Tag Archives: Nanny state

A blow against local tyranny?

Posted on August 30, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

From Florida comes word that a State legislator is attempting to outlaw HOAs – Home Owners Associations. Juan Porras, a Miami Republican, is pushing to liberate nearly half the population of Florida who live in communities with HOAs. Over the … Continue reading →

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Our masters and kill switches

Posted on November 18, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Automotive kill switches are being rammed down our throats, and Congress wants it that way.
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Biden to imitate Canadian “beer ban” soon?

Posted on August 26, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

The New York Post was one of several papers to announce that Uncle Joe’s “alcohol czar” is pushing the FedGov to adopt “recommendations” that Americans limit themselves to two beers a week. Who’d a thunk it? Uncle Joe’s regime has … Continue reading →

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“It’s fa the chilluns, ya see?”

Posted on July 5, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Courtesy of the WaPo and Paradigm’s Five Bullets newsletter, we have to share this with our readers. Both for the courage of a mom and a young boy, but because of the exhibition of government stupidity and the perversion of … Continue reading →

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A justified nanny state? Part 2

Posted on June 9, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Read part 1 here: a commentary by Margaret Figert. Over the past weekend, I drove though one of the emptier parts of Wyoming and Utah, passing by Flaming Gorge Reservoir, a spectacular area built decades ago under the jurisdiction of … Continue reading →

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A justified nanny state? Part 1

Posted on June 8, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

This is a guest column. Margaret Figert is a retired publisher (conservative-somewhat-libertarian politically) in South Dakota and Nebraska.  I am reposting some of her column without any comments, just remarks in an afterword in the next column. This follows up … Continue reading →

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The tyranny of local government, revisited (part 2)

Posted on February 26, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Editor’s note: Please feel free to read part 1 from August 2017, and the revisit of that commentary. This commentary was written in 2017, but more has been added [in red italics]. By Nathan Barton I have come to understand … Continue reading →

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The tyranny of local government, revisited (part 1)

Posted on February 25, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Back on the 17th of August, 2017 – three and a half years ago, TPOL published this commentary.  In that time, the truth of the premise has been proven over and over ago.  It is worth sharing again, with a … Continue reading →

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The extreme nanny state event horizon?

Posted on January 6, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

One of the many marvelous scenes in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy is the discussion of the “Shoe Event Horizon.” Emotional depression turns into economic madness. Read about it here. I wonder if we here in 21st Century America, … Continue reading →

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Too much time on their hands…

Posted on December 26, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I don’t know how long the legislative sessions of the sovereign State of Michigan are, but… According to a story from the Daily Wire, it is apparently too long – way too long. Obviously, all the important … Continue reading →

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