Tag Archives: Black Hills

Trashing presidents (well, their statues)

Posted on December 9, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

The City of Rapid City, the eastern gateway to the beautiful Black Hills, likes to style itself the “City of Presidents.” For years, private donations have been paying for statues of US Presidents (you know, POTUS) to be put on … Continue reading →

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Motorcycles and liberty – Sturgis 85 (2025)

Posted on August 4, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

We last touched on several points about why TPOL sees the annual Black Hills Rally as tied to liberty. Let us continue our look at liberty, bikes, and bikers. This 2025 85th Rally seems to be off to a great … Continue reading →

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Liberty and tolerance at 85th Sturgis Motorcycle Rally

Posted on August 2, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Today, the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming are filled with the roar of big bikes of all types. Actually, the last week has seen a rapid increase in the number of bikers flowing into and through the Pahasapa … Continue reading →

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Happy Columbus Day?

Posted on October 14, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Today is the “rescheduled” Federal holiday of Columbus Day. In some States (in an “in appearance only” federalism that borders on mockery), it is “Native American Day” or “Indigenous Peoples Day” or some such. Many politicians (not just the Woke … Continue reading →

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The lies of environists and other government-worshippers

Posted on October 26, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

There is no way that we can take anything at all that we are told by government agencies, educational institutions (which we realize are just another kind of government agency: government-run tax-funded “public” schools), mainstream or alternative media, or most … Continue reading →

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Shots fired! Why we don’t need to panic

Posted on July 24, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

The app “NextDoor” is growing in popularity as a way of encouraging contact and making good neighbors.  But sometimes what is reported and discussed takes my breath away. A very recent example took place in and around Rapid City, South … Continue reading →

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Drought, wildfire and the American dream

Posted on March 29, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Drought and wildfires are constantly with us. This summer and fall are expected to be particularly bad for both according to many forecasters and predictions. Some areas are hard hit, and some have been very bad in the past. Now, … Continue reading →

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South Dakota – punishment for Trump and more?

Posted on March 17, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Author’s note: As I sit writing this, our home outside Rapid City in the Black Hills sits under 15-18 inches of fresh, wet, spring snow, courtesy of the vast Storm Xylia that engulfed much of the Rockies and Great Plains. … Continue reading →

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Freedom of the open road – RALLY IS HERE!

Posted on August 7, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Readers know that the Barton family is based in the Black Hills, and operates frequently in the Four Corners and sometimes on the Front Range of Colorado, with work stretching across eight states on a regular basis. Freedom of the … Continue reading →

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Libertarian view of history of the Black Hills now available

Posted on November 27, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

As discussed earlier in November, The Price of Liberty now has a short history (still in progress) of the Black Hills of South Dakota and Wyoming. You may view it here, or by clicking on the link in the masthead … Continue reading →

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