Category Archives: History of Liberty

Zukumpft Reich Australia?

Posted on October 18, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Is this the future for the once proud, rebellious people of the Dominion of Australia? The NEAR future? A similarity of appearance is merely coincidental. Australia is VERY different from the Third Reich. Very few people speak German, there are … Continue reading →

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Our current lap in the race of tyranny

Posted on September 30, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

As mentioned in the last column, the quote usually (and apparently wrongly) attributed to Sinclair Lewis, “When Fascism [tyranny] comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross,” was a little too late and simply … Continue reading →

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Race to the bottom – American tyranny

Posted on September 29, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

As we enter the last quarter of Calendar Year 2021 and the Fiscal New Year of the FedGov (2022), we need to consider some of these things. Readers and friends know that I am very much an enemy of democracy. … Continue reading →

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Were Lee, Jackson, and Wheeler traitors?

Posted on September 28, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

In the last commentary (HERE) I ran out of words to explain my claim that Southern officers and enlisted personnel (and their leaders and civilians) were NOT traitors to the United States. So here is the next commentary: WHY do … Continue reading →

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Answering misconceptions: American militia

Posted on September 17, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

The hoplophobes and hoploclasts are always with us.  Consider this comment recently posted online. “There are no militias in the United States. They were all absorbed into the National Guard in 1906. You and your vigilantes, operating outside the authority … Continue reading →

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Facts about guns and using them here in the Fifty States

Posted on July 7, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

We can talk a LOT about “Freedom Technologies” as we did in a recent commentary, but one of the very foundational technologies to support and promote is an old one, constantly updated. Firearms. Guns. Personal weapons that do NOT require … Continue reading →

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Comparing the SPQR and USA – again (Part 3)

Posted on July 3, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

The Roman Empire was, in many ways, very dependent on the estimated 10% of its population that were Jews, back there in the First Century. It was one of the bright spots in the economic and social life of the … Continue reading →

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Happy Independence Day

Posted on July 2, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Happy Day of Liberty to all readers of The Price of Liberty. Since the days of the Liberty Round Table (aka the Knights of Non-Aggression, KNA or LRT), back in the early 1990s, many of us have chosen to celebrate … Continue reading →

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Rome’s warning signs – and our own (Part 2)

Posted on July 1, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Part 2: Why did Rome fall and what were the warning signs? How can we learn from that? See Part 1 here: We discussed a good commentary in Notes on Liberty AND the old Gibbons hypothesis. What can we learn … Continue reading →

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Warning signs – Roman and Western Civilizations

Posted on June 30, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Americans have long had a fascination with Roman civilization (shared with our British-Commonwealth cousins) for many reasons. This is particularly true for a major reason: Rome fell. Rome’s ultimate collapse: both the fall of the Western Empire (centered on today’s … Continue reading →

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