Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Beware of fraudsters

Posted on 2024-10-08 by TPOL Nathan

Now, we all hear the various PSAs and see the billboards – often paid for by government agencies – that warn us against scams and scamsters, against con-artists and all those evil folks. Whether it is utility frauds or Nigerian … Continue reading →

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Truth from a liar?

Posted on 2024-10-07 by TPOL Nathan

To be tactful, John Kerry is a real piece of work. He is right up there with the Clintons, the Bushes, the Obamas, Uncle Joe (at least when he was mentally competent), and dear Kammie when it comes to political … Continue reading →

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Warning – be on the lookout (humor!)

Posted on 2024-10-05 by TPOL Nathan

Just don’t say we did not warn you. 31 more days to … who knows what?

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The Sunset Clause

Posted on 2024-10-04 by TPOL Nathan

For the last several decades, a lot of legislation in DC and the State capitols has included a “sunset clause,” also called a sunset rule or a sunset provision. The sunset clause is a measure within a statute, regulation or other … Continue reading →

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Put not your trust in princes… or presidents… or congresscritturs… or bureaucrats

Posted on 2024-10-03 by TPOL Nathan

Rob Morse, writing from (and about) the Helene-hit hinderland of the Old South: Why are people in North Carolina suffering after the latest storm? The answers are both obvious and unusual. We are responding to both acts of nature and … Continue reading →

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Irrational fears dominate American politics

Posted on 2024-10-02 by TPOL Nathan

Just as “war is the health of the state” so fear facilitates politicians and governments, and drives politics. That has been the case for millennia, but this year we can really see and feel the impact. This is not a … Continue reading →

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Can the courts dismantle the imperial bureaucracy in DC?

Posted on 2024-09-30 by TPOL Nathan

In recent months, the Nine Nazgul (or at least 5 or 6 of them) have seeming delivered major blows to the bureaucratic state and much of its power and practices. At the same time, more and more lower federal people … Continue reading →

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Lo, the poor Indian…

Posted on 2024-09-27 by TPOL Nathan

For more than 150 years, the white regressives (they call themselves progressives and compassionate conservatives and liberals – corrupting the meanings of all the words) of these States and many in Europe and Canada have bemoaned the so-called racism and … Continue reading →

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Pushing the limit on lies? There’s a limit?

Posted on 2024-09-17 by TPOL Nathan

We all know that politicians lie. We all know that bureaucrats lie. And we all know that the media lies. Consider Springfield, Ohio. According to actual video testimony as assembled and published by an alt-media site (Horn News), Haitian “refugees” … Continue reading →

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Classical liberalism, liberty, and empire

Posted on 2024-09-16 by TPOL Nathan

As lovers of liberty, we are often considered “liberals” or increasingly “classical liberals,” (Like so many other English words, the meaning of “liberalism” has been warped. (One reason that TPOL does not use “liberal” very often and refers to those … Continue reading →

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