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Free to Choose, Born to Buy (and Left to Die)
In the past two weeks I’ve been reading a series of books which connected together despite being on disparate subjects. Milton Friedman’s Free to Choose, published in the 1970s, argues for a completely free market — that is, one with … Continue reading
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Tagged children, classically liberal, consumerism, economics, goods/services, manners and morals, marketing, parenting, philosophy, poverty
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The Disappearance of Childhood
The Disappearance of Childhood©1982 Neil Postman177 pages Television is killing your children — conceptually. In 1985, Neil Postman penned Amusing Ourselves to Death, in which he, building off of the lesson in Technopoly that technology changes our culture without our knowledge, … Continue reading
The Unschooling Handbook
The Unschooling Handbook: How to Use the Whole World As Your Child’s Classroom© 1998 Marry Griffith240 pages What does it mean to educate a child? In the United States, schooling is dominated by standards, by regular exams that force educators … Continue reading
Crunchy Cons
Crunchy Cons: How Birkenstocked Burkeans, gun-loving organic gardeners, evangelical free-range farmers, hip homeschooling mamas, right-wing nature lovers, and their diverse tribe of counterculture conservatives plan to save America (or at least the Republican party) © 2006 Rod Dreher 272 pages … Continue reading
The Plain Reader
The Plain Reader© 1998 various authors, edited by Scott Savage272 pages What really matters? Such is the question explored by the contributing authors of The Plain Reader, a collaboration between Amish and Quaker communities to express how living simply allows … Continue reading
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Tagged children, education, energy, essays, health/wellness, mindfulness, philosophy, self reliance, simple living, social criticism, Society and Culture
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Hey Mom, Can I Ride My Bike Across America?
Hey Mom, Can I Ride My Bike Across America? Five Kids Meet their Country© 1990 John Siegel Boettnerwith excerpts from the journals of Heather Deutsch, Joy Fulton, Jimmy West, Carl Fagerlin, and Ethan Turpin.439 pages The United States isn’t a … Continue reading
Pedaling Revolution
Pedaling Revolution: How Cyclists are Changing American Cities© 2009 Jeff Mapes288 pages That’s some serious wind resistance there, buddy. Governments across the world today are beset by problems common to all: rising fuel prices and obesity rates, the ever-present spectre … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycles, children, cities, civic activism, civic awareness, politics, Politics-CivicInterest, transportation, urbanism
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Bringing up Bébé
Bringing up Bébé: One Mother Discovers the Wisdom of French Parenting© 2012 Pamela Druckerman304 pages When Pamela Druckerman moved to Paris to start a life with her new husband, she noticed something rather odd about French children: they behaved. Long … Continue reading
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Tagged children, cultural exploration, food, food and drink, France, lifestyle, marriage and family, parenting
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Cinderella Ate My Daughter
Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture© 2012 Peggy Orenstein260 pages When did every little girl become a princess to be bedecked in pink and fawned over? Such is the question posed by … Continue reading
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Tagged adolescence, Alistair Horne, children, Disney, Eric Schlosser, goods/services, marketing, marriage and family, media, parenting, sexuality, Society and Culture, the Internet, women, women's studies
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Books in the News
Every so often I see news articles which touch on subjects I’ve been reading about; I used to link to them in weekly review posts from time to time, but I may start doing it in this format. For Consuming … Continue reading
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