Tag Archives: government-run tax-funded schools

Is it for the children???

Posted on December 3, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

In one of the recent spat of mass shootings and killings across the Fifty States, we have the Michigan killings in Oxford High School. The 15-year-old shooter (still alive and bugging his jailers about how much press mention he is … Continue reading →

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“Public” (government-run, tax-funded) schools continue to fail

Posted on September 20, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

In our eyes, that is, the eyes of lovers of knowledge, of liberty, and of personal responsibility, peace, and prosperity. BUT… In the minds of the enemies of liberty – the educrats, the academic elite, the self-proclaimed “progressives,” the regressivists, … Continue reading →

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2021- Liberty, freedom and homeschooling…

Posted on August 14, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

… in a world of masks, new lockdowns, social distancing and a hundred other things wrong with “public” schools. For the first part of this discussion of homeschooling and the public schools, please go HERE. I ended the first part … Continue reading →

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The coming golden age of homeschooling?

Posted on August 13, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

As we enter the beginning of a new school year by tradition, I believe we are seeing more evidence that the future of homeschooling in these Fifty States is one of massive expansion. An expansion which began in 2020 and … Continue reading →

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… on our knees before our “betters”

Posted on July 25, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Municipal and county officials are often incredibly arrogant. For every customer service representative or equipment operator or even police officer who is friendly, helpful, courteous and encouraging? There seem to be two or three who are arrogant, condescending, sniffing out … Continue reading →

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Educational and political insanity – the “woke” madness

Posted on June 23, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

More and more, the government-infected “public school” system is a cesspool of madness. Just like the government itself, with its politics and corruption. A few weeks ago, as many have reported, a “white” Spanish teacher “cancelled herself” and stated that … Continue reading →

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California – more than just another “banana republic”

Posted on March 20, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Typically a lot of us poke fun, if in a very serious vein, at California. Not just today’s California, but going back to the 1980s. The People’s Republic, we call it. Or the Democratic (Communist) Republic. In Iowa, we have … Continue reading →

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The nasty nature of the minimum wage and other do-gooder ideas

Posted on December 28, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

I was recently reminded of a point made by esteemed economist (the late) Walter E. Williams, concerning the impact of the minimum wage laws on young black Americans’ employment. At the time he wrote, black youth employment was four times … Continue reading →

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What can we do?

Posted on October 21, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

It is less than two weeks now. As the elections continue to spin more and more out of control, what’s a lover of liberty to do? It isn’t just the election to see who is Massa on January the 20th. … Continue reading →

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The coming Golden Age of homeschooling?

Posted on August 10, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

We are seeing more evidence that the future of homeschooling in these Fifty States is one of massive expansion. It is no surprise to those who are familiar with the concept and may nave even done homeschooling.  It is, I … Continue reading →

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