Author Archives: The Political Hat

News of the Week (June 8th, 2025)

Posted on June 8, 2025 by The Political Hat

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Firing Line Friday: What Does PEN Have to Offer?

Posted on June 6, 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 art and oppression, of description or proscription, is long an ongoing question.   Let us … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Euthanasia Expanding Everywhere: Extreme Laws In France; A Human Right In Estonia; MAID For Kids in Manitoba

Posted on June 5, 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: Everywhere death spreads, normalized.      First, a little mood music:      Carrying on… … Continue reading →

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Blowing Up The Rules

Posted on June 4, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Increasingly, we are seeing more and more people declare that “there are no rules” and that we must “fight like the Left” to the point of adopting Leftist thinking and frameworks, both of which are necessary prerequisites to engage in … Continue reading →

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Washington State’s War On Clergy

Posted on June 3, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Privilege communications are generally excluded from admissible evidence and those individuals who receive such privilege communications are exempt from being forced to testify in trials or otherwise give evidence. There are arguments that at least in some cases, such privilege … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (June 1st, 2025)

Posted on June 1, 2025 by The Political Hat

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Firing Line Friday: Three Approaches to Terrorists

Posted on May 30, 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”.      From Al Qaeda on 9/11 to Hamas on 10/7, and far too much in between, the 21st Century … Continue reading →

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The Woke Way Of Thinking

Posted on May 28, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Wokeness is a way of thinking and a framework built on false premises whereby any analyses stemming therefrom are fundamentally flawed. Ultimately, it is designed to steer one to a predetermined conclusion, with only the details to be filled in, … Continue reading →

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Violating The 2nd Amendment For Wrongthink, Ex Post Facto

Posted on May 27, 2025 by The Political Hat

     In the United States of America, it is not a crime to commit “wrongthink” and you can’t have your inalienable rights taken away because of it. However you can have your rights stripped away because your commission of “wrongthink” made … Continue reading →

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     Due to being abnormally busy over the next two weekends, there will be no “News of the Week” this upcoming Sunday or the Sunday thereafter.  Posting will otherwise be light.

Posted on May 23, 2025 by The Political Hat | 1 Comment