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Home schooling – enemy of government?

Posted on December 5, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Fifty-sixty years ago, no one had ever heard of home schooling here in the States. It wasn’t necessarily nonexistent, but incredibly rare. You might find the occasional rancher or forest ranger or other remote family teaching their own children, but … Continue reading →

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Cursing? No, cursive writing is not for cursing – nor a curse

Posted on August 25, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

A few months back, a lady asked an interesting question. Why don’t the schools (at least, the “public schools” – government-run, tax-funded) teach children to write in cursive anymore? She had some good thoughts – definitely answers that could be … Continue reading →

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Government-run, tax-funded schools

Posted on May 20, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

We here at TPOL have recently been taken to task by several people because we oppose public (government-run, tax-supported) schools and try to point out the dangers of entrusting children to those institutions. A recent news story explains part of … Continue reading →

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Educational and political insanity – the “woke” madness

Posted on June 23, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

More and more, the government-infected “public school” system is a cesspool of madness. Just like the government itself, with its politics and corruption. A few weeks ago, as many have reported, a “white” Spanish teacher “cancelled herself” and stated that … Continue reading →

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It is NOT about a virus or a pandemic…

Posted on July 17, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

… it is political, and it is about tearing down society and implementing an agenda that will finish off our liberty, our freedom, for generations. From the California Globe: LA Teachers Union: Schools Can’t Reopen Unless Charter Schools Shut Down, … Continue reading →

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Comparing apples and oranges – education and more

Posted on August 23, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton What should government provide?  How? Under what limits? Over at FEE.org, Kerry McDonald has an excellent article comparing public libraries and public schools. It triggered more thoughts and some memories of political campaigns from years back. She … Continue reading →

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The Pledge … for the children?

Posted on September 23, 2018 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton I recently commented on child abuse here in the Fifty States. Especially as dealing with the so-called public schools. One area in which there is abuse is in the rituals and customs of schools. Specifically with the … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News #14-46C: Being offended: schools and elsewhere

Posted on November 13, 2014 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning. Teachers unions oppose teacher accountability standards in Common Core. They are offended by it, as an insult. Lately, opposition to the CCSS has come from teachers’ unions, who are trying to remove its teacher accountability … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-43B: Bureaucratic obtuseness

Posted on October 28, 2014 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning! The incredible stupidity and obtuseness of most government bureaucrats and “civil servants” is on display this week, across the world. Teachers, by their very nature, are NOT supposed to be too sensitive to criticism: they … Continue reading →

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Libertarian Commentary on the News, #14-43A: Guns today

Posted on October 27, 2014 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Good morning!  Here are a few stories from the weekend or a bit older, thanks to various folks.  Mostly doing with guns in some way. Thanks to Margaret for this and the next several stories: Holly Fisher … Continue reading →

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