Monthly Archives: August 2025

Quick Takes – Queering Academia: Queer Marine Biology; Queer Archeology; Queer Dictionary

Posted on August 7, 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: Ain’t no straight truth here.      First, a little mood music:      Carrying … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Progressives | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Not Quite GamerGate Redux

Posted on August 6, 2025 by The Political Hat

     It is a bemusing thing when R. Stacy McCain praises a feminist for a feminist political win.   Yet that is what happened over a story of video games, a TERF vs. transgender battle, and online doxxers.      There are substantively … Continue reading →

Posted in Progressives, Uncategorized | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Marxism, Western vs. Eastern

Posted on August 5, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Karl Marx was disproven back in the 19th Century. Attempts to correct all those errors while saving the sacrosanct conclusion quickly divided into a “Western” way and an “Eastern” way, as James Lindsay explains, which is quoted in full below … Continue reading →

Posted in Progressives | Tagged | 1 Comment

With Bureaucracy, Form Follows Function

Posted on August 4, 2025 by The Political Hat

“What a tangled web we create “When we first practice to regulate!”      There are few things in life more burdensome than red tape and bureaucracy. However, fixing this problem is easier said than done. It is a minimalist folly to … Continue reading →

Posted in Progressives, Uncategorized | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

News of the Week (August 3rd, 2025)

Posted on August 3, 2025 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for August 3rd, 2025

Posted in News of the Week | Tagged | Leave a comment