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…

Patience as a Verb

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…

On Rights II

A graphic I recently saw explained “how rights work“. It described how rights are secured as a matter of consensus by members in society. It made some really good points about a complex idea. While there is the logically-defensible consideration of rights, there is also the matter of popular acceptance. Both are important perspectives on…

Episode 017 – Economics 101: Positive vs. Normative (0h38m)

Episode 017 is the second part of the on-going Economics 101 mini-series, on the topic of economics as a positive, non-normative, science. Listen to Episode 017 (0h38m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Walter Williams, Economics for the Citizen, Part 2Wikipedia.org, “Positive Science“Wikipedia.org, “Positive Economics“Roderick Long, “Economics and its Ethical Assumptions“ Contact Email a comment or question to…

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…

Episode 016 – Parenting 101: Birth (1h6m)

Episode 016 continues the Parenting 101 mini-series. In this episode, we talk about birth, the first moments of life, and establishing the bond between mother and baby. Listen to Episode 016 (1h6m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Wikipedia.org, “Obstetrical Dilemma“BreastCrawl.org, “A Scientific Overview“BecomingMamas.com, “Life in the Fourth Trimester“Margot Sunderland, The Science of Parenting Contact Email a comment…

Ender’s Game, Logic Fallacy, Waco

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. Here goes…

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…