Tag Archives: Republicans

Myths and misconceptions

Posted on September 16, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

A generally libertarian social media poster recently featured this cartoon on an email. Okay, at first (and later) glances, it is funny. But is it true?

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Goodbye and good riddence to Demo Senate control

Posted on December 16, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Lovers of liberty – by contrast – have little (or no) love for either of the old parties. Both Republicans and Democrats have sold out liberty, freedom, and these States – the whole nation – time and time again. However, … Continue reading →

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More on Harris and Walz – and Trump and Vance

Posted on August 10, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Ah, what a quartet of statists we find on the two old party presidential tickets this year! (Assuming, of course, that we don’t get yet another surprise at Chicago in a couple of weeks.) With less than three months to … Continue reading →

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Let us call a spade a spade

Posted on March 15, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Let us look at some common names and terms in modern American politics, with a sneer and maybe a laugh. In politics, as in so-called health care and military affairs and education, words are twisted and their definitions perverted. Let … Continue reading →

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The Republicans’ war on the Bill of Rights

Posted on April 19, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

In the three-part discussion of how the Democratic Party and their minions attack each and every part of the American Bill of Rights, TPOL promised we’d NOT forget that the GOP is just as much committed to that same goal. … Continue reading →

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What is the “Republican” philosophy?

Posted on December 26, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

So, what about the GOP? Now that I have trashed the Dems – and no doubt many “left libertarians” and self-defined liberals (neo-liberals, at least), what is the philosophy of the ying to the Dems’ yang? Britannica says: “The Republican … Continue reading →

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It gets so old

Posted on March 2, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Although I am a lover of liberty and very much (and more and more) an anarchist (self-governor), I tend to sympathize and empathize with conservatives – even conservative statists – more than with their enemies on the … Continue reading →

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Corruption in the House – and other places (part 1)

Posted on July 16, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

by Nathan Barton Although this is a Democrat, we are again reminded of the corruption of the powers-that-be, no matter which political party they claim as home. A Florida Democrat congresswoman, Corrine Brown, and her chief of staff have been … Continue reading →

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