Category Archives: Progressives

Firing Line Friday: The Carter Years: Power and Principle

Posted on October 15, 2021 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”.      With inflation, increased scarcity of goods, and a humiliating foreign policy, the Biden administration is quickly morphing into … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Cops & Criminals: Gunfight In Portland; Defunding The Police In Austin; Abolishing The Police In Minneapolis

Posted on October 14, 2021 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: All the cops are criminals; all the sinners saints      First, a … Continue reading →

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University of San Diego To Prospective Faculty: DIE Or Else!

Posted on October 12, 2021 by The Political Hat

     The far Left have long ago taken over higher education, despite venerable remnants, and are in the process of fortifying their positions by requiring all prospective faculty to declare support for their DIE agenda (i.e. “diversity”, “inclusion”, and “equity”). Unsurprisingly, … Continue reading →

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The Attorney General Mobilizes To Defend Wokeness

Posted on October 11, 2021 by The Political Hat

     Attorney General Merrick Garland has decided to defend all of America from what he considers our greatest threat: Parents who don’t want their children indoctrinated into wokeness. “Citing an increase in harassment, intimidation and threats of violence against school board … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Proposals for Welfare

Posted on October 8, 2021 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”.      It can seem that the Left in America has been perpetually winning all battles to some. The idea … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Deadly Harvest: Harvesting Organs… From The Healthy… and Denying It To The Mentally Disabled

Posted on October 7, 2021 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: Harvesters of death and sorrow      First, a little mood music:      Carrying … Continue reading →

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Shoelaces Of Wokeness

Posted on October 6, 2021 by The Political Hat

     Yet another sad example of a teacher who is supposed to teach instead being an indoctrinator who indoctrinates. These are the people teaching children pic.twitter.com/wgDv0WE0uR — Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) October 1, 2021      Always knew there was something sinister … Continue reading →

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Mind Your Own Business Act: Federal Government Wades Into The Woke Work Wars

Posted on October 5, 2021 by The Political Hat

     The corporate world has increasingly been not only taken over by wokeness, but become some the biggest proselytizers of wokeness. This has led to the situation where many on the Left—who typically love state control of the economy to some … Continue reading →

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Genderfae or Genderfloret

Posted on October 4, 2021 by The Political Hat

     You’re not really woke unless you understand the difference between being “genderfae” and “genderfloret”. What is happening?pic.twitter.com/ZBSii8OvT7 — Undoomed (@Undoomed) September 11, 2021      The latest edition of the Newspeak Dictionary is even stupider than even Orwell could imagine.

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Firing Line Friday: Can New York City Govern Itself?

Posted on October 1, 2021 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”.      Perhaps the answer is that it can for brief periods be less ungoverned, but the question of if … Continue reading →

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