Category Archives: History of Liberty

A reminder: what we owe government

Posted on February 20, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

As we near the end of the year AD 2024 (but continue to live in AL 248), let us look again at what huge amount of freedom we have in these Fifty States – provided that we beg one or … Continue reading →

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The destruction and death of capitals

Posted on January 23, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

The above photo is from the game Fallout 3. You can find them and many more at https://viewfromravenrock.blogspot.com/. Human history is filled with examples of the destruction of the capital cities of massive empires, both in the Old World (both … Continue reading →

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Promises (and warnings) about proclaiming liberty in the new year

Posted on December 31, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

While this commentary is addressed mostly to believers in God and His Son, we think it appropriate for all readers regardless of their faith. To all who love liberty! Yesterday, we quoted twice (gasp!) from the Tanakh (the Old Testament) … Continue reading →

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A century of governmental abuse – bald-faced tyranny

Posted on December 23, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

As we near the end of this tumultuous year of 2024, there is one centennial commemoration we should keep in mind. In a horrible SCOTUS decision in the case Hester v. United States an important, God-given right protected by the … Continue reading →

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Battles won and lost – lessons learned

Posted on December 19, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Right now, we are remembering the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge (the Wacht am Rhein), fought primarily in Belgium in the waning days of 1944. There are many lessons to be learned from that horror that we … Continue reading →

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Looking back 61 years to “Camelot’s End” in the States

Posted on November 22, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Today, Friday, 22 November 2024, is the 61st anniversary of the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of these United States. A very public event, yet still decades later shrouded in mystery. It never hurts to look back … Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to the Pretorians?

Posted on October 29, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Or the Janissaries? Or the Ancient Regime of France? Or the Kempaitai? Or Napoleon’s Old Guard? Or the Manchu (Ming) Banners? Or the SA and the SS? Or the Stasi? They have vanished from the earth – found only in … Continue reading →

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Classical liberalism, liberty, and empire

Posted on September 16, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

As lovers of liberty, we are often considered “liberals” or increasingly “classical liberals,” (Like so many other English words, the meaning of “liberalism” has been warped. (One reason that TPOL does not use “liberal” very often and refers to those … Continue reading →

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Iran nearing the breaking point?

Posted on August 29, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

There is a constant drumbeat in the media about certain members of the ever-growing Axis of Evil (TM Pending) nearing collapse. Not always the mainstream media, either. And we here at TPOL admit that some of this info might be … Continue reading →

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What do we face? Migrants = mercenaries?

Posted on August 26, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

A reader and correspondent (and long-term friend and sister in faith) shared one of Bob Livingston’s postings, by Brandon Smith, which you can read here. We here at TPOL are unsure exactly who this Brandon Smith is – there are … Continue reading →

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