Category Archives: Commentary on the News

“Uniform educational standards” government-controlled homeschooling

Posted on 2024-06-30 by TPOL Nathan

Have you heard about a recent article over at Scientific American? Children Deserve Uniform Standards in Homeschooling is the title. The push in the article is a list of claims about how bad homeschooling is. We are told (with little … Continue reading →

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Screaming their heads off?

Posted on 2024-06-29 by TPOL Nathan

The recent Supreme Court decision taking away the power of administrative law judges seems to have everyone on both sides of the traditional political aisle screaming. Are they really that upset and fearful or is it an act? This term, … Continue reading →

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Do we need an American President?

Posted on 2024-06-26 by TPOL Nathan

What does an addict need more than anything else? “The biggest and most important job in America” is how a talk show host recently described the position of POTUS. While wondering how someone who is too mentally incompetent to be … Continue reading →

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People’s Republic rip-off scheme(s)

Posted on 2024-06-18 by TPOL Nathan

As mentioned recently, we here at TPOL are bashing California a lot these days. Here is another: a “parks and recreation” district in Southern California is apparently illegally issuing “tickets” for those idiots who do a “rolling stop” or “California … Continue reading →

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Do we have a “good cop” in DC?

Posted on 2024-06-17 by TPOL Nathan

A “good cop” in DC? Really? Or are we just being insanely optimistic? I got a smile about the headline of one news story – “Biden… greasing its [Ukraine’s] path to NATO membership.” This was Uncle Joe touting his “security … Continue reading →

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Political animals

Posted on 2024-06-14 by TPOL Nathan

Politics today involves every aspect, perhaps every moment of life. Generally for the negative. This is particularly true of the lovers and advocates of democracy: the “one-person, one-vote” and “majority rules” crowd. Or as some put it, “the voice of … Continue reading →

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Dry and down?

Posted on 2024-06-08 by TPOL Nathan

The Four Corners of the American Southwest is one of the driest places in the States, and its climate is highly variable. This has been the situation for millennia. There is significant evidence of periods of high precipitation, but most … Continue reading →

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Same old, same old on the gun control front?

Posted on 2024-06-06 by TPOL Nathan

I suppose we should, as one of us here at TPOL often says, not be surprised. Some people never give up. In case their cause is worthy and desirable, that is great. When they are bent on doing wrong, and … Continue reading →

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Modern and Ancient Israel

Posted on 2024-06-05 by TPOL Nathan

“As for me and my house, we will serve…” No, not the State, but “YHWH: The LORD,” said Joshua ben Nun, the man who actually founded ancient Israel way back about 1400 BC. We know that at least some Israelites … Continue reading →

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Some animals are more equal than others because…

Posted on 2024-06-04 by TPOL Nathan

The Independent’s story about The Donald being banned from various and sundry countries seems almost gleeful to us here at TPOL. The list of 40 countries includes both Canada and the UK. The story writer seems convinced that the felony … Continue reading →

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