Tag Archives: History

“Real money” or just more fake money?

Posted on March 21, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Robert Koasawli is famous for his statement, “Silver and gold are God’s money. Everything else is fake.” The folks over at Paradigm put this chart out a couple of days ago: Gold is more than $3000/ounce. Remember that until 1934 … Continue reading →

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The destruction and death of capitals

Posted on January 23, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

The above photo is from the game Fallout 3. You can find them and many more at https://viewfromravenrock.blogspot.com/. Human history is filled with examples of the destruction of the capital cities of massive empires, both in the Old World (both … Continue reading →

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Battles won and lost – lessons learned

Posted on December 19, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Right now, we are remembering the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge (the Wacht am Rhein), fought primarily in Belgium in the waning days of 1944. There are many lessons to be learned from that horror that we … Continue reading →

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Belated Bill of Rights Day greetings

Posted on December 15, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

On 15 December 1791, 233 years ago, the eleven-article US Bill of Rights was adopted as a unit. It is a collection of mutually-supporting limitations on the powers of the Federal Government to act as an agent for the united … Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to the Pretorians?

Posted on October 29, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Or the Janissaries? Or the Ancient Regime of France? Or the Kempaitai? Or Napoleon’s Old Guard? Or the Manchu (Ming) Banners? Or the SA and the SS? Or the Stasi? They have vanished from the earth – found only in … Continue reading →

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A little discussion of election politics in South Dakota

Posted on October 22, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

South Dakota, with the usual 2 senators and just 800,000 people (therefore just a single US Representative) is small potatoes as residential elections go. But still, these things add up. Especially with all the mud-slinging about the Electoral College, and … Continue reading →

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Happy Columbus Day?

Posted on October 14, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Today is the “rescheduled” Federal holiday of Columbus Day. In some States (in an “in appearance only” federalism that borders on mockery), it is “Native American Day” or “Indigenous Peoples Day” or some such. Many politicians (not just the Woke … Continue reading →

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Classical liberalism, liberty, and empire

Posted on September 16, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

As lovers of liberty, we are often considered “liberals” or increasingly “classical liberals,” (Like so many other English words, the meaning of “liberalism” has been warped. (One reason that TPOL does not use “liberal” very often and refers to those … Continue reading →

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Western civilization is nearing collapse. What replaces it?

Posted on August 20, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

On 30 January 2023 – 18 months ago – TPOL published a column entitled “Western civilization is falling. What next?” Since then, we have endured more and more impacts to the civilization and various members (nations) in it. Including the … Continue reading →

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Liberty, the Bible and society

Posted on August 15, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Readers of these commentaries know that the entire staff of TPOL are both libertarians (anarchists) and followers of Christ Jesus (Christians). We know that many people of faith, and many lovers of liberty do not believe the two concepts are … Continue reading →

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