Category Archives: Commentary on the News

The costs of war – and of peace

Posted on 2025-11-02 by TPOL Nathan

It seems that the latest plan for peace – or at least a cessation of overt combat – is being implemented in Canaan. All be it with many setbacks and detours. We know what the costs of war have been, … Continue reading →

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Pushing free speech – where?

Posted on 2025-11-01 by TPOL Nathan

An appeals court has reversed a lower court ruling that a Wisconsin mother defamed a teacher of her children, and the school district, in a social media post in 2022. Calling her “Woke” and sarcastically a “White savior” because of … Continue reading →

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Four weeks…

Posted on 2025-10-28 by TPOL Nathan

The 28th of October, 2025. The FedGov has been shut down for four weeks. Twenty-eight days. As we all know, the results are catastrophic. The Fifty States have fallen into anarchy and chaos. Jerusalem in AD 70 and Berlin in … Continue reading →

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The fist of tyranny – tighter and tighter?

Posted on 2025-10-20 by TPOL Nathan

Most readers are familiar with the saying (apparently attributed to Thomas Merton), The more you squeeze, the less you have. When it comes to the Imperial regime of the District of Criminals, this certainly appears to be the case. The … Continue reading →

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No King but God

Posted on 2025-10-18 by TPOL Nathan

The Price of Liberty makes no bones about it: we are lovers of liberty (libertarians) and anarchists (against mandatory human government) because we believe in God. In the Creator. He Who is three-in-one, who sent His Son to die for … Continue reading →

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The free flow of information and liberty

Posted on 2025-10-17 by TPOL Nathan

The free flow of information, and free comment/critical/correction of that info, is essential for life and liberty. Yesterday, we here at TPOL published the first of what we expect to be a series on ideas for better health and for … Continue reading →

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Government and personal protective equipment

Posted on 2025-10-12 by TPOL Nathan

There are many professions in which danger and risk cannot be avoided. Many of these are essential to maintaining our society, have a functioning economy, and let us exercise our liberties. Ironically, often the very things that are supposed to … Continue reading →

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Fragmentation underway in these States

Posted on 2025-10-11 by TPOL Nathan

Recent news reports have parroted the press release of the dictator ruling modern California. California, Oregon, and Washington have begun a process of secession. They are creating the “West Coast Health Alliance” which is (in their words) a response “… … Continue reading →

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Internal war ramping up?

Posted on 2025-10-10 by TPOL Nathan

Joining Washington, Oregon, and Minnesota in the coalition suing the Trump administration over defunding sex education in public schools that includes “gender identity” are Colorado, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, New Jersey, New … Continue reading →

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Denominations and liberty

Posted on 2025-10-09 by TPOL Nathan

What is generally called “Christendom” or “Christian churches” is divided into hundreds of denominations, and thousands of “multi-” and “non-” and “anti-” denominational groups (congregations and loose collections of congregations). All claiming to worship YHWH (Jehovah, God, the Creator, the … Continue reading →

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