Tag Archives: colleges

Good for the goose, not for the gander?

Posted on April 16, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

This headline is an old Southern saying about hypocrisy. The sort of hypocrisy that the woke powers that be of Harvard University demonstrate, as discussed in this posting by Peter Klein, a professor at Baylor University (as quoted by Tom … Continue reading →

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Colleges, universities, and the real world

Posted on May 20, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Liberty unquestionably demands an educated people – because daily living requires some degree of understanding of how the world works. There are, of course, many questions. How much education? About what subjects? What balance between education and experience? This old … Continue reading →

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Protesters, free speech, campuses, and Canaan

Posted on April 30, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Canaan, we are told, was created as the center of this planet – something fairly clear when looking at a globe and the Old World (Eastern Hemisphere). But the conflicts which have been raging for at least 4,000 years create … Continue reading →

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Pay for play – on our dime

Posted on October 9, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton California has allowed, and Colorado is considering, how college and university sports players can profit from their playing games.  Well, at least some of them.  I think, from the point of view of taxpayers and lovers of … Continue reading →

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The cesspool of the modern college campus

Posted on May 17, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton If modern society, around the world, but especially here in the Fifty States, is getting more and more foul, colleges and schools are leading the way into the gutter. Even as I was writing about how certain … Continue reading →

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Do we really need colleges?

Posted on May 13, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The land is filled with them.  According to what data source you look, there are at least 4,000, and perhaps more than 5,000 in the Fifty States (Some, like the WaPo, claim that there are 5,300 “fiefdoms” … Continue reading →

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Election aftermath: an update

Posted on November 12, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It’s Friday morning, and the news reports that anti-Trump protests have continued to spread (CNN). Police (rightly or wrongly) have declared the protests in Portland, Oregon, to be a “riot.” Protesters in Oakland have begun using Molotov … Continue reading →

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Political monsters

Posted on April 24, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-17G  by Nathan Barton Time seems to be speeding up Consider Napoleon Bonaparte.  He started out as pretty near a mercenary (Corsica wasn’t really France, after all, just some island), became a good and then great general, then … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 23 September 2015, #15-38D: Government – evil AND stupid

Posted on September 24, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton How much worse can California get?  Apparently, as reported by The Newspaper (.com), we are nowhere near the limit yet.  The California People’s Assembly of Idiots and Tyrants has passed a Governor Moonbeam inspired law to limit … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 17 SEP 2015, #15-37C: Theft, Colleges, and More

Posted on September 17, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The FedGov stole $2.9 TRILLION from taxpayers so far this fiscal year through August, a world historical record, according to a CNS News story, but STILL spent $530 BILLION more than it took in. That tax is … Continue reading →

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