Children of the Collective
Throughout history, totalitarians have recognized the importance of propagandizing the rising generation in order to maintain and increase the state's power. This tendency to consider children as part of some dystopian collective...
Feardom: How Politicians Exploit Your Emotions and What You Can Do to Stop Them
What do history’s most notorious despots have in common with many of the flag-waving, patriotic politicians of our day? Both groups rise to power through the exploitation of fear. Sometimes the fear derives from a pre-existing...
How to Not Suck at Life
As a public speaker and author of the acclaimed Tuttle Twins children’s book series, Connor Boyack has interacted with thousands of parents nationwide who often complain about how their teen children are struggling and don’t have...
Lessons from a Lemonade Stand
Are all laws legitimate? And does winning a popularity contest (also called an election) give somebody the authority to boss you around? What if the government outlaws something you need to do? Is it okay to break the law if...
Mediocrity: 40 Ways Government Schools are Failing Today’s Students
In 1983, the National Commission on Excellence in Education warned, “The educational foundations of our society are presently being eroded by a rising tide of mediocrity that...
Mind Wars: Avoiding Deception in an Age of Manipulation
We wouldn’t dream of sending a soldier into battle without essential gear: body armor, a weapon, and knowledge of the enemy’s motives, strategies, and weaknesses. Yet, many parents today unknowingly send their children into the...
Passion-Driven Education: How to Use Your Child’s Interests to Ignite a Lifelong Love of Learning
Why You Need This Book Do you need parenting advice on how to inspire your child to love learning? Whether you homeschool or send your kids to public or private school, this is essential...
Skip College
Tens of millions of Americans owe a combined $1.5 trillion in debt for student loans. Much of this staggering expense has been unnecessary; attending college is more of a tradition -- a cultural rite of passage than a necessary...
The Law
The Law by Frédéric Bastiat is easily the most effective and persuasive reading material to help a person understand—and support—liberty and the proper role of government. It can be read in only an hour's time, yet its...
Civil Disobedience
Henry David Thoreau's classic essay on civil disobedience is now available in a handy pocket edition, and is joined by several related essays from other authors on the same subject. Why and when should you resist an unjust law?...
The Right and Wrong of Compulsion by the State
He's the best essayist you've never heard of—Auberon Herbert, the original "voluntaryist" whose essay explains liberty more powerfully than Bastiat's The Law! By what right do men rule over one another? This tantalizing...
Latter-day Liberty
This is the first written by Libertas Institute's president, Connor Boyack. In it, he describes Mormonism's view on liberty and why Christians should be the foremost advocates of freedom. Endorsed by Ron Paul, Tom Woods, and many...
Latter-day Responsibility
In a follow up to his popular first book, Connor Boyack establishes the path towards freedom: personal responsibility. Each chapter of this book discusses a different area in our life that must be practiced properly to make...