Category Archives: Ideas for liberty

Guest editorial: the evils of educational central planning

Posted on July 25, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Kerry McDonald recently published this commentary in her email newsletter. It is worth pondering: In an article earlier this week in the large education news site, The 74, 7th grade teacher Ronak Shah laments that today’s school-choice programs enable families to switch schools … Continue reading →

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Be eaten… or shoot… or be?

Posted on July 24, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Government stupidity is always with us: An incredibly strong argument for why human, mandatory government is dangerous, immoral, and to be avoided. Or put down. Consider Yellowstone National Park. And visit this story in Cowboy State Daily. To put it … Continue reading →

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Things to ponder: the coming transition: Collapse and catastrophe? Or rebirth?

Posted on July 5, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Cleaning up messages and files is never fun, but sometimes it triggers a fresh look at things worth sharing. Think about these things we at TPOL discussed back in early 2023. Is the cup half-empty? Or half-full? We face such … Continue reading →

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Happy “4th-of-July” Eve – enjoy sleeping in tomorrow!

Posted on July 3, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

As we write and publish this today, it is just 8 or so hours before the local clock (Mountain Time) ticks off midnight. Tomorrow morning, NPR (National Public Radio – one of the propaganda arms of the Woke left and … Continue reading →

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An appeal to lovers of liberty on this 2nd of July, AD 2025, AL 249

Posted on July 2, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

A country run by banks will always be in debt. Healthcare run by Big Pharma will never cure disease. A state run by war will never know peace. A nation run by media will never know the truth. Christians who … Continue reading →

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Are we free?

Posted on July 1, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Not long ago, the Iowa Libertarian Party shared this great cartoon: This is, of course, a lot more taxes and regulations and government stupidity and meddling (the Fed!) that could be shown. But as we near the celebration of Independence … Continue reading →

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More distressing news about the wonderful “jab” (COVID-19 vaccines)

Posted on June 29, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Without going into the highly-technical, mind-blowing details, this news came out this week, courtesy of Dr. William Makis and a correspondent of TPOL. Please share this information with others: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently made the explosive … Continue reading →

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Kleptocracy? Democracy?

Posted on June 27, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

We at TPOL are far from the only people to disparage the standard reference to both the FedGov and the Fifty State governments as being “democracies.” But there is absolutely no argument that as time proceeds, more and more the … Continue reading →

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Cities, wars, and culture

Posted on June 25, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

As the world seems intent on pretending that the latest Middle East crisis is over, and the Twelve Days of War is all that there is going to be, we here at TPOL have our doubts. As do many others, … Continue reading →

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Happy 250th birthday, United States Army

Posted on June 14, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

AUSA (Association of the US Army, a private organization) tells us: Happy 250th! From the Revolutionary War to today, America’s Army has steadfastly served and defended the nation before the nation was even born. On Saturday, the service marks its … Continue reading →

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