Category Archives: Commentary on the News

War on the West, entering a new phase?

Posted on 2017-01-02 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton With a new massa supposedly moving into 1600 in less than a month (assuming things go for him on Monday the 19th), lots of old issues are getting revved up again. One is the War of the … Continue reading →

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Reports of its death are greatly exaggerated

Posted on 2017-01-01 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton James A Haught, in CounterPunch writes about the “long, slow death of religion” in America. “By now, it’s clear that religion is fading in America, as it has done in most advanced Western democracies. Dozens of surveys … Continue reading →

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King Congress the Cowardly

Posted on 2016-12-29 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I call it “Barton’s Theory of Organizational Personality,” and first developed it as a young (but experienced) 1st Lieutenant with six years of college, two years of industrial work, and three years of military active duty behind … Continue reading →

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Population growth, economics, freedom, and religion

Posted on 2016-12-28 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton One of the interesting news items last week was that Utah’s population crossed the 3.0 million mark as it became the nation’s fastest-growing state over the last year. Its population increased 2.0 percent to 3.1 million from … Continue reading →

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A fond farewell to Thomas Sowell

Posted on 2016-12-28 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Thomas Sowell, a libertarian (if not fully free-market anarchist) today announced his retirement from writing political commentary after 25 years. He is 86, and it is very much understandable, if disappointing, to those who (like myself) have … Continue reading →

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So, they won, eh?

Posted on 2016-12-06 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I got the news late yesterday: actually a bit surprising on a Sunday, but maybe I just overlooked it. The “Water Protectors” have won: the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) has had its permit denied by the US … Continue reading →

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Taking Control

Posted on 2016-12-01 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton For the last three weeks, with amazing levels of criticism, the Massa-to-be is doing all the preparation work necessary to take control (or so he and others fondly hope) of the massive leviathan called the FedGov. Part … Continue reading →

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Space Junk?

Posted on 2016-11-30 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton Look out! Duck! One of my favorite short stories back in the late 1960s involved confrontation between Soviet and American occupation forces on Luna, who discovered that firing large numbers of projectiles in very thin atmosphere and … Continue reading →

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Lies and more lies: Ohio State “Shooting”

Posted on 2016-11-29 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Back to work and commenting after a Thanksgiving weekend… The mainstream media (the “Fake News” according to several correspondents) demonstrated why they should be called that today, when a Somali Muslim student, after hours of ranting about … Continue reading →

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In support of secession (Part 1)

Posted on 2016-11-25 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I recently commented on efforts in California and Oregon to withdraw those states from the Union, following the election of Donald Trump as Massa (POTUS) (assuming that the Electoral College does indeed vote as expected). Since then, … Continue reading →

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