Category Archives: Commentary on the News

Rule of Law and Civilization’s Fall

Posted on 2016-01-11 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary on the News, 09JAN2016, #16-02A  By Nathan Barton Rule of law? Following up on my commentary on the fall of Euro-American Civilization, and the rule of law, is this story. Sky reports that 78-year-old James McConnell, a preacher … Continue reading →

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Guns, cops, and killing

Posted on 2016-01-09 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary, 08JAN2016, #16-01H  by Nathan Barton What is going on in Texas? People seem to be confused and divided. And sometimes, companies cannot even get things straight in their own management’s minds. As reported by Bloomberg.com and featured in … Continue reading →

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The Fall of Civilization?

Posted on 2016-01-08 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary, 08JAN2015, #16-01G By Nathan Barton Has Western (Euro-American) Civilization fallen? There are many elements that together make up what we fondly think of as “civilization” and especially Euro-American civilization: technology, science, urbanization, respect for life, rule of law, … Continue reading →

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Hoploclasm 2016 edition: The Rejection of Guns for Some People

Posted on 2016-01-07 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary, 6JAN2016, #16-01E By Nathan Barton There are many stories in the last few days about this grand pronouncement by the Crier-in-Chief; this one has images of a White House document, provided by The Blaze. There are a LOT … Continue reading →

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Islamic Wars Worldwide, 2016

Posted on 2016-01-06 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary, 05JAN2106, #16-01C by Nathan Barton It is clear that 2016 is definitely going to be yet another year of Islamic warfare. Two stories come up that remind us that Islam is NOT a religion of liberty (nor are … Continue reading →

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Oregon: Beginning of the End? Or Something Else?

Posted on 2016-01-05 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary, 05JAN2016, #16-01D by Nathan Barton Difficult as it is to sort through what is going on at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon, after watching it for several days it appears to be a case of “too little, … Continue reading →

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Individual Liberty versus Government

Posted on 2016-01-05 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary, 05JAN2016, #16-01B By Nathan BartonFor decades, we have seen individual liberty and responsibility for our daily, even hourly, actions whittled away by a tsunami of government edicts of all kinds, from laws “legally” passed by councils and commissions, … Continue reading →

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Breaking the Law

Posted on 2016-01-04 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary, 04JAN2016, #16-01A by Nathan Barton Breaking the law? We do it all the time, either intentionally or unintentionally. Here are a couple of examples of INTENTIONAL law breaking. A Dallas, Texas, group called “Don’t Comply” (as reported by … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 31 DEC 2015, #15-52C: End of the Year

Posted on 2015-12-31 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It has been a bad year in many respects, both worldwide and in the Fifty States and in Colorado and South Dakota and for business and family, but we should not let events keep us from appreciating … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 30 DEC 2015, #15-52B: Weather Judgment

Posted on 2015-12-30 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It seems that the NutCases are out in force again this week, with Jeremiads about the “abnormal” weather and blaming everything from HAARP to manmade global warming to God’s punishment on the Fifty States for Hillary and … Continue reading →

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