Tag Archives: truth

Who is winning the American propaganda wars?

Posted on October 7, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Americans and our States and societies are (so we are told) facing a large number of “crises” right now. Among them: What do YOU believe about these issues? What do government officials and politicians running for office tell you? What … Continue reading →

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Perverting the truth

Posted on October 6, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

As the divisions in these Fifty States continue to be deepened and spread wider, every form of propaganda, intimidation, actual acts of violence, retribution, and more is seen. And seen more and more frequently. We’ve discussed propaganda especially as it … Continue reading →

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“Too much government”

Posted on September 29, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Listening to part of the Glenn Beck show on Thursday the 29th, we were amazed to hear a guest refer multiple times to what he saw as the reason for the current crash and burn of the stock market, the … Continue reading →

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The opium pages

Posted on June 19, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Once upon a time, I am told that the letters-to-the-editor, opinion pages, and comments pages actually did have an impact on public discourse. If such a time existed, of course, it is long past. Recently reading a local daily newspaper’s … Continue reading →

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Not just governments lie

Posted on January 3, 2022 by TPOL Nathan

Last month, a Council Bluffs (Iowa – across the river from Omaha and once an incredible business investment by a certain Chicago lawyer) high school teacher was arrested and fired for committing acts of terrorism. She was 37, an Anglo, … Continue reading →

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Outmoded ideas – and ideals

Posted on May 22, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

In these Fifty States of AD 2021 (Anno Libertatus 244), the old ideas and ideals of liberty, personal and economic freedom, responsibility, and accountability are seemingly more and more ignored. Indeed, they are often condemned by the masses, echoing the … Continue reading →

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Lies, lies, and more lies – now the truth

Posted on May 19, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

(Oh my! Almost Everything We’ve Been Told About The Pandemic Is Wrong.) (And a few more people and groups are starting to wake up to that fact!) The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic probably began in November 2019 in Wuhan, … Continue reading →

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Political correctness gone rancid

Posted on May 3, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

Let’s face the truth. All of us practice political correctness to some degree. For example, we generally are smart enough to “not tick off the doc” (paraphrasing Tom Knapp’s recent comment). We don’t tell the M.D. that the chiropractors and … Continue reading →

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Whom do we believe?

Posted on June 27, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The headline is a question I’ve asked often in writing this commentary over the past decade. It is a question that all of us should be asking almost continuously.  As we read and hear the news – … Continue reading →

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A liberty-lover’s guide to Trump bashing

Posted on May 14, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The Democrats and many Republicans in Congress and elsewhere have set aside the “people’s business” of such things as passing laws and budgets and carrying out their “normal duties.”  Instead, they have jumped on the social-media and … Continue reading →

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