Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Whom do we believe? And when?

Posted on 2017-03-02 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Every day, we see or read or hear news stories, from locally, our region, the Fifty States, and around the world. Sometimes, especially for local stories, we see something that is just not right: sometimes not quite … Continue reading →

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Oh, you evil, EVIL polluters!

Posted on 2017-03-02 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton We’ve all been there or heard about it.  The family member who grew up on snail-mail and has to print out every e-mail (and would probably print out every text message from their phone, and every Twitter, … Continue reading →

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Movies, society, and liberty

Posted on 2017-02-21 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Movies are an important part of American culture and society, and have been for a century. It is hard to imagine that at once time (and as late as the 1940s), many religious Americans believed that the … Continue reading →

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Do people “deserve” liberty?

Posted on 2017-02-15 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Do people “deserve” liberty? I have just been embroiled in a heartbreaking situation, one of a series. Without going into detail and thereby creating problems of privacy and decency, bear with me a minute. An older married … Continue reading →

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Oh dear! Theocracy is just around the corner

Posted on 2017-02-14 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Restating a campaign promise, the new Massa recently announced – at a PRAYER BREAKFAST, of all things – that he intends to “destroy” the Johnson Amendment. USA Today “reports” on this in a commentary-laced “news story” which … Continue reading →

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Is El Neil burning his bridges?

Posted on 2017-02-11 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton L. Neil Smith’s recent column ending his commentary cycle on the recent election and elevation of a new Massa for the FedGov on The Libertarian Enterprise may come as a bit of shock to some people.  In … Continue reading →

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The heartbreak of government-run tax-funded schools

Posted on 2017-02-11 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Recently, Vicki E. Alger a Research Fellow at the Independent Institute, a libertarian-conservative think tank, in Oakland, California, published a new book, Failure: The Federal “Misedukation” of America’s Children. I’ve not been able to read the book yet, … Continue reading →

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Fifth Column

Posted on 2017-02-10 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton As we are in the third week of the Trump Era (however long that may last), it is clear that there are enemies within and without.  Not just within and outside the Fifty States, but within and … Continue reading →

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Hypocrisy – environists and liberals and politicians

Posted on 2017-02-08 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Fresh news from North Dakota, that the acting Secretary of the Army may issue a record of decision as soon as Friday the 10th of February, which will allow the DAPL (Dakota Access Pipeline) to be completed … Continue reading →

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Europe’s fall continues

Posted on 2017-02-08 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Things are not going well in Europe these days. A point of which we are made freshly aware when an Islamist warrior attacked a French military patrol near the Louvre in Paris itself.  As reported by Stars … Continue reading →

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