Category Archives: Progressives

Firing Line Friday: Feminism

Posted on February 7, 2025 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 the half-baked attempt to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) as the 28th Amendment, let us look … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Guess Who Is A Person: A Mountain; A River; An Elephant

Posted on February 6, 2025 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: Inorganic Lives Matter!      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on…      A … Continue reading →

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Ironic Equality of Critical Race Theory

Posted on February 5, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Chief Justice John Roberts said that the way to stop discriminating is to… stop discriminating. Sadly, the existential need by some to adopt the same racial framework abet with oppressor/oppressed reversed is just the reverse to the Woke Left’s racial … Continue reading →

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How Woke Works

Posted on January 28, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Wokeness isn’t just some social affectation of evil or even just something unnatural or objectionable. Beyond the superficial level that most people recognize is the underlying falsity of foundation that underlies how it works, and how it end up manifesting … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Killing Just Because: Killing Non-Medically; Killing The Mentally Disabled; Killing To Organ Harvest

Posted on January 16, 2025 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: Just a little killing here and a little killing there…      First, … Continue reading →

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The Pernicious Invention of “Disparate Impact”

Posted on January 14, 2025 by The Political Hat

     One of the hallmarks of Cultural Marxism and wokeness is the belief that justice can not be attained by treating people equally or even by treating them as individuals. Instead, a “System of Oppression” that is proclaimed to be at … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Intellectual’s Responsibilities in an Age of Totalitarian

Posted on January 10, 2025 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”.      Creators being censored and even punished by totalitarian regimes (or merely repressive institutions) is anything but a new … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Eco-Overlords: Rights Of Nature Tribunal; Eco-Marxist Education; Reshaping Your Diet

Posted on January 9, 2025 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: The Acolytes of Gaia shall ensure your Green compliance… or else! … Continue reading →

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Breaking Free from Political Polarization?

Posted on January 8, 2025 by The Political Hat

     There have been many alternatives to the classic “political compass”. Bruce Pardy from the American Institute for Economic Research discusses just such an alternate view to the more familiar political compass, or simple Left/Right graph. Tweet

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Defining Woke

Posted on January 7, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Many on the Right are so hell bent to “fight like the Left” that they’ve adopted the Left’s way of thinking. Some have termed them the “Woke Right”; others object to that term because they don’t share the same utopian … Continue reading →

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