Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Medicine in the world of the statist

Posted on 2016-04-21 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-17E, 21 April 2016 By Nathan Barton Medicine in the world of the statist A few articles have passed my desk in recent days, talking about medical advances. In one, researchers at a university in Hong Kong and … Continue reading →

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Nanny state = Police state

Posted on 2016-04-18 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-16C,  by Nathan Barton This week, a rather bizarre incident reminded me again of just how much liberty and freedom we have lost. An unnamed client in an unnamed “small” (about 250,000 population) city in the Great Plains … Continue reading →

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Echelons Above Reality: the IRS and Congress

Posted on 2016-04-17 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-16B, by Nathan Barton The Army sometimes uses a term “Echelons Above Reality” or EAR, when speaking of higher command and especially the civilians that tell the military what to do: the secretaries of Defense, Navy, Army, and … Continue reading →

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Hypocrites: Liberty, privacy, and … sex

Posted on 2016-04-16 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-16 A, By Nathan Barton My, but doesn’t this sound just a wee bit hypocrtical? Christian News.Net reports that a petition has been launched at Change.org to get people and government to recognize that the rocker Bruce Springsteen … Continue reading →

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Never? A response to an Islamic apologist

Posted on 2016-04-06 by TPOL Nathan

(Libertarian Commentary #16-15B, by Nathan Barton Never? A young man in Texas has written an article in the Huffington Post, entitled “Five reasons why Muslims should never have to apologize for terrorism,” which has generated a lot of discussion and … Continue reading →

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Governed

Posted on 2016-03-31 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The following quote came from one of my daily quote subscriptions, and is worth sharing with readers.  Notice this was written in the 19th Century, but is just as true today. It was written about France, but … Continue reading →

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Blind Voters

Posted on 2016-03-14 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Chris, over at Laissez Faire Books reposted (with his own comments) an article by Josh Guckert at The Libertarian Republic, entitled “Trump and Sanders may have more in common than most [people] think.” He proceeds to list … Continue reading →

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Voting with your feet – redux

Posted on 2016-03-12 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-10F By Nathan Barton Voting with your feet, Redux – Europe, America, and Islam Events in Europe mean more and more people are voting with their feet as well. And the arrogance of their national and European Tranzi … Continue reading →

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What if, or when? Is Trump toast?

Posted on 2016-03-06 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #18-10A,  By Nathan Barton Is Trump at the Zenith? The first week of March 2016 has been an eventful one in that stupid game called “presidential politics” here in the Fifty States. On the Democratic side, that evil … Continue reading →

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Politics 2016: Baker’s Dozen ™ Federal Ballot Issues (what-if)

Posted on 2016-03-05 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton As Jeffrey Tucker pointed out in a recent column, voters need to remember that when voting in federal elections, people are voting for (or against) PEOPLE and NOT on issues. That the people elected may make all … Continue reading →

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