At 52:53 in Keys #5: Unplugging and Activating, I cut out about 25 minutes of off-topic discussion to tighten up the show. However, I think it is definitely worth hearing.Discussed:-The War on Independent Thinking in schools, fact-checking teachers-The demand for "alternative" central plans-The futility of engaging the elders?-Can young people help their parents unplug?-Measuring personal success-Celebrity Worship-Self-trustPlease visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

At 52:53 in Keys #5: Unplugging and Activating, I cut out about 25 minutes of off-topic discussion to tighten up the show. However, I think it is definitely worth hearing.

Discussed:
-The War on Independent Thinking in schools, fact-checking teachers
-The demand for "alternative" central plans
-The futility of engaging the elders?
-Can young people help their parents unplug?
-Measuring personal success
-Celebrity Worship
-Self-trust

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Topic:
Laurette Lynn of Unpluuggedmom.com joins me to discuss the challenges of home education and active parenting...and how to overcome them.

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Topic:Laurette Lynn of Unpluuggedmom.com joins me to discuss the challenges of home education and active parenting...and how to overcome them.Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

Topic:
Laurette Lynn of Unpluuggedmom.com joins me to discuss the challenges of home education and active parenting...and how to overcome them.

Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

John Pilger argues that the West's attack on Libya merely follows a long history of rapacious assaults on resource-rich countries: the opposite of "protecting civilians".

As I noted last post, due to some career changes and other things, I’ve been unable to keep up with Slate podcasts as much as in the past (mainly because my commute has largely disappeared). So I’m listening to fewer podcasts but Slate’s Culture Gabfest is still just about my favorite one so I still […]

Great observation by Rothbard in Living in a State-Run World: … it is vital to distinguish between two kinds of State activities: (a) those actions that would be perfectly legitimate if performed by private firms on the market; and (b) those actions that are per se immoral and criminal, and that would be illicit in […]

Topic: Aleks, a professor at Washington State University, joins me to discuss his blog entry: Education Reform-Can we blame the students?

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Topic: Aleks, a professor at Washington State University, joins me to discuss his blog entry: Education Reform-Can we blame the students?Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

Topic: Aleks, a professor at Washington State University, joins me to discuss his blog entry: Education Reform-Can we blame the students?

Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

Stephanie Murphy and I host the FTL Sunday Show (03-13-11). The very talented Hannah Hoffman joins us about half way into the show, so be sure to get the whole show from the FTL archives. This is only the first half.

Discussed:
-The Wisconsin situation, Students protesting with teachers
-Public vs. private sector unions
-The mind-numbing mainstream media
-Republicans and Democrats
-Corporations
-Reformed conservative
-Treatment of children in society
-Listening
-ROTC and Police "Explorers"

Stephanie Murphy and I host the FTL Sunday Show (03-13-11). The very talented Hannah Hoffman joins us about half way into the show, so be sure to get the whole show from the FTL archives. This is only the first half.Discussed:-The Wisconsin situation, Students protesting with teachers-Public vs. private sector unions-The mind-numbing mainstream media-Republicans and Democrats-Corporations -Reformed conservative -Treatment of children in society -Listening -ROTC and Police "Explorers"Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

Stephanie Murphy and I host the FTL Sunday Show (03-13-11). The very talented Hannah Hoffman joins us about half way into the show, so be sure to get the whole show from the FTL archives. This is only the first half.

Discussed:
-The Wisconsin situation, Students protesting with teachers
-Public vs. private sector unions
-The mind-numbing mainstream media
-Republicans and Democrats
-Corporations
-Reformed conservative
-Treatment of children in society
-Listening
-ROTC and Police "Explorers"

CHART: Some of the consequences of bullying

Topic: This is my commentary on a NH Department of Education bullying seminar. The DoE's plan in a nutshell: If aggression causes aggression, try aggression.

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CHART: Some of the consequences of bullyingTopic: This is my commentary on a NH Department of Education bullying seminar. The DoE's plan in a nutshell: If aggression causes aggression, try aggression.Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

CHART: Some of the consequences of bullying

Topic: This is my commentary on a NH Department of Education bullying seminar. The DoE's plan in a nutshell: If aggression causes aggression, try aggression.

Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

(Part 1 of 2)
For the last two months, I have been working primarily with younger kids (ages 6-10). While comparing and contrasting these recent experiences to my work with high school students, I gained a fresh perspective on this whole "school sucks" idea.

Discussed:
-Domination Systems
-Crushing...courage, imagination, ambition, individuality
-NCLB
-Bureaucratic inertia in the tutoring business

Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

(Part 1 of 2)For the last two months, I have been working primarily with younger kids (ages 6-10). While comparing and contrasting these recent experiences to my work with high school students, I gained a fresh perspective on this whole "school sucks" idea.Discussed:-Domination Systems-Crushing...courage, imagination, ambition, individuality-NCLB-Bureaucratic inertia in the tutoring businessPlease visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

(Part 1 of 2)
For the last two months, I have been working primarily with younger kids (ages 6-10). While comparing and contrasting these recent experiences to my work with high school students, I gained a fresh perspective on this whole "school sucks" idea.

