Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Masks, liberty, and slavery

Posted on 2021-03-19 by TPOL Nathan

You got a mask? For 99% of Americans, the answer is yes. Stores and websites are selling them like hotcakes. It seems like every other store (especially the big-box and small-box stores and the supermarket and convenience store chains) has … Continue reading →

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South Dakota – punishment for Trump and more?

Posted on 2021-03-17 by TPOL Nathan

Author’s note: As I sit writing this, our home outside Rapid City in the Black Hills sits under 15-18 inches of fresh, wet, spring snow, courtesy of the vast Storm Xylia that engulfed much of the Rockies and Great Plains. … Continue reading →

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Stupid government – phobias and bans

Posted on 2021-03-16 by TPOL Nathan

Stupidity to the point of insanity is increasingly a “occupational disease” of politicians – especially those elected to state legislatures.  Consider this. It is not a joke from the Onion or the Babylon Bee. It is Oregon House Bill 3305: … Continue reading →

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We’re back! Liberty’s price is being paid

Posted on 2021-03-15 by TPOL Nathan

After an unexpected and unplanned hiatus of two weeks, The Price of Liberty returns. Following a whirlwind tour of seven states, at least three still in the throes of the evils of the Lockdown, TPOL is back up this week. … Continue reading →

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Additional thoughts on Biden’s gunning for guns

Posted on 2021-03-02 by TPOL Nathan

David, Tom Knapp, and several others pointed out my typo in the second paragraph, and I realized it was also unclear. Here is what I meant to write and what it now says: “Especially since no doubt many of the … Continue reading →

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Biden’s agenda for guns

Posted on 2021-03-01 by TPOL Nathan

According to various sources, gun sales in the Fifty States (measured by background checks with BATFE and the FBI) hit a new record in January. Back on the 3rd of February, 24-7 Wall Street reported 4,137,480 sales for the first … Continue reading →

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The myth of political differences

Posted on 2021-02-27 by TPOL Nathan

Years ago, Leonard Read stated it well. “Much the same thing” is not, of course, quite the same as identical, of course. There are differences. Perhaps different flavors. Just as there is a subtle but clear differences between Coca-Cola, Pepsi-Cola, … Continue reading →

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The tyranny of local government, revisited (part 1)

Posted on 2021-02-25 by TPOL Nathan

Back on the 17th of August, 2017 – three and a half years ago, TPOL published this commentary.  In that time, the truth of the premise has been proven over and over ago.  It is worth sharing again, with a … Continue reading →

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Crashing careers – and lessons we can learn from them

Posted on 2021-02-24 by TPOL Nathan

All around us, it seems that political careers of major movers and shakers are cratering. Boom! Flatter than a pancake. They are in both old parties – with various political philosophies. But I think we can learn a lot from … Continue reading →

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Defeating the enemies of liberty

Posted on 2021-02-23 by TPOL Nathan

Maybe I am just being sensitive, but it seems that in the past few months, rhetoric has ramped up on both sides of the Great Divide in American politics. Actually, ALL sides of the multiple divides of political thought and … Continue reading →

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