Category Archives: Commentary on the News

Secession often is desirable

Posted on 2026-02-17 by TPOL Nathan

A New Mexico state representative has again filed a constitutional amendment that would allow three or more contiguous counties in the State to vote to secede if at least 15% of the counties’ electorate sign a petition to put the … Continue reading →

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The growing divide among the States

Posted on 2026-02-13 by TPOL Nathan

Headlines this week continue to illustrate the growing de facto secession taking place in the “United States” in 2025. As Tom Knapp pointed out, many States that are labelled red or blue are not reliably so. But the big urban … Continue reading →

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More thoughts on “the pizza caper”

Posted on 2026-02-12 by TPOL Nathan

Yesterday, we published a long, perhaps apocryphal story about a 2nd grader who was punished for being kind to a classmate. For trying to share his lunch with the classmate who was served the “cheese sandwich of shame” because his … Continue reading →

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One of the evils of public schools and our system is …

Posted on 2026-02-11 by TPOL Nathan

Readers, this story is longer than most commentaries; we hope you will still read the whole thing. We do not know if the following story is true. But some of us here at TPOL have personally seen incidents like this … Continue reading →

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Guest commentary: SCOTUS looks at Hawai’i

Posted on 2026-02-10 by TPOL Nathan

From Rob Morse, as we again note how the States are dividing themselves along lines of freedom and tyranny. (Edited; comments/additional thoughts from TPOL in brackets.) We note again that the so-called Blue States (such as Hawai’i, California, New York, … Continue reading →

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Political impacts on migration and population shifts within the States

Posted on 2026-02-07 by TPOL Nathan

The US Census Bureau has recently published this map: The various comments online about this of course concentrate on the (politically) red and blue State divide. And to a degree, there is a definite correlation – and indeed, direct cause … Continue reading →

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Propaganda machines churn the stuff out more and more

Posted on 2026-02-06 by TPOL Nathan

What happens when you combine so-called “artificial intelligence” with lying politicians? Perhaps you get something like this, shared by a correspondent a day or so ago: Senate Democrats Block Voter ID Law That 2/3rds of Their Own Voters Support The … Continue reading →

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What is left? Are you and I in danger?

Posted on 2026-02-03 by TPOL Nathan

With midnight on Saturday, the panic started setting in. It has just gotten worse in the last 72 hours: the nation, we are told, is going to collapse. Government workers aren’t. Here is one example, which is of particular interest … Continue reading →

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More and more States “destroying” the soda-pop industry? Or something else?

Posted on 2026-02-02 by TPOL Nathan

You may have heard talk about making soda ineligible for purchase under the SNAP program (food stamps). Among others, the HHS Secretary (RJK Jr. points out the problems with such consumables. We don’t think he considers them to be “food.”) Oddly, … Continue reading →

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Weather, weather, everywhere!

Posted on 2026-01-30 by TPOL Nathan

This last several weeks have seen much of the Fifty States – especially the Southern States – subject to cold, ice, and snow that have messed up everything for a lot of people. In some cases, the weather forecasts were … Continue reading →

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