Category Archives: Commentary on the News

Personal Liberty and Security, a rant

Posted on 2016-02-23 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-08B by Nathan Barton While we understand (as too few do) that liberty is a greater good and priority than security, the two ARE connected. Overall, in the long term, security for individuals and families is ONLY possible … Continue reading →

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Liberty? Liberty is missing: government and economies

Posted on 2016-02-22 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-08A  by Nathan Barton Liberty?  Fat chance. US News reports from Denver that a large roadside sign marks the entrance of longtime strip club Shotgun Willie’s, and Smoking Gun Apothecary, the new marijuana dispensary in Glendale, Colo. Smokin … Continue reading →

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Reality is overrated.

Posted on 2016-02-18 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-07C By Nathan Barton Reality is “malleable,” at least if you are a politician (or a con-man. there’s really not much difference at the root of it). If they say it long enough and loud enough, they figure … Continue reading →

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Irrational actions and reactions

Posted on 2016-02-18 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-07B by Nathan A Barton Irrational actions: Grocery store chains (Krogers, Safeway/Albertsons, etc.) have long been some of the most ardent of supporters of the USDA’s welfare program for families (“food stamps,” now called SNAP. Will this change? … Continue reading →

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Patriarchs, Popes, and Politics

Posted on 2016-02-13 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Too little, too late “The Roman Catholic Pope and Russian orthodox leader bridge 1,000-year rift in Christianity,” so says the WaPo. The Wapo claims this is the first such meeting since a split formed in the 11th … Continue reading →

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No Limits on Government?

Posted on 2016-02-13 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian commentary on News, #06-16E by Nathan Barton Limits on government? Executive power? Don’t make me laugh. Clearly, the leading Democratic presidential candidates, as well as the guy now in DC, don’t think that there are any limits. Consider… Socialist … Continue reading →

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Is American Liberty Toast?

Posted on 2016-02-12 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-06D By Nathan Barton IT’S OVER. TOAST. Townhall reports that the last four people at the Malhour National Wildlife Refuge standoff have surrendered, apparently without bloodshed and with no promises of no arrests and no prosecution (not that … Continue reading →

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Politics and government – it’s not the waste water treatment plant you smell

Posted on 2016-02-11 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary, #16-06C, 11 February 2016 By Nathan Barton In 2016, people are learning (again!) that politics is dirty and stinks “to high heaven,” offending the nostrils of God and anyone with any brains. New Hampshire, with just 1.3 million … Continue reading →

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Disgusting habits

Posted on 2016-02-10 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-06B by Nathan Barton Americans have this disgusting habit of politicizing everything, especially commercials for food, and people and businesses who sell food. Remember the bakers who are being punished for not baking ‘same-sex wedding’ cakes and Chik-fil-A? … Continue reading →

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Syria and its woes

Posted on 2016-02-10 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-06A By Nathan Barton The Islamic wars continue, Freedom Net Daily has a few stories to comment on, specifically looking at Syria right now, where at least four sides and a dozen nations and other groups are making … Continue reading →

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