Tag Archives: Patriotism

The Executive, Unitary Or Otherwise

Posted on March 3, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The system of checks and balances is one of the genius aspects of the Constitution of the United States. Each of the three branches are, or at least ought to be, supreme in their respective sphere with the Constitutional leadership … Continue reading →

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Over Here Or Over There

Posted on February 24, 2025 by The Political Hat

     One of the great follies of the Left is the idea that they could play as an intelligent designer with society and mould or even outright reconstruct it in line with their utopian vision. This is not the most hubristic … Continue reading →

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For Whose Good: The Common vs. The Collective

Posted on February 18, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Many of those who call themselves “common good conservatives” seem less interested in the any good for the good shared by all American, and more interested in their collective group ruling over the other collective group in a dichotomic system, … Continue reading →

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For Whom, The Inheritors

Posted on January 6, 2025 by The Political Hat

     For some, America is a birthright appellation whose culture and substance is inherited via spiraling coils of DNA. In reality, culture is a living thing and one becomes part of a culture by being part of that culture… not by … Continue reading →

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12 Posts of Christmas, 2024 (Day 11)

Posted on December 23, 2024 by The Political Hat

     A little Christmas message for our enemies around the world. Tweet

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Happy Bill of Rights Day

Posted on December 15, 2024 by The Political Hat

     Today is the 233rd anniversary of the first ten amendments to the Constitution coming into effect. The original Bill of Rights contained a preamble stating that the clauses were “declaratory and restrictive” — i.e. they restricted the Federal Government and … Continue reading →

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The Nouveau Nomenklatura

Posted on November 26, 2024 by The Political Hat

     A century and a half ago, James FitzJames Stephen said something rather prescient:      People came in time to regard their rulers rather as their own agents and the depositaries of their own power than as antagonistic powers to be kept … Continue reading →

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A Day Of Remembrance

Posted on November 11, 2024 by The Political Hat

      Though begun as “Armistice Day,” Veterans Day has expanded in the United States as a day for all those brave men and women who fight to keep us free. But we must never forget those who sacrificed themselves.       Sabaton’s moving … Continue reading →

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Words To Remember When Voting

Posted on November 5, 2024 by The Political Hat

     Over a decade ago, I was talking with a scientist who had immigrated from Bulgaria, had lived under Communism, and had become an American citizen. The words she spoke to me still gives me a chill of terror: Tweet

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The Woke Right

Posted on October 14, 2024 by The Political Hat

     One thing your humble author has tried to do is look at the more fundamental underpinnings of Leftist thinking, and not just the more noticeable superficial effects that others tend to focus on. One of these is the belief that … Continue reading →

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