Tag Archives: Rome

What do we face? Migrants = mercenaries?

Posted on August 26, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

A reader and correspondent (and long-term friend and sister in faith) shared one of Bob Livingston’s postings, by Brandon Smith, which you can read here. We here at TPOL are unsure exactly who this Brandon Smith is – there are … Continue reading →

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What about Israel? (part 2) History

Posted on August 6, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Continuing our discussion of Israel (part 1 here) The modern State of Israel can trace its evils (and its goods) back to biblical times. The Sanhedrin (the Jewish high council) was very much opposed to those nasty rustic followers of … Continue reading →

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Education – then and now

Posted on May 10, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Let us return to a frequent theme of TPOL. Modern American education is worse than a farce. It is perhaps the single greatest cause of the seeming collapse of American society, the economy, and the hope of many. A century … Continue reading →

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In the old Roman tradition – privately-funded public works

Posted on February 24, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

From MSM comes this odd little story: a candidate for the 49th Congressional District in California has paid for buying and installing 400 feet of concertina (general purpose barbed tape obstacle GPBTO, commonly called “razor tape” by the idiots in … Continue reading →

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More about Texas and Uvalde – and the American police state

Posted on July 19, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Yesterday’s commentary was and is a condemnation of the State of the former Republic of Texas. And of the County of Uvalde. And the City of Uvalde. And of the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District. But we want to point … Continue reading →

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Trump and Tiberius, Uncle Joe and Little Boots, supply chains and debt

Posted on January 21, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Oh, and Benito Mussolini and pirates, too! Extra Credit! All courtesy of Simon Black! Thanks! Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it. This seems to especially be the case when we look at these Fifty States and … Continue reading →

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Comparing the SPQR and USA – again (Part 3)

Posted on July 3, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

The Roman Empire was, in many ways, very dependent on the estimated 10% of its population that were Jews, back there in the First Century. It was one of the bright spots in the economic and social life of the … Continue reading →

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Rome’s warning signs – and our own (Part 2)

Posted on July 1, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Part 2: Why did Rome fall and what were the warning signs? How can we learn from that? See Part 1 here: We discussed a good commentary in Notes on Liberty AND the old Gibbons hypothesis. What can we learn … Continue reading →

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Warning signs – Roman and Western Civilizations

Posted on June 30, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Americans have long had a fascination with Roman civilization (shared with our British-Commonwealth cousins) for many reasons. This is particularly true for a major reason: Rome fell. Rome’s ultimate collapse: both the fall of the Western Empire (centered on today’s … Continue reading →

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A holiday weekend!

Posted on March 12, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

Just as a matter of fun, while March is usually the only month without some kind of federally-recognized day, there are a lot of fun days, especially near the middle of the month. We just missed MAR10 Day – the … Continue reading →

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