Monthly Archives: November 2025

Firing Line Friday: Should We Privatize the Welfare State? Part I

Posted on November 14, 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”.      The welfare state has gone back and forth between being seen as a public benefit for the common … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Environmental Legal Madness: Andromeda Strain Lives Matter; Copyrighting A Forest; Chimpanzees Aren’t Human

Posted on November 13, 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: This is what happens when you combine the movies “The Andromeda … Continue reading →

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Esoteric Plain Speak Of The Material Turn

Posted on November 12, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Part of the Marxist idea of “Praxis” is the “material turn”, the phase where actual changes in real life are implements as part of the cycle of raising critical consciousness. It is part of the breaking apart and rebuilding of … Continue reading →

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It Is For Us To Remember

Posted on November 11, 2025 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. Footage from the Battle of the Somme, set to Motörhead’s “1916” … Continue reading →

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Enforcement & Abuse Of The Law

Posted on November 10, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Much of America’s legal heritage stems from the need to restrain abuses from government, and many of our enumerated rights were enumerated because abuse by government made it necessary to explicitly state these rights, including “restrictive” ones that restricted the … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (November 9th, 2025)

Posted on November 9, 2025 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for November 9th, 2025

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Firing Line Friday: Did McNamara Tell the Whole Story?

Posted on November 7, 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”.      The question of political incompetence causing problems in foreign conflicts is a perpetual one, as William F. Buckley … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Meanwhile, In Academia: Forcing DEI On Future Teachers; Student Government For DEI; Universal Locker Rooms

Posted on November 6, 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: Colleges are strange, and what is taught can be stranger      First, … Continue reading →

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The False Divide: Property, Personal & Private

Posted on November 4, 2025 by The Political Hat

     One of the more unfathomable concepts from the extreme Left, such as with Anarcho-Syndicalists, is that your property is only yours if you are personally using it exclusively, and that someone else can claim control over that property by using … Continue reading →

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The Enemy Of Your Enemy

Posted on November 3, 2025 by The Political Hat

…Is your enemy’s enemy. Nothing more. Nothing less.      Being the enemy of your enemy does not make them allies, friends, comrades in political arm, or even good people, nor does it mean that they feel that way towards you even … Continue reading →

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