Category Archives: Education

Quick Takes – Leftist Demand Government Be In The Bedroom, and in Your Healthcare, but Stay Silent about Thad Cochran’s Barnyard Shenanigans

Posted on July 31, 2014 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: Sex, Privacy, and Ewww.      Remember how the Left and the Democrats … Continue reading →

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Unveiling Common Core

Posted on July 1, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Some not-to-pleasant facts regarding the implementation of the “Common Core” standards, from one of the people who was to oversee the validation of those standards.

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Die Führerin Unserer Kinder

Posted on June 28, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The Left oft use children to advance their agenda, and even to spy on their own parents.  Now, however, we see the command to engage in “social justice” spouted directly by the self-declared Essenführerin Michelle Obama: “[O]ur laws may no … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Hypocrisy on Free Speech; Hypocrisy in Academia; and Hypocrisy on Impeachment

Posted on June 19, 2014 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: Hypocritical Hypocrites who Hypocricize.      For those who are old enough, the … Continue reading →

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What to do about the War on Boys in School

Posted on June 17, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Christina Hoff Sommers discusses how schools wage a War on Boys and what can be done about it.

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The Modern Day Menshevik

Posted on June 10, 2014 by The Political Hat

     With increasing regularity, the far Left feel themselves to be ensconced enough in power as to punish others for not being as rabidly radical in their Progressive ideology as they are.  Case in point: Anti-straight & “anti-bully” bully Dan Savage … Continue reading →

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Obama’s Labor Commissar Extolles Collectivism

Posted on June 2, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Tom Perez, Obama’s current Secretary of Labor, has urged college grads to eschew their own individual desires and goals in favor of blind submission to the collective… as dictated by the state, of course: Congrats to @oberlincollege grads today. Remember: … Continue reading →

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Is This a Paragon of Intellectual Rigor and Debate?

Posted on May 29, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Has America fallen to where the following is considered a paragon of intellectual rigor & debate?      This is not an anomaly…

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Common Core at 451 Degrees Fahrenheit

Posted on May 26, 2014 by The Political Hat

     While the examples of Common Core insanity have typically involved simple math, since they are the most blatant example, the mutation of standards as they apply to reading have been most insidious.      How insidious?  A wholesale condemnation of books.  That … Continue reading →

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America’s Youth Are in the Worst of Hands

Posted on May 24, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Remember how in the 2nd World War, the United States fought against the evil of capitalism?  No, of course not because the war against Germany was against the National Socialists!  Too bad this teacher didn’t get the memo: It's now … Continue reading →

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