Monthly Archives: October 2019

Time to offend?

Posted on October 17, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The entire Democratic and neverTrumper Republican effort on the 2020 election, together with dozens of news stories on a weekly basis reveals that the enemies of liberty are desperate and fearful. Even if their object of attack … Continue reading →

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Beyond eternal vigilance

Posted on October 16, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

What is the price of liberty? To put it another way, what are we willing to pay for liberty? Eternal vigilance, yes – especially once you have liberty.  Once you have won that liberty, at whatever cost. But what are … Continue reading →

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Eternal vigilance

Posted on October 15, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

The Price of Liberty is… Eternal Vigilance The name of Mama Liberty’s webzine is of course taken from this well-known (and often misattributed) quote, but she always looked at it as having many levels of meaning.   The earliest known … Continue reading →

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Liberty and the environment

Posted on October 13, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

I’ve been asked this question more than once over the years, as an environmental engineer: “If business is not regulated by government, wouldn’t the environment be destroyed?” Here is a compendium of my answers, over time. Here in the Fifty … Continue reading →

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A scenario for impeachment and more

Posted on October 10, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The more I hear the rhetoric of the Democratic candidates for Massa (POTUS), the Congressional Democrats, and the mainstream media, the more convinced I am that they are indeed pushing for a coup. Yes, The Donald is … Continue reading →

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Pay for play – on our dime

Posted on October 9, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton California has allowed, and Colorado is considering, how college and university sports players can profit from their playing games.  Well, at least some of them.  I think, from the point of view of taxpayers and lovers of … Continue reading →

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Cop guilty of murder in Dallas – afterword

Posted on October 8, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I had posted most of this commentary in “The New Price of Liberty” temporary website, on 1st October, but since there is little traffic to that website now that we are back online here, I think it … Continue reading →

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A free market, a free society

Posted on October 7, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Once upon a time, a customer walked into a grocery store, went to the counter, and told a clerk what she wanted.  The clerk would rush hither and yon, gather the goods, weigh and tag them, then … Continue reading →

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Abortion and liberty

Posted on October 6, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

The news was horrifying. Reuters reports from Illinois: “Thousands of fetal remains [dead unborn babies] found on property of deceased doctor” “More than 2,200 preserved fetal remains have been found on the Illinois property of a recently deceased doctor who … Continue reading →

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Hope for liberty in the 21st Century

Posted on October 5, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton You didn’t hear it on the hourly news, the daily or weekly news roundups, or the newspapers. (Or at least I couldn’t find it.) But the gang of murderous thugs and tyrants who rule most of the … Continue reading →

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