Category Archives: Commentary on the News

At last – common gun law found unconstitutional

Posted on May 13, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Many of us have known and stated for years that federal gun laws (and many others) were unconstitutional. It does NOT take a constitutional lawyer to see that any law that restricts the freedom of 18-20 year olds is a … Continue reading →

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Oklahoma crazy?

Posted on May 12, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Last week, the governor of Oklahoma vetoed State funding for the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, the State’s local Public Broadcasting System (PBS) affiliate. According to the story, he had multiple reasons. His major one is the more and more strident … Continue reading →

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Is California a bad neighbor?

Posted on May 10, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

A recent news story featured in Freedom’s Phoenix tells how people along the lower Colorado River in western Arizona are angry about Californians dumping hazardous waste in a couple of their landfills, instead of disposing of the waste in California … Continue reading →

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Too bad: you’re Dutch

Posted on May 9, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

A few years back, several of us here at TPOL had the opportunity to work with a number of Boer farmers. In Eastern Colorado, of all places. The Boers, of course, are descendants of Dutch settlers in what is now … Continue reading →

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Texan hypocrisy on display

Posted on May 8, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

I happened across the MSN news story this afternoon. Even MSN called it shocking news: a Texan House committee passed a bill on an 8-5 vote that will raise the age in which people are “allowed” to purchase “AR15-style” semi-automatic … Continue reading →

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Too many jobs? Too few people?

Posted on May 5, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

This came across our screen desktop from a correspondent, and seems to match what was broadcast on various shows on 2 May 2023. We cleaned it up some, but otherwise verbatim: ‘You’re telling me we’ve got too many jobs in … Continue reading →

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Transgender, now transabled?

Posted on May 4, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

As lovers of liberty, we do very much support the God-given (if not God-approved) right for people to do whatever they want with their lives. And that includes their bodies. It is their choice, so long as they do not … Continue reading →

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Economic turmoil? Is there a “liberty” solution?

Posted on May 3, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

In the last five weeks we have four of the nation’s (and world’s) largest banks collapse. It doesn’t matter what terms the governments and the financial communities use – they collapsed. Every year – every month – there are bank … Continue reading →

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Foolishness and the one-party state

Posted on May 2, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

As a rule, politicians exhibit a large amount of foolishness. The only thing more foolish than the politicians (at least, the successful politicians)? The people who believe them, who believe in them, and vote them into power. Or to put … Continue reading →

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Killer cops – scum and villainy

Posted on April 18, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Most people are familiar with a quote from Ben Obi-Wan Kenobi regarding Mos Eisley and its spaceport:“You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious.” Indeed, we must be cautious. In more and … Continue reading →

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