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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-39E: Weekend fears and follies

Posted on 2014-10-04 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning!  On this lovely Saturday, the Home Front is just really going through convulsions, as people are really upset and worried. We aren’t supposed to, of course: guvmint will take care of us really, really nicely, … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-39B: Sanity seriously short

Posted on 2014-09-30 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning.  Sanity seems to be a rarer and rarer commodity these days, doesn’t it?  Consider some of the stories in today’s news. Man shoots bullet through his neighbor’s window, reportedly for this astounding reason: because he … Continue reading →

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Murder Inc. in American Streets, Stores, and Homes (Libertarian commentary on the News, #14-38D)

Posted on 2014-09-25 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning. Or is it?  Last night, I found a whole bunch of killer-cop stories that totally disgust me.  Disgusts AND frightens me, because while we are all worried about Islamic terrorists, we hold a far more … Continue reading →

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Libertarian commentary on the News, #14-38B

Posted on 2014-09-23 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning.  I have spoken before about the lack of quality of work on the part of so many people today.  Nowhere do we see that lack of quality more than in government.  Several of the stories … Continue reading →

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Libertarian commentary on the News, #14-38A: Insanity is catching.

Posted on 2014-09-22 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning. Insanity is, we are told, something you catch from your children.  Seriously, the insanity of government is really catching, and it leads directly to insane actions by millions of people.  Some of those go far … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-37C: Stupid(ity) rules!

Posted on 2014-09-18 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning.  As always, lots of stupid actions by lots of stupid people, and today there is a bumper crop of them. Stupid city slickers? In a New York “gun-free” restaurant, the staff got held up by … Continue reading →

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Libertarian commentary on the news, #14-35D: Stupidity

Posted on 2014-09-04 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Stupidity in government is ALWAYS a problem, from that first decree of Nimrod and the first Phaoronic bureaucrat who couldn’t count past his toes, right down to that IQ=2 assemblage of Conscript Fathers (and Mothers), the US … Continue reading →

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Libertarian commentary on the news, #14-35C: Insanity in the news

Posted on 2014-09-03 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton Good morning.  Insanity is a serious problem today, especially in government, education, and Islam.  Today’s news stories show what I mean. Insanity in government and more: California’s demonstrably insane legislature has sent a plastic bag ban law … Continue reading →

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Libertarian commentary on the news, #14-34E: Military? Civilian? Does it matter?

Posted on 2014-09-01 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton War is not fun.  It may be exhilarating, it may be fulfilling for some, but it is death and destruction on a scale that is often difficult to comprehend. War is not good, even if necessary.  It … Continue reading →

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Libertarian commentary on the news, #14-34B: Terrorists

Posted on 2014-08-26 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton Good afternoon.  Terrorism is in the eye of the beholder, but clearly the world is full of it, and terrorists. When I first read the headline of this article in The Nation, “How the War on Terror … Continue reading →

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