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News of the Week (July 12th, 2020)

Posted on July 12, 2020 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for July 12thth, 2020

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Firing Line Friday: How Does It Go with the Black Movement?

Posted on July 10, 2020 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      Racial animus has long been a topic of debate. A discussion with Huey P. Newton, along with Patricia … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – When All Lives Don’t Matter: Non-Woke Dean’s Lives Don’t Matter; Hate-filled Cambridge Professor’s Life Does Matter; White Lives Don’t Matter

Posted on July 9, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: All lives matter… except for THEM!      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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When Everything Is Racist All Anti-Racism Is Arbitrary And Capricious

Posted on July 8, 2020 by The Political Hat

     The usual rejoinder to “when everything is ______” is usually “than nothing is”. However in reality, the actual response is far more insidious. In reality, when everything is racist, just as when everything is a crime, actual enforcement based on … Continue reading →

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Mandatory Wokeness In Academia

Posted on July 7, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Ah Academia, what was once (and in many ways still is) the repository of civilization and society’s achievements is increasingly the faunt of poison that is slowly killing America (and Western Civilization, more broadly).      We have already seen how college … Continue reading →

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George Floyd As The Queen Of Diamonds

Posted on July 6, 2020 by The Political Hat

     One of the gravest errors of much of the conservative movement was to see a disconnect between the Gramscian marched institutions and the “normalcy” of society, at least as they experienced it. With that came the foolish idea that “it … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (July 5th, 2020)

Posted on July 5, 2020 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for July 5thth, 2020

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When in the Course of Human Events…

Posted on July 4, 2020 by The Political Hat

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Has America Had It?

Posted on July 3, 2020 by The Political Hat

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      With protestations that America is fundamentally evil, with even calls to destroy Mt. Rushmore, some are asking the … Continue reading →

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When The Revolution Comes?

Posted on July 2, 2020 by The Political Hat

     There are some people who seem to be curious contradictions. They are absolutely histrionic over America being lost an the eternal doom that would bring, yet somehow chalk this up to either some identified conspiracy or simply an example of … Continue reading →

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