Category Archives: Progressives

Having To Choose Between The 2nd & 4th Amendments In Minnesota

Posted on March 11, 2026 by The Political Hat

     In Minnesota, you may soon be required to choose between the 2nd Amendment and the 4th Amendment, surrendering one or the other in order to avoid braking state statutory law.           Twin bills, HF 3443 and SF 3654 would ban a … Continue reading →

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Leviathan’s Operating System

Posted on March 9, 2026 by The Political Hat

     California passed a law requiring you be verified before using an operating system. Now, Colorado has followed suit, with SB 51. The bill requires an operating system provider to: Provide an accessible interface at account setup that requires an account … Continue reading →

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Our Heritage of Purported Abstractions

Posted on March 4, 2026 by The Political Hat

     The denigration of America as an “idea” continues apace in some circles on the “Right”, it is a mental poison that many are compelled to, themselves, parrot. Recently, Secretary of State (and meme holder of all other jobs) Marco Rubio … Continue reading →

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Utah vs. “Social Emotional Learning”

Posted on March 3, 2026 by The Political Hat

     It is one thing for a public college or university to teach about a concept that may be abhorrent, but it is another for a K-12 school to implement it. Such implementation, i.e. “praxis”, ought to be prohibited. Utah is … Continue reading →

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California Will Now Mandate Permission To Us Any Operating System

Posted on March 2, 2026 by The Political Hat

     Starting in the year 2027, the state of California will require you to get verification before you can use an operating system. This applies to all operating systems. AB 1043 mandates that your age be verified by the providers of … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Sports, Persecution, and Christians

Posted on February 27, 2026 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”.      Politics yet again creeps into the Olympics, much as it did sixty years ago, when William F. Buckley, … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Dead Canadian Babies: Newborn Babies Euthanized; Disabled Babies Euthanized; Poor Babies Euthanized

Posted on February 26, 2026 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: “From cradle to grave” in a single day.      First, a little … Continue reading →

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Colorado vs. BOTH The 1st & 2nd Amendments

Posted on February 24, 2026 by The Political Hat

     If it ain’t one right enemies of the Bill of Rights go after, it’s another… and sometimes multiple at the same time. Such is the case in Colorado which wants to ban not only any computer assisted manufacture of firearms, … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Resolved: That the Marketplace Is Not a Social Enemy

Posted on February 20, 2026 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”.      With both major political parties in this day and age becoming skeptical, if not outright hostile, to the … Continue reading →

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The Post-American Arsonists

Posted on February 10, 2026 by The Political Hat

     The Post-American Right (AKA the “National Conservative”, “Common Good Conservatives”, “New Right”, &c.) are at it again, dressing up their attack on the fundamental American (and Anglospheric, before that) pillars of our culture and society as defending a purported “heritage” … Continue reading →

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