Category Archives: Commentary on the News

The next phase of the Forever War is here

Posted on 2021-01-26 by TPOL Nathan

With all due respect to Joe Haldeman (author of the SF novel Forever War), we have just entered the next phase of the Forever War being fought by the FedGov under various names and for various reasons. Apparently, virtually immediately … Continue reading →

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Back and angry – today’s Tommy in DC

Posted on 2021-01-24 by TPOL Nathan

Readers are probably familiar with Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “Tommy.” Although a chauvinist, imperialist, and claimed-to-be-racist warmonger, Kipling had a way with words, and was a keen observer. I thought of that poem (reprinted below) as I read of how many … Continue reading →

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How soon they forget – Germany 2021

Posted on 2021-01-21 by TPOL Nathan

Quarantine is a fairly simple and basic medical technique. When someone has an transmittable/infectious disease, you isolate them to prevent them from spreading that disease. It can be applied to someone suspected of having such a disease. It is a … Continue reading →

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What can come next? (A Baker’s Dozen ™)

Posted on 2021-01-20 by TPOL Nathan

With the inauguration of Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris, the apocalypse press is coming on strong. We admit that The Price of Liberty has done our share of dire predictions and concerns. But if it were a contest, TPOL has … Continue reading →

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In requiem: the Democracy of the “United States of America.”

Posted on 2021-01-19 by TPOL Nathan

With the end of the second decade of the 21st Century, democracy has died, and is replaced by a mobocracy which may swiftly transform into a tyranny. However oblivious and unwilling the observer, it is clearer than ever that government … Continue reading →

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Irrepairable – no union, no republic, no “democracy”

Posted on 2021-01-17 by TPOL Nathan

As the aftermath of last week’s “protest” at and in the Capitol continues to reverberate around us, more and more people are asking the equivalent of “are all these aftershocks?” But a few are asking, “Is all of this, including … Continue reading →

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Danegeld – still a way to loot people

Posted on 2021-01-16 by TPOL Nathan

The Babylon Bee recently satirized Congress about their anger about “criminals” and “looters” invading the Capitol, because, after all, the only criminals and looters allowed in the Capitol were members of Congress. Well, Congress is far from the only organized … Continue reading →

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Internal trust – going away here in the Fifty States

Posted on 2021-01-14 by TPOL Nathan

The events of the 2020 election season now appear to be behind us. (Well, I can hope, right?) The other wing of the Boot-on-Your-Neck Party, out of power (mostly) for four years, now has the baton firmly in their hand. … Continue reading →

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Guest Posting – A view from the Great Plains on our current situation

Posted on 2021-01-13 by TPOL Nathan

I am providing, without significant comments, this lengthy column by Margaret Figert. Margaret is a retired weekly newspaper publisher and editor. Her paper was located in the Sicangu (Lakota) Nation on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota on the Nebraska … Continue reading →

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What gives? Cancel culture or pogrom? Political cleansing?

Posted on 2021-01-13 by TPOL Nathan

As the combined forces of mainstream media, the never-Trump branches of both old Parties, the deep state bureaucracy, multinational corporations, and big tech flex their muscles… I guess I don’t really HAVE to ask what is going on. Part is … Continue reading →

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