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All Your Internet Are Belong To Texas

Posted on August 17, 2026 by The Political Hat

Texas’ age verification laws for naughty sites are now being legally applies to not just Texas, but to the entire world. “In Travis County, Texas, a judge has frozen motherless.com, the .com domain of a foreign pornography operator, taking it … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Deep Throat and the First Amendment

Posted on August 14, 2026 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 the sudden push to ID check everyone over concerns of naughty websites this past year, let us … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Playboy Philosophy

Posted on August 7, 2026 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 public morality and sexual mores in society is hardly a new one, and the debate … Continue reading →

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Digital Big Brother Demands Your Diploma, Mortgage, and Employer

Posted on August 3, 2026 by The Political Hat

     Yet another state will demand that, in order to access some of the internet, you hand over your digital papers. “Missouri wants to see your ID before you can look at legal content, and it is selling that demand as … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Firing Line 1966-1986: World Leaders

Posted on July 24, 2026 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”.      Let us look back on twenty years of world leaders from forty years ago, as we see highlights … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Human Rights, Foreign Policy, and Ronald Reagan

Posted on July 17, 2026 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 human rights, our foreign policy, and how we juggle the two is an old question. … Continue reading →

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When in the Course of Human Events…

Posted on July 4, 2026 by The Political Hat

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them … Continue reading →

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Resolved, That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States

Posted on July 2, 2026 by The Political Hat

     While we may celebrate the 4th of July, when the Declaration of Independence was approved, the actual resolution for American independence was approved two days later, and exactly a quarter of a millennium ago on this very day. “On June … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Resolved: That the Government Has the Right to Regulate the Internet

Posted on June 26, 2026 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 all the new bills, in England, the U.S., and the rest of Europe, to push “age verification” … Continue reading →

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Celebrating A Triumph Of The America Way: Juneteenth And The End Of Slavery

Posted on June 19, 2026 by The Political Hat

     Slavery was a horrible foreign import to America. America was founded as English colonies, and it is this Anglophere inheritance that had already ended slavery the better part of a millennium ago that finally triumphed in ending its reintroduction.      Here, … Continue reading →

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