Monthly Archives: May 2023

FedGov good at micromanagement – but…

Posted on May 17, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

An MSN story appeared on 15 MAY 2023, explaining how Uncle Joe’s Regime is coming out in favor of religious freedom in public schools. Now, we here at TPOL are as always highly critical of ANY presidential regime, as we … Continue reading →

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What went wrong in Farmington?

Posted on May 16, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Farmington is a city of 45,000 in Northwestern New Mexico, the closest large city (well, in TPOL’s eyes) to the famed Four Corners, and the largest city in/near the Navajo Nation’s “Big Rez” and several other AmerInd tribes. Unlike the … Continue reading →

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Fighting “the Man” with humor

Posted on May 15, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Recently a professor at a California community college was suspended for sharing “HerShe” and “HeHim” chocolate bars at an event. (Spoiler: the HeHim bars contain nuts, the HerShe do not.) Seems the homosexual history professor stepped on some sensitive Woke … Continue reading →

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At last – common gun law found unconstitutional

Posted on May 13, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Many of us have known and stated for years that federal gun laws (and many others) were unconstitutional. It does NOT take a constitutional lawyer to see that any law that restricts the freedom of 18-20 year olds is a … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma crazy?

Posted on May 12, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Last week, the governor of Oklahoma vetoed State funding for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, the State’s local Public Broadcasting System (PBS) affiliate. According to the story, he had multiple reasons. His major one is the more and more strident … Continue reading →

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“Incompetence is the main attribute of government”

Posted on May 11, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Our commentary headline is a quote from the estimable Paul Craig Roberts in his brief recent commentary pointing out that – political and bureaucratic proclamations to the contrary – the destruction of San Francisco’s First Republic Bank is not the … Continue reading →

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Is California a bad neighbor?

Posted on May 10, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

A recent news story featured in Freedom’s Phoenix tells how people along the lower Colorado River in western Arizona are angry about Californians dumping hazardous waste in a couple of their landfills, instead of disposing of the waste in California … Continue reading →

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Too bad: you’re Dutch

Posted on May 9, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

A few years back, several of us here at TPOL had the opportunity to work with a number of Boer farmers. In Eastern Colorado, of all places. The Boers, of course, are descendants of Dutch settlers in what is now … Continue reading →

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Texan hypocrisy on display

Posted on May 8, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

I happened across the MSN news story this afternoon. Even MSN called it shocking news: a Texan House committee passed a bill on an 8-5 vote that will raise the age in which people are “allowed” to purchase “AR15-style” semi-automatic … Continue reading →

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When the church meetinghouse was the center of our communities

Posted on May 6, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Today, especially since the Pandemic Panic, government both in the States and across the planet has expanded into more and more areas of human life. Not only that, but governments actively seek to take control of and provide more and … Continue reading →

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