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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 25 June 2015, #15-25C: Stupidity and fear in modern life

By Nathan Barton Gee! An article, “More Spending Doesn’t Lead To Improved Student Learning,” in Forbes, asks. Have we hit a wall where more spending on traditional public schools will not lead to improved student learning? Applying commonly-accepted statistical tools … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 19 June 2015, #15-24D: Lies and politicians

By Nathan Barton Lies, especially from politicians, are in the news this week.  The old adage is true: “How can you tell if a politician is lying? Is their mouth open?” Let’s look at a few. Panic time! Oh, NO!!! … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, 16 June 2015, #15-24B: Signs of decay

By Nathan Barton This weekend, a very bizarre and major incident took place in Dallas, as reported in Freedom’s Phoenix and numerous other news outlets: A number of people attacked the headquarters of the Dallas Police Department, supposedly using automatic … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News: #14-51E: Stupid government tricks damage the economy

By Nathan Barton IRS Commissioner threatens temporary IRS shutdown. And this is a bad thing, how? As Personal Liberty.com noted, “It’s hard to tell whether IRS commissioner John Koskinen has a realistic grasp of the way the agency he leads … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #13-30E: Abuse by government

by Nathan Barton Good morning, and stay cool and calm.  Remember all those thugs are out there to protect us. Like those Iowa Boy Scouts going into Alaska by road last week.  A good voice-only interview with Scoutmaster Fox fills … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-28D: Stupid people and agencies

By Nathan Barton Good morning, and enjoy the heat!  Did you know that the recent cold spell is all the fault of man made global warming?  The “polar vortex” is due to instability in the Arctic, which is caused by … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-25C: Evil regulations produce evil results

By Nathan Barton Good morning.  Today, we can take a look at the horrific regulations crushing down on us more and more. When was the last time you know of that someone got sick and died because their food was … Continue reading

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Stupid gunowners, stupid businesses (Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-22B)

By Nathan Barton Good morning, and you have my family’s prayers for you today. World news seems to be rather distasteful today.  But I will start close to home. On Friday, both Chipotle’s and Sonic’s both asked their customers to stop … Continue reading

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-19A: Free speech no more

By Nathan Barton Good morning, starting the week early as it may be a short one due to travel and work.  Just a few stories of interest from last week, dealing at first with free speech.

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-18D: Islam and other wars on religion

By Nathan Barton The Third World War, by some measures, is already under way.  Depending on how you review the history, the Great War (World War One) was the first phase of a war that in essence lasted until about … Continue reading

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