holds…
Who Will Parent the Parents?
Nobody asked but … It seems that many are having a field day ganging up for or against Education for Rachel (if you don’t like facebook, try here). This repeats a disturbing pattern that has reiterated since our colonial days, that we believe all are equal before the wheel of chance but we believe that…