Category Archives: Commentary on the News

RIP The Donald?

Posted on 2025-09-05 by TPOL Nathan

“If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.” That old saying no doubt has to be updated, “If wishes were Harleys, wannabe bikers would ride.” Or something. Clearly that is what a lot of never-Trumpers (of whatever political allegiance they claim) … Continue reading →

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Political correctness – fighting crime? really?

Posted on 2025-09-04 by TPOL Nathan

With these last four unacceptable (“banned”) words from the highly intelligent and very wise folks at ThirdWay.org, we conclude our series on Political correctness. (We are being, of course sarcastic. Really.) Third Way itself tells us, these words say: “The … Continue reading →

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The tragedy of our British cousins’ loss of liberty

Posted on 2025-09-03 by TPOL Nathan

We first learned about Graham Lineham’s arrest from Tom Woods. A detailed discussion of his ordeal on his return from the United States can be found at The Blaze. He was met at Heathrow Airport on deplaning by five – … Continue reading →

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A blow against local tyranny?

Posted on 2025-08-30 by TPOL Nathan

From Florida comes word that a State legislator is attempting to outlaw HOAs – Home Owners Associations. Juan Porras, a Miami Republican, is pushing to liberate nearly half the population of Florida who live in communities with HOAs. Over the … Continue reading →

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Political correctness – the human race (not)

Posted on 2025-08-28 by TPOL Nathan

TPOL continues to look at, comment (and make fun of) the ThirdWay’s list of verboten words for the Woke, SJW, and regressives when that gang of enemies of liberty try to cozen people. Today, we have five bad words for … Continue reading →

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Flag burning

Posted on 2025-08-26 by TPOL Nathan

We will put off continuing our discussion of Woke-banned words and all the fun with that to comment on The Donald’s latest assault on the public peace. Of course, we are speaking of his imperial decree (executive order) signed Monday … Continue reading →

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Political correctness – more words the Woke aren’t supposed to use

Posted on 2025-08-23 by TPOL Nathan

In the last commentary, we looked at 11 of the words that the Third Way website/group says that the leftists/Woke/so-called Progressives should stop using. As we pointed out at the end, at least one reason for the advocates of that … Continue reading →

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Political correctness – sticks and stones but…

Posted on 2025-08-22 by TPOL Nathan

It is getting downright painful to listen to the media – both mainstream and alternative, both “left” and “right.” And even the libertarian (or semi-libertarian) versions. There is poor English, bad grammar, mispronounced words, and an arrogant attitude. But the … Continue reading →

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The evils and abusive nature of modern marketing

Posted on 2025-08-21 by TPOL Nathan

All the radio news and online talk shows and social media, for the last couple of days, have been talking all about the new Cracker Barrel logo. It took a day or two for most observers to notice it is … Continue reading →

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Throwing down the gauntlet

Posted on 2025-08-19 by TPOL Nathan

Do you happen to remember Robert Reich? Here is a refresher from MSN: Robert Reich is a professor of public policy at Berkeley and former Secretary of Labor. His writings can be found at https://robertreich.substack.com/.” In one of his latest screeds, … Continue reading →

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