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Should Women Be Allowed to Vote

July 24, 2018 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

Why is this even a question? A couple of weeks ago I happened upon a discussion in a libertarian group where I have gotten to know and like quite a few of the people. One man was asserting that women Continue Reading

Basic Principles of Property Ownership

January 13, 2018 by Rose McConnell 1 Comment

Since you don't live alone on an island If a single man is alone on an island, there is no need for rules of property ownership. Even when the second person arrives if there is plenty of everything Continue Reading

A Case Against Institutional aka Public School Socialization

December 3, 2016 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

The word socialization was coined by social scientists to discuss the concept of how people learn to get along. My fat 2007 dictionary doesn’t give socialization the status of its own entry, but only Continue Reading

The Problem with Ownership

November 11, 2016 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

The problem with ownership is that some people will always be jealous of what others own. It isn’t that no one understands ownership. Inherently, everyone knows that some things belong to some people Continue Reading

The Limits of Libertarian Ideas for the Family

May 27, 2016 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

One of the major mistakes a socialist makes is to try to extend normal family relationships to interaction between all adults. When I say ‘normal,’ I mean the type of relationship wherein people share Continue Reading

The Politically Incorrect Guide to Being Against Things

April 25, 2016 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

You have to be careful what you say you are against these days. It is okay to be against sugar, but not against vaccines. You can be against guns, but not against police using them. You can be against Continue Reading

Why I Don’t Care About Common Core Curriculum

March 13, 2016 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

When I crashed on my bicycle in Taiwan few years ago, I broke my face in 4 places, but I couldn’t convince the emergency room staff to even look at my face because they saw some skin abrasions on my Continue Reading

Why Being a Mother is Not the Most Important Job in the World

March 14, 2014 by Laura Blodgett 2 Comments

This may seem like an odd thing for a devoted mother of seven to say, but I am going to present reasons why being a mother is not the most important job in the world. I do not believe this perspective Continue Reading

Which Religion Leads to Rational Economic Thinking- Truth and Transformation Chapter 2

December 13, 2013 by Laura Blodgett Leave a Comment

[box]Someone asked me to review and evaluate the book Truth and Transformation by Vishal Mangalwadi. (You can order it from amazom.com here if you'd like to read it for yourself: Truth and Continue Reading

The Many Cultural Disguises of Bad Economics – Truth and Transformation Preface and Chapter 1

November 15, 2013 by Laura Blodgett 6 Comments

[box]Someone asked me to review and evaluate the book Truth and Transformation by Vishal Mangalwadi. (You can order it from amazom.com here if you'd like to read it for yourself: Truth and Continue Reading

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