Monthly Archives: June 2025

News of the Week (June 29th, 2025)

Posted on June 29, 2025 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for June 29th, 2025

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Firing Line Friday: Women against Pornography

Posted on June 27, 2025 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”.      Censorship and moral outrage seems to be in perpetual conflict with the 1st Amendment.   As true as … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Marxist Methodology: The Woke Spiral; Maoist Mass Line; The Issue Is The Revolution

Posted on June 26, 2025 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: All within the Revolution, nothing outside the Revolution, nothing against the … Continue reading →

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The Trump Tram Ride

Posted on June 24, 2025 by The Political Hat

     What is MAGA?   It is whatever President Trump says it is. But that hasn’t stopped people from claiming to represent the true intellectual base of MAGA, and use the coincidence of policy, and performative loyalty, with Trump as a … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Towards Cyborg Catgirls: The Cyborg Catgirl Future; Brain-Computer Interfaces; Self-Healing Synthetic Muscle

Posted on June 19, 2025 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: Building a better catgirl through science and technology!      First, a little … Continue reading →

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False Consciousness & Repressive Tolerance

Posted on June 17, 2025 by The Political Hat

     When some on the purported Right say they will “fight like the Left”, this is why they mean, as James Lindsay notes, quoted in full full below due to the limitations of Twitter/X embeds. Neomarxist Herbert Marcuse, from “Repressive Tolerance,” … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (June 15th, 2025)

Posted on June 15, 2025 by The Political Hat

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Happy Flag Day, 2025

Posted on June 14, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Happy Flag Day!      There are many historical flags associated with the United States, notably during the Westward Expansion of our country.      One such flag is the General Frémont “Indian Peace” Flag 1842. “This Flag was the regimental banner of western … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Mandatory & Prohibited In Academia: Equity Lens For Football; Illegal Race-Based Admissions; Cultural Items Forbidden From View

Posted on June 12, 2025 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: Whatever isn’t prohibited is mandatory.      First, a little mood music:      Carrying … Continue reading →

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Wokeness vs. Classical Liberalism

Posted on June 10, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Liberals, Communists, and Woke totalitarians are often lumped together. But there are differences between Wokeness and Classical Liberalism, particularly when it comes to “systems of oppression” and the “false consiousness” that purportedly protects it which can only be overthrown through … Continue reading →

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