Category Archives: Commentary on the News

Is China still a Communist nation?

Posted on 2020-01-28 by TPOL Nathan

As China once again is in the news – thanks to the coronavirus and the recent Phase I trade deal – let us look at that empire a bit more. China is increasingly becoming THE bugbear of American politicians and … Continue reading →

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The China Crisis

Posted on 2020-01-27 by TPOL Nathan

There are very few empires left on this planet. I count three, to be precise; some might have a total of five. Those are the FedGov (USA), India, and China. Some would add France and Russia. All of those are, … Continue reading →

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Prohibition – 100 years today

Posted on 2020-01-16 by TPOL Nathan

Today, 16 January 2020, is the one-hundredth anniversary of the implementation of National Prohibition, when the 18th Amendment to the US Constitution officially took effect. I’m posting a series of commentaries over the next several days about Prohibition, its relationship … Continue reading →

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Making a point – part 2

Posted on 2020-01-14 by TPOL Nathan

Again, let me restate. Those who love their liberty, their families, and their communities and nations need to use every tool possible to fight against the stupid tyranny of governments – the powers that be. We used to do that … Continue reading →

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Making a point

Posted on 2020-01-13 by TPOL Nathan

Government at all levels seems hellbent on stealing away what freedoms we here in the Fifty States have left. Between them, big corporations, institutions (private and “public”) and the special interest groups, they want a society that would be more … Continue reading →

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Panic, panic everywhere – Middle East flareup

Posted on 2020-01-09 by TPOL Nathan

There is panic in the air … airwaves, that is. And in the ether and the worldwide web. Panic in the boardroom. Panic in the media prep rooms. Panic in the lobbies of Congress (and their office palaces). Panic in … Continue reading →

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Revolution spreading?

Posted on 2020-01-08 by TPOL Nathan

Back in the 1770s, the tax revolt against Parliament and King George did not instantly flare up in even half-a-dozen colonies, but rather started in a few places and spread from there. That was not entirely due to poor communications … Continue reading →

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Survival of the fittest? Intelligence in the legal profession

Posted on 2020-01-07 by TPOL Nathan

A few weeks back, there were reports that a lawyer was killed in the court room when a shotgun submitted as evidence “went off.” The thing was fully loaded. Addelaid Ferreira-Watt, a prominent South African attorney, was killed after a … Continue reading →

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The extreme nanny state event horizon?

Posted on 2020-01-06 by TPOL Nathan

One of the many marvelous scenes in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the discussion of the “Shoe Event Horizon.” Emotional depression turns into economic madness. Read about it here. I wonder if we here in 21st Century America, … Continue reading →

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Not the Onion – HRC appointed to royal British post

Posted on 2020-01-05 by TPOL Nathan

At first, I thought this was a spoofing article, but it appears to be legit. So then I had my stomach turn. Hillary Clinton appointed chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast, reports the BBC News (reposted by Freedom News Daily)“Hillary Clinton … Continue reading →

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