January 24, 2023 5:00 pm
Guest column: Do Americans still value freedom?
By Edward Hudgins, originally published 4 July 2001. Worth reading again after two decades! Think about these things, and why they are! America is a unique country, founded on the principle that we are endowed with “certain unalienable Rights, that among … Continue reading
Tags: freedom, liberty, PRICE OF LIBERTY
January 23, 2023 5:00 pm
Why do we love liberty?
We take it for granted. That is, those of us who are lovers of liberty: little-L libertarians, rational anarchists, free-market anarchists, even big-L Libertarians and minarchists. Classical liberals, even paleo-conservatives. We think that liberty – human liberty – is a … Continue reading
Tags: liberty, PRICE OF LIBERTY
January 20, 2023 5:00 pm
Fourth Reich (Vierte Reich) on the horizon?
The EU, Breitbart reports, is working quickly to assimilate the “Western Balkans” while issuing such stirring statements about a future imperium. “Enlargement policy is among the top three priorities of EU leaders,” EU Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Olivér Várhelyi … Continue reading
Tags: europe, liberty, peace, PRICE OF LIBERTY
January 3, 2023 5:00 pm
Why do we have liberty? freedom?
Liberty, according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary online, is “the quality or state of being free: a : the power to do as one pleases, b : freedom from physical restraint, c : freedom from arbitrary or despotic control, d : the positive enjoyment of … Continue reading
Tags: liberty, PRICE OF LIBERTY
December 31, 2022 5:00 pm
Some fun – wishing all a happy new year!
As we come to an end of 2022, truly a horrible year in so many ways, we need to stop, take a deep breath, and smile. Totally unlike what Mama Liberty and we other members of TPOL have almost always … Continue reading
Tags: liberty, PRICE OF LIBERTY
December 14, 2022 4:00 am
The World Is Still Getting Less Free. A Distressing Number of People Think That’s Fine.
Report: “Half of democratic governments around the world are in decline.”
Tags: Civil Liberties, democracy, freedom, liberty, REASON
December 13, 2022 5:00 pm
Anarchy, tyranny, and liberty
Too many of us get confused on the basics of life, the universe, and everything. Especially these three concepts. Let’s dive in. Many of us find ourselves defining key concepts in a lot of different ways. All three of these … Continue reading
Tags: anarchy, freedom, liberty, PRICE OF LIBERTY
December 8, 2022 3:58 am
In The Room With Lee Edwards And The Greatest Generation Of Conservatism
It’s tempting to dismiss the old guard as irrelevant, but a recent gathering in D.C. of a few happy warriors reminded me how distorted that view is.
Tags: conservatives, FEDERALIST, liberty, Politics
December 7, 2022 10:35 am
Russia Bans All Public Pro-LGBT Speech
Taking “Don’t Say Gay” to the next level.
Tags: censorship, Civil Liberties, free speech, LGBT, liberty, REASON, Russia
November 24, 2022 5:00 pm
A Baker’s Dozen ™ reasons for lovers of liberty to be thankful in 2022
Our greetings for a happy Thanksgiving, despite government and all the rest. Rejoice in the liberty we have, and work to restore what we have lost. Debby, Gareth and Andrea, Matthias and Kaylynn and I are all praying for you … Continue reading
Tags: freedom, liberty, PRICE OF LIBERTY
November 14, 2022 4:05 am
Free Speech Dies Because We Stop Speaking Freely, Not The Other Way Around
It is ordinary Americans who are most to blame for censorship, because citizens are the ultimate defense against suppression of speech.
Tags: censorship, culture, Democrats, Elections, FEDERALIST, First Amendment, free speech, liberty, Republicans
November 4, 2022 4:01 am
No, Free Speech Doesn’t Mean Porn In Schools
Free speech is not freedom to degrade public morals and destroy the order necessary for liberty. Some speech is beyond the pale.
Tags: censorship, FEDERALIST, founders, free speech, homosexual, law, LGBT, liberty
October 17, 2022 2:10 pm
The Press Idolizes Politicians. Instead, It Needs To Hold Them Accountable.
Newspapers deserve a great deal of credit for the expansion of freedom over the past 200 years. But the media have lost credibility.
Tags: Free Markets, freedom, Government spending, liberty, London, News, Politics, REASON, taxes
September 28, 2022 5:00 pm
Do not become slaves of men
A guest commentary by Stuart Hall, originally published at Pistos.com, 24 SEP 2022. Primarily religious (christian) in content, it applies to all lovers of liberty, christian or not. TPOL has done some stylistic editing and made some further comments in … Continue reading
Tags: liberty, PRICE OF LIBERTY, rebellion, religion, Slavery