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- Self-Government
If the Trucks Stop
Supply disruptions expose how much daily life depends on fragile networks. A resilient voluntary community needs more than ideology—it needs food systems, mutual aid, trusted institutions, and real ways to cooperate.
by Diamond-Michael Scott • Sep 23
5 mins Read
- The Tao of Liberty
A Free-Market Case Study in Urban Growth and Local Self-Government
Cherry Creek North offers a real-world lesson in spontaneous order: loosen constraints, clarify the rules, and let builders, businesses, investors, and customers discover what works.
by Diamond-Michael Scott • Sep 23
11 mins Read
- Infrastructure
How Government Policy Made America Hostile to Pedestrians
America’s dependence on cars was not simply a consumer choice. Decades of zoning, subsidies, and planning helped make driving a necessity for millions.
by Laura Williams • Sep 23
6 mins Read
- Alternative Solutions
The Price of Peace and Quiet in AnCapville
When a neighbor keeps breaking the community’s quiet-hours covenant, the Kane family must decide how far voluntary enforcement should go—and how much freedom they are willing to trade for peace and quiet.
by Adam Haman • Sep 21
6 mins Read
- Alternative Solutions
How AnCapville Works: Real “Social Contracts” Are Signed!
A stateless society is not a society without rules. Private property, contracts, covenants, arbitration, reputation, and exit can create enforceable community rules without a territorial monopoly.
by Adam Haman • Sep 21
8 mins Read
- Personal Liberty
Flock Cameras, Vandalism, and the Power of the Jury
As communities push back against Flock surveillance, some camera vandals are ending up in court. That raises an old question: when may a jury refuse to enforce the law?
by Rory Margraf • Sep 21
6 mins Read
- The Freedom Scale
What Could Consensual Order Look Like?
If we cannot predict exactly what a future of genuine freedom would look like, what can we say about it? Drawing on John Hasnas’ insight into spontaneous order, we explore some of the many ways people might organize security, justice, governance, and community in a condition of consensual order.
by Christopher Cook • Sep 16
9 mins Read
- Self-Government
California Is Failing the Homeless
Mary Theroux argues that homelessness cannot be solved by housing alone. Addiction, mental illness, recovery, and human connection require a more individualized approach.
by Matt Kibbe • Sep 16
1 min Read
- Infrastructure
What America Can Learn From the World’s Best Public Transit Systems
U.S. transit systems do not need to copy foreign models wholesale. They can adapt proven practices in coordination, funding, maintenance, and performance oversight.
by Neliann Rivera • Sep 16
5 mins Read
- Self-Government
How Grievances Undermine Self-Government
Self-government begins within. C. Terry Warner shows how grievance and self-deception trap us in victimhood—and how reclaiming agency can lead to greater freedom.
by Barry Brownstein • Sep 14
7 mins Read
- Economic Liberty
The Failure of Europe’s Single-Payer Health Monopoly
Millions of Europeans are turning to private care as state-run systems struggle with waiting lists and shortages. More competitive models point to another path.
by Cláudia Ascensão Nunes • Sep 14
4 mins Read
- Culture
What Corporate Executives Can Learn from the Cracker Barrel Saga
Cracker Barrel tried to modernize a beloved brand—and alienated the people who loved it. Its costly missteps offer three lessons for corporate leaders.
by Dustin DeVito • Sep 14
4 mins Read
- The Tao of Liberty
They Painted Freedom from the Trunks of Cars
Shut out of Florida’s segregated galleries, the Highwaymen took their paintings to the road—building an art economy through ingenuity, voluntary exchange, and sheer adaptability.
by Diamond-Michael Scott • Sep 11
8 mins Read
- Big Government
Our Enemy, the State Taught Me to Stop Confusing Government with Society
Albert Jay Nock drew a sharp line between government and society. His challenge remains powerful—but self-government requires subjecting Nock’s own ideas to scrutiny too.
by Diamond-Michael Scott • Sep 11
5 mins Read
- Economic Liberty
Do California’s Tire Efficiency Mandates Actually Save Drivers Money?
California says more efficient tires can save drivers money. But a good deal doesn't need a mandate—and regulators can't know which trade-offs matter to every driver.
by Ninos P. Malek • Sep 11
6 mins Read
- Alternative Solutions
Morning in AnCapville
In AnCapville, roads, schools, security, arbitration, and even neighborhood rules emerge through voluntary agreements rather than political monopoly. Alex Kane’s ordinary day offers a glimpse of what that world might look like.
by Adam Haman • Sep 8
7 mins Read
- Alternative Solutions
How AnCapville Works: Order Without Government
AnCapville has no monopoly government, but it isn’t without rules or order. Here’s how private law, market incentives, restitution, and freedom of choice could make it work.
by Adam Haman • Sep 8
9 mins Read
- Economics
Inequality Is Not the Problem
A shrinking middle class sounds alarming—until you see where many families went. Rising prosperity complicates the familiar story about wealth inequality.
by Lipton Matthews • Sep 8
10 mins Read
- The Freedom Scale
Panarchy: A Libertarian Alternative to One-Size-Fits-All Government
What if choosing a government worked more like choosing any other service? Panarchy challenges the assumption that everyone in the same place must live under the same political system.
by Christopher Cook • Sep 2
10 mins Read
- Culture
You Don’t Expect People to Attack You on the Bus
Every day, we place remarkable trust in people we don’t know. That simple expectation of peaceful behavior is one of the hidden foundations of a functioning society.
by Jimmy Alfonso Licon • Sep 2
6 mins Read