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No Penny For Your Thoughts

Posted on December 1, 2025 by The Political Hat

     After hundreds of years, the U.S. Mint will no longer be making new one cent pieces, commonly called a “penny”. This was done because it takes more money to make a penny then a penny is worth, though that loss … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving for 2025!

Posted on November 27, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The modern Thanksgiving, as a truly national holiday, and for that we have the abolitionist Sarah Josepha Hale to thank for not only making Thanksgiving a truly national holiday after the Civil War, but for popularizing the inclusion of cranberries … Continue reading →

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The One Piece Revolts

Posted on November 25, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Protests, riots, uprisings, and even revolutions are nothing new. However, a spate of such occurrences have recently erupted throughout the world on the majority of continents. These have two things in common. The first is that involves, quite heavily, protesters … 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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The Enemy Of Your Enemy

Posted on November 3, 2025 by The Political Hat

…Is your enemy’s enemy. Nothing more. Nothing less.      Being the enemy of your enemy does not make them allies, friends, comrades in political arm, or even good people, nor does it mean that they feel that way towards you even … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween! (2025)

Posted on October 31, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Here is the silent classic version of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde from 1920.

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Firing Line Friday: A Firing Line Debate: Resolved: That the Flat Tax Is Better than the Income Tax

Posted on October 17, 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”.      Once upon a time, there was serious debate about replacing the existing income tax scheme with a flat … Continue reading →

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The Aberration And Lies Of Nostalgia

Posted on October 13, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Nostalgia is one hell of a drug.   For some people, the present is an exercise, not in what is good, but what detracts therefrom. The future is forever descending doom. No wonder, then, why so many want to look … Continue reading →

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Government Is Not The Solution

Posted on October 7, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Ronald Reagan famously said that government wasn’t the solution; it was the problem. And while the government is not the root of all of life’s problems, it is a more problematic “solution” than the purported problem itself. James Lindsay notes … Continue reading →

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Digital Big Brother Proposed In Michigan

Posted on September 29, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The 1st Amendment, as a principle, isn’t in the highest fashion these days, and “it’s for the children” excuses are often cover for overreach intended for other targets. Such censorious powers rarefy confine themselves to their original purported goals. The … Continue reading →

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