Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original column appearing most Mondays at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. You may have heard about the political philosophy known is “left libertarianism.” This philosophy mostly agrees with all of the political…
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What If, Vicarious Connectivity, More About Information
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 past…
The Concept of Government
Send him mail. “The Self Owner” is an original weekly column appearing every Wednesday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by Spencer W. Morgan. Spencer is a husband and father, and has studied History and Philosophy at the University of Utah. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. Last week we began examining the uniquely…
The Myth of 19th-Century Laissez-Faire
Editor’s Pick. Written by Roderick Long. Last week Michael Lind asked a silly question: if libertarianism is so great, why hasn’t any country tried it? The question is silly because the libertarian answer is obvious: Libertarianism is great for ordinary people, but not for the power elites that control countries and determine what policies they…
The Power of Why
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. One of the most exciting things about being…
The Meanings of Words
Send him mail. “One Voluntaryist’s Perspective” is an original bi-weekly column appearing every other Monday at Everything-Voluntary.com, by the founder and editor Skyler J. Collins. Archived columns can be found here. OVP-only RSS feed available here. There are words that have one meaning, and then there are words that have many meanings. When it comes…
Legalize Polygamy!
Editor’s Pick. Written by Jillian Keenan. Recently, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council reintroduced a tired refrain: Legalized gay marriage could lead to other legal forms of marriage disaster, such as polygamy. Rick Santorum, Bill O’Reilly, and other social conservatives have made similar claims. It’s hardly a new prediction—we’ve been hearing it for years.…
There Are Two Socialisms
Editor’s Pick. Written by Ernest Lesigne in the 19th Century. There are two Socialisms. One is communistic, the other solidaritarian. One is dictatorial, the other libertarian.One is metaphysical, the other positive. One is dogmatic, the other scientific. One is emotional, the other reflective. One is destructive, the other constructive. Both are in pursuit of the…
No Right To Marry
Editor’s Pick. Written by Davi Barker for DailyAnarchist.com. So, some elderly sociocrats in black mumus are deliberating over what the official State sanctioned definition of marriage should be. Apparently the document which they are charged with interpreting is silent on the issue, so some people think they should go with some whitewashed fantasy version of…
Separate State and Marriage, an Analogy
I think following is an apt analogy to the gay marriage debate. Let’s say we were still in state-established church times (some are). We’ll call our church the Church of Officialdom. An easily recognized religion with the worship of one or more deities, liturgy, rites, edifices, etc. However, as a state-established Church, it enjoys the privilege…