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Worldview roulette?

A lot more people are supposedly dying than are supposed to. These arecalled “early deaths.” They include children, adults (both young andold), and even gangbangers. They may be the next scarecrow to frighten thepopulace into loving government more. And obeying … Continue reading

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Slippery slope – for real?

Science Fiction is full of it – and sadly, so is human history. What? Treating humans like animals. “Other animals” in the beliefs of many, including those we think would never act on it. World Net Daily recently featured a … Continue reading

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Something to think about

From some thoughts by Rob Morse: When we look at the rate of murder per 100,000 people, the US ranks 89th in a list of 230 countries. If we compare countries in Europe with each state in the US, then Norway, Washington DC, and … Continue reading

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Hopelessness, madness, tolerance, and homicide

In the last few weeks, we’ve seen another surge in killing of people – many so-called “mass murder.” Why? What factors cause these actions? It is not the availability of guns (or other weapons) or opportunity. There is something else.

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A libertarian dilemma? Assisted suicide

Does a human have a right to kill themselves? Often one key difference between those who claim to be libertarians and most other political philosophies is the answer to this question. Republicans, Democrats, Conservatives, Liberals – most (not all) emphatically … Continue reading

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Will there be another Independence Day celebration?

We know, here at TPOL, that is a weird question to ask. But based on what happened this Monday, it occurred to several people. The spectacle of yet another insane piece of garbage going out and killing six and wounding … Continue reading

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Is it for the children???

In one of the recent spat of mass shootings and killings across the Fifty States, we have the Michigan killings in Oxford High School. The 15-year-old shooter (still alive and bugging his jailers about how much press mention he is … Continue reading

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What’s really going on? Statistics and crime.

By Nathan Barton Mama Liberty and I frequently discussed the degree to which we could trust government-generated statistics, and how much of this data was faked, twisted, or fudged/nudged to meet the requirements of the powers-that-be, specifically to keep the … Continue reading

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Dealing with the police, 2018

By Nathan Barton PragerU, the growing internet university, contains a wealth of informative, short (5 minutes or so) lectures presented in a clear, concise, and entertaining manner I only wish that high school teachers of government, current affairs, civics, and … Continue reading

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It gets so old

By Nathan Barton Although I am a lover of liberty and very much (and more and more) an anarchist (self-governor), I tend to sympathize and empathize with conservatives – even conservative statists – more than with their enemies on the … Continue reading

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