Category Archives: Short Takes

TPOL’s response to the “State of the Union” address last night

Posted on 2024-03-08 by TPOL Nathan

Several have asked if we had a response to the first major campaign speech of the 2024 election from the Democratic presumptive candidate (or at least his teleprompter): We should know what to expect from Uncle Joe by now. Ditto … Continue reading →

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Blast from the past: taxes (theft)

Posted on 2024-03-03 by TPOL Nathan

As we see more and more inflation, taxes, economic failures, and – of course – government intervention, this chart and cartoons from the past is worth studying once again. Although it addresses the State of Utah specifically, it is not … Continue reading →

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Steve Baker of The Blaze arrested, humiliated

Posted on 2024-03-01 by TPOL Nathan

Steve Baker, an investigative reporter, has been arrested in a humiliating manner in Dallas related to 6 January 2021. Continue reading →

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A CRY AGAINST INJUSTICE

Posted on 2024-02-28 by TPOL Nathan

Astute readers may recognize this guest editorial, so applicable to 2024 and the political court system, judicial and social insanity, economic and medical and judicial warfare, and the evils of the omnipotent (so-claimed) state and its various systems which claim … Continue reading →

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When has a State seceded? Who calls the shots?

Posted on 2024-02-21 by TPOL Nathan

Back in the 1860s, it was all very simple and clear-cut – at least looking back a century and a half. A State called a convention with delegates selected by voters, and if the convention voted to leave the Union, … Continue reading →

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Do we have to choose between capitalism and charity?

Posted on 2024-02-19 by TPOL Nathan

The entire question in the headline hit us here at The Price of Liberty as kind of strange. In our eyes, it isn’t like capitalism (free markets) and charity are mutually exclusive. We figure that without income from capitalistic enterprises … Continue reading →

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Some things to think about on a winter’s evening

Posted on 2024-02-18 by TPOL Nathan

Ideas of liberty, freedom, and government (or lack thereof): All too often, these are seen as opposing principles, but that is not necessarily the case. A few thoughts about each: In economic terms, we have freedom if we have equality … Continue reading →

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Corruption and immorality in government – a pictorial!

Posted on 2024-02-17 by TPOL Nathan

Try to smile! Liberty works. So does government, just not for you and me and the average person. People have recognized this for a long, long time. In 2016, New Atlas reported that 85% of the people of the world … Continue reading →

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Speaking of education … ban the nasty stuff!

Posted on 2024-02-10 by TPOL Nathan

Courtesy of a correspondent from the ever-deeper blue Colorado: Preschool Regs: Wow, how surprising that government funding for “private” preschools has brought new government regulations of them. Here is an indicative line from the CPR report: “There was also a last-minute save for … Continue reading →

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What is going on? Politics 2024

Posted on 2024-02-09 by TPOL Nathan

Thursday, 8 February 2024, was a momentous day in American politics. In front of the Nine Nazgul (SCOTUS), lawyers argued over Colorado and Maine trying to ban THe Donald from their ballots in November: denying the functioning of the “democracy” … Continue reading →

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