Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

More about gambling and the government

Posted on 2026-10-14 by TPOL Nathan

The question is asked, “Why is gambling a political issue for TPOL?” Like everything today, anything that involves liberty, government, and society has a political aspect. But gambling is important politically today for several reasons. One of the greatest matters … Continue reading →

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Gambling, government, and …

Posted on 2026-10-13 by TPOL Nathan

The State of Wyoming, generally considered to be a conservative, not-quite one-party state, but with a strong streak of minarchist libertarianism, have some odd quirks. One of those has to do with gambling. Take an interesting little “fun game” called … Continue reading →

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The “wonders” of DEI – a UK issue only? Hardly.

Posted on 2026-10-11 by TPOL Nathan

The Donald and others have proclaimed that DEI is dead in the States. Obviously, a lot of people disagree with that. Including a great many powerful and connected businesses in fields like banking and finance, education, and health care. As … Continue reading →

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Yet another reason why government is bad for you, me, and progress

Posted on 2026-10-10 by TPOL Nathan

As we write this, we hear that SpaceX’s first orbital flight of the Starship was not a total success. But not a failure (despite how some have claimed that it was). Good for them. But the entire saga should remind … Continue reading →

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The empire is not innocent and stupid… we should not be, either!

Posted on 2026-10-08 by TPOL Nathan

A correspondent recently shared this statement by Murray Rothbard with us. This is not just true, but in recent decades since Murray passed on, the evidence of its truth has grown. Perhaps exponentially. As followers of the Creator, we hasten … Continue reading →

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Images to think about

Posted on 2026-10-07 by TPOL Nathan

No doubt you will have seen at least some of these online (or if you are old enough, in a magazine or newspaper, hah!). Think about liberty, promoting liberty, learning to live free, and teaching others have to live free! … Continue reading →

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Why is there a growing rebellion against the traditional tax system in the States?

Posted on 2026-10-05 by TPOL Nathan

Of course, the regressives and other enemies of liberty will tell you it is because people (especially those awful libertarians and sickening followers of Christ) are greedy and selfish, have no real compassion for the poor or people who wear … Continue reading →

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Places and societies of origin and American politics

Posted on 2026-10-04 by TPOL Nathan

A correspondent recently shared this posting from a social media site with us here at TPOL: As we told our friend, the answer is very simple and very sad.

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Direct democracy or street senate?

Posted on 2026-10-03 by TPOL Nathan

Somehow, a TPOL staffer was directed to a very strange “personal” commercial website that had this gem on the landing page: Shouldn’t Democracy have a backup system, where a majority of the people assembles in the streets and replaces their … Continue reading →

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Guest commentary: a brief critical analysis of the start of the War between the States.

Posted on 2026-10-02 by TPOL Nathan

We are pleased to share this interesting, short, and provocative analysis by the “friend of a friend,” ~ J.D.R.Hawkins. He published this online some time ago, but it has valuable lessons one hundred and sixty-five years after the events he … Continue reading →

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