Tag Archives: Higher Ed

The Gender Clinic-Educational Complex

Posted on October 6, 2022 by The Political Hat

     President Eisenhower famously warned of the “Military Industrial Complex”. Now we have a public/private “complex” that is far more dangerous: The mutually beneficial relation ship between “gender clinics” that support the “gender studies” in pedagogy, whose resultant teachers will indoctrinate … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Racial Wokeness: Racial Quotas; Racial Bans; Racism For Cash

Posted on September 22, 2022 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: Four Legs Good; Two Legs Bad.      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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Wokeness Sneaks In Sub Rosa

Posted on September 20, 2022 by The Political Hat

     More and more people are noticing that the latest woke craze didn’t just suddenly sprout out of the ground ex nihilo, but were carefully planted as seeds long before. Corollary is that if some con in 2005 had said that … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Required Wokeness in Academia: Required To Condemn The Constitution; Required Integration Of Racial Consciousness To Teach; Required Pledge To Social Justice

Posted on September 8, 2022 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: You shall be required to choose wokeness.      First, a little mood … Continue reading →

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UC San Diego Family Orientation: No Whites (Or Asians) Allowed

Posted on August 15, 2022 by The Political Hat

     The University of California, San Diego, which is legally prohibited from discriminating against, or giving preferential treatment to, anyone on the basis of race had decided to go full racial segregation. BREAKING: University of California San Diego is hosting racially-segregated … Continue reading →

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The State Of So-Called Social Science

Posted on August 11, 2022 by The Political Hat

     It’s easy to laugh at some of the bizarre ideas and concepts that come out of academia, but if you want to really understand just how un-academic these “academics” can be even when purporting to be more serious than usual, … Continue reading →

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Out: Academic Freedom. In: Academic Liberation By Woke Groupthink

Posted on August 9, 2022 by The Political Hat

     The entire concept of academic freedom, where tenured professors can’t be fired for unpopular—or even unwoke—ideas fails when colleges and universities prohibit the hiring of anyone who refuses to proactively and enthusiastically endorse wokeness and the “DIE” agenda (diversity, inclusion, … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Things That Are Now Racist & Evil: Thanksgiving; Google; “colonial and neoliberal coercion around time and productivity”

Posted on July 28, 2022 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: One out of three ain’t bad…      First, a little mood music: … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Mandatory Wokeness In Academia: Mandatory Bias Test For Admission; Mandatory “Maoist” Diversity Training; Mandatory Power, Inequity, and Justice Classes

Posted on July 6, 2022 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: College isn’t about education; it’s about indoctrination      First, a little mood … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: In Defense of Policy

Posted on May 27, 2022 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 unpersoning of people for politically incorrect thinking is nothing new, as is seen by W.W. Rostow who … Continue reading →

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