Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Look up before you breathe too deeply?

Posted on 2024-05-22 by TPOL Nathan

“Take a great big breath! It’s good for you.” The powers that be – and academia in particular – aren’t happy about all of us folks who declined their vaccines and continue to live. As opposition ramps up to the … Continue reading →

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The decline and death of academia in the States

Posted on 2024-05-21 by TPOL Nathan

Let us continue to discuss education, then and now. For decades, the decline in the quality of education at American universities has been obvious. Why? Perhaps C.S. Lewis has the right of it. Education and schools officially, legally, and even … Continue reading →

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Colleges, universities, and the real world

Posted on 2024-05-20 by TPOL Nathan

Liberty unquestionably demands an educated people – because daily living requires some degree of understanding of how the world works. There are, of course, many questions. How much education? About what subjects? What balance between education and experience? This old … Continue reading →

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The hits just keep on a-coming! Delusional?

Posted on 2024-05-18 by TPOL Nathan

One of us here at TPOL misheard reading of this Fox News headline: Gavin Newsom called ‘delusional’ after touting California as national model on fighting homelessness ‘He’s been in power for two decades and hasn’t solved a thing,’ one X … Continue reading →

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California ups the ante on cars and trucks and their owners and operators

Posted on 2024-05-16 by TPOL Nathan

We know, it is a long headline. Hopefully it attracted your attention. As mentioned several times recently, we seem to always be hammering on California and San Francisco (and other cities and regions in the People’s Democratic Republic). So here … Continue reading →

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Compassionate city providing special assistance for down-and-outers

Posted on 2024-05-15 by TPOL Nathan

Editor’s Note: We tend to rail on the City and County of San Francisco. The NY Post reports that the City is spending millions of dollars to provide essential products to the homeless of the city. Given San Francisco’s climate … Continue reading →

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As for me and my house…

Posted on 2024-05-14 by TPOL Nathan

The sign says it all: Tyranny is built on lies and fabrications – including lies which are warping of truth. And as with freeways, where you would find such a sign, the wide gate and the broad way is the … Continue reading →

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What do you think? Are they all wrong? Hamas, Israel, Canaan, and genocide

Posted on 2024-05-13 by TPOL Nathan

We’ve been bombarded with images of protesters chanting “from the river to the sea” in support of Hamas and Palestinians against Israel. We also have seen a deluge of opposition claiming that this chant is literally a call for genocide … Continue reading →

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War on self-defense? Some updates.

Posted on 2024-05-11 by TPOL Nathan

Despite recent snows in the High County (the Rockies and Sierras and Black Hills, at least), the summer tourist season is nearly upon us. With that, people are traveling and warm days and cool nights (but not too cool) bring … Continue reading →

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Education – then and now

Posted on 2024-05-10 by TPOL Nathan

Let us return to a frequent theme of TPOL. Modern American education is worse than a farce. It is perhaps the single greatest cause of the seeming collapse of American society, the economy, and the hope of many. A century … Continue reading →

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