Author Archives: The Political Hat

Kentucky Unqueers The Shirt

Posted on November 4, 2019 by The Political Hat

     For the better part of a decade a shirt maker who wouldn’t make a shirt that expressed a belief he didn’t feel was appropriate. The Kentucky Human Rights Commission, a non-elected bureaucracy, ruled that he was compelled to express speech … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (November 3rd, 2019)

Posted on November 3, 2019 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for Nov. 3rd, 2019

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Firing Line Friday: Is There a Liberal Crack-Up?

Posted on November 1, 2019 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”.      Win or lose in 2020, the question asked thirty-five years ago appears to be evergreen: Is there a … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween! (2019)

Posted on October 31, 2019 by The Political Hat

     Here is the silent classic, “Häxan: Witchcraft through the Ages”

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Elephants Are People Too

Posted on October 29, 2019 by The Political Hat

     The impetus of some to grant legal rights to “nature” and even to specific non-human species, while clearly insane, it to actually use these “rights” to achieve dominion over others by suing on behalf of some critter.      The thing is, … Continue reading →

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Trans Horror

Posted on October 28, 2019 by The Political Hat

     Transgenderism, which posits concomitantly that gender is separate and distinct from biological sex while also claiming that taking on not just the appellation and manner of the opposite sex but also the superficial physical apparent of said opposite sex is … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (October 27th, 2019)

Posted on October 27, 2019 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for Oct. 27th, 2019

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Firing Line Friday: The Meaning of the China Vote

Posted on October 25, 2019 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 the People’s Republic of China being in the news, primarily for the repression in Hong Kong, let … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Queer College: Queering God; Queering Straightness; Unqueering Gay Men

Posted on October 24, 2019 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: The timeline where a transgender YHWH smites Gay men for not … Continue reading →

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Florida Democrats: Swamps Are People Too

Posted on October 23, 2019 by The Political Hat

     It is becoming increasingly common around the world, including the United States of America, to grant human rights to “nature” or “Gaia”, including granting “rights” to rivers, glaciers, and mountain—and then let eco-radicals sue on behalf of said geographic features. … Continue reading →

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