Category Archives: Commentary on the News

School avoidance and anxiety “disorder”

Posted on 2023-07-26 by TPOL Nathan

Fewer and fewer students (grades PS though grad school) seem to be allowed a break from being confined to government-run tax-funded schools or their private equivalents. (That is, the bootlicking privately-funded schools that are still in essence controlled by government … Continue reading →

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Private property rights?

Posted on 2023-07-24 by TPOL Nathan

Are government agencies and politicians at least destroying private property rights in the States? Are the courts helping them to do this, or acting to prevent that destruction? Is there even a God-given right to private property? Is private property … Continue reading →

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No “Independence Day” in Sewer Falls, is there?

Posted on 2023-07-10 by TPOL Nathan

I know it has been nearly a week, but Connor shared this with us, and we here at TPOL figure it deserves a small, quick, special commentary. There is a lot about this posting that turns the stomach of everyone … Continue reading →

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“It’s fa the chilluns, ya see?”

Posted on 2023-07-05 by TPOL Nathan

Courtesy of the WaPo and Paradigm’s Five Bullets newsletter, we have to share this with our readers. Both for the courage of a mom and a young boy, but because of the exhibition of government stupidity and the perversion of … Continue reading →

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Independence Day – action needed

Posted on 2023-07-02 by TPOL Nathan

The Blaze reported (from various mainsteam media sources and postings to Twitter) about controversy and an incident while the organization “Moms for Liberty” holding an event at the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia on the 29th. A vocal … Continue reading →

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Remembering independence and liberty

Posted on 2023-07-01 by TPOL Nathan

Not necessarily celebrating something we don’t have as much of, anymore. The decision of the Thirteen States to secede from the United Kingdom was actually decided by the continental congress on Tuesday, the 2nd of July, 1776. Even the National … Continue reading →

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“Hey, mom, the electric is out!”

Posted on 2023-06-30 by TPOL Nathan

According to more and more people, this is likely starting this summer. Texas, best known in electrical circles for a winter fiasco a couple of winters back, is now center of a “heat dome” in which weather usually reserved for … Continue reading →

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Moldava bans political party “Sor”

Posted on 2023-06-28 by TPOL Nathan

From Eastern Europe comes this tidbit of news, via RT. (Yes, we here at TPOL know that RT, like RFE and PBS, is a state-owned/controlled media outlet. The news is similar in most outlets, however.-) It seems that the little … Continue reading →

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Demise of the Southern Baptist Convention?

Posted on 2023-06-27 by TPOL Nathan

The religious sector here in the Fifty States is as hard hit by the social and political changes as any other. This is especially true of the various massive denominations. One such is the large Southern Baptist denomination, one of … Continue reading →

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Saving Our School Children from Politicians

Posted on 2023-06-22 by TPOL Nathan

Editor’s note: This is based on a great story by Rob Morse, published at his Slow Facts webzine, about Tennessee. But it is important for us in every State. Across the Fifty States, politicians have left our students defenseless, and … Continue reading →

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