Category Archives: History of Liberty

What is liberty?

Posted on 2026-07-26 by TPOL Nathan

Many people have tried to define liberty, in part so that they could defend (or restore) it. The relationship of law and liberty is easily misunderstood. Continue reading →

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Pioneer Day

Posted on 2026-07-24 by TPOL Nathan

Today is Utah’s Pioneer Day, honoring the establishment of what became the State of Utah, and part of a terrible but fascinating history of liberty and tyranny. Continue reading →

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Limited government: myth or future fact?

Posted on 2026-07-15 by TPOL Nathan

Can we ever have a truly limited government that survives more than a few years? Or is minarchism just a myth that diverts us from seeking liberty? Continue reading →

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Propaganda is almost impossible to dodge today

Posted on 2026-07-09 by TPOL Nathan

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has many lessons for lovers of liberty. Just not the ones they may being thinking of! Continue reading →

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Are we really ‘welded at the hip’ as some claim?

Posted on 2026-07-08 by TPOL Nathan

Are the US and Israeli military establishments actually merging? Or is it more or less? Continue reading →

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6 July 2026, the 251st anniversary of…

Posted on 2026-07-06 by TPOL Nathan

Americans did not break their ties with Britain without first trying to mend the situation, nearly a few year before the gauntlet (the Declaration of Independence) was thrown down. Continue reading →

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Gaining independence, gaining liberty: a process not an event in human society

Posted on 2026-07-04 by TPOL Nathan

Today, Americans celebrate a key point in a long process of gaining independence and gasping at liberty. Those who are demanding that until everything wrong is “fixed,” we are not supposed to celebrate. TPOL rejects that thinking. Continue reading →

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Anno Libertatus 250 – lost liberties

Posted on 2026-07-03 by TPOL Nathan

What was intended and done back in 1776? Independence of thirteen nations? Or a new empire? In a guest commentary, Tom Evans discusses the truth, and we at TPOL point out we need to think and act on these things. Continue reading →

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A promise, a step in the right direction, but…

Posted on 2026-06-30 by TPOL Nathan

We have many lessons to remember and learn from those men sweltering in the nasty humidity and heat of Philidelpha 250 years ago. Including the fact that they were not always successful. Continue reading →

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Lessons learned from the Little Big Horn

Posted on 2026-06-26 by TPOL Nathan

We can learn many lessons from the Battle of the Little Bighorn (Custer’s Last Stand). If we can remember history, we are less likely to repeat it. Whether in Iraq, Afganistan, Iran, Canaan, or again in Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. Here are a few. Continue reading →

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