Category: Articles
Excerpts from past issues of The Voluntaryist
Issue 77
“Vices Are Not Crimes”: Defending the Undefendable
“How Would Money Be Produced In a Free Society?”
Issue 120
The Private Production of Defense
Issue 123
“Call the COPS – But Not the Police:” Voluntaryism and Protective Agencies in Historical Perspective
No Indians in Heaven: Bartolome de las Casas and the Question of Indian Sacrifice
Auto Racing Safety – A Voluntaryist Enterprise
A Vault Full of Gold: Bernard Baruch and FDR’s Gold Confiscation
Issue 126
Quod Omnes Tangit: Consent Theory in the Radical Libertarian Tradition: Part II—The Middle Ages
Received for Review: Garrison State Hegemony in U.S. Politics
Issue 128
Without Firing A Single Shot: Voluntaryist Resistance and Societal Defense Part II
Issue 133
THE TERRITORIAL ASSUMPTION: RATIONALE FOR CONQUEST
Issue 134
Why Voluntaryism and Liberty Don’t Depend on Taxes or Government
Werner K. Stiefel’s Pursuit of a Practicum of Freedom
Charity in the Land of Individualism
Issue 135
What is Kritarchy?
Changing Minds
Issue 136
Introduction to the LYSANDER SPOONER READER
Issue 137
How I Became A Voluntaryist: A Farewell to Tax-Financed Murder
Issue 138
Gradualism in Practice: The Danger of Compulsory National ID
A Moral Challenge
Every State a Police State
Society vs. The State
Issue 139
Comments on Anarchy and Modern Society
A Short Perspective on Land and Social Evolution
Issue 140
The Obviousness of Anarchy
Issue 141
Moral Challenge II
Issue 142
An Open Letter: On Extraordinary Evil and the State
There is No Private Property in the United States
The Siren Song of the State
Issue 143
An Open Letter to Robert Ringer
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S CONFUSED IDEAS ABOUT STEALING
Issue 144
Spending Other People’s Money Is Wrong Some Observations on the Bailout of October 2008
The Problem of Governance in the Early American Republic
Issue 145
“There Is a Tide in the Affairs of Men”: Robert Prechter, Elliott Wave Theory, and Voluntaryism
A Declaration of Separation
Issue 146
R. C. Hoiles Revisited
Issue 147
An Open Letter on Taxation to the Global Ethic Foundation
Why The West?
Declaration of Renunciation and Severance of U.S. Citizenship
Issue 148
Why Voluntaryism Is the Best and Only Legitimate Moral Philosophy
Liberty, The Mother of Order – A Book Review
In Defense of Our Own Freedoms
Issue 149
From Slingshot to Nukes
K. I. S. S. A Pig! – Anarchist or Minarchist?
NONVIOLENCE: A REVIEW OF MARK KURLANSKY’S 2006 BOOK BY THAT NAME
Issue 150
On Power and Trust
A Self-Educated Chicken
To Steal or Not to Steal?
Issue 152
The Good Funding the Evil
Issue 153
Auberon Herbert
Issue 154
My Journey to Voluntaryism
What Might Have Been – What Might Be
Issue 155
Open Letter to President of USA and Prime Minister of India
Are Voluntaryists Hypocrites for Using the Roads?
Issue 156
My Winding Road to Voluntaryism
Freedom to Choose Your Own Money
Issue 157
Am I An American Citizen and What Might It Mean?
The Noose Continues to Tighten But No Government Lasts Forever
What Is the Point of My Libertarian Anarchism?
Issue 158
Voluntaryism and The Art of Being Free
From Vagueness to Voluntaryism: How I Got From There to Here
The Wisdom of Bob LeFevre
The Gospel According to Government
Issue 159
Do You Really “Owe” Those Taxes?
Issue 160
Voluntaryism and Extreme Necessity
Issue 161
“My Yea Is Yea, My Nay Is Nay”: Voluntaryism, Integrity and the Question of the Oath
The Problem with Trading
Issue 162
“You’re Not My Master; I’m Not Your Slave”: Voluntaryism and the Story of Absolutist Objectors
Issue 163
Soul Rape
Sophisticated Slavery
Issue 164
“The Buck Stops Here”: Voluntaryism and Counterfeit Money
Issue 165
Meeting the State Head-On
Issue 166
Copyright Before (Statutory) Copyright: A Voluntaryist Perspective on a Statist Development
Issue 167
Let us Imagine “Perfect “Protection
Issue 168
On the Ownership of Ideas
Issue 170
Chaos in the Air?: Voluntaryism and the Airplane
“A Few Last Words on Liberty”
Issue 172
On Bankruptcy and Voluntaryism: “The Wicked Borrow But Do Not Pay Back”
Poisoning the Public Mind: Why Real Dissent Must Be Silenced
Issue 173
Slavery, One Day at a Time: Jury Duty and Voluntaryism
Issue 174
A Comparison of Monies
Issue 175
Two Kinds of Protection by Robert Lefevre
Issue 177
A Book Review of LOOKING BACKWARD 2162-2012
Issue 184
Life, Liberty, and Quackery From A Voluntaryist Perspective
Issue 186
The Creed of All Freedom-Loving Men: The Voluntaryist Spirit & Stoicism [1]
We Are Many, They Are Few: “The Tiny Dot,” Explained
Issue 194
Lysander Spooner: Ireland and Proprietary Justice
ANDREW J. GALAMBOS: HISTORY OF ORIGINS OF THE V-50 AND V-201 LECTURES
“Vices Are Not Crimes”: Defending the Undefendable
“How Would Money Be Produced In a Free Society?”
