Author Archives: The Political Hat

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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German Education: Sexual Exploration Rooms For Toddlers

Posted on September 12, 2023 by The Political Hat

     When most people think of sexual deviancy in Europe, Germany almost always is the first thing to come to most people’s mind… particularly when it involves the sanctioned sexualization of children. From encouraging parents to molest their own children to … Continue reading →

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Twenty-Two Years Ago Today – NEVER FORGET

Posted on September 11, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Twenty-two years ago today, America was attacked. Instead of focusing in on the political and legal shenanigans going on in politics, let us focus who never would have the luxury of political circuses.  Never forget the victims who died, and … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (September 10th, 2023)

Posted on September 10, 2023 by The Political Hat

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Firing Line Friday: Resolved: That We Need Not Fear the Religious Right

Posted on September 8, 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”.      Thirty years ago, the Republican coalition still included, in its “three legged stool” coalition not only the small-government … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Judges vs. Bans: Bans On Gender Surgeries For Kids; Bans On Abortion; Band On Drag Shows For Kids

Posted on September 7, 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: “Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law”. … Continue reading →

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School Smut Hypocrisy, Texas Edition Redux

Posted on September 6, 2023 by The Political Hat

     At this point, is there any school district that isn’t providing pornographic material to children? We’ve already seen how a school board in Texas, of all places, admitted to this accidentally when it stopped the reading of said material (freely … Continue reading →

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California Legislature Trying To Legalize Discrimination… Again

Posted on September 5, 2023 by The Political Hat

     In 1996, California voters passed Prop. 209 to outlaw affirmative action. It has survived for over a quarter of a century and remains the law of the land—at least on paper—for now. The main operative part of it reads plainly: … Continue reading →

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