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News of the Week (October 13th, 2024)

Posted on October 13, 2024 by The Political Hat

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 7)

Posted on October 11, 2024 by The Political Hat

     With the Presidential election but four weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.      The seventh episode: … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Fantasy Make Believe: Identifying As An Infant; Identifying As A Space Alien; Identifying As La Mujer Política

Posted on October 10, 2024 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: They told us we could become anything, so why not a … Continue reading →

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Pale Pastel Politics

Posted on October 9, 2024 by The Political Hat

     The acquiesence of Leftist and Democratic Party positions into the Republican Parrty has come not from the “GOPe”, “Con Inc.”, or the the “Surrender Caucus”, but the very people who wished to purge them in order to “fight”. From choosing … Continue reading →

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Judge Bans The Changing Of Genetic Makeup To Create Hybrid Sheep. Will A Ban On Catgirls Follow?

Posted on October 8, 2024 by The Political Hat

     There has been, for some unfathomable reason, a war on genetically engineering new hybrid species.   We’ve seen this opposition from legislators and executive branch bureaucratic red tape. Now a judge has weighed in to deter anyone from trying to … Continue reading →

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Witchcraft And The Politics Of Panic

Posted on October 7, 2024 by The Political Hat

     Online “witches”, typically of the Tumblr variety, have been a source of mockery by your humble author for some time now. We’ve had “Tumblr Witches” declare war on Donald Trump, Capitalist Patriarchy, opposition to “Transgender Women” in women’s bathrooms, Gentrification, … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (October 6th, 2024)

Posted on October 6, 2024 by The Political Hat

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 6)

Posted on October 4, 2024 by The Political Hat

     With the Presidential election but five weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.      The sixth episode: … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – The Coming Economic Doom: In Slow Motion; Looming Closer; Worse Than You Think

Posted on October 3, 2024 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: Whichever party controls the White House when it comes will suffer … Continue reading →

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The Hot New Science: Indigenous Wisdom

Posted on October 2, 2024 by The Political Hat

     One of the more insidious assaults on Western Civilization is the attack on science and scientific expertise. Sometimes this done by a direct assault that not only posits the validity of anti-science “ways of knowing” and the rights and freedoms … Continue reading →

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