Yearly Archives: 2017

Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 23, 2017 by MamaLiberty

From MamaLiberty and Nathan Barton Now, don’t eat TOO much, and hug someone at least once an hour all day.

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Military obligation

Posted on November 23, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Warning: this is a commentary on a commentary on a commentary! A guy (gal?) Finian Cunningham published a commentary on OpEdNews, asking, “Is a military coup against Trump in the cards?”  In part this reads: “In an … Continue reading →

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In with the new, same as the old

Posted on November 22, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Dictator of Zimbabwe (formerly Southern Rhodesia and then Rhodesia) Robert Mugabe, after more than a week of crisis, has resigned after ruling the southern African nation with an iron fist for 37 years, according to the Guardian. … Continue reading →

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Thanksgiving 2017

Posted on November 21, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Day after tomorrow (as I write this) is Thanksgiving Day in the Fifty States.  Other nations have such a festival or ceremony or holiday.  (For example, Canada has, since the 1930s, observed Thanksgiving on a Monday in … Continue reading →

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The Answers

Posted on November 20, 2017 by MamaLiberty

By MamaLiberty Just this morning I was talking with another freedom blogger about our mutual writer’s block – the fact that we’ve said what we had to say for years and years, yet so few seem to agree or even … Continue reading →

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Of Frogs and Universities

Posted on November 18, 2017 by MamaLiberty

By Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. Over the past half century or so there have been unprecedented changes in higher education which most exquisitely are explained by The Frog Theory. Per Wikipedia, The Frog Theory goes as follows: If a frog … Continue reading →

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The color of politics

Posted on November 17, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Reality is a difficult concept for many people to grasp. And those who are “reality challenged” seem to be on the increase, these days. One of the areas where this seems to be a particular problem is … Continue reading →

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Dealing with predators

Posted on November 16, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The lists get longer and longer – the predators – sexual predators – are being outed and (for the most part) condemned, even expelled from various and sundry events and organizations. On the political side (just in … Continue reading →

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Who owns space?

Posted on November 14, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton “The Next Big Future” has an article which both castigates government (NASA) in particular, and then demonstrates an unhealthy and irrational faith in government as well as a weird claim of dependence on government, all in a … Continue reading →

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Welfare – the alternative

Posted on November 13, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Today, it seems that more and more of government resources here in the Fifty States – federal, state, tribal, and local – go to providing welfare.  Although the statistics seem to say otherwise, the cost of helping … Continue reading →

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