Send him mail. “Insight for the Young and Unrestrained” is an original weekly column appearing every Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Gregory V. Diehl. Gregory is a writer, musician, educator, and coach for young people at EnabledYouth.com. Archived columns can be found here. IYU-only RSS feed available here. The accumulated wisdom of mankind has been kept…
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The Challenging, Radical Anti-Statism of the Ancient Israelites
Editor’s Pick. Written by Kevin Vallier. I’ve recently finished reading the great political theorist Michael Walzer’s book In God’s Shadow: Politics in the Hebrew Bible. Walzer’s thesis is that the Biblical writers were “not very interested in politics” in contrast to the ancient Greeks. In fact, “there is a strong anti-political tendency in the biblical…
Treating Children as Individuals
Guest column by Sara Dawkins. Sara is an active nanny, as well as an active freelance writer. She is a frequent contributor to Nannypro.com. Learn more about her here. Being born in the late fifties and being raised by my dad who was a product of the world around WWII and the Korean War was…
A Conversation With an Alleged Criminal: Polygamist Joe Darger on Faith and Freedom
Editor’s Pick. Interview by the Libertas Institute. Libertas Institute: For the benefit of our readers who may not know who you are, please explain who you are and why your story is important. Joe Darger: My name is Joe Darger, and I published a book along with my wives, and co-author Brooke Adams, titled Love…
Everything Begins and Ends with You
Send him mail. “Insight for the Young and Unrestrained” is an original weekly column appearing every Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Gregory V. Diehl. Gregory is a writer, musician, educator, and coach for young people at EnabledYouth.com. Archived columns can be found here. IYU-only RSS feed available here. Everything you ever do begins and ends with…
The Ebb and Flow, Understanding Motivation
Send him mail. “Coexisting with Coercion” is an original b-weekly column appearing every other Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by qyj0L. qyj0L is a thinker, a writer, an artist, a dreamer, and a believer. Archived columns can be found here. CWC-only RSS feed available here. Throughout the entries that I have written in this column, a few…
No Matter What You Hear About it, Unschooling is Not All Unicorns and Rainbows
Send her mail. “Living with Wild Abandon” is an original bi-weekly column appearing every other Tuesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Breezy V. Stevens. Breezy is a long-time radical unschooler, an advocate for children’s rights, a crazy dog lady, a crafter in various mediums, a lover of all things tropical and beachy, and the designer of “EVC…
Culture in a Cage
Written by Mike Reid for FEE.org. Recently, three children from a little-known forest tribe in India approached a nearby Indian village and asked to join their school. The teachers, however, were forbidden by law from admitting the kids. This is because the Indian government prohibits regular folk from interacting with those children, or any members…
Principle = Practice
Send him mail. “Food for Thought” is an original bi-weekly 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. Archived columns can be found here. FFT-only RSS feed available here.…
Breaking the Cycle of Destructive Parenting
Send him mail. “Insight for the Young and Unrestrained” is an original weekly column appearing every Thursday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Gregory V. Diehl. Gregory is a writer, musician, educator, and coach for young people at EnabledYouth.com. Archived columns can be found here. IYU-only RSS feed available here. Adulthood does not come suddenly upon a person.…