Tag Archives: aggression

Self-defense or preventative aggression? A case study

By Nathan Barton Self-Defense or Preventative Aggression? We can interpret Seoul’s recent announcement several ways. According to the BBC a few weeks back, “South Korea has a plan to annihilate the North Korean capital if it shows any signs of … Continue reading

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Self-defense, defense of others, or…

By Nathan Barton NOTE: This is the 1,000th published column by me for The Price of Liberty! Self-defense or defense of others, or revenge? Can we answer that question? The Blaze reports on a situation at a Dallas-area Waffle House … Continue reading

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Haters: Conservative, Liberal, and Faux Libertarian

Libertarian Commentary #16-12C, By Nathan Barton We’ve all seen it; sometimes daily. A headline on an alternate media site, or a vicious comment on a news story, or spoken in response to someone’s comment. It’s hate: pure-quill hate. No, it … Continue reading

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Taxes and Other Insanity!

Libertarian Commentary #16-04B, 25 JAN 2016 By Nathan Barton What business does the “justice system” have deciding what is, and what is not, a potato chip (called a potato crisp in the UK)? Apparently, every bit when taxes are at … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 13 October 2015, #15-40C: Hypocrisy in action

By Nathan Barton Hypocrisy is, of course, always with us. Especially in government and big business. Consider some of the following. Do as I say, NOT as I do.  Of course, she has now “resigned,” no doubt for the good … Continue reading

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Where do we draw the line? Abortion and other forms of murder

By Nathan Barton A comment was made in response to a sentence in my recent commentary on “Predictions”: If you give “this administration” – or any other – the power to “stop partial birth abortions!”, you give them the power … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #15-02E: Fear

By Nathan Barton A lot of fear floating around these days.  A lot of stories relate to that common problem.  We all have fears, and there is nothing wrong with that: it is when we let our fears drive our … Continue reading

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