Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Redefining the media (Part 2)

Posted on 2018-03-14 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I have generally distinguished between media differently. (Part 1) First, there is the mainstream media (MSM), with such things as the WaPo, USA Today, New York Times and other major dailies, the “networks” of radio and TV … Continue reading →

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Redefining the media

Posted on 2018-03-13 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Whether we call it the “press” or the “media” or lump it together in the general category of “free speech,” most people (both in the Fifty States and much of the rest of the world) consider their … Continue reading →

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I think we’ve been warned already, but…

Posted on 2018-03-12 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In this case, Mark Zuckerberg and his minions at Facebook – apparently even if you don’t HAVE an account on Facebook! According to the Daily Mail, not only is Big Bro Facebook watching you, they are maintaining … Continue reading →

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It gets so old

Posted on 2018-03-02 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Although I am a lover of liberty and very much (and more and more) an anarchist (self-governor), I tend to sympathize and empathize with conservatives – even conservative statists – more than with their enemies on the … Continue reading →

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Fear, loathing, and fragmentation of society

Posted on 2018-03-01 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In the last two weeks, we have seen a new tone set in the usual post-murder political screaming in the Fifty States. Of particular interest is the “sudden” conversion of so many major companies, now supposedly bowing … Continue reading →

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“Converting” someone to self-government

Posted on 2018-02-25 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Understandably, you, dear reader, may think I’m being needlessly (or even brashly or offensively) spiritual (religious) by using this term.  Yet, in reality, in today’s world we find it necessary to treat statists in a way very … Continue reading →

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Are we’uns stooopid? Too many ‘merkins is, it seems

Posted on 2018-02-24 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It is a steady drumbeat.  Every day, I get to read a couple – shucks, a half-dozen or more – stories (“news stories?”) in the mainstream media AND the alternative media that point out the stupid behavior … Continue reading →

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The priorities of government

Posted on 2018-02-18 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton (Note: This, in a shorter version, was originally a response to a comment to my commentary “The Art of the Deal – January 2018.”) What are the priorities of government?  Of government agencies?  Of government employees? Of … Continue reading →

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Time for the FBI to go away

Posted on 2018-02-17 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Revelations concerning the failure of the FBI to follow up on published threats by the Florida school killer to do just that – kill people in school – are troubling. Coming on top of the exposure of … Continue reading →

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Saving children

Posted on 2018-02-16 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It has happened again. Seventeen people are killed by a crazed 19-year-old “child” in and around a school in Florida.  A 9-12th grade high school with more than 3,000 students.  Or rather, as Tom Knapp accurately characterized it … Continue reading →

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