Category Archives: Commentary on the News

Free speech? “Not on my watch!”

Posted on 2024-08-12 by TPOL Nathan

A guest commentary. Several years ago, I got a rare treat: a real, hardcopy, postage-stamped Nigerian scam letter – from Nigeria. All the usual things: the widow of a prince wanted me to help her smuggle millions of dollars of … Continue reading →

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Election time is nearing!

Posted on 2024-08-11 by TPOL Nathan

Whomever you (if you are a political Libertarian or libertarian) vote for, remember that “if voting really mattered, they wouldn’t let us do it.” And of course, remember that the fix is always in.

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More on Harris and Walz – and Trump and Vance

Posted on 2024-08-10 by TPOL Nathan

Ah, what a quartet of statists we find on the two old party presidential tickets this year! (Assuming, of course, that we don’t get yet another surprise at Chicago in a couple of weeks.) With less than three months to … Continue reading →

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Walz, Minnesota, and military service

Posted on 2024-08-08 by TPOL Nathan

The tapping of Governor Tim Walz of Minnesota for the veep nomination by dear Kammie about 48 hours ago has reminded people of just how bad American politics is. And the mental, intellectual, and moral bankruptcy of the Farm-Labor Party … Continue reading →

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Government lies: the Consumer Price Index

Posted on 2024-08-07 by TPOL Nathan

The most recent Consumer Price Index numbers are out for June (July’s are not yet out: https://www.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.nr0.htm), and they show that the cost of food overall, food at home, and food away from home (dining out, for example) rose across the board. … Continue reading →

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War coming?

Posted on 2024-08-01 by TPOL Nathan

The times, the times they are a changing. That was a popular song back in the 1960s and 1970s during the war in Southeast Asia and upheavals in the States. It has applied on and off since then. Today perhaps … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy or merely cooperation and CYA?

Posted on 2024-07-24 by TPOL Nathan

CNN has published an article summarizing the testimony of the Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner to a congressional committee on the almost-successful killing of The Donald. The testimony, if accurately reported, seems to contradict several other reports. While we cannot (and … Continue reading →

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Celebrity-murderer or adult delinquent?

Posted on 2024-07-23 by TPOL Nathan

An article from Rob Morse back in April triggered some thoughts about the recent killer in Pennsylvania. And the media (mainstream, social, and alternative) response to it: to say nothing of the usual hoplophobes and hoploclasts in high places. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Uncle Joe

Posted on 2024-07-22 by TPOL Nathan

Well, not quite. That won’t happen officially until 20 January 2025, but we now again have a lame duck at 1600 PA. Y’all have probably seen this, but here it is anyway. Another historic first for 2024. As resignation letters … Continue reading →

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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun

Posted on 2024-07-19 by TPOL Nathan

The attempted killing of The Donald last week brings to mind an old political aphorism. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun (枪杆子里面出政权). The phrase was coined by Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. He first used the … Continue reading →

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