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Firing Line Friday: Should America Be Bilingual?

Posted on June 16, 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”.      With refugees and illegal aliens in the news, let us look back forty years ago on when they … Continue reading →

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Happy Flag Day, 2023

Posted on June 14, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Happy Flag Day!      There are many historical flags associated with the United States, particularly during the War of Independence.      One such flag is the one that flew over Fort Mifflin during the Revolutionary War. “In the fall of 1777, 240 … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: How to Speak, How to Listen

Posted on June 9, 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”.      William F. Buckley, Jr. and Mortimer Jerome Adler discuss something that is sorely lacking in politics these days: … Continue reading →

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The Inevitable Overreach Of Social Conservatives

Posted on June 7, 2023 by The Political Hat

     America has reoccurring periods where authentic concern for real, or at least perceived to be real, social ills results in social activist from the more puritanical parts of American culture that inevitably overreach and end up sooner or later becoming … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Abscam Controversy

Posted on May 26, 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”.      Congressional corruption is nothing new, nor are FBI operations to offer money or other rewards for illegal activity … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Is It Possible to Be a Good Governor?

Posted on May 19, 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”.      While much of the focus in politics is on the Presidency, in reality it is the individual states’ … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Separation of Church and State

Posted on May 12, 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”.      With bakers being forced to literally “bake the cake” by using their personal creative abilities to promote and … Continue reading →

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Enshrining Parental Rights In Texas

Posted on May 10, 2023 by The Political Hat

     While some states are stripping parents of their right to raise their own children, Texas is instead poised to enshrining such a fundamental right in its state Constitution with two proposed measures.      SJR 70 says: Sec. 36. (a) A parent … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Nixon Presidency

Posted on May 5, 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”.      Republicans have ever been accused of bringing more government in the name of less government.   Richard Nixon … Continue reading →

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