Category Archives: Education

Star Chamber at Columbia University

Posted on November 16, 2016 by The Political Hat

     If anyone knows how to run a secret kangaroo court, it’s Columbia University. “Columbia University is making it harder for students to hold it accountable for how the Ivy League school runs ‘gender-based misconduct’ proceedings. “It has previously banned students … Continue reading →

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Triangle of Oppression

Posted on November 14, 2016 by The Political Hat

     A professor of geology at Brooklyn College was almost fired without ever being told the reason why, let alone by whom. What for? Free speech and triangles, but mostly triangles. “I teach geology at Brooklyn College, part of the City … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Pronoun Pins; Pronoun Nametags; Pronoun Crimes

Posted on November 3, 2016 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: “Say my preferred gender pronoun, OR ELSE!!1!”      First, a little mood … Continue reading →

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Science and Racism, or Why Witches Throwing Magical Lightning Bolts Don’t Exist

Posted on October 19, 2016 by The Political Hat

     Just as Feminists consider science to by Sexist and a plot of The Patriarchy, it is claimed that Science is Racist and a tool of oppression wielded by the White oppressor. The solution that is proffered is to “decolonize” science … Continue reading →

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Science and Sexism, or Why Feminist Science Isn’t

Posted on October 17, 2016 by The Political Hat

     It is a trope and cliché, abet accurate ones, that the so-called “social sciences” in Academica reject objective reality and substitute “social constructs” with the clear implication that: “[T] here are female ‘ways of knowing’ that differ from male ways … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Academia: Purging the Unfaithful; Purging H8rz; Purging Academic Study

Posted on October 13, 2016 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 the little Eichmanns…      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on… … Continue reading →

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The Virtue of Politically Correct Bullying

Posted on October 10, 2016 by The Political Hat

     The worldview of the broader Left is in many ways a religious one. It is a faith of ultimate good and ultimate evil. ‘Tis a manichean world view where the ultimate evil is the miasmic conspiracy of “Kyriarchy” and innocent … Continue reading →

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The Veil of John Rawls’ Ignorance

Posted on October 3, 2016 by The Political Hat

     John Rawls is a name that few Americans are familiar with, let alone a name many, if not most, conservative are unfamiliar with.   Yet his major works, “A Theory of Justice” and “Political Liberalism” have served as the lens through … Continue reading →

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The Ultimate Tool of The Patriarchy? Puppies!

Posted on October 1, 2016 by The Political Hat

     What’s next?  A beat up old van that has “free candy” written on the side?      The puppy was probably a misogynist anyway…

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Cleanliness is Next to Sharia

Posted on September 29, 2016 by The Political Hat

     We’ve seen public schools teach the Islamic Shahada, encourage “Muslim” clothing be worn, or circulating the Koran.  Now, they seem to be taking all that for granted… “The father of a second-grader in the Cecil S. Collins School was alarmed … Continue reading →

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