Tag Archives: Israel

Hannukah – looking forward and back

Posted on December 13, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

American and world politics has highlighted a Jewish religious holiday which also has meaning for liberty and independence, and seemingly has revealed significant antisemitic sentiment. Hannukah has lessons for lovers of liberty. Continue reading →

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Lessons learned from the opening of the 2nd Yom Kippur War

Posted on October 27, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Lessons to be learned from the initial attack of the Hamas war. A guest opinion. Continue reading →

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Three-front war? Or four?

Posted on October 25, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

More and more libertarians are pointing out that the current regime of Uncle Joe seems to be trying to pull Americans into three different wars: a three-front war. We have the obvious intervention and de-facto alliance with corrupt Ukraine against … Continue reading →

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Europe continues to massively fund Hamas

Posted on October 18, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The various members of the European Union (can we really call them nations anymore?) all claim to be supporting Israel after the massive Hamas attack out of Gaza two weeks ago. Even so, they continue to supply massive amounts of … Continue reading →

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Why? (the 2nd Yom Kippur War)

Posted on October 14, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

As we enter the ninth day of the war started by the well-coordinated attack by Hamas out of the Gaza Strip into Israel, there are many questions to ask. Was the war unprovoked? No, as Caitlin Johnstone pointed out in … Continue reading →

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Rumors, rumors, everywhere

Posted on October 13, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

According to the UK’s Daily Star, Vladimir Putin of Russia (who just celebrated his 71st birthday on 8 October) is terminally ill and may die within weeks. But never fear, they have doppelgangers (body doubles) to take over for him, … Continue reading →

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More war

Posted on October 9, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The Hamas attack on Israel on Saturday just added yet another war to what seems to be an increasingly violent and long list of wars across the planet. And seems to already be spawning additional armed (and unarmed) conflicts around … Continue reading →

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Today’s world – making maps lie

Posted on June 23, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Anti-War.com (an excellent website, if sometimes incredibly biased and bigoted) recently featured an article from Mondoweiss.com entitled “Palestinian cities are ghost towns between settlements, on Google Maps.” Hmmm.  Interesting, indeed.

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Civil Society is Dead

Posted on March 10, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-10C By Nathan Barton While it is necessary to “trust but verify” in dealing with people, today people are more and more fearful of others, and take the least excuse to scream wolf. Consider this story from World … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #15-47B: Thanksgiving Day and Fear

Posted on November 26, 2015 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Happy Thanksgiving, with friends and family! This week, due to travel and work (about 2000 miles so far, and days that start at 0600 and end at 0400), I’m not recording a lot of commentary this week. … Continue reading →

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