Tag Archives: Higher Ed

The Debate is Over

Posted on May 17, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Andrew Klavan sums up each and every the Left uses to effectively say “SHUT UP.”

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Quick Takes – Whiteness as a Disease, Logic & Reason is Racist, and How Vote Fraud is the New Social Justice

Posted on April 24, 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: Logic + Being White + The Integrity of the Vote = … Continue reading →

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Racial Equality Declared Constitutional

Posted on April 23, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The Supreme Court has ruled that the obvious truth is the obvious truth: States that ban racial discrimination do not violate the 14th Amendment’s prohibition on racial discrimination.      This overturns the 6th Circuit that ruled that prohibiting racial discrimination was … Continue reading →

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The Queering of Reality

Posted on April 22, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The vast majority of males are men who like women; the vast majority of females are women who like men.  That’s reality.  For some, however, reality is unjust and must be “corrected” in the name of “social justice” in order … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Trigger Warnings, Free-Expression Taxes, and an Open Letter

Posted on April 9, 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: Free Speech & Higher Education.      How far have we fallen as … Continue reading →

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What is Social Justice?

Posted on April 5, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Just what is “Social Justice”?  The term is bandied about by the Progressives, yet they can’t really explain what it is unless they tipoff others to their true designs.      Jonah Goldberg explains what is means, and how it is being … Continue reading →

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How the Left Defines “Diversity”

Posted on March 18, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A “happy hour” to “build support and community” for “people of color” demonstrated exactly what the rabid Left on college campuses mean by “diversity”: White people not allowed.      The program coordinator at the “Diversity and Equity Center” at South Puget … Continue reading →

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Yet More College Leftists Threatening Physical Action

Posted on March 12, 2014 by The Political Hat

     It has been previously noted that the University of Michigan Black Student Union threatened “physical action” unless their “more-Left-than-Academics” demands were met, and how the university caved.      It turns out this was the first of many such threats of “physical … Continue reading →

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Six Californias: An Analysis of Splitting California Into Six States

Posted on March 11, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A Silicon Valley venture capitalist, Tim Draper, is circulating an initiative measure to split California into six states.  Here we present a quick look at what that would mean politically.      First let us look how the state would be broken … Continue reading →

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Tears of Unfathomable Sadness as UCLA

Posted on March 3, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The UCLA undergraduate student association council (USAC) had a vote on demanding divestment from Israel.  It failed 5 to 7.  This resulted in a divestment activist having a full-on mental breakdown.      While UCLA would not have paid attention to the … Continue reading →

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