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Firing Line Friday: Should We Drastically Reduce Immigration? Part I

Posted on August 29, 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”.      One of the hottest political topics today is the question of immigration. Let us look back thirty years … Continue reading →

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Elite Theory & The New Nomenklatura

Posted on August 26, 2025 by The Political Hat

     “Some… are more equal than others” is the true face of the Left, regardless of whether it is Communism, Fascism, or whatever appellation leads to the will of “The People” be exercised through (in effect) self-chosen elites. This gnostic leadership … Continue reading →

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The Other Long March

Posted on August 12, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Maybe there is a reason why many on the modern Right want to “fight like the Left” to the point of embracing not just Leftist tactics, but Gramscian frameworks and Marxist analysis. As Logan Lancing considers, quoted below due to … Continue reading →

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With Bureaucracy, Form Follows Function

Posted on August 4, 2025 by The Political Hat

“What a tangled web we create “When we first practice to regulate!”      There are few things in life more burdensome than red tape and bureaucracy. However, fixing this problem is easier said than done. It is a minimalist folly to … Continue reading →

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The Untraditional Right

Posted on July 29, 2025 by The Political Hat

     When you reject “conserving” and embrace a “no rules” and reject “muh principles”, you do nothing but hollow yourself out and create a void that is quickly filled with what is readily at hand (i.e. the “praxis” of Critical Theory). … Continue reading →

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Horseshoe Revolt

Posted on July 7, 2025 by The Political Hat

     The Left and the post-conservative Right (AKA “Woke Right” or “common good conservative”) have been increasingly agreeing, not just on tactics or even analysis, but on the ultimate goal of tearing down the old and immanentizing their eschaton. The only … Continue reading →

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The Trump Tram Ride

Posted on June 24, 2025 by The Political Hat

     What is MAGA?   It is whatever President Trump says it is. But that hasn’t stopped people from claiming to represent the true intellectual base of MAGA, and use the coincidence of policy, and performative loyalty, with Trump as a … Continue reading →

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Overreach Against The 1st Amendment

Posted on June 9, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Drawings are not people and people with drawings shouldn’t be treated like someone who hurts an actual child. One might think that this makes obvious sense, but then one likely isn’t an elected politician.      Your humble author has warned about … Continue reading →

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Blowing Up The Rules

Posted on June 4, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Increasingly, we are seeing more and more people declare that “there are no rules” and that we must “fight like the Left” to the point of adopting Leftist thinking and frameworks, both of which are necessary prerequisites to engage in … Continue reading →

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Alienation And The Mythologies Of Fascism And Communism

Posted on May 21, 2025 by The Political Hat

     Leftist ideology preys on the weak, offering balm to lost souls. In fact, “core of both Fascism and Communism as radical ideologies is a sense of alienation” as James Lindsay noted and further opines upon the subject, which is quoted … Continue reading →

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