Tag Archives: Communism

Firing Line Friday: Civil Rights and Foreign Policy

Posted on September 18, 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”.      Sixty years ago, the question of how America’s foreign policy was primarily about combating Communism. The question of … Continue reading →

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The Non-Neutrality Myth

Posted on September 16, 2026 by The Political Hat

     It Has become fashionable amongt the so-called “Common Good Conservatives” to treat virtue and liberty as a zero-sum game where too much liberty destroys virtue and that if virtue (but according to who) must be paramount for a dispensation of … Continue reading →

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“We’re All Socialists Now” — Rise Of The True Uniparty

Posted on September 14, 2026 by The Political Hat

     One of the many refrains of the nouveau (purported) “Right” is that the conservative movement and/or GOP were the “surrender caucus” who pretended to opposed the march of the Left, but then happily joined in when it became a fait … Continue reading →

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Socialism By Any Other Name…

Posted on August 24, 2026 by The Political Hat

     A preemptive apology for not having a silvered-forked tongue that can rely on priors and presumptions of oft repeated phrases and frameworks, for not having the time for extensive revisions, nor for painting with a broader brush than the prompting … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: What’s Going On in China?

Posted on August 21, 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”.      Communist China has often been an enigma to outsiders, especially when it comes to the power play of … Continue reading →

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Neo-Integralism

Posted on August 19, 2026 by The Political Hat

     It is held as a truism for some in the purported “Right” that liberty and order are a zero-sum game and that the “Common Good” must restrict liberty to ensure society serves “higher interests”.   This is ultimately a Left-wing … Continue reading →

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New Right Postliberal Socialists

Posted on August 11, 2026 by The Political Hat

     The French poet Charles Baudelaire once said that “the devil’s finest trick is to persuade you that he does not exist”. The “New Right”/”Postliberals” seem to be trying the same trick, though clearly they are not up to the devil’s … Continue reading →

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Critical Theory & The Father Of The New Left

Posted on August 4, 2026 by The Political Hat

     Much of Cultural Marxism is pushed by the privileged few who take their wealth and position for granted and demand that even more is due them, as James Lindsay explains. Some haunting words from Critical Theorist and father of the … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: McCarthyism: Past, Present, Future

Posted on July 31, 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”.      Senator Joe McCarthy, AKA “Tailgunner Joe”, was always a controversial figure. Let’s look back sixty years ago when … Continue reading →

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Max Horkheimer & Critical Theory

Posted on July 29, 2026 by The Political Hat

     Critical Theory, originated by Max Horkheimer of the Frankfurt School is not so much a series of policy objectives, but of a worldview, as James Lindsay explains. The origin of the Critical Theory was an essay by Frankfurt School director … Continue reading →

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