Category Archives: Commentary on the News

Public Health? Private Health? (was: Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-40D)

Posted on 2014-10-09 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Public health is in the news, dominated by Ebola, but with lots of other things.  In the last twenty-four hours, thousands of articles and hundreds of thousands of words have been produced about what is happening.  Fear … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-40C: Stupid epidemic worse than “disease?”

Posted on 2014-10-09 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Today, the natural theme of the stories that are catching my eye seem to be stupidity on the part of government officials and policies, various and sundry people, on a wide variety of topics.  Bad as things … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-40B: Human life – any value?

Posted on 2014-10-08 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning!  Sometimes, the news just seems to be dull and boring, and today is one of those:  the news and the talk shows all seem to be Ebola and the Caliphate.  Oh, and the Supreme Court … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-40A: Hypocrisy in Government? Surely not!

Posted on 2014-10-06 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning.  Is government just lying? (Again?) Or being hypocritical?  Or just being stupid?  Or all of the above? Anger at president reaches new high as faith in government falls according to the WaPo. New polling data … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-39E: Weekend fears and follies

Posted on 2014-10-04 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning!  On this lovely Saturday, the Home Front is just really going through convulsions, as people are really upset and worried. We aren’t supposed to, of course: guvmint will take care of us really, really nicely, … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-39C: Evil is as evil does

Posted on 2014-10-03 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning. On the road yesterday, so playing catch up today! A story I’ve wanted to address shows how evil and stupid government and those who trust in it are. Connecticut governor’s Sandy Hook panel recommends new … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-39B: Sanity seriously short

Posted on 2014-09-30 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning.  Sanity seems to be a rarer and rarer commodity these days, doesn’t it?  Consider some of the stories in today’s news. Man shoots bullet through his neighbor’s window, reportedly for this astounding reason: because he … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-39A: Wars and more wars

Posted on 2014-09-29 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning.  First, let us look quickly at some war news.  Last week, we continued to find fighting all over the place. No boots on the ground?  Really?  Fellow soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division (Mechanized) are … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-38E: Stupid government and more

Posted on 2014-09-26 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning! The FedGov has settled with the Dineh (the Navajo Nation) for decades of mismanagement and lost money from coal, oil and gas, and other resources for the princely sum of 554 million bucks.  Of course, … Continue reading →

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Murder Inc. in American Streets, Stores, and Homes (Libertarian commentary on the News, #14-38D)

Posted on 2014-09-25 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning. Or is it?  Last night, I found a whole bunch of killer-cop stories that totally disgust me.  Disgusts AND frightens me, because while we are all worried about Islamic terrorists, we hold a far more … Continue reading →

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