Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Crimes of government: daily harm, daily death (Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-10C)

Posted on 2014-03-14 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning.  Every day, I see a dozen or more news stories which describe how government, at some level, for some reason, has harmed people.  Sometimes a government agent has killed or maimed yet another innocent person, … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-10A: Congress and other thugs

Posted on 2014-03-12 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning, after a long weekend hiatus from my column, dealing with all kinds of fun things.  Almost as much “fun” as in DC this week. Incredibly, Diane Feinstein, in an act of incredible hypocrisy, denounced the … Continue reading →

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Connecticut, the “Police State”

Posted on 2014-03-03 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Connecticut is nicknamed the “Constitution State” because it claims to have been the first polity in history with a written constitution (the Fundamental Orders, published in 1638).  Apparently the fifth state to ratify the Constitution, Connecticut has … Continue reading →

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“Rogue” Cops – Is Enough Enough? (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on 2014-03-02 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In part 1, I talked about the problem we have with cops and police in America today: killer cops, abusive cops, tyrannical cops.  I presented some thoughts on how to deal with that, and recognized that those … Continue reading →

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“Rogue” Cops – Is Enough Enough? (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on 2014-03-01 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It seems to me that in the past couple of months we have seen a huge ramp up in reports of “rogue cops” stealing and killing and beating and otherwise behaving like the criminals that they are … Continue reading →

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The Veteran’s Apocalypse?

Posted on 2014-02-16 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I just read something written by a person who is deeply fearful that “bringing home the troops” from Afghanistan and nearby countries will flood America’s cities and towns with tens of thousands of ex-soldiers, unemployed and badly … Continue reading →

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New Orleans: Cesspool and Solution

Posted on 2014-02-15 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In my last column, I talked a bit about “lawless rulers” and how the thuggish nature of government is ever more visible.  Outside Chicago, Detroit, and DC, there are few places as corrupt and evil as New … Continue reading →

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What is government?

Posted on 2014-02-01 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It helps, now and then, to sit back and ask, just what is this institution?  What is “government?” We here in the formerly united States, from Maine to Hawaii, Alaska to Florida, are afflicted and infected with … Continue reading →

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The government WILL disarm us, IF we let them

Posted on 2014-01-30 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Usually, the columnists over at FreedomOutpost.com are thoughtful, make pretty good analyses, and understand the world we live in. Sadly, Tim Brown fails to meet that mark, when he writes, “Our government isn’t going to disarm us.” … Continue reading →

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Charter Forests?

Posted on 2014-01-17 by TPOL Nathan

The Federal Government “owns,” without Constitutional authority, much of the Fifty States – and oddly enough, far more of many of those states than it claims in the District of Columbia, the ONLY place it is authorized to own anything … Continue reading →

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