Category Archives: Nathan’s Rants

Christmas presents for schools and parents?

This year, for whatever reason, there seems to be less publicity about the usual acts of “war” on Christmas and other so-called christian holidays. However, the pressure is still there. At the same time, there are continuing conflicts between people … Continue reading

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“We’re a democracy” – except when we ain’t

We hear all the time how these United States are a “democracy,” and the importance of “one-person, one-vote;” we know that people worship (or claim to worship) democracy. There is, of course, a constant, growing demand for popular election of … Continue reading

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Fascism – hard to define, perhaps, but easy to spot?

Publisher’s note: As has already happened, combination of work and family and weather is slowing down publishing commentaries, and we expect that to continue the last few days of December and the beginning of January. Now on to commentary: There … Continue reading

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Collapse and catastrophe? Or rebirth?

Is the cup half-empty? Or half-full? We face such a situation, at least the way we interpret Martin Armstrong’s discussion on Addison Wiggins’ Wiggins Session for 14 December 2022: There is simply no possible way to prevent the collapse of … Continue reading

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COVID madness rising again? Still?

The current regime in DC clearly bewildered people enough – and scared them enough – to avoid the usual mass layoff of congresscritturs last month. But never fear, they are already ramping up for 23 months from now: the November … Continue reading

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NOT a free market, is it? Licensing and permitting

What could we all do with less of? Government, of course. Specifically government meddling (“intervention”) in our daily lives, in the activities of our businesses, our institutions (like churches), and everything else.

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Anarchy, tyranny, and liberty

Too many of us get confused on the basics of life, the universe, and everything. Especially these three concepts. Let’s dive in. Many of us find ourselves defining key concepts in a lot of different ways. All three of these … Continue reading

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Free trade? Free speech? Of course, but…

Remember when Americans were sold on all the “free trade” agreements like NAFTA and the TPP and how the European Union would be a vast free-trade zone to increase prosperity and increase freedom? Oh, provided that we all followed hundreds … Continue reading

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Resisting tyranny in our northern neighbor!

Breitbart reports that at least four of the provinces to our north have made it clear to the guy who hides in basements in Ottawa that they will NOT cooperate in his gun grab. The provinces so far include Alberta, … Continue reading

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Smoking guns – and preserving the status quo

The partial release of Twitter internal correspondence burying the story of Hunter Biden’s laptop in the days before the 2020 presidential election is viewed by many as a smoking gun. Although Musk and Taibbi have only released some of the … Continue reading

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