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Posted on April 7, 2025 by The Political Hat | Leave a comment

Quick Takes – Presidential Apotheosis: Birthday National Holiday; International Airport; Mount Rushmore.

Posted on April 3, 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: “God-Emperor of Mankind” isn’t just a meme, at least to Congressional … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The British Mess, with the First Lady of British Politics

Posted on March 21, 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”.      The U.K. is now suffering from yet another Labour ministry following and building upon the incompetency of a … Continue reading →

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Nostalgia Of The Nomenklatura

Posted on March 17, 2025 by The Political Hat

Nor is this the Summer of Love      It has become an obsessive fantasy amongst some to look back at the past as a paragon of a more perfect civilization when the “common man” was king and responsible for creating wealth … Continue reading →

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The Ides of March

Posted on March 15, 2025 by The Political Hat

I hear a tongue shriller than all the music Cry “Caesar!” Speak, Caesar is turn’d to hear. Soothsayer: Beware the ides of March. Caesar: What man is that? Brutus: A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March.      A little … Continue reading →

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The Common Good And The Law

Posted on March 11, 2025 by The Political Hat

     What happens when the Rule of Law and the Common Good conflict, in that strictly upholding the letter of the law causes a greater harm rather than prevent it, as would be the legitimate aim of the Rule of Law? … Continue reading →

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Sovereigntism

Posted on March 10, 2025 by The Political Hat

     One of the most misleading, including self-misleading, things a person can do is try to hard to fit things into preconceived boxes and categories. This can be particularly treacherous in an intellectual sense when self-segregated into an echo chamber. Your … Continue reading →

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The Memeification Of The GOP

Posted on March 4, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Over the past decade the Republican Party has transformed, for good or ill. For some, it was a purging of the “establishment” and “cuckservatives” and the rise of “fighters”. For others, it was a vehicle for vengeance and and emotional … Continue reading →

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The Executive, Unitary Or Otherwise

Posted on March 3, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The system of checks and balances is one of the genius aspects of the Constitution of the United States. Each of the three branches are, or at least ought to be, supreme in their respective sphere with the Constitutional leadership … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Tom Wolfe and The Painted Word

Posted on February 28, 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”.      The pretentiousness of “art” that is supposed to “make you think” is something that still plagues us today … Continue reading →

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