Author Archives: The Political Hat

From Skin Cells To Embryos: Will This Lead To Genetically Engineered Catgirls?

Posted on November 18, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The development of scientific techniques of combining cells, chromosomes, and other genetic modifications continues to accelerate and an increasing rate, despite moral concerns to the contrary. Now, scientist have been able to turn skin cells into embryos post-fertilization with sperm. … Continue reading →

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The Coming War With Venezuela?

Posted on November 17, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The increased isolationist sentiment in the Republican Party and an open derisioin of “NeoCons” by many within the current Administration, one may think that authoritarian dictators such as Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela would be feeling safer now, to do things … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (November 16th, 2025)

Posted on November 16, 2025 by The Political Hat

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Firing Line Friday: Should We Privatize the Welfare State? Part I

Posted on November 14, 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 welfare state has gone back and forth between being seen as a public benefit for the common … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Environmental Legal Madness: Andromeda Strain Lives Matter; Copyrighting A Forest; Chimpanzees Aren’t Human

Posted on November 13, 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: This is what happens when you combine the movies “The Andromeda … Continue reading →

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Esoteric Plain Speak Of The Material Turn

Posted on November 12, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Part of the Marxist idea of “Praxis” is the “material turn”, the phase where actual changes in real life are implements as part of the cycle of raising critical consciousness. It is part of the breaking apart and rebuilding of … Continue reading →

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It Is For Us To Remember

Posted on November 11, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Though begun as “Armistice Day,” Veterans Day has expanded in the United States as a day for all those brave men and women who fight to keep us free. Footage from the Battle of the Somme, set to Motörhead’s “1916” … Continue reading →

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Enforcement & Abuse Of The Law

Posted on November 10, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Much of America’s legal heritage stems from the need to restrain abuses from government, and many of our enumerated rights were enumerated because abuse by government made it necessary to explicitly state these rights, including “restrictive” ones that restricted the … Continue reading →

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News of the Week (November 9th, 2025)

Posted on November 9, 2025 by The Political Hat

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Firing Line Friday: Did McNamara Tell the Whole Story?

Posted on November 7, 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 political incompetence causing problems in foreign conflicts is a perpetual one, as William F. Buckley … Continue reading →

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