Tag Archives: defending liberty

Fighting against liberty – the 2020s foremost activity

Posted on September 22, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Call it what you will – it is clear that much of public discourse in 2021 consists of direct attacks on people’s liberty. That is, your liberty and my liberty. The news is daily filled with yet another example of … Continue reading →

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Back and angry – today’s Tommy in DC

Posted on January 24, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Readers are probably familiar with Rudyard Kipling’s poem, “Tommy.” Although a chauvinist, imperialist, and claimed-to-be-racist warmonger, Kipling had a way with words, and was a keen observer. I thought of that poem (reprinted below) as I read of how many … Continue reading →

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Before we have to monkeywrench to defend ourselves, Part 2

Posted on May 4, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Okay. The tyrants are running around, stealing our freedom. Using the excuse of “saving lives” they are spying on us, ratting us out, forbidding us from buying and selling, learning, helping, traveling, working, and more. So we’ve warned them. And … Continue reading →

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Baker's Dozen (TM) reasons to be armed during the Coronavirus panic

Posted on March 25, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Things are not going well, if not as bad as too many people are saying. However, too many people are still panicking about owning or having their neighbors owning guns for self-defense. Here are thirteen reasons to be armed (that … Continue reading →

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Liberty and the environment

Posted on October 13, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

I’ve been asked this question more than once over the years, as an environmental engineer: “If business is not regulated by government, wouldn’t the environment be destroyed?” Here is a compendium of my answers, over time. Here in the Fifty … Continue reading →

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Fear, loathing, and fragmentation of society

Posted on March 1, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In the last two weeks, we have seen a new tone set in the usual post-murder political screaming in the Fifty States. Of particular interest is the “sudden” conversion of so many major companies, now supposedly bowing … Continue reading →

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Badges of honor – Part 2

Posted on June 26, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton And so I come to a last story and another whole slew of badges of honor.  Again from The Blaze, we see that several Christian organizations well known for their defense of traditional marriage have been labeled … Continue reading →

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Badges of honor – part 1

Posted on June 26, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton A person’s (or organization’s) character is often better known by seeing who their enemies are, and not who their friends are. We see that all the time.  The Blaze reported recently that California’s Tranzi state government (the … Continue reading →

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