Tag Archives: Leviathan

In Ontario, Canada, The Year 2008 Is The New Year Zero

Posted on September 20, 2023 by The Political Hat

     In Orwell’s “1984”, inconvenient publications were sent to the memory hole for being doubleplusungood and counter to the interests that the Party believed to be good. In Canada, 2008 is the new 1984, or perhaps more accurately the new Year … Continue reading →

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In Academia, It Isn’t Corruption If It Is For A Good Cause

Posted on September 18, 2023 by The Political Hat

     Your humble author has noted previously a trend amongst some of being anti-credential believers where any voice antithetical to “credentialed opinions” must be the default correct one. This, of course, is nonsense and ripe for exploitation by grifters. This does … Continue reading →

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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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German Education: Sexual Exploration Rooms For Toddlers

Posted on September 12, 2023 by The Political Hat

     When most people think of sexual deviancy in Europe, Germany almost always is the first thing to come to most people’s mind… particularly when it involves the sanctioned sexualization of children. From encouraging parents to molest their own children to … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Judges vs. Bans: Bans On Gender Surgeries For Kids; Bans On Abortion; Band On Drag Shows For Kids

Posted on September 7, 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: “Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law”. … 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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Quick Takes – Modern Schools: Zero Proficiency; War On Math; Cutting Back School To Four Days

Posted on August 31, 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: Making sure the children are mercifully free of the ravages of … Continue reading →

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Education As Woke Politics

Posted on August 29, 2023 by The Political Hat

     The woke Left are holistic, totalitarian, and systemic.  Everything is political and the faunt of politics and society as a whole is education.  This is why politics, for them, must be political. 1/One way that woke activists were able to take … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Threat of Nuclear Destruction in the New World Order-New Voices-Part II

Posted on August 18, 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”.      The post-Cold War era has seen presumptions of the future being repeatedly uprooted. So far, at least, the … Continue reading →

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