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     Fellow blogger Henry Stern, who founded and blogged at InsureBlog, passed away this earlier month. We’ve only cheated briefly from time to time but supported each other’s blogs, and he even guest posted on mine. I knew him first from … Continue reading →

Posted on September 12, 2020 by The Political Hat | 1 Comment

The Manichean Right

Posted on September 4, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Sohrab Ahmari has embraced a manichean “if your not with us then you are against us” attitude that Antifa would agree with, and gone all in with adopting the “tear it down” strategy of the Left under the deluded idea … Continue reading →

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United States To Global Internationalists: Go Pound Sand (Or Worse)

Posted on August 25, 2020 by The Political Hat

     With all the chaos and downsides of “living in interesting times”, from Impeachment and Corona-chan to the George Floyd riots cum revolutionary temper-tantrums, one rather important element of international conflict, abet a non-shooting one (so far), is the clash between … Continue reading →

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The Real History of Slavery

Posted on August 11, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Thomas Sowell is one of America’s leading intellectual treasures. With the demand that America be seen as “systemically racist” (i.e. irredeemably evil) because of the “1619” introduction of slavery to the colonies that became America, thus positioning the “anti-racists” as … Continue reading →

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     I began posting old episodes of William F. Buckley, Jr.’s “Firing Line” in the hopes of encouraging a more civil, and illuminating, discourse—and as a pleasant way of ending the week.  It also served to help me keep posting up … Continue reading →

Posted on July 31, 2020 by The Political Hat | Comments Off on Hiatus: Firing Line Friday

Cult Of Normalcy

Posted on July 31, 2020 by The Political Hat

     “Doublethink” is an interesting thing when applied in practice. For much of the norms of most of the world, the beliefs and thinking of the broader Left can, more or less, infiltrate societies and change them through tyranny and mutation … Continue reading →

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Conservatism Has Conserved

Posted on July 28, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Americans, do you live in a country where there is a “hate speech” exception to free speech? Do you live in a country where an expansive welfare state is a thing of national pride that you happily participate in?   … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Are Ideology and the CIA Compatible?

Posted on July 24, 2020 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”.      During the Trump administration, and before, many are readily questioning foreign intelligence services and the concern over ideology. … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Revisionist Historians

Posted on July 17, 2020 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 call by some to redefine American history as one of inherent evil, by #BlackLivesMatter, the “1619 … Continue reading →

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When in the Course of Human Events…

Posted on July 4, 2020 by The Political Hat

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them … Continue reading →

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