Category Archives: Education

From Education to Indoctrination

Posted on April 16, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Progressive left have played the long game to power, and they are entering the final phase of taking control: The indoctrination of America’s children.  They are confident enough such that they can be open and honest about believing that … Continue reading →

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Leviathan’s Children

Posted on April 12, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Progressive left have a collectivist view of society where that “everything within the state; nothing outside the state; nothing against the state.”  Nowhere is that more clear than their view towards people’s children.  The state becomes the substitute parent … Continue reading →

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An Intellectual Monoculture Dedicated Above All to Identity Politics

Posted on April 11, 2013 by The Political Hat

Bowdoin: A Case Study of The Failure of Higher Education      A recent address given by Barry Mills, the President of Bowdoin (a small liberal arts college).  Therein he addresses an encounter with a fellow golfer who was critical of the … Continue reading →

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The Child Hostage Takers of the CTU

Posted on April 10, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The President of the infamous Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, has been caught on tape recommending that teachers lie to parents as a regular course of action.      Why does she think parents should be lied to?  Because then they can … Continue reading →

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Danger Defined by Resemblance to a Gun

Posted on April 6, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The now infamous case of a 7 year old being suspended for eating a pastry such that the uneaten portion vaguely resembled a gun raises the question: Does anything that vaguely resembles the shape of a gun a clear and … Continue reading →

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Into the Maelstrom: The War on Boys

Posted on April 5, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The precipitous drop in the success of males in school and the workforce, while concomitantly there was an increase in the success for women has become so noticeable, that even center left policy organizations, such as Third Way, have noticed … Continue reading →

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Abolition of Gender – Canadian Edition

Posted on March 29, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Via the Blazing Cat Fur blog, yet another attack on “gender” is being instigated by the government, this time in Canada.      The Toronto District School Board  is touting a pamphlet that stresses “transgender” rights, specifically the right of people to … Continue reading →

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The White Stigma

Posted on March 28, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Progressive racialists have stepped up their game in Wisconsin by singling out children based on race and inducing them to wear badges of shame to indicate the original sin of being white.      The Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction runs … Continue reading →

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The Political Temptation of Social Science

Posted on March 13, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The 1950’s crusade against comic books was spearheaded by Fredric Wertham, a psychologist who outlined in his book Seduction of the Innocent that comic books were negatively influencing children, and were primarily responsible for causing juvenile delinquency.  It turns out … Continue reading →

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Children Forced To Support Transvestitism in Massachusetts

Posted on March 7, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Dept. of Education has proclaimed that boys must be allowed to use girls’ bathrooms or locker rooms, and visa versa.  Their purported excuse for this declaration brings up the currently popular fear-mongering about “bullying.” “‘These students, … Continue reading →

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