Tag Archives: Communism

Victims of Communism Day, 2020

Posted on May 1, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Today is Victims of Communism Day. It is also “May Day”, where “useful idiots” march and demonstrate in free countries, while those who have to actually live under Communism are made to march lest they face dire consequences.      Today, also, … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: What Should Our China Policy Be?

Posted on April 24, 2020 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 China in the spotlight, not just as the source of the Corona Virus, but for the Chinese … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Meaning of China

Posted on April 17, 2020 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 China in the spotlight, not just as the source of the Corona Virus, but for the Chinese … Continue reading →

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Reasonable Measures Do Not Justify Abuse of Power

Posted on April 15, 2020 by The Political Hat

     The Coronavirus seems to have brought out the worst in many people, and the best in others. Sadly for some, this has become a manichean stance where some believe that the coronavirus is no big deal and the consequences of … Continue reading →

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Concerning the Coronavirus

Posted on April 13, 2020 by The Political Hat

     There are many, many factors involved in how seriously some places are being hit with the Coronavirus*, including many that perhaps we aren’t really thinking about, which this article seems to indicate.      This is why it is useless from a … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Is There A Case for Private Property?

Posted on April 10, 2020 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 increased calls from some quarters to nationalize and centralize anything and everything healthcare related due to … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Place of the Treaty in International Affairs

Posted on April 3, 2020 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”.      It is interesting just how much many people who now-a-days call themselves conservatives have taken a such a … Continue reading →

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In This Crisis, We Need The Free Market Now More Than Ever

Posted on March 23, 2020 by The Political Hat

     The stock market crashing, people being laid off, and small businesses shuttering for good. The measures needed to combat the COVID-19 Xinnie the Flu’s Wuhan Bat Soup Death Plague Bio-Weapon of Doom (with Sprinkles*) have caused massive economic damage—and a … Continue reading →

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All The Cops Are Criminals, All The Sinners Saints

Posted on March 9, 2020 by The Political Hat

     For some time now the value of citizenship, and the pride that goes therewith, has been increasingly diminished, with the push for non–citizen voting, non-citizen lawyers, and non-citizen juries. But eliminating the difference between citizens and non-citizens isn’t the goal; … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Socially Just South Africa: Murder; Arson; Forced Sterilization

Posted on March 5, 2020 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: South of the Equator and South of Heaven      First, a little … Continue reading →

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