Tag Archives: liberty

The price of government

Posted on March 2, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

This shows it, in a neat graphic way: (The shirt, by the way, comes from Libertas Institute, and sells for $9.99. No endorsement implied, and TPOL won’t make a dime on it if you buy one. But we do ask … Continue reading →

Posted in Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

End of the world? Or just civilization?

Posted on February 23, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Are the headlines scary right now? Economy? War? Sickness? More? Are things really crashing down? Consider:

Posted in Commentary on the News, Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Government and others’ war on (some) religions

Posted on February 13, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Publisher’s Note: This commentary is a continuation of yesterday’s. Reading that one will help make this one clearer! <grin> In many cases, the acts of persecution are obviously clear, blatant, acts of aggression. By various governments at all levels, by … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary on the News, Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

2,500 commentaries – Thank you!

Posted on February 6, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Since Mama Liberty (Lady Susan, to us, from the old Liberty Round Table Knights of Non-Aggression days) started The Price of Liberty, we’ve now published two thousand, five hundred commentaries, as of the commentary published on 31 January 2023. All … Continue reading →

Posted in Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Home front: War?

Posted on January 28, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Building on a recent commentary, the news, and talk shows are filled today (27 JAN 2023) with stories about violence in these Fifty States. Particularly, the news is filled with the attack on Paul Pelosi in San Francisco, while his … Continue reading →

Posted in Commentary on the News, Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Guest column: Do Americans still value freedom?

Posted on January 24, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

By Edward Hudgins, originally published 4 July 2001. Worth reading again after two decades! Think about these things, and why they are! America is a unique country, founded on the principle that we are endowed with “certain unalienable Rights, that among … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest commentary | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Why do we love liberty?

Posted on January 23, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

We take it for granted. That is, those of us who are lovers of liberty: little-L libertarians, rational anarchists, free-market anarchists, even big-L Libertarians and minarchists. Classical liberals, even paleo-conservatives. We think that liberty – human liberty – is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Fourth Reich (Vierte Reich) on the horizon?

Posted on January 20, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The EU, Breitbart reports, is working quickly to assimilate the “Western Balkans” while issuing such stirring statements about a future imperium. “Enlargement policy is among the top three priorities of EU leaders,” EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi … Continue reading →

Posted in Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Why do we have liberty? freedom?

Posted on January 3, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Liberty, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary online, is “the quality or state of being free: a : the power to do as one pleases, b : freedom from physical restraint, c : freedom from arbitrary or despotic control, d : the positive enjoyment of … Continue reading →

Posted in History of Liberty, Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Some fun – wishing all a happy new year!

Posted on December 31, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

As we come to an end of 2022, truly a horrible year in so many ways, we need to stop, take a deep breath, and smile. Totally unlike what Mama Liberty and we other members of TPOL have almost always … Continue reading →

Posted in Nathan's Rants | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment