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News of the Week (September 28th, 2025)

Posted on September 28, 2025 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for September 28th, 2025

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Firing Line Friday: A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That All Immigration Should Be Drastically Reduced

Posted on September 26, 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”.      One of the hottest political topics today is the question of immigration. Let us look back thirty years … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Pushed To Die: Coercion In Canada; By Proscription In Oregon; Hastening Death For ALS

Posted on September 25, 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: Faster Pussycat! Die! Die!      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on… … Continue reading →

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Will “Print The Poster” Become The New “Bake The Cake”?

Posted on September 24, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Masterpiece Cakeshop reserved the right to refuse celebrate Same-Sex Marriage by turning down a request to make a cake that celebrated just that. People on the Right were uniformly outraged, and quite rightly so, over this and the violation of … Continue reading →

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On The Surrender Of Freedom

Posted on September 23, 2025 by The Political Hat

Freedom can be surrendered passively, and rarely won. An insightful article, “Psychology, Security, and the Subtle Surrender of Freedom”, that opines on this and both de Tocqueville and Sir Roger Scruton is well worth a full read. A few comments … Continue reading →

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Hate Speech & The Right

Posted on September 22, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The idea that “Hate Speech” is not free speech and thus can be made illegal and criminally punished.   While this is consistent with the European Convention on Human Rights, it runs afoul of America’s Bill of Rights. For an … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (September 21st, 2025)

Posted on September 21, 2025 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for September 21st, 2025

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Firing Line Friday: A Firing Line Debate. Resolved: That We’re Suing Ourselves to Death

Posted on September 19, 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”.      America is known as a very litigious country, and has been known as such for quite a long … Continue reading →

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Happy Constitution Day!

Posted on September 17, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The Constitution of the United States of America is one of the crowning achievements of mankind. It was a distillation of the Anglo-American tradition and heritage set as the Law of the Land and sets the rules above the rulers. … Continue reading →

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A Natural Born Proposition?

Posted on September 16, 2025 by The Political Hat

     America has a common culture that defines it and defines what it means to be America. While there are regional differences, those commonalities outweigh our regional and local diversity, or even the diversity between individuals. America is unicultural abet with … Continue reading →

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