Category Archives: Short Takes

Nazgul rule on The Donald and immunity

Posted on 2024-07-01 by TPOL Nathan

And everyone is confused and even angry. As announced today (Monday, 1 JUL 2024), the SCOTUS ruled 6-3 today on the Jack Smith prosecution against The Donald for his instigation of events on 6 JAN 2021. “The nature of presidential … Continue reading →

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Really? The Constitution?

Posted on 2024-06-27 by TPOL Nathan

A while back, I got a missive from Hillsdale College. It triggers some thoughts about the US Constitution, about liberty and human government, and about what we need to defend liberty and our rights. Read it for yourself: _______________ In … Continue reading →

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Tyranny in the world today

Posted on 2024-06-22 by TPOL Nathan

C.S. Lewis said it well: “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s … Continue reading →

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Zelenskyy and liberty and freedom

Posted on 2024-06-19 by TPOL Nathan

Supposedly we are spending billions and billions arming training and supplying the poor, desperate people of Ukraine to help their democracy. To preserve or restore their liberty as individuals and people. And their freedom as a nation. Protecting them from … Continue reading →

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Do we really need a POTUS?

Posted on 2024-06-11 by TPOL Nathan

A recent article by Paradigm writer James Altucher suggested that the US Presidency is a useless job and asks, then urges these States to abolish the position. It is an interesting question. And James makes some excellent points. This is … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Party: stick a fork in it

Posted on 2024-05-28 by TPOL Nathan

It is obvious: there were some winners and losers at the Washington DC LP convention this week. The Party itself wasn’t a winner. The Libertarian Party US’ latest convention shows the party not only continues to be an ever-increasing political … Continue reading →

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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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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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Wartime is fun time – for government

Posted on 2024-05-09 by TPOL Nathan

We were warned a long time ago, weren’t we? It was not, of course, just Madison who told us what might happen. George Washington, yet another Virginian aristocrat, told us to avoid foreign entanglements. Something that we “sorta” did avoid … Continue reading →

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Pie in the sky by and by – “prophets of science”

Posted on 2024-04-22 by TPOL Nathan

The term in the headline was first applied, I think, to the strongly Pentecostal roving brush arbor preachers of the Great Awakening in the States back in the early 1800s – whom Westerners referred to as “sky pilots.” It was … Continue reading →

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