Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

The destruction of business by government

By Nathan Barton For decades, I have seen this happen, and it long precedes my lifetime.  Governments, constantly seeking more and more power (control) and (of course) money, are quick to take advantage of perceived lack of services in (and … Continue reading

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2018- the face of evil

By Nathan Barton Todd Starnes, a conservative political commentator, posted a disturbing video on his website on 4th January 2018. It was apparently recorded at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville this recent fall. The headline is actually misleading: the … Continue reading

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The terror of liberty

By Nathan Barton This popped up on my desktop this morning. That evil state legislature of Oregon, once such a bastion of compassionate concern and care by government, has terrorized its people in this new year of 2018. As reported … Continue reading

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A call to liberate children and families

By Nathan Barton In my commentary back in June, entitled “A need to liberate children and family” (and other articles, including many since then: notably my comments yesterday about John W Whitehead’s excellent “Jesus was born in a police state” … Continue reading

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Jesus lived in a police state

by Nathan Barton Although I do not believe in celebrating Christmas as a religious holiday, I hope you will not mind me sharing the comments by John W Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute.  I’ve added a few notes to it. … Continue reading

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Dealing with the 21st century police state

By Nathan Barton The Home School Legal Defense Association (HSLDA) recently sent an email, describing a really bad situation they are trying to help. Here is an edited version of what they published. (With comments by Mama Liberty and me.): … Continue reading

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Arrogance and evil

By Nathan Barton The new TrumpTax now seems a done deal, but on Tuesday the 19th of December, it was a bizarre sort of public spectacle as the House and Senate debated it, voted on it, traded back and forth, … Continue reading

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A merry Christmas, indeed … and an example of liberty

By Nathan Barton Fortunately, the Christmas season always brings stories of good things that people do for each other, and here are a couple. On Sunday the 17th of December, when Atlanta Airport had a massive power outage that shut … Continue reading

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It’s a battle, not the war (FISA Sec 702)

By Nathan Barton John Whitehead of the Rutherford Institute addresses a serious situation we face in the next two weeks in his recent commentary via Laissez Faire). Here is the heart of his analysis: As it now stands, Section 702 … Continue reading

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At last – a return to sanity?

By Nathan Barton It appears, as I write on Thursday afternoon, that the FCC has killed “net neutrality” – two years after the hideous abomination was put into effect by the Obummer regime acting on behalf of George Soros and … Continue reading

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