Tag Archives: government-run tax-funded schools

Reality is overrated.

Posted on 2016-02-18 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-07C By Nathan Barton Reality is “malleable,” at least if you are a politician (or a con-man. there’s really not much difference at the root of it). If they say it long enough and loud enough, they figure … Continue reading →

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Political correctness or lust for power?

Posted on 2016-02-05 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-05D, 05 February 2016 By Nathan Barton Schools, that is “public schools,” or as Marshall Curtis called them, “government-run, tax-funded” (GRTF) schools (my take is often “government-ruined, theft-funded”) are more than just, in essence, penal institutions into which … Continue reading →

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Rule of Law and Civilization’s Fall

Posted on 2016-01-11 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary on the News, 09JAN2016, #16-02A  By Nathan Barton Rule of law? Following up on my commentary on the fall of Euro-American Civilization, and the rule of law, is this story. Sky reports that 78-year-old James McConnell, a preacher … Continue reading →

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A Thank You To My First Grade Teacher

Posted on 2015-12-20 by MamaLiberty

By: Cat, the Brunette Warning: This is not the heartwarming, mushy sort of Thank You letter most teachers would want to read — it’s taken me fifty years to write it, but looking back on it she taught me the most … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 02 December 2015, #15-48C

Posted on 2015-12-02 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton What comes across my desktop these days seems a steady stream of fearmongering, and predictions of disaster, the world economy is rushing to catastrophe, the American economy is crashing, World War III is being gestated in Syria, … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 27 Nov 2015, #15-47C: Black Friday, Mobs and More

Posted on 2015-11-27 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton It is “Black Friday,” once a quaint event that turned into an activity of epic proportions and supposedly a key economic indicator, that has now expanded into a “Black Friday Week” or more and which has gotten … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News,10 November 2015, #15-45A: Correct?

Posted on 2015-11-10 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Political pressure and correctness run amuk? The University of Missouri president has resigned, according to the WaPo, Jim Wolfe announced he is resigning amid criticism of how racial issues have been handled on campus. Apparently, the football … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 06 November 2015, #15-44D: Cops, Lies, and Statistics

Posted on 2015-11-05 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Cops kill: we know that, and all too often they kill for no justifiable reason: certainly not in self-defense. But police, as a profession, have a good many other dark aspects. In the Fifty States, we are … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 04 NOV 2015, #15-44C: Insanity is catching on

Posted on 2015-11-04 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton A correspondent, Marsh, questioned whether the story as reported in the Daily Caller was really true: that a Chicago-area school has been ORDERED by the FedGov (Departments of “Justice” and  “Education”) to allow a “transgender” male who … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 28 October 2015, #15-43C: The Big Lie Contest?

Posted on 2015-10-28 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Is there some national or worldwide contest to see who can tell the biggest lies?  If so, we have a lot of entries this week.  Here are just a few. The bogus debate rages, with more bizarre … Continue reading →

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