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Firing Line Friday: The Issues Involved in Local Control of Reading Matter

Posted on September 15, 2023 by The Political Hat

     We are all familiar with concerned parents at school board meetings angry at the content of educational textbooks as well as the lack of the teaching of basic skills, while the “professionals” are shocked to be criticized. This is nothing … Continue reading →

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Politics As Faith

Posted on September 13, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Politics often results in emotions overriding reason. But increasingly politics has become a form of faith, with political saviors and a good vs. evil mindset that seeks to purge heathens and heretics aside. Most troubling is a certain gnostic view … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Resolved: That We Need Not Fear the Religious Right

Posted on September 8, 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”.      Thirty years ago, the Republican coalition still included, in its “three legged stool” coalition not only the small-government … Continue reading →

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California Legislature Trying To Legalize Discrimination… Again

Posted on September 5, 2023 by The Political Hat

     In 1996, California voters passed Prop. 209 to outlaw affirmative action. It has survived for over a quarter of a century and remains the law of the land—at least on paper—for now. The main operative part of it reads plainly: … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Resolved: That Political Correctness Is a Menace and a Bore

Posted on September 1, 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”.      Political Correctness has been plaguing us for decades now. Let us look back at the state of political … Continue reading →

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     Due to that darned real life thing taking up so much time, there won’t be much posting this week. But your humble author should return to form next week.      To make it up, here are some kitties. Tweet

Posted on August 22, 2023 by The Political Hat | 1 Comment

Modern Education: The Individual Or The Collective

Posted on August 15, 2023 by The Political Hat

     One of the singluar aspects of collectivist ideology is that it puts the “common good” and the collective interest ahead of the interests of the individual, since only through the collective can a person truly have anything.*      Over thirty years … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Euthanizing The Mental Defectives: Killing The Autistic; Killing The Anorexic; Killing The Mentally Ill

Posted on August 10, 2023 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: Aktion T4 was apparently just ahead of it’s time      First, a … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Do We Need a Federal Community Property Act?

Posted on July 28, 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”.      Remember when the biggest question regarding marriage wasn’t about if birth certificates should have a “Parent 1” and … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Was Gandhi for Real?

Posted on July 21, 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”.      Hagiographies are nothing new, and often historical figures are made out to be more than they were or … Continue reading →

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