Tag Archives: liberty

Murder Unlimited

Posted on 2024-07-09 by TPOL Nathan

Many readers may recall the tales of the fictionalized “Murder Incorporated” here in the States in the great 20th Century Gangster Era (1929-1941) as the enforcers for the National Crime Syndicate. (Please note that there was no official tie between … Continue reading →

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Greetings on traditional Independence Day

Posted on 2024-07-04 by TPOL Nathan

Between hot dogs and beach time and fireworks, remember that freedom and liberty are dear and a gift from God that can be accepted or rejected; ignored or bartered away. Posted on TPOL in 2012 and reposted this Anno Libertatus … Continue reading →

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Celebrate freedom?

Posted on 2024-07-02 by TPOL Nathan

A Rapid City Journal headline today told us to “celebrate freedom: fireworks, festivities abound for July 4” and as usual, we here at TPOL recognize that the actual day that the Continental Congress voted to secede from the United Kingdom … Continue reading →

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Really? The Constitution?

Posted on 2024-06-27 by TPOL Nathan

A while back, I got a missive from Hillsdale College. It triggers some thoughts about the US Constitution, about liberty and human government, and about what we need to defend liberty and our rights. Read it for yourself: _______________ In … Continue reading →

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Hope springs eternal

Posted on 2024-05-07 by TPOL Nathan

Things continue to get worse and worse. Or so the media – mainstream and other – and the talk shows and the political speechifying and the economics gurus and the warmongers tell us. (Well, dear Camilla and poor old Uncle … Continue reading →

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Vicious government and vicious dogs

Posted on 2024-04-23 by TPOL Nathan

Most of us have encountered or been told about an encounter with a vicious dog. A dog which, seemingly for no reason, will suddenly lash out at another animal or a human. Attack with no provocation, or even when (as … Continue reading →

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Liberty: which can you have if only one? Economic? Political?

Posted on 2024-04-16 by TPOL Nathan

Consider the following quotes, please: Now: But: Of course, we need to know what it is to “force” political freedom. Perhaps it is fairly simple: refuse to let people become dependent on government, not let them submit. That is certainly … Continue reading →

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Are modern American liberals heirs to Karl Marx?

Posted on 2024-03-28 by TPOL Nathan

Or perhaps Groucho? A correspondent recently found and shared this quote from the father of Communism and Socialism: “Under no pretext should arms and ammunition be surrendered; any attempt to disarm the workers must be frustrated, by force if necessary” … Continue reading →

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“Constitutional” rights?

Posted on 2024-03-25 by TPOL Nathan

(A Baker’s Dozen: our rights) How many times have you heard the claim “our rights are ‘given’ to us by the Constitution”? Or “government gives us our rights”? We were recently told by a pundit of some sort that anyone … Continue reading →

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Enemies of the State versus Enemies of Liberty

Posted on 2024-03-20 by TPOL Nathan

Many of us in what is sometimes called the “liberty movement” have been labeled more than once as “enemies of the state.” The implication is that we are therefore opposed to decency and good order. That we are opposed to … Continue reading →

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