Tag Archives: killers

Insanity ascendent?

Posted on April 17, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

As we here at TPOL understand it, Karmelo Anthony is the high school student who murdered a fellow student by stabbing him to death, apparently because he was “afraid.” (Excuse me, “person of interest” in the stabbing death.) So far, … Continue reading →

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Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun

Posted on July 19, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

The attempted killing of The Donald last week brings to mind an old political aphorism. Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun (枪杆子里面出政权). The phrase was coined by Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong. He first used the … Continue reading →

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Civil war? Catastrophic impact on the States?

Posted on July 15, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

As we here at TPOL already mentioned, we believe that these States dodged a bullet when the would-be assassin’s shot only sliced his right ear and did not even skate around his skull or punch a big .223 hole in … Continue reading →

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The worth of a human life – and the worthlessness of human government

Posted on December 31, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Readers of these commentaries know that TPOL has nothing but disgust for Colorado’s governor. Why? A list much longer than the long list of pejorative adjectives and character traits that can be applied to the man. These start with thief, … Continue reading →

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You can’t have it both ways

Posted on May 29, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Two news stories out of Oregon today.  From Estacada comes a truly macabre story about a man carrying the severed head of his mother and stabbing a grocery store clerk. On Friday the 26th, according to the … Continue reading →

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Truth or not – the cycle continues, so be prepared

Posted on July 10, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton A frequent correspondent sent me a long list of headlines and links to various stories in the aftermath of the Dallas sniper(s) incident, pointing out claims of a FedGov-inspired “Summer of Chaos” ™ (Pending) and conspiracy claims … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-40B: Human life – any value?

Posted on October 8, 2014 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning!  Sometimes, the news just seems to be dull and boring, and today is one of those:  the news and the talk shows all seem to be Ebola and the Caliphate.  Oh, and the Supreme Court … Continue reading →

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