Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Real world problems: floods and droughts, hurricanes and blizzards, tornadoes and hail #1 Water

Posted on February 23, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

This was originally published in October of 2024: TPOL part 1 of “real world problems”. Now, with concerns over drought, warmer than normal weather conditions in some of the States and exceptionally cold weather in others, and with recent examples … Continue reading →

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More injustice in our world

Posted on February 20, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

Yesterday, we looked at the incredible record of American politicians and government officials engaged in, and sometimes found, tried, convicted, and maybe punished, for abusing children (and others) sexually. As we pointed out, such evil is not the only way … Continue reading →

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Where are the acts of justice government is supposed to take?

Posted on February 19, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

We are told that “good government” praises those who do good and punish those who do evil. Of course, that is a key metric to determine whether or not man-made, human, mandatory governments can be tolerated as a necessary evil, … Continue reading →

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Relativism in today’s world

Posted on February 18, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

 Mike Slater discussed the danger of relativism in culture. As reported by Breitbart, Slater said, “There are three cultural expressions that people use all the time (without even thinking about it) that are just wrong: “So,” he continued, “The ancient … Continue reading →

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Secession often is desirable

Posted on February 17, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

A New Mexico state representative has again filed a constitutional amendment that would allow three or more contiguous counties in the State to vote to secede if at least 15% of the counties’ electorate sign a petition to put the … Continue reading →

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Looking back on “Presidents’ Day”

Posted on February 16, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

The history of “President’s Day” is a convoluted one. (Isn’t everything with government?) Legally, for the FedGov, it is officially still “Washington’s Birthday” and just the calendar date was changed back in 1971, from 22 February to the third Monday … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s Day greetings!

Posted on February 14, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

Yes, the 14th of February is a major benefit-generator to all kinds of commercial, money-grubbing enterprises: candy, flowers, dining venues, greeting cards, candy, beverages, even nightwear, and did we mention candy? Valentine’s Day has a romantic and affectionate tone, is … Continue reading →

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The growing divide among the States

Posted on February 13, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

Headlines this week continue to illustrate the growing de facto secession taking place in the “United States” in 2025. As Tom Knapp pointed out, many States that are labelled red or blue are not reliably so. But the big urban … Continue reading →

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More thoughts on “the pizza caper”

Posted on February 12, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

Yesterday, we published a long, perhaps apocryphal story about a 2nd grader who was punished for being kind to a classmate. For trying to share his lunch with the classmate who was served the “cheese sandwich of shame” because his … Continue reading →

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One of the evils of public schools and our system is …

Posted on February 11, 2026 by TPOL Nathan

Readers, this story is longer than most commentaries; we hope you will still read the whole thing. We do not know if the following story is true. But some of us here at TPOL have personally seen incidents like this … Continue reading →

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