“The Labor Theory of Property”
This is one of NHNovella.com’s first non-fiction pieces of prose, submitted by first-time contributor Craig Haynie. He says, “One of my issues is the correct idenfication of property. While the US...
View Article“The Genesis Imperative: Using Facts to Derive Moral Theory”
Kant’s Dilemma Kant believed that reason could only be used to discover knowledge in the physical world, but could not be used to discover moral truths. Accordingly, he identified two types of moral...
View Article“Something Worth Fighting For”
A colonel once advised me to never, ever, under any circumstances feel like I’m pulling one over on the Army. We were friends despite his higher rank, and I had been struggling with a form DD 1351-2 to...
View Article“Life Lessons”
I’m occasionally asked what I’ve learned from my experiences in the military. My responses, particularly before my third tour, have always involved leadership, confidence, knowledge of myself and of...
View Article“Hegel, the Failed Utopia, the Historical Inevitability & Our Time”
It may be said that man today is a lost creature, in many respects. The world has changed in fundamental ways with so little knowledge of what the future holds for humanity and the individuals that...
View Article“Zombies Don’t Like Donuts”
What the hell? Snowflakes falling in April? And ants the size of cockroaches with asses that look like they would make an audible disgusting POP if I were to squish them with a tissue and lightning...
View Article“Securing the Network”
The person or people claiming the name Satoshi Nakamoto solved a difficult problem. There was a certain amount of creativity required, and a simplistic beauty in the solution. Like many times when a...
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“War for Anarchists: a Memoir”
Roman Skaskiw is, as of last year, an American ex-pat living in Ukraine. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Atlantic, Stanford Maganize, Front Porch Journal, on NHNovella, the Mises...
View Article“The Opposite of Force”
To determine what the opposite of force is, let’s define force. In physics, force is the change in momentum over the change in time. If momentum does not change over time, that’s not the opposite of...
View Article“The Opposite of Force”
The opposite of force is persuasion. Force is a wrecking ball. It tears asunder the edifice of all it touches, the shards and detritus a monument to its uncivilized impulse. Force requires no...
View Article“The Opposite of Force”
The opposite of force, in my mind, is patience and understanding. Wouldn’t it seem fitting that if there were more patience and understanding of other viewpoints, for slow, old, eccentric, young,...
View Article“The Opposite of Force”
The opposite of force is a butterfly’s wings kissing your cheek, setting in motion a cavalcade of reactionary responses, both instinctual and pleasing. As the scent of freshly baked apple pie draws you...
View Article“The Opposite of Force”
The opposite of force is … inertia. An object in motion will remain in motion until it is acted upon by an outside force — Newton’s first law of motion. In human affairs, this manifests itself as the...
View Article“The Opposite of Force”
To me, the opposite of force is Will. Force is an external drive, compelling (with the implicit threat of harm) one to do the bidding of another. Will, on the other hand, is an internal drive that an...
View Article“The Opposite of Force”
What is the definition of ‘force’? Interesting question. Libertarians and other assorted members of the freedom movement often talk of force, and all its negatives & perils. Oftentimes, this...
View Article“The Opposite of Force”
Oh, the opposite of force? Aggravation. And I don’t think I can handle it anymore. I’ve had to berate fools and their awful proposals, assuage the egos of the insecure, and feint praise to the asinine...
View ArticlePen > Sword
Carla Gericke, president of the Free State Project and previous NHNovella contributor, decided to host a class for aspiring writers. The group was called “Pen > Sword” as a play on the ‘pen is...
View Article“Narcissus Meets Marx”
“Come and see Look at me” — A royal share Of immodesty “Deify me While I religiously Act in praise Of mediocrity” “How can I see What you see Without a reflection Held up for me?” “How can I be Truly...
View Article“Truth”
He learns with delight, upon simple exertions Of small minds contrite, facing clever assertions – Resentfully so, for want of good work That likewise inspires – saying “‘Tis job for our kirk!” “Traitor...
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