Category Archives: Ideas for liberty

Arrogance and condescension: how liberty’s enemies view the world

Posted on 2026-07-27 by TPOL Nathan

Those who hate and fight against liberty have a warped world view; they arrogantly view almost everyone around them with condescension and so prove their hypocrisy. But they are poster children we can use to teach people about liberty and freedom. Continue reading →

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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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Fool me once…

Posted on 2026-07-25 by TPOL Nathan

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me a third, fourth, or fifth time? Continue reading →

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Sound money?

Posted on 2026-07-16 by TPOL Nathan

Sound money – is this another dream or wish? Or can we hope for better than what we have? 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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Local governments, even in Wyoming, are evil

Posted on 2026-07-07 by TPOL Nathan

Even frontier, “liberty-loving” counties in Western States must be recognized as enemies of liberty. They are indeed evil. Here is a recent example. 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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