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Looking forward – Anno Domini 2022

Posted on December 31, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

We are constantly urged to be optimistic when entering a new year, and to put the old things aside. Can we do that? After all, we have centuries and millennia of problems and failure and pessimism to overcome. But read … Continue reading →

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This time it will be different!

Posted on December 14, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Or so say the socialists/so-called “progressives” – the nationalist and international socialists, the communists, the Tranzis, the fabians, the Chavezistas, and all the rest. Like the campaign promises of statist politicians, and the reports of the guvmint bureaucrats (probably starting … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day – the Price of NO Liberty

Posted on May 31, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Belatedly on this Memorial Day, last day of May, 2021, let us reflect just a wee bit. As millions spend this day in ceremonies and visits to gravesides and memorials to honor certain dead people – and millions more spend … Continue reading →

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Is it possible?

Posted on July 23, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Really. Can modern politicians learn lessons when they do stupid, hypocritical things and get caught? Really? Consider the infamous Bernie Sanders, the non-Democrat (yeah, really) who is running for the Democratic Party’s nomination.  He is one of … Continue reading →

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The 100th anniversary of the end of the Great War

Posted on November 5, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In just a few days, on 11 November 2018, we will observe the 100th anniversary of the armistice taking affect at 1100 hours (Central European War Time) of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, which “ended” … Continue reading →

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Goodbye and good riddance

Posted on August 28, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton We were taught, as we grew up, to respect the dead, to show sympathy for the families suffering the loss, and above all to “speak no ill of the dead.” How naïve we were back then. Of … Continue reading →

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