Category Archives: History of Liberty

Comparing the SPQR and USA – again (Part 3)

Posted on 2021-07-03 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 2021-07-02 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 2021-07-01 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 2021-06-30 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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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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Happy Hanukkah – may liberty in God be found again!

Posted on 2020-12-18 by TPOL Nathan

Today (it is after sunset) was the last day of the Festival of Lights, better known as Hanukkah. Mostly celebrated only by those of the Hebrew faith (Jews), it is a holiday for all lovers of liberty. It is a … Continue reading →

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Four hundred years

Posted on 2020-11-21 by TPOL Nathan

The year 2020, for all its problems, is the Four-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Plymouth Colorado, the beginnings of Massachusetts and the original “Northern Colonies” – established for much different reasons than Virginia and the rest of the Southern … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 madness is really not new

Posted on 2020-11-17 by TPOL Nathan

It seems, that COVID-19 is contagious – even highly contagious. But the rate of spread and contagion of the novel coronavirus pales in comparison to the rate of spread of panic and madness triggered by this pandemic. Madness? First, the … Continue reading →

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New Mexico’s evil history … (part 2)

Posted on 2020-08-12 by TPOL Nathan

See here for Part 1, and here for why I’m writing about New Mexico’s history and hostility to liberty. Mexico’s legacy – its political and cultural DNA – continues to breed true, traced from Iberia and its 700 year fight … Continue reading →

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New Mexico’s evil history of tyranny and oppression (part 1)

Posted on 2020-08-11 by TPOL Nathan

To understand the situation in New Mexico, its enmity towards liberty, and its tolerance and embrace of tyranny (currently in the form of MIchelle Lujan Gresham), we have to look at history, going back 1400 years and across the seas. … Continue reading →

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