Author Archives: The Political Hat

Firing Line Friday: Should America Be Bilingual?

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      With refugees and illegal aliens in the news, let us look back forty years ago on when they … Continue reading

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Quick Takes – Children In Academia: Naked Men With Schoolgirls; Sexually Assaulting A Six Year Old; But Muh Capitalism

     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: At least sexually abused children aren’t being taught to be capitalist … Continue reading

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Happy Flag Day, 2023

     Happy Flag Day!      There are many historical flags associated with the United States, particularly during the War of Independence.      One such flag is the one that flew over Fort Mifflin during the Revolutionary War. “In the fall of 1777, 240 … Continue reading

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The Irrelevance Of Innocence

     Recently, a pregnant nurse in New York was accused of stealing a rental bike from a young Black man. She was doxxed, suspended from work, and otherwise vilified by millions online when a video of this incident went viral. Except … Continue reading

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The Surrey Police Are Big Brother

     Between their busy day of neglecting rape victims, disarming domestic violence victims, and siding with rapists over victims, the police in the U.K. still somehow find the time to punish people who express doubleplusungood wrongthink. Now, the Surrey Police want … Continue reading

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News of the Week (June 11th, 2023)

  News of the Week for June 11th, 2023

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Firing Line Friday: How to Speak, How to Listen

     In the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse, here is another episode of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line”.      William F. Buckley, Jr. and Mortimer Jerome Adler discuss something that is sorely lacking in politics these days: … Continue reading

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Quick Takes – Crazy California: Reparations; Snitching On Haters; Escaping The Hellhole

     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 People’s Republic of California strikes again!      First, a little mood … Continue reading

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The Inevitable Overreach Of Social Conservatives

     America has reoccurring periods where authentic concern for real, or at least perceived to be real, social ills results in social activist from the more puritanical parts of American culture that inevitably overreach and end up sooner or later becoming … Continue reading

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Fighting Mandatory DEI Support in California

     Universities and colleges have increasingly demanded “diversity statements” to suss out thoughtcriminals, if not outright demanding fealty to the “DEI” agenda.   Some states’ legislatures have fought back, but in California, it is the people who must fight back against … Continue reading

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