Author Archives: The Political Hat

Senator Mike Lee on “What’s Next For Conservatives”

     Sen. Mike Lee spoke at the Heritage Foundation and spoke of the steps needed to develop a conservative reform agenda that will appeal to the broader electorate.      Sen. Lee crouches his proposals in “moderate” or even left-of-center terminology.  In contrast, … Continue reading →

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Lies, Cancer, and Statistics

     When comparing America’s mostly private healthcare system with the socialized systems in other countries, it is oft mentioned by supporters of socialized medicine that people in America live shorter lives, are more obese, &c., than people in developed countries with … Continue reading →

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Lethal Anti-Bullying Fail

     Two students who lived far apart committed suicide, one after killing his teacher.  The connection between the two?  Both watched anti-bullying videos promoted by their schools, and some are blaming the videos for pushing the students over the edge.      An … Continue reading →

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Children Taught to Kill Based on Race and Religion

     Wisconsin talk show host Vicki McKenna uncovered an odious school assignment for an English class where students are told to choose who dies based on a hypothetical lifeboat situation.  Some of the factors that the students are taught to ponder … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (November 3rd, 2013)

News of the Week for November 3rd, 2013

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Common Core Celebrating Obedience to the Collective

     Yet another example of political propagandizing under the umbrella of the “Common Core” curricula now declares that everyone must obey the dictates of the government, especially when the “well-being” of the collective trump the freedom of the individual: This is … Continue reading →

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When Bureaucrats Condemning Innocent People to Death is Considered Praiseworthy

     An Canadian court in Ontario ruled that doctors can not withhold treatment from a patient if the patient’s family does not want it.  However, the court ruled that a quasi-judicial board of bureaucrats can overrule the family!  Canada has Death … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween! (2013)

     Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror), the classic silent masterpiece.      May it be a happy respite from the real world horrors of Obamacare…

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America Has Been Warned

     M.E.P. Daniel Hannan spoke at the Free Market forum at Hillsdale College speaks about the economic idiocy and bureaucratic overreach of the European Union, and warns America that it is on the same path.      Alas, that warning was ignored last … Continue reading →

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Common Core: Creating the NEW Soviet Person

     The 1987 miniseries Amerika depicted life in the United States after a bloodless takeover engineered by the Soviet Union.  A scene, near the end, depicts a young American boy in a Komsomol style uniform wax poetically about the wonders of … Continue reading →

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