Issue 120
The Private Production of Defense
Issue 123
“Call the COPS – But Not the Police:” Voluntaryism and Protective Agencies in Historical Perspective
No Indians in Heaven: Bartolome de las Casas and the Question of Indian Sacrifice
Auto Racing Safety – A Voluntaryist Enterprise
A Vault Full of Gold: Bernard Baruch and FDR’s Gold Confiscation
Issue 126
Quod Omnes Tangit: Consent Theory in the Radical Libertarian Tradition: Part II—The Middle Ages
Received for Review: Garrison State Hegemony in U.S. Politics
Issue 128
Without Firing A Single Shot: Voluntaryist Resistance and Societal Defense Part II
Issue 133
THE TERRITORIAL ASSUMPTION: RATIONALE FOR CONQUEST
Issue 134
Why Voluntaryism and Liberty Don’t Depend on Taxes or Government
Werner K. Stiefel’s Pursuit of a Practicum of Freedom
Charity in the Land of Individualism
Issue 135
What is Kritarchy?
Changing Minds
Issue 136
Introduction to the LYSANDER SPOONER READER
Issue 137
How I Became A Voluntaryist: A Farewell to Tax-Financed Murder
Issue 138
Gradualism in Practice: The Danger of Compulsory National ID
A Moral Challenge
Every State a Police State
Society vs. The State
Issue 139
Comments on Anarchy and Modern Society
A Short Perspective on Land and Social Evolution
Issue 140
The Obviousness of Anarchy
Issue 141
Moral Challenge II
Issue 142
An Open Letter: On Extraordinary Evil and the State
There is No Private Property in the United States
The Siren Song of the State
Issue 143
An Open Letter to Robert Ringer
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH’S CONFUSED IDEAS ABOUT STEALING
Issue 144
Spending Other People’s Money Is Wrong Some Observations on the Bailout of October 2008
The Problem of Governance in the Early American Republic
Issue 145
“There Is a Tide in the Affairs of Men”: Robert Prechter, Elliott Wave Theory, and Voluntaryism
A Declaration of Separation
Issue 146
R. C. Hoiles Revisited
Issue 147
An Open Letter on Taxation to the Global Ethic Foundation
Why The West?
Declaration of Renunciation and Severance of U.S. Citizenship
Issue 148
Why Voluntaryism Is the Best and Only Legitimate Moral Philosophy
Liberty, The Mother of Order – A Book Review
In Defense of Our Own Freedoms
Issue 149
From Slingshot to Nukes
K. I. S. S. A Pig! – Anarchist or Minarchist?
NONVIOLENCE: A REVIEW OF MARK KURLANSKY’S 2006 BOOK BY THAT NAME
Issue 150
On Power and Trust
A Self-Educated Chicken
To Steal or Not to Steal?
Issue 152
The Good Funding the Evil
Issue 153
Auberon Herbert
Issue 154
My Journey to Voluntaryism
What Might Have Been – What Might Be
Issue 155
Open Letter to President of USA and Prime Minister of India
Are Voluntaryists Hypocrites for Using the Roads?
Issue 156
My Winding Road to Voluntaryism
Freedom to Choose Your Own Money
Issue 157
Am I An American Citizen and What Might It Mean?
The Noose Continues to Tighten But No Government Lasts Forever
What Is the Point of My Libertarian Anarchism?
Issue 158
Voluntaryism and The Art of Being Free
From Vagueness to Voluntaryism: How I Got From There to Here
The Wisdom of Bob LeFevre
The Gospel According to Government
Issue 159
Do You Really “Owe” Those Taxes?
Issue 160
Voluntaryism and Extreme Necessity
Issue 161
“My Yea Is Yea, My Nay Is Nay”: Voluntaryism, Integrity and the Question of the Oath
The Problem with Trading
Issue 162
“You’re Not My Master; I’m Not Your Slave”: Voluntaryism and the Story of Absolutist Objectors
Issue 163
Soul Rape
Sophisticated Slavery
Issue 164
“The Buck Stops Here”: Voluntaryism and Counterfeit Money
Issue 165
Meeting the State Head-On
Issue 166
Copyright Before (Statutory) Copyright: A Voluntaryist Perspective on a Statist Development
Issue 167
Let us Imagine “Perfect “Protection
Issue 168
On the Ownership of Ideas
Issue 170
Chaos in the Air?: Voluntaryism and the Airplane
“A Few Last Words on Liberty”
Issue 172
On Bankruptcy and Voluntaryism: “The Wicked Borrow But Do Not Pay Back”
Poisoning the Public Mind: Why Real Dissent Must Be Silenced
Issue 173
Slavery, One Day at a Time: Jury Duty and Voluntaryism
Issue 174
A Comparison of Monies
Issue 175
Two Kinds of Protection by Robert Lefevre
Issue 177
A Book Review of LOOKING BACKWARD 2162-2012
Issue 184
Life, Liberty, and Quackery From A Voluntaryist Perspective
Issue 186
The Creed of All Freedom-Loving Men: The Voluntaryist Spirit & Stoicism [1]
We Are Many, They Are Few: “The Tiny Dot,” Explained
Issue 194
Lysander Spooner: Ireland and Proprietary Justice
ANDREW J. GALAMBOS: HISTORY OF ORIGINS OF THE V-50 AND V-201 LECTURES