Discussed:
-Domination Systems
-Crushing...courage, imagination, ambition, individuality
-NCLB
-Bureaucratic inertia in the tutoring business

Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger recalls the warning of the revolutionary Tom Paine in describing the relentless attacks on WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, which come from the protectors of the status quo.

UPDATE: SEE KOL079 | “Federalist Society IP Debate (Ohio State)” (2011) Last week I participated in a debate on IP at the The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law Student Chapter of The Federalist Society (Moritz College of Law, Ohio State University, Columbus OH, March 3, 2011). This was part of the “John Templeton […]

As I noted in H.C. Andersen Sculpture, the image at left accompanied my Mises Daily article “How We Come To Own Ourselves.” I just loved it. Someone at Mises chose it but when I inquired, no one could remember who had done it or where the picture came from. I started trying to find out […]

(Part 2 of 2)
On February 26th 2011, I took part in a discussion about John Holt's book, Instead of Education. Other participants included Stefan Molyneux, Jake Desyllas, Luke David, Michael Demarco, Thomas Bell, Debbie Harbeson, Ivan Ivanov and Cheryl Hulseapple. Special thanks to Greg for setting up the conference on Skype.

Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

(Part 2 of 2)
On February 26th 2011, I took part in a discussion about John Holt's book, Instead of Education. Other participants included Stefan Molyneux, Jake Desyllas, Luke David, Michael Demarco, Thomas Bell, Debbie Harbeson, Ivan Ivanov and Cheryl Hulseapple. Special thanks to Greg for setting up the conference on Skype.

Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

(Part 2 of 2)On February 26th 2011, I took part in a discussion about John Holt's book, Instead of Education. Other participants included Stefan Molyneux, Jake Desyllas, Luke David, Michael Demarco, Thomas Bell, Debbie Harbeson, Ivan Ivanov and Cheryl Hulseapple. Special thanks to Greg for setting up the conference on Skype.Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

(Part 1 of 2)
On February 26th 2011, I took part in a discussion about John Holt's book, Instead of Education. Other participants included Stefan Molyneux, Jake Desyllas, Luke David, Michael Demarco, Thomas Bell, Debbie Harbeson, Ivan Ivanov and Cheryl Hulseapple. Special thanks to Greg for setting up and managing the conference on Skype.

Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

(Part 1 of 2)
On February 26th 2011, I took part in a discussion about John Holt's book, Instead of Education. Other participants included Stefan Molyneux, Jake Desyllas, Luke David, Michael Demarco, Thomas Bell, Debbie Harbeson, Ivan Ivanov and Cheryl Hulseapple. Special thanks to Greg for setting up and managing the conference on Skype.

Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

(Part 1 of 2)On February 26th 2011, I took part in a discussion about John Holt's book, Instead of Education. Other participants included Stefan Molyneux, Jake Desyllas, Luke David, Michael Demarco, Thomas Bell, Debbie Harbeson, Ivan Ivanov and Cheryl Hulseapple. Special thanks to Greg for setting up and managing the conference on Skype.Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

On Facebook, a left-anarchist friend wrote: To the archists out there. What is your philosophical justification for hierarchy such as the hierarchy of a state, corporation, church, or any social organization based upon a chain of command? This engendered much discussion. My own reply was: “To the archists out there. What is your philosophical justification […]

I was a guest on The Medical Freedom Report Podcast, with host Michael Ostrolenk, earlier this month; it was just been podcast. See below. [see KOL065 | Guest on The Medical Freedom Report, with Michael Ostrolenk: Patents on Medical Technology and Pharmaceuticals (Feb. 24, 2011)] Patents & Copyrights: intellectual property rights or monopoly control of […]

PICTURE: Friedrich Nietzsche had eyebrows, mustaches, and ideas that all eventually grew out of control.

In my SAT class last Saturday (2-19-11), a student pulled out an interesting essay question: "Is the purpose of education to change the world?"

At this point, I was compelled to tell a story.

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PICTURE: Friedrich Nietzsche had eyebrows, mustaches, and ideas that all eventually grew out of control.

In my SAT class last Saturday (2-19-11), a student pulled out an interesting essay question: "Is the purpose of education to change the world?"

At this point, I was compelled to tell a story.

Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

PICTURE: Friedrich Nietzsche had eyebrows, mustaches, and ideas that all eventually grew out of control.In my SAT class last Saturday (2-19-11), a student pulled out an interesting essay question: "Is the purpose of education to change the world?"At this point, I was compelled to tell a story.Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.

