Category Archives: History of Liberty

Remember when?

Posted on July 6, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

A friend sent this photo recently. See those little triangles in circles on the “dial” near the 6 and the 13? Do you know they are? Does anyone you know know what they are?

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Remembering independence and liberty

Posted on July 1, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Not necessarily celebrating something we don’t have as much of, anymore. The decision of the Thirteen States to secede from the United Kingdom was actually decided by the continental congress on Tuesday, the 2nd of July, 1776. Even the National … Continue reading →

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Too bad: you’re Dutch

Posted on May 9, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

A few years back, several of us here at TPOL had the opportunity to work with a number of Boer farmers. In Eastern Colorado, of all places. The Boers, of course, are descendants of Dutch settlers in what is now … Continue reading →

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Foreign policy – joke or serious?

Posted on March 30, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The current squatter at 1600 PA might go down in history for his seemingly most-spoken phrase, “I’m not joking.” Neither are were here at TPOL. But regardless of what he’s saying, the actions of the government he nominally heads definitely … Continue reading →

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It’s pi day!

Posted on March 14, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

In the last few decades, Americans have found a wide variety of odd holidays to celebrate. Usually though getting businesses to offer special sale promotions and nearly spontaneous events. Today is one of those: in standard American dating, 3-14 is … Continue reading →

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Wiping out the memory of an “evil man”

Posted on March 8, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Paul Craig Roberts recently posted his commentary on the erasing of history. He correctly points out that erasing a country’s history is erasing the country. And he attributes to people who want to do just that. He uses the American … Continue reading →

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America’s history of petticoat rule

Posted on February 15, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The Western Journal recently published an article about the growing power of Jill Biden, or Aunt Jill, as perhaps we should be calling her. Keeping in mind the journalistic fervor and bias of WND and The Western Journal, let’s look … Continue reading →

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Western civilization is falling. What next?

Posted on January 30, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Western civilization is falling. Like Roman civilization before it. And Greek civilization before that. There are many reasons. It may still take decades or even centuries, but as with Babylon, the handwriting is on the wall. (And since events seem … Continue reading →

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Origins of the state

Posted on January 4, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

In a recent commentary, Dan Sanchez (originally published in his Substack publication “Letters on Liberty) briefly examined two competing libertarian ideas on how the state (government) began. (He provided a postscript here.) Let us delve a bit deeper into the … Continue reading →

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Why do we have liberty? freedom?

Posted on January 3, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Liberty, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary online, is “the quality or state of being free: a : the power to do as one pleases, b : freedom from physical restraint, c : freedom from arbitrary or despotic control, d : the positive enjoyment of … Continue reading →

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