Author Archives: The Political Hat

Firing Line Friday: A Look at the Hillside Stranglers

Posted on August 8, 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”.      Crime and violence are a perpetual concern, and forty years ago society was still realing from serical killers … Continue reading →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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News of the Week (August 3rd, 2025)

Posted on August 3, 2025 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for August 3rd, 2025

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Quick Takes – Not-so-medical Aid In Dying: Vermont via Zoom; Washington Qualified Providers; Condemned To Death By Artificial Intelligence

Posted on July 31, 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: Do you want a Butlerian Jihad? Because this is how you … Continue reading →

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Stakeholder Capitalism Isn’t

Posted on July 30, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Corporations. What are they good for? Limiting the liability of investors and owners who are innocent of any potential shenanigans, of course. An incorporated company limits the liability of a stockholder to the value of the stock rather than making … Continue reading →

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The Untraditional Right

Posted on July 29, 2025 by The Political Hat

     When you reject “conserving” and embrace a “no rules” and reject “muh principles”, you do nothing but hollow yourself out and create a void that is quickly filled with what is readily at hand (i.e. the “praxis” of Critical Theory). … Continue reading →

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Empowering “Family Friends” In California

Posted on July 28, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The California Legislature Grand Soviet is considering a bill, AB 495, involving custody of children who may have a parent subject to Federal immigration issues.   However, snuck in there is a provision expanding power over a child to “nonrelative … Continue reading →

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