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A More Honest “State of the Union”

Posted on February 12, 2013 by The Political Hat

     While much will be said about President Obama’s “State of the Union” address, as well as Sen. Rubio’s official GOP response, and Rand Paul’s “Tea Party” response, little has been said about the actual state of our union.      Perhaps a more … Continue reading →

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The State is Mother; The State is Father

Posted on February 8, 2013 by The Political Hat

     With young adults increasingly becoming overgrown children who expect awesome stuff and awesome life just be handed to them, and with the state becoming evermore the benefactor, protector, and provider, if not outright substitute parent, it is becoming ever more … Continue reading →

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Progressives’ Final Solution

Posted on February 7, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The use of racial divisiveness has long been a hallmark of the Progressive Left.  The stoking of racial hatred and ignorance at universities by peddling “critical race theory” or other such grievance studies and attempts to push “multiculturalism” has grown … Continue reading →

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Convicted Rapist Organizes Demonstration to Support Disarming Potential Rape Victims

Posted on February 4, 2013 by The Political Hat

     A recent gun show in Ohio was protested by a dozen or so by opponents of American’s 2nd Amendment civil liberties.  Included in their denunciations was the commonly spouted lie of illegal gun sales: “‘We know that guns are being … Continue reading →

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Cory Booker, Dan Quayle, and the English Language

Posted on February 3, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Certainly, spelling and grammatical mistakes happen, especially when one is typing away furiously to quickly send out a tweet.  Crypto-Progressive and Newark Mayor Cory Booker is certainly no exception: Please, I went to Yale. Their good but Salle &Pepe could … Continue reading →

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Progressives’ Futuristic Blues

Posted on January 31, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Walter Russell Mead writes over at The American Interest writes on the “Blue Social Model” of the Progressive left and where it is likely to go in the future.  It is an insightful examination of where Progressives believe society will, … Continue reading →

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The Progressive War on Nevada

Posted on January 27, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The hyper-leftist organization, the Progressive Leadership Alliance of Nevada (PLAN), hosted a preemptive rebuttal to Gov. Sandoval’s State of the State address, and delivered by former state Senator Sheila Leslie.  In her address, she espoused the usual unthinking canned ideas … Continue reading →

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A Case in Point: The Failure of Higher Education

Posted on January 24, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The University of Nevada, Las Vegas has often played second fiddle to its elder sibling in the Nevada System of Higher Education, the University of Nevada, Reno. Though UNLV has so far successfully avoided having a psycho killer named after … Continue reading →

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“You don’t have to know it; you just have to know how to look it up”

Posted on January 23, 2013 by Guest Poster

A guest post from Julie Krauss over at Individual Sovereignty      Back in the late 60’s or early 70’s (when else!), there was a wonderful new theory of education that had been developed and was being taught to high-school (talk about … Continue reading →

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The Second Terming

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Guest Poster

A guest post from AoSHQ poster “Taro Tsujimoto” Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, … Continue reading →

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