Tag Archives: Sanders

Weekend: Beer flu panic spikes as Bernie flu panic recedes

Posted on March 2, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

This weekend, with the first two deaths due to COVID-19 (Coronavirus flu, or beer flu) on American soil, panic is enveloping the Fifty States. Coupled with the 4,000-point drop in the stock market, fear is rampant. At the same time, … Continue reading →

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Biden and the Democratic Party

Posted on February 28, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

With Biden’s campaign spiraling down, the upcoming South Carolina caucus, preceding the Super Tuesday votes, is critical. Can he, just once, overcome Sanders? Can he keep enough of the old “moderate” Democratic coalition of union, blacks, and the like? Or … Continue reading →

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Are we really surprised?

Posted on July 15, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I am thinking that it wouldn’t be a half-bad idea to have a regular column entitled, “Really? No surprise here” or something like that. I find myself asking readers and others that question or one like it … Continue reading →

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Watershed moment: Politics 2016

Posted on May 5, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-18C by Nathan Barton The race to select a new Massa for the next 8 years had a major development, as we all know. Now that Cruz and Kasich have bailed out, after getting drubbed YET AGAIN by … Continue reading →

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Political monsters

Posted on April 24, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-17G  by Nathan Barton Time seems to be speeding up Consider Napoleon Bonaparte.  He started out as pretty near a mercenary (Corsica wasn’t really France, after all, just some island), became a good and then great general, then … Continue reading →

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The end of March, but not the end of Madness in Politics

Posted on March 29, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-13B, by Nathan Barton Despite our most fervent wishes, neither the GOP nor the Democratic Party are collapsing yet. With “just” seven months left in the race for choosing the new Massa, prospects for change in the Fifty … Continue reading →

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