Author Archives: The Political Hat

Nevada GOP Establishment (GOPe) To Most Nevada GOP Voters: Your Voice Shouldn’t Count

Posted on September 25, 2023 by The Political Hat

     The Nevada Republican Party establishment (“GOPe”) has approved this past weekend a caucus to be held in the evening (right after most people get off work and just want to go home to their families) two days after the state … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (September 24th, 2023)

Posted on September 24, 2023 by The Political Hat

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Firing Line Friday: How Does It Look for the Dollar?

Posted on September 22, 2023 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”.      Monetary policy and controls have been back in the news in recent years with inflation and the national … Continue reading →

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In Ontario, Canada, The Year 2008 Is The New Year Zero

Posted on September 20, 2023 by The Political Hat

     In Orwell’s “1984”, inconvenient publications were sent to the memory hole for being doubleplusungood and counter to the interests that the Party believed to be good. In Canada, 2008 is the new 1984, or perhaps more accurately the new Year … Continue reading →

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The First Time As Farce, The Second As Tragedy

Posted on September 19, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Karl Marx, as usual, got things backwards: The first time is farce, when something comes across as so outlandish that it seems impossible for many people to take it seriously for any amount of time if at all, while the … Continue reading →

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In Academia, It Isn’t Corruption If It Is For A Good Cause

Posted on September 18, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Your humble author has noted previously a trend amongst some of being anti-credential believers where any voice antithetical to “credentialed opinions” must be the default correct one. This, of course, is nonsense and ripe for exploitation by grifters. This does … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (September 17th, 2023)

Posted on September 17, 2023 by The Political Hat

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Firing Line Friday: The Issues Involved in Local Control of Reading Matter

Posted on September 15, 2023 by The Political Hat

     We are all familiar with concerned parents at school board meetings angry at the content of educational textbooks as well as the lack of the teaching of basic skills, while the “professionals” are shocked to be criticized. This is nothing … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Queering Children In California: Taking Custody From Parents; Parent Sues School; Combating Gender Ideology

Posted on September 14, 2023 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: Your children will be queer whether you like it or not. … Continue reading →

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Politics As Faith

Posted on September 13, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Politics often results in emotions overriding reason. But increasingly politics has become a form of faith, with political saviors and a good vs. evil mindset that seeks to purge heathens and heretics aside. Most troubling is a certain gnostic view … Continue reading →

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