In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger examines the imperial force that has preserved an unfree Middle East and whose true political nature is rarely uttered, except occasionally by those who have known it from within.

I was a guest on the Feb. 15, 2011 episode of Thinking Liberty, “an interactive libertarian anarchist talk program.” We talked for quite a while about IP; the hosts asked very intelligent questions. (My segment is from about 25:00 to 1:16:00.) (local MP3 file) (KOL Podcast version)

Back when I was a teenager, in the mid-1990s, a myriad of politicians, reporters, experts and officials all shared a serious concern over a growing problem: me

“Today’s media portrayals of teens employ the same stereotypes once openly applied to unpopular racial and ethnic groups: violent, reckless, hypersexed, welfare-draining, obnoxious, ignorant. And like traditional stereotypes, the modern media teenager is a distorted image, derived from the dire fictions promoted by official agencies and interest groups.” -Mike Males, Bashing Youth (1994)

Back when I was a teenager, in the mid-1990s, a myriad of politicians, reporters, experts and officials all shared a serious concern over a growing problem: me

“Today’s media portrayals of teens employ the same stereotypes once openly applied to unpopular racial and ethnic groups: violent, reckless, hypersexed, welfare-draining, obnoxious, ignorant. And like traditional stereotypes, the modern media teenager is a distorted image, derived from the dire fictions promoted by official agencies and interest groups.” -Mike Males, Bashing Youth (1994)

Back when I was a teenager, in the mid-1990s, a myriad of politicians, reporters, experts and officials all shared a serious concern over a growing problem: me“Today’s media portrayals of teens employ the same stereotypes once openly applied to unpopular racial and ethnic groups: violent, reckless, hypersexed, welfare-draining, obnoxious, ignorant.

My article, Rethinking IP, was published yesterday on Mises Daily. It details the content and purpose of my upcoming Mises Academy course, “Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics,” Mises Academy (March 22, 2011 – April 29, 2011). This is a 6-week course and will run starting March 22, 2011 (on Tuesday evenings, 9pm EST) […]

I’ll be a panelist on the “Intellectual Property Law and Policy” panel of Symposium: “Plain Meaning in Context: Can Law Survive its Own Language?”, being put on by New York University School of Law/Journal of Law and Liberty (February 18, 2011). Details below: The Journal of Law and Liberty is excited to announce our Spring […]

In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger argues that the Egyptian revolt, with epic spectacle and inspiration, has wider possibilities than a change of regime in Cairo.

Yesterday I was a Guest panelist on Denise Howell’s This Week in Law, Episode 97, entitled “God Creates. We Patent.” TWiL is part of Leo Laporte’s impressive and growing private TWiT (This Week in Tech) netcast network (I regularly listen to the TWiT network’s This Week in Tech, MacBreak Weekly, and TWiL, in addition to […]

Kinsella on This Week in Law (TWiL) Podcast by Stephan Kinsella on January 31, 2011 @ 11:49 pm · 2 comments in Podcasts,Technology This Friday (Feb. 4) I’ll be a guest on This Week in Law, part of Leo Laporte’s impressive and growing private TWiT (This Week in Tech) netcast network. I would not be […]

Francis Ford Coppola, copyfighter by Stephan Kinsella on January 29, 2011 IP as Puritanism by Stephan Kinsella on January 29, 2011 Masnick on Innovation vs. Invention by Stephan Kinsella on January 26, 2011 The 64 Unique Patents by Stephan Kinsella on January 25, 2011 TED Curator Chris Anderson on Crowd Accelerated Innovation by Stephan Kinsella […]

The 64 Unique Patents January 25, 2011 | Stephan Kinsella | 10 Comments Update: Patents Kill: Compulsory Licenses and Genzyme’s Life Saving Drug January 19, 2011 | Stephan Kinsella | 6 Comments Kinsella: “Intellectual Freedom and Learning Versus Patent and Copyright” January 18, 2011 | Stephan Kinsella | 13 Comments Objectivist Greg Perkins on Intellectual […]

Dr. Obama: Heal Thyself! Posted by Stephan Kinsella on January 29, 2011 09:20 AM On the White House Blog, Obama comments on the Egypt situation, stating “all governments must maintain power through consent, not coercion.” Interesting idea. I wish the federal government would try that approach. Michael Moore and Barbra Streisand might still pay their […]

In his latest column for the New Statesman, John Pilger reports on the the scandalous neglect and failure of Australian governments to plan for a disastrous great flood long predicted, and the suppression of the reasons why.

Wes, Stef and I discuss the theories of Marshall Rosenberg.

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Wes, Stef and I discuss the theories of Marshall Rosenberg.

Please visit schoolsucksproject.com for full show notes, references and links.