Tag Archives: Venezuela

Ignore the dummy in the window

Posted on January 16, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

MSN reports that the Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is worried about the threat of Venezuelan dictator Maduro to “liberate” Puerto Rico by invading it and driving out the evil, hated Yankees who rule it as a colony. … Continue reading →

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War coming?

Posted on August 1, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

The times, the times they are a changing. That was a popular song back in the 1960s and 1970s during the war in Southeast Asia and upheavals in the States. It has applied on and off since then. Today perhaps … Continue reading →

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Do we really need another example?

Posted on September 28, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton Venezuela is a beautiful land and full of good people, rich in natural resources, and once one of the success stories of Latin America. Today, it sounds like the South under Reconstruction, post-WW2 Germany or perhaps Biafra … Continue reading →

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Islamic wars: the future of the world?

Posted on May 19, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-20C By Nathan Barton To listen to the news, things are unraveling rapidly world-wide, especially in the Islamic world (the Ummah, or Dal al-Islam). The killing continues, and most are Muslim-on-Muslim attacks. (But of course, the West is … Continue reading →

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Economics, Populist Fads, and Government

Posted on May 18, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-20B By Nathan Barton Governments are organizations where “group-think” is a large part of how they do things. They are unaccountable to the mechanisms of the free market. And they are made up of people (both the elite … Continue reading →

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Low how the mighty have fallen: deterioration, decay, and collapse

Posted on March 3, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

Libertarian Commentary #16-09D by Nathan Barton Lo, how the mighty have fallen. The deterioration of government and society and the current “civilization” worldwide proceeds apace.  Stories this week illustrate this, and send a chill up my spine. The major example … Continue reading →

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