Author Archives: The Political Hat

Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 4)

     With the Presidential election but seven 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 fourth episode: … Continue reading

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Quick Takes – University DEI Offices Die: University of Alabama; University of Kentucky; Ole Miss

     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: The death of open DEI?      First, a little mood music:      Carrying … Continue reading

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Eco-Nazi Germans Fantasizing About Murdering Their Enemies… Again

     A German company thinks that young people aren’t being brainwashed enough to worship Gaia and hate evil polluting corporations. What better way to encourage German youth to fight for the eco-movement than to let them slaughter the enemies of Gaia … Continue reading

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Welcoming Wolves Into The Flock

     The Republican Party has been rather welcoming to overly enthusiastic converts to the party, being so starved for love and validation that any and all are celebrated and raised on a pedestal.      This happened recently when a Democratic state Senator … Continue reading

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No Hope In Venezuela

     Venezuela (along with their Latin American BFFs Cuba and Nicaragua) remain a threat to the U.S., yet the Biden Administration continues to try to play nice with them.   Is is because they’ve dabbled in market economics (as socialist countries … Continue reading

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News of the Week (September 15th, 2024)

  News of the Week for September 15th, 2024

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 3)

     With the Presidential election but eight 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 third episode: … Continue reading

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Quick Takes – Anti-Racism In The Schools: Whites-Only Workshops; Blaming Jim Crow; Radical AP Exams

     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: History is all about blaming the designated oppressor, dontchaknow.      First, a … Continue reading

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Twenty-Three Years Ago Today – NEVER FORGET

     Twenty-three years ago today, America was attacked. Instead of focusing in on the political and legal shenanigans going on in politics, let us focus who never would have the luxury of political circuses.  Never forget the victims who died, and … Continue reading

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Rose-Tinted Doom

     Nostalgia can be a hell of a drug. One of the points your humble author has emphasized is how the Left works sub rosa and doesn’t work openly until they believe they have fundamentally transformed society enough and the Overton … Continue reading

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