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. Not only can law be defined in different ways, but the duty we feel to obey law varies with not only…
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Words Poorly Used #42 — Interpretation II
As we noted with religious institutions, which are far more voluntary than state institutions, the power flows to those who write the book, choose the language for the book, and appoint the attendants of the book. An even greater power flows to the oligarchy operating through the institution of the state, which is purportedly there…
When Did That Happen?
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), and her partner Daddy G. She loves learning new things…
A Law of Nature
Nobody asked but … A voluntaryist may frequently talk about the laws of nature in an abstract way, urging that we consider natural law as good and artificial laws (legislation, governmental regulation, rules, authoritarianism, even in many cases traditions and religions) as bad. The fact is that natural laws are only inevitable, having good or…
Episode 021 – Wizard’s Second Rule: Good Intentions, Great Harm (0h45m)
Episode 021 is the second part of the sporadic Wizard’s Rules mini-series, based on the Sword of Truth epic fantasy series by Terry Goodkind. Wizard’s Second Rule states, “The greatest harm can result from the best intentions.” Listen to Episode 021 (0h45m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Terry Goodkind, Book 2, Stone of TearsWikipedia.org, plot details, “Stone…
Secession and Voluntaryism
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. Secession can take many different forms and involve different quantities of people, but is secession always compatible with voluntaryism? And more,…
The Informant
Nobody asked but … Please see this movie — The Informant. If for nothing else, see it to be amazed by Matt Damon. See it to be spellbound by Scott Bakula. Watch this movie, and revel in the fact that individualism so rules the world that all the governments in history cannot change it. Understand…
March Madness, Natural Law and Principle, Stepwise Refinement
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. In the…
Rules vs. Principles
Wrote Ben Lovejoy: I split hairs about rules and principles because I see and have lived with the differences, and I believe they represent two opposing forces in a home and school environment. Principles are internal; rules, external. We enforce principles for ourselves, while others force rules upon us. Principles are something people stand for…
Against Sovereign Immunity
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. Statists are quick to defend the state on the grounds that it’s nothing more than collective decision-making, akin to a group…