I had the distinct honor to briefly speak at the first annual Ron Paul Institute for Peace and Prosperity Foreign Policy conference this past week in Virginia. It was an excellent one-day event, with a slew of great speakers from Jacob Hornsberger to Lew Rockwell, to Representative Thomas Massie (R-KY), and finally, Dr Paul himself.…
Ideas form words, and action follows from ideas. When war is falsely called “defensive” or “humanitarian,” the words provide a vehicle for the public at large to silently (or openly) condone violent, immoral action against other humans.
If you can be honest enough with yourself to look at circumcision objectively, you’ll realize that a permanent removal and alteration of a body part without a person’s consent constitutes aggression. It should be clear to anyone with half a brain that an infant cannot consent to the removal of his foreskin.
I was talking to my husband about political philosophy the other day (as we often do…don’t judge!), and I recognized something in myself that troubled me a little: I felt certain that I was defending a truth, and was therefore drawing a hard line in the sand and unwilling to compromise my position. I don’t even…
I’m running into this problem more and more: I see something on the news, I want to post about it, and then I think of all my personal friends and colleagues who are bound to either misunderstand or strongly disagree with what I have to say. See, this is the problem – I’m in the…
I’ve not heard of Dr Markham before, but this article about parenting ‘strong-willed children’ was excellent. Dr Markham never uses the term non-aggression (perhaps she hasn’t even heard of this philosophy), but its principle is woven throughout. It’s a little long, but the background info is excellent, and she has actionable techniques at the end.…
Unless you live under a rock, you’ve probably heard of Eric Garner’s death at the hands of a Staten Island police officer. The declination of a grand jury to indict the officer closely followed a similar non-indictment of Darren Wilson (of Ferguson, MO notoriety). Every day since then, my news feed has been filled with…
I’ll be honest, I don’t even know what Sainsbury’s sells, but wow – what an ad! It’s based on the Christmas truce of 1914, when British and German soldiers laid down their arms and played football. It’s a beautifully done piece of work; it shows that humanity exists on both sides of a conflict. Hopefully…
This was an excellent article I came across the other day. I agree very much with the concept, and definitely wanted to share (…because sharing great content is an awesome tactic when your week has been crazy!) Here’s why: This philosophy of parenting is consistent with the non-aggression principle, which is a morally sound principle regardless…
An old friend of mine – let’s call him Creases – was recently lamenting the incredibly high property taxes in New Hampshire. To be fair, New Hampshire is great when it comes to income and sales tax (they don’t have any), but he mentioned that his father pays $7000/year in property taxes. Creases could understand…
LibertyBug 