Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Four hundred years

Posted on 2020-11-21 by TPOL Nathan

The year 2020, for all its problems, is the Four-hundredth anniversary of the founding of Plymouth Colorado, the beginnings of Massachusetts and the original “Northern Colonies” – established for much different reasons than Virginia and the rest of the Southern … Continue reading →

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Uncle Joe polishes his dictator credentials

Posted on 2020-11-20 by TPOL Nathan

A friend sent me this tweet from some doctor: Dr. Jill Biden@DrBiden·Nov 19 Joe will be a president for all Americans. Assuming this is true and Uncle Joe’s own belief, it seems to be to be a clear sign that … Continue reading →

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Propaganda wars in full swing – those EVIL anti-maskers and more

Posted on 2020-11-20 by TPOL Nathan

As the Fifty States stagger on through month eleven of this Annus Horribilis, we see things are again heating up. We’ve not had the massive riots, and the protests have been nowhere close to what was promised and predicted. But … Continue reading →

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Lobbyists, lords, and … no liberty, eh?

Posted on 2020-11-19 by TPOL Nathan

Byron King, over at Agora (or one of their sister firms), recently wrote this analysis of lobbyists. Let us read and ponder it. _____ …as the post-election drama plays out, the Biden transition team is staffing up with registered corporate … Continue reading →

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Why lie?

Posted on 2020-11-18 by TPOL Nathan

Because… “Never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before.” Rahm Emanuel Emanuel was paraphrasing another not-quite-so-extreme Democrat from more than a half-century … Continue reading →

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COVID-19 madness is really not new

Posted on 2020-11-17 by TPOL Nathan

It seems, that COVID-19 is contagious – even highly contagious. But the rate of spread and contagion of the novel coronavirus pales in comparison to the rate of spread of panic and madness triggered by this pandemic. Madness? First, the … Continue reading →

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Under the tyrant’s boots

Posted on 2020-11-16 by TPOL Nathan

With friends, clients, and family in northwestern New Mexico, we pay close attention to the news from the Land of Enchantment. It isn’t good these days. According to the Farmington Times, New Mexico’s thuggish empress has waved her scepter and … Continue reading →

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Indeed, where do we go from here?

Posted on 2020-11-15 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarians – both the political type and the less-political lovers of liberty – face a set of serious challenges in this horrid year of 2020 and in the future. We know that there is no indication that things will go … Continue reading →

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Is it catching? (Insanity)

Posted on 2020-11-13 by TPOL Nathan

Madness and insanity is not just an American problem – and not just an epidemic among the political class and worthless “students.” The insanity of modern society – rather, too many people and institutions IN society – is truly frightening. … Continue reading →

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In Memorium

Posted on 2020-11-11 by TPOL Nathan

The good people over at Whiskey and Gunpowder, especially Byron King, revisited the events of 102 years ago, and “A Country on the Edge of Forever,” yesterday. It is definitely worth reading – even if you’ve already read it a … Continue reading →

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