Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Another war

Posted on 2026-03-01 by TPOL Nathan

Yesterday’s attack by Israeli and US forces on Iran has within hours expanded to include a dozen different nations. As usual, we have nowhere near enough information to figure out what is really going on. The claims made by various … Continue reading →

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Real world problems: floods and droughts, hurricanes and blizzards, tornadoes and hail #3 Floods, winds, fires, and hurricanes

Posted on 2026-02-28 by TPOL Nathan

Politics and political troubles, like other forms of war, distract us from real-world problems that can and do harm and even kill us. While many are man-made entirely, others are natural events. Natural? Yes, but influenced and modified (made worse) … Continue reading →

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The Wilson Revolution of 1913

Posted on 2026-02-26 by TPOL Nathan

A guest commentary, courtesy of an unknown christian, libertarian artist and writer. We at TPOL have always viewed Woodrow Wilson as a great enemy of liberty, a “Progressive” who advocated the Administrative State and had many other faults. Unfortunately, he … Continue reading →

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More green energy fiascos are looming

Posted on 2026-02-25 by TPOL Nathan

Over the past several years, we see more and more evidence that the much-vaunted methods of mitigating “man-made global warming” (aka global climate change) are failing to meet the needs of modern civilization. Pushed heavily by government, Gaea-worshipers, special interest … Continue reading →

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Real world problems: floods and droughts, hurricanes and blizzards, tornadoes and hail #2 Water (continued)

Posted on 2026-02-24 by TPOL Nathan

See Part 1 here. Again, let us be clear and repeat ourselves in this example: by Southwestern I mean: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and portions of Nevada, Utah, Colorado and a slice of Wyoming. I include Wyoming because it … Continue reading →

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Real world problems: floods and droughts, hurricanes and blizzards, tornadoes and hail #1 Water

Posted on 2026-02-23 by TPOL Nathan

This was originally published in October of 2024: TPOL part 1 of “real world problems”. Now, with concerns over drought, warmer than normal weather conditions in some of the States and exceptionally cold weather in others, and with recent examples … Continue reading →

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More injustice in our world

Posted on 2026-02-20 by TPOL Nathan

Yesterday, we looked at the incredible record of American politicians and government officials engaged in, and sometimes found, tried, convicted, and maybe punished, for abusing children (and others) sexually. As we pointed out, such evil is not the only way … Continue reading →

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Where are the acts of justice government is supposed to take?

Posted on 2026-02-19 by TPOL Nathan

We are told that “good government” praises those who do good and punish those who do evil. Of course, that is a key metric to determine whether or not man-made, human, mandatory governments can be tolerated as a necessary evil, … Continue reading →

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Relativism in today’s world

Posted on 2026-02-18 by TPOL Nathan

 Mike Slater discussed the danger of relativism in culture. As reported by Breitbart, Slater said, “There are three cultural expressions that people use all the time (without even thinking about it) that are just wrong: “So,” he continued, “The ancient … Continue reading →

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Secession often is desirable

Posted on 2026-02-17 by TPOL Nathan

A New Mexico state representative has again filed a constitutional amendment that would allow three or more contiguous counties in the State to vote to secede if at least 15% of the counties’ electorate sign a petition to put the … Continue reading →

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