Interpretation is not the same as translation, although some will confuse the terms, by design or otherwise. I am in the midst of listening to Dan Carlin’s podcast, Hardcore History, Show 48 — Prophets of Doom. It is a recounting of the European period often called the Reformation, a time most characterized by a dramatic…
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The Race Against Time
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Dissing the Rich for Fun, Profit, and Public Policy
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The Overlooked Conflict Between Ideologies
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…
Cats and Dogs, Dysfunctions of a Collective, YALFE
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. Last week…
On Indoctrination II
Is there a better way to implant an idea from history in the minds of young people than by having them write a short essay on it? They’ll do a little research with an approved history book, and then write a simplified version of a really complex set of circumstances and people. Once the approved,…
Control and Rebellion
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. “Teenage rebellion” is a seemingly natural phase of a young human’s life. But is it really? What about political rebellion? Is…
The 10 Hottest New and Improved Businesses and Industries of a Win-Win World
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…
The Tardigrade, Time Bandits, Another Fallacy
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 column…
Words Poorly Used #36 — Earth Day
I’ll get the obligatory linguistic complaint out of the way first. Every day since the Earth coalesced from space dust has been Earth day. There is not a special day. The fact that so many think there is a special day shows that humans are egocentric to the point of disability. The history of human…