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The Memeification Of The GOP

Posted on March 4, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Over the past decade the Republican Party has transformed, for good or ill. For some, it was a purging of the “establishment” and “cuckservatives” and the rise of “fighters”. For others, it was a vehicle for vengeance and and emotional … Continue reading →

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The Executive, Unitary Or Otherwise

Posted on March 3, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The system of checks and balances is one of the genius aspects of the Constitution of the United States. Each of the three branches are, or at least ought to be, supreme in their respective sphere with the Constitutional leadership … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Tom Wolfe and The Painted Word

Posted on February 28, 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 pretentiousness of “art” that is supposed to “make you think” is something that still plagues us today … Continue reading →

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Nazi Flag Flap In Utah

Posted on February 26, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Demonstrating that yet again the modern GOP is a party of action first and thinking about the consequences later, a state Representative submitted a bill intended to ban the LGBTQ&c. pride flag (HB77) that also then specifically allowed for flying … Continue reading →

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For Whose Good: The Common vs. The Collective

Posted on February 18, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Many of those who call themselves “common good conservatives” seem less interested in the any good for the good shared by all American, and more interested in their collective group ruling over the other collective group in a dichotomic system, … Continue reading →

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Working Man’s Elitism

Posted on February 12, 2025 by The Political Hat

     From the beginning of the Industrial Revolution to modern day, there has been a resistance to automation and mechanization that replaces human labor by Luddites and their intellectual decedents, or or innovations such as the the assembly line that Henry … Continue reading →

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Impartiality Is Not Coming Back

Posted on February 10, 2025 by The Political Hat

     One of the cromulent critiques of the Administrative State is how the bureaucracy became a force unto itself. Indeed, that is due to the very nature of bureaucracy itself. Reigning in this self-created autonomy is absolutely a valid necessity.   … Continue reading →

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No Rules Against Political Enemies

Posted on February 4, 2025 by The Political Hat

     It has become de rigueur on the Right to openly despise any notion of the Rule of Law as anything other than dead and something to be mocked or mock other over. Indeed, the point is to cause pain “forever”. … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Integrity and Journalism

Posted on January 31, 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”.      In this day and age, it feels as if journalists on both sides of the political divide not … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Good Policy Is Good Even If Coincidental: Affirmative Action; Ending DEI; Ending Non-Deportation Of Illegals

Posted on January 30, 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: Just as coincidence of policy does not establish consanguinity of doctrine, … Continue reading →

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