>Carnival of Anarchy Blog: Violence or Peace?

> This from Carnival of Anarchy: On the weekend stretching from April 27-29, the Carnival of Anarchy blog will touch upon the important question of anarchism and violence. It has been a topic of contention among political radicals for ages and I hope there will be a diversity of opinion displayed. The contributors to the […]

>Johann Hari on the Travesty of Medicalized Children

>British journalist for The Independent and Attitude, Johann Hari offers a nice (if I can put it that way) article on the liberal dispensation of the diagnosis of ADHD – and its corollary, Ritalin – among British schoolchildren. Let’s start with the diagnostic problems. When you look at the criteria for classifying a child with […]

>Liberals vs. Conservatives on Charitable Giving

> Arthur Brooks, Professor of Public Administration at Syracuse University has discovered something counter-intuitive: Conservatives are more charitable than Liberals. His new book is called Who Really Cares, and it analyses charitable giving along political lines. In an excerpt found on his webpage he writes, The data tell us that the conventional wisdom is dead […]

>An Introduction to the Modern School Movement

>Peruse this excellent website, Friends of the Modern School, to learn of the revolutionary educational doctrines being promoted in the early twentieth century. Spanish anarchist Franscisco Ferrer provided the intellectual foundations, with Emma Goldman and Margaret Sanger, among many others, getting involved. Irony Central informs us that the most radical rejecters of the state schooling […]

>Where Conservatives and Conservative Libertarians Converge

>Theodore Dalrymple, in his book Life at the Bottom, is critical of the excessively individualist view that holds that the “anti-social” homeless should be tolerated as simply those that have chosen a way of life that is in stark contrast to the middle class mainstream. (The rich – by definition not mainstream – can also […]

>A Notable Quotable (I know, I can’t take credit for this phrase)…

>“No consistent eugenicist can be a ‘Laisser Faire’ individualist unless he throws up the game in despair. He must interfere, interfere, interfere!” – Fabian Socialist Sidney Webb, as referenced in Thomas C. Leonard’s essay “Protecting Family and Race: The Progressive Case for Regulating Women’s Work”.

>Egalitarianism, the Military and Chuck Rangel

>I’ve always had a hunch that the regimentation and conformity of the military was the dark side of egalitarianism. Congressman Charles Rangel has confirmed it. His defense of the draft, from his website: The question of whether we need a universal military draft will be important as long as this country is placing thousands of […]

>A Pic to Ponder

>The figure on top is the infamous British art critic and thinker John Ruskin impaling a money grubbing darkie, the very embodiment of what the “dismal science” – economics – meant to Ruskin. The tag “dismal science” actually refers to the threat that economics posed to the old order – hierarchy, natural slaves and masters […]

>Russell Roberts’ "Treasure Island: The Hidden Elegance of Comparative Advantage"

>Over at EconLog, Russ Roberts introduces the concept of Comparative Advantage by telling the fictional story of two married couples who shipwreck upon the same island. Each couple, together, encompass differing skill levels for the same sets of activities. In this case two: Fishing and collecting water. The second couple to land upon the Island, […]

>"Walking the Line" to appear on Free Speech Television tonight, 10/29

> The documentary on the Minute Men – those good ole’ boys dependent upon the officially sanctioned border patrol, eager to round up those that would defy state property – will air tonight on Free Speech Television. Consult your local cable company for any specifics beyond that. In the picture above, a member of the […]