Book Review: Afghanistan: A Military History
Just War and the Iran Crisis by Robert C. Koons
Marx Contra Marx: A Traditionalist Conservative Critique of The Communist Manifesto by K.R. Bolton
Tom Woods reviews The Founding Fatherers' Guide to the Constitution by Brion McClanahan: How To Read the Constitution
Our founding document can speak through the people who wrote it.
VIDEO: SAF’s Alan Gottlieb on PolitiChicks TV
Alan Gottlieb of the Second Amendment Foundation recently did an interview on PolitiChicks TV. Subjects discussed span from why liberals don’t like guns, the Fast & Furious case, and self-defense.
Economics and Relocalization:
Forget the ‘golden age’ of capitalism: there’s no return, and our future can be better by Aaron Peters (EB)
Peer to peer food growing takes root [Interview] by Mira Luna (EB)
The Extraenvironmentalist: Episode #37 Techno-Fix (mp3)
In Extraenvironmentalist #37 we discuss technological optimism with Dr. Michael Huesemann. Michael explains his fifteen year study into environmental science and philosophies of technology as outlined in his recent book Techno-Fix, co-written with his wife Joyce Huesemann. Is there an inherent reason that the United States is the most technologically optimistic culture in the world? We ask if he has advice for students who are thinking about careers in advanced science and about the value systems embedded in technological systems.
Farming and energy: lessons from collapsed civilisations
How to Find Meaning and Money in Your Work by Billy Parish
Stage 3: The Kin
Study after study shows that we’re happier when we’re together, but sometimes it can be hard to find your people, your tribe, your community. Maybe your family and the community you grew up in don’t seem to support the values or passion you hold dear. Schools and work environments are too often designed for competition, not connection and collaboration, breeding a cliquish and alienating environment.
Most of us start off into the Wilderness with just one or a few friends who understand what we’re going through. We have late-night conversations and long walks to make sense of all the confusing things. We become stronger as we accumulate more friends. So the question is: How do we find our people?
There are hundreds of ways to find larger groups of people with shared values and purpose. Here’s a starter list of two quick ways to get you into your community:
1.Take the online offline. There are online networks and organizations for almost every interest. It’s great to be involved in these sites and networks, but look for opportunities to take the online networking offline as fast as you can. Go to bar nights, potlucks, film screenings, conferences, community association meetings, or open houses of these networks with the goal of finding just one other simpatico person to come to future events with you.
2.Bring it to your town. Look for events that are going on in other towns or cities that attract the people that you want to be hanging out with. Contact the organizer or host organization and sign up to be a local organizer or part of the team that is bringing it to your community. You now have permission to get in touch with as many people as you can and have an organization offering you some support to get started. Whether it is a TEDx event, ChangeCamp, or a Meetup event, there are great opportunities to get to know people.
When you do find true community, it can feel like a homecoming, like the discovery of a new family you didn’t know but was there all along. In these communities, you will find friendship, comradeship, and a kind of unity of purpose. These are the people who will drop everything to help when you’re in need, with whom you can share some laughs and commiseration when choices seem unknown. Your community is made up of those who will help you land a job when you’re broke, partner with you when you want to launch a new company, or at least have a drink with you on a patio.
Before long, if you’re not there already, you’ll end up being a part of multiple communities based around workplaces, conferences, Listservs, and who knows what else. For now, consider that you are already part of a broad movement of Rebuilders, and you aren’t doing it alone. Your community is actually everywhere. There’s a growing acceptance of this trackless track and more and more people that can help you bridge between the different steps on our nonlinear paths.
France’s Distinctive Cheeses Are Disappearing
Energy:
Pilot lights are evil by Tom Murphy (EB)
Catholic:
Liturgical Developments in the Anglican Ordinariate
Cardinal Cañizares on Moderating the Use of Concelebration (Once I Was a Clever Boy)
“The Church will become small and will have to start afresh …”
God and Liberal Modernity by James Kalb (via Insight Scoop)
The Irrational Beauty of Conversion by Christian Tappe
Education:
Classical Education and the Digital Revolution, Part 2 of 3
The Value of Useless Knowledge by Albert Jay Nock
Feminism:
Beyond "Slut" and Shopaholic: What Being a Gen-Y Woman Is Really All About
One woman's experience posing as a man in the world of online dating: (via Alpha Game Plan)
GL Piggy on furthering Title IX legislation: Pushing the Ball
There is a short mention of equality of opportunity versus equality of results, but as opposed to equality of opportunity should we not focus instead on equality of funding? In that case, for whom is physical activity a more integral part of their education, men or women? But it isn't just a question of exercise but also learning how to cooperate on a team, and who is more suited to this and more likely to benefit, men or women? It's a question of equality as it pertains to distributive justice. But a proper account of distributive justice will not work on those who are emotionally invested
in the modern dogma of radical equality of the sexes, since they deny that these sex differences exist or are morally relevant.
NPR: Upset Men and the Women Who Love Them
Marrying Babies
What do Men Want in a Wife, and Why Won’t Wives Oblige?
The return of tights for men?
'Brosiery' and 'mantyhose' take off as men seek the warmth, comfort... and 'fashion statement' of patterned tights
Diet and Health:
LLVLC: Paleo Blogger Richard Nikoley Addresses The Low-Carb vs. Paleo Controversy (mp3)
Free the Animal: My Podcast with The Delightful Jimmy Moore
A vegan returns to eating meat: The Blog Post I Didn't Want To Write
The Paleo Declaration of Independence
Reputation and Economic Performance: The Competitive Strategies of Medieval English Town
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