Tag Archives: sports

Federal purse strings garrote for States

Posted on June 4, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Note: We don’t often get an opportunity to make comments regarding events right in South Dakota, though that State is our home base for The Price of Liberty, but today is an exception! Federal purse strings have been used for … Continue reading →

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Pay for play – on our dime

Posted on October 9, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton California has allowed, and Colorado is considering, how college and university sports players can profit from their playing games.  Well, at least some of them.  I think, from the point of view of taxpayers and lovers of … Continue reading →

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SCOTUS legalizes sports wagering nationally

Posted on May 16, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The WaPo reports that SCOTUS has overturned a federal law which has been on the books for a quarter-century,  The law, supposedly to protect the ‘integrity of collegiate and professional sports, enacted in 1992, prohibited 49 states … Continue reading →

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Fame, wealth, and power, and the greatest of these is… (Part 2 – dealing with predators)

Posted on December 6, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In part 1, I tried to dissect this current rash of exposing and (supposedly) punishing sexual predators. Although sexual predation (and abuse) are endemic in human society, those in power, with wealth and influence, and who are … Continue reading →

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Football and freedom

Posted on October 2, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Although not particularly interesting to me personally, I have watched from the sidelines (pun intended) this entire brouhaha concerning kneeling instead of standing for the national anthem before sports events, especially football games. It seems an incredibly … Continue reading →

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Do we really need colleges?

Posted on May 13, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The land is filled with them.  According to what data source you look, there are at least 4,000, and perhaps more than 5,000 in the Fifty States (Some, like the WaPo, claim that there are 5,300 “fiefdoms” … Continue reading →

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False religions, new and old

Posted on May 12, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-19C, By Nathan Barton False religions are, of course, a dime a dozen and have been since not all that long after Adam and Eve got kicked out of the garden. Today, more than ever, we see the … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-26B: Islam, Poverty, and Sports

Posted on July 1, 2014 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Here are a few stories I meant to comment on last week, still of concern. Things continue to go (depending on your view point, of course) very bad OR very good in the land of Mesopotamia, formerly … Continue reading →

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