Tag Archives: corruption

Guest commentary: USAID

Posted on 2025-02-06 by TPOL Nathan

For thousands of years, human governments have been corrupt. Whatever their claimed form of government. (Or even if the organizations had a system which they actually followed.) From absolute monarchies of all flavors to so-called democracies and all kinds of … Continue reading →

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Goodbye to SecDef Austin – and in his place?

Posted on 2025-01-18 by TPOL Nathan

Hegseth has seemingly weathered the Senate committee hearings. More people are confident that the young commentator and combat veteran will be sustained by the entire Senate. I suspect that few company-grade (O-1 to O-3 lieutenants and captains/ensigns and lieutenants) or … Continue reading →

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Nepotism alive and well in these States

Posted on 2024-12-05 by TPOL Nathan

So, Uncle Joe has given a pardon to his son Hunter. My oh my. And it seems to be a pretty broad pardon. And done without following the long-established traditional method of presidential pardons. Most commentators – and even some … Continue reading →

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Purging the military, American style

Posted on 2024-11-23 by TPOL Nathan

We are generally conditioned to think that purging of military – especially the Army – is a common feature of dictatorships. After all, that is what Stalin did (which almost cost him and Soviet Russia victory in the Great Patriotic … Continue reading →

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Judicial independence? Really?

Posted on 2024-09-11 by TPOL Nathan

In an interesting development, a “mob” of more than 200 protesters stormed the Senate a few days ago. No, not the US Senate, but the Senate of the United Mexican States, Estados Unitos Mexicanos, in Ciudad Mexico. Why? They were … Continue reading →

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The decline and death of academia in the States

Posted on 2024-05-21 by TPOL Nathan

Let us continue to discuss education, then and now. For decades, the decline in the quality of education at American universities has been obvious. Why? Perhaps C.S. Lewis has the right of it. Education and schools officially, legally, and even … Continue reading →

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Examples of the corrupt nature of government

Posted on 2024-04-25 by TPOL Nathan

Javier Milei of Argentina spoke a while back at Davos, Switzerland to a rather hostile crowd at the World Economic Forum (WEF). View it here (the actual talking starts about 4 minutes into the recording.) We understand that some people … Continue reading →

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Let’s compare the FBI to…

Posted on 2024-04-06 by TPOL Nathan

… A whole host of historical tools of tyranny and corrupt government. We’ve all read the labels and shelf-stickers telling us about the store brands and generic versions of various foods and drugs, right? “Compare to BIG BRAND NAME whatever.” … Continue reading →

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Preparing for the 2024 presidential elections

Posted on 2024-02-04 by TPOL Nathan

Updating the voting rolls is a threat to democracy, right? Continue reading →

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“Most trusted” but impossible to verify: the American military

Posted on 2023-12-19 by TPOL Nathan

The US military is the most trusted of public institutions, but that trust is declining constantly. With good reason. Like so much else, the military is tainted and damaged by government. Continue reading →

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