Category Archives: Commentary on the News

Cost-benefit analysis – legalizing cannabis

Posted on 2022-11-02 by TPOL Nathan

South Dakota is again facing a ballot initiative to legalize recreational cannabis. The sides are again drawn very starkly, and the propaganda flow is immense. The Family Heritage Alliance and South Dakota Protecting Kids (SDPK) are two organizations fighting a … Continue reading →

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“Our” “Public” schools – worse than ever

Posted on 2022-10-28 by TPOL Nathan

The Price of Liberty has always taken a very hard stand against so-called “public schools” – better described as “government-run, tax-funded” or even “government-ruined, theft-funded” institutions (GRTF schools). (A name and acronym coined by the late Marshall Fritz.) He advocated … Continue reading →

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Urban collapse – Cleveland style

Posted on 2022-10-26 by TPOL Nathan

The events are incredible. This comes from Cleveland, Ohio, and a high school there. We won’t report the details, which you can read and watch (video available) here. In summary: four armed car thieves (in stolen cars) show up at … Continue reading →

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Blindness or lies? Government at its “best”

Posted on 2022-10-24 by TPOL Nathan

Is government just blind (willfully or not)? Or is it just that government is incapable of telling the truth? Are lies essential to government? Lets look at just one example. Dr. John Lott at the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) … Continue reading →

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What is the death toll? And the blood is on whose hands?

Posted on 2022-10-20 by TPOL Nathan

A recent comment brought up the entire issue of the lethality of the Covid (Beer) flu vaccines, particularly in the United States, which is part of the overall worldwide issue of the number of dead from the pandemic and its … Continue reading →

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Disease and government

Posted on 2022-10-18 by TPOL Nathan

A correspondent and reader recently shared this with TPOL. West Nile virus kills about 130 Americans every year according to Wikipedia; other sources say 400; mostly around Arizona. Placing ivermectin in wild bird feed reduced transmission 60%. Or so the … Continue reading →

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Economy still sinking?

Posted on 2022-10-16 by TPOL Nathan

Got a future? Got a way to survive? To prosper? Really? Seems as though we are being told that “the end is near.” America is doomed. The world is doomed. Are the doomsayers right?

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Let’s talk about warhawks, chickenhawks, and pacifists

Posted on 2022-10-15 by TPOL Nathan

Joe Biden and a majority of congresscritturs and conscript parents (Senators) seem committed to these Fifty States having a war with evil, monstrous Russia over Ukraine. This has become a “progressive” cause and a neo-con cause. And who loses? The … Continue reading →

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Winter is coming – to the entire planet

Posted on 2022-10-11 by TPOL Nathan

A lot of attention has been paid to Europe’s energy situation since Russia’s ‘special military operation’ began in February, eight months ago. Driven by both geopolitical needs (control of their perimeter) and the treatment of the linguistic/ethnic Russians by the … Continue reading →

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Corruption unlimited – DOJ and FBI

Posted on 2022-10-10 by TPOL Nathan

Back in the 1980s, it took decades for the evils of J. Edgar Hoover to be revealed. And oddly enough (from the point of view of so-called conservatives and right-leaning libertarians (minarchists, at least), one of the least corrupt of … Continue reading →

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