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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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British brothers find themselves in peaceful protests – that will most likely prove useless

Posted on September 17, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

A correspondent, Konstantin Kisin, recently posted this: I went to the “Unite the Kingdom” rally to film interviews with people on the ground as well as Tommy and other speakers backstage. I have been to pro-Palestine, pro-Israel, climate protests etc … 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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Political correctness – sticks and stones but…

Posted on August 22, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

It is getting downright painful to listen to the media – both mainstream and alternative, both “left” and “right.” And even the libertarian (or semi-libertarian) versions. There is poor English, bad grammar, mispronounced words, and an arrogant attitude. But the … Continue reading →

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This and that – freedom or tyranny? Explaining ourselves

Posted on May 5, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

“The Price of Liberty” is a news and commentary website, a series of articles (we just call them all “commentaries”). These are posted on-line and often shared individually with people by electronic or hardcopy means. And sometimes in person. We … Continue reading →

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A Baker’s Dozen ™: Why do people fear independence and liberty?

Posted on July 17, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Just a few thoughts. These thirteen reasons are somewhat vague. No doubt readers will think of many other reasons. Or have been told by people they know why those people are afraid of being free. Some of them might seem … Continue reading →

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The decline and death of academia in the States

Posted on May 21, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

Let us continue to discuss education, then and now. For decades, the decline in the quality of education at American universities has been obvious. Why? Perhaps C.S. Lewis has the right of it. Education and schools officially, legally, and even … Continue reading →

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The trouble with taxes and government spending

Posted on December 5, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Eric Peters, a prolific libertarian writer and auto fanatic (or is it “freak?), had some words regarding governments and true libertarians that are worth thinking about a bit. “And that is why libertarians oppose what the government – and those … Continue reading →

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Hey, wanna play “school,” kids?

Posted on June 29, 2023 by TPOL Nathan

Not in Hawai’i, it seems. My grandchildren and their friends in the neighborhood and at church love playing school. And they do learn and teach each other a lot. Especially with a nearby parent or grandparent to push in just … Continue reading →

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A Baker’s Dozen: Teaching children in these times about what is wrong

Posted on January 6, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

With many thanks to Paul Rosenberg of FreemansPerspective.Org, who first developed most of these ideas. These are things which apply to all children, but especially to those we are attempting to raise as lovers of liberty able to be responsible … Continue reading →

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