Tag Archives: History

What do you think? Are they all wrong? Hamas, Israel, Canaan, and genocide

Posted on May 13, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

We’ve been bombarded with images of protesters chanting “from the river to the sea” in support of Hamas and Palestinians against Israel. We also have seen a deluge of opposition claiming that this chant is literally a call for genocide … Continue reading →

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Wartime is fun time – for government

Posted on May 9, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

We were warned a long time ago, weren’t we? It was not, of course, just Madison who told us what might happen. George Washington, yet another Virginian aristocrat, told us to avoid foreign entanglements. Something that we “sorta” did avoid … Continue reading →

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Hope springs eternal

Posted on May 7, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Things continue to get worse and worse. Or so the media – mainstream and other – and the talk shows and the political speechifying and the economics gurus and the warmongers tell us. (Well, dear Camilla and poor old Uncle … Continue reading →

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How many good people does America have?

Posted on February 29, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

In Genesis 18 and 19 we find the history of the destruction of the ancient cities of Sodom and Gomorrah: an event that is still well-known at least in Western Civilization. Theories abound about exactly how the destruction occurred, especially … Continue reading →

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North Dakota seeks monetary damages from FedGov

Posted on February 15, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Longtime readers of TPOL may recall the nasty fuss over the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in which thousands of Lakota and their allies launched massive protests in rural and frontier North Dakota (and adjacent parts of other States) to keep … Continue reading →

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American colonialism then and now

Posted on January 19, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Now and then we look back at history and consider some questions about liberty, aggression, and conflict in general. Commonly we are taught that the AmerInd (“Native Americans” or “Indigenous People”) were people who were above all at one with … Continue reading →

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The evil called democracy

Posted on December 28, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The track record of democracy in human history – and American history – demonstrates it both fails to protect life, liberty, and property and leads to much worse conditions of tyranny. Democracy is evil, but we refuse to accept that lesson. Continue reading →

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End of American democracy?

Posted on August 30, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Well, we are again finding something that so-called liberals and so-called conservatives seem to agree on. And both Democrats and Republicans. American democracy, like the American republic before it, has ended. According to voices on many different sides. As people … Continue reading →

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“Will no one rid me of this mettlesome priest?”

Posted on August 10, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

This is a quote attributed to Henry II of England that preceded the death of Thomas Becket, the Archbishop of Canterbury, in 1170. The king’s words were “misinterpreted” as an order, prompting four knights from Normandy to travel to Canterbury and … Continue reading →

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Remember when?

Posted on July 6, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

A friend sent this photo recently. See those little triangles in circles on the “dial” near the 6 and the 13? Do you know they are? Does anyone you know know what they are?

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