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News of the Week for June 30rd, 2013

Posted on June 30, 2013 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for June 30th, 2013

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Whence Springs a “Movement”

Posted on June 29, 2013 by The Political Hat

     How does a leader create a movement?  An interesting video shows how a lone “dancing guy,” who initially comes across as weird or eccentric, is able to get everyone else to join in and thus normalize that weirdness until it … Continue reading →

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Cult of Equality

Posted on June 28, 2013 by The Political Hat

     One of the Progressives’ oft-used buzzwords is “equality.”  To a large extent they have won the war of words to the point where anything they equate with ”equality” is necessarily good, and those who oppose what the Progressives have equated … Continue reading →

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The Waning American Essence

Posted on June 27, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Progressive Left often casts itself as the manichean choice between their proffered utopia and a caricature of America’s past of being exclusively about oppression and discrimination by “Kyriarchs.”      America is not “oppression,” but has been the greatest force for … Continue reading →

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Not So Gay Day for Democracy

Posted on June 26, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The United States Supreme Court has not only overturned part of DOME (the Defense of Marriage Act), but also allowed a Federal district court to kill off Prop. 8, which defined marriage as a union between a man and a … Continue reading →

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News of the Week for June 23rd, 2013

Posted on June 23, 2013 by The Political Hat

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The Double Standard for 501(c)(3) Groups

Posted on June 21, 2013 by The Political Hat

     With the IRS targeting Tea Party groups, as well as any group that wanted to educate people about, the contrast with left leaning groups is indeed stark.  The putative reason the IRS targeted these Tea Party groups was allegedly because … Continue reading →

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Bureaucracy vs. the Jacksonians

Posted on June 20, 2013 by The Political Hat

     “Civil Service” Reform was one of the political clarion calls of the late 19th to early 20th century.  A professionalized civil service was intended to eliminate the spoils system and take the power away from political machines, and replace them … Continue reading →

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News of the Week for June 16th, 2013

Posted on June 16, 2013 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for June 16th, 2013

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News of the Week for June 9th, 2013

Posted on June 9, 2013 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for June 9th, 2013

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