Tag Archives: children

Homeschooling and virtual schooling 2025

Posted on August 5, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

All around we see the signs and ads telling us that the government-run, tax-funded schools are gearing up to start the 2025-2026 school year. Some very early in August, others (as in Rapid City, SD and its colonial possessions in … Continue reading →

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Parents and responsibility for children’s lives

Posted on June 7, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

The pushback against Trump 2.0 comes as no surprise. His attempt to “bring efficiency” to the FedGov while ending at least some of the corruption and theft is naturally going to be opposed by those who have grown fat with … Continue reading →

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Banning children from social media?

Posted on March 13, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Australia has taken a drastic step, passing a law (and apparently enforcing it) to prevent people under age 16 from using social media. Now, even more are arguing that DC needs to also enact such a law. For the entire … Continue reading →

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Education – then and now

Posted on May 10, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Let us return to a frequent theme of TPOL. Modern American education is worse than a farce. It is perhaps the single greatest cause of the seeming collapse of American society, the economy, and the hope of many. A century … Continue reading →

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Halloween chills and safety

Posted on October 30, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Tomorrow is “All Saints’ Eve,” better known as Halloween, to many the official highlight of Fall. Fortunately, governments have not (to our knowledge, at least) made this yet another federal holiday. And although apparently many government-run tax-funded schools have decided … Continue reading →

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School avoidance and anxiety “disorder”

Posted on July 26, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Fewer and fewer students (grades PS though grad school) seem to be allowed a break from being confined to government-run tax-funded schools or their private equivalents. (That is, the bootlicking privately-funded schools that are still in essence controlled by government … Continue reading →

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Vaccines – hot potato for teaching children

Posted on March 30, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Vaccines are back in the news, with the federal Food and Drug Administration announcing a “second booster” for people over 50 – and continuing fights in school districts across the Fifty States. Vaccines have always been a hot potato. These … Continue reading →

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E-4: What about the children? (A Baker’s Dozen ™)

Posted on October 30, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

As we get down to the last few days before the 2020 elections’ official date, we need to figure out what benefits we can gain from this mess. In the long term, we are certain to come out of our … Continue reading →

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Liberty and personal responsibility

Posted on January 25, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Liberty is impossible without responsibility.  Personal responsibility. This is something that Mama Liberty taught and practiced for her entire life.  It is something that I strive to do, even if I feel sometimes as though I’m failing.  True lovers of … Continue reading →

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A baker’s dozen ™: Teach a child to use a knife

Posted on January 23, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Along with clinging to guns and our Bibles, many American lovers of liberty have a lifetime love of, and use of, knives.

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