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The New Right Is The Old Left

Posted on September 23, 2024 by The Political Hat

     “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em” seems to be the route to political success now sought be the new ascendant Right.   ‘Twould seem that “fighting like the Left” does means adopting many of their positions, if not the … Continue reading →

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 4)

Posted on September 20, 2024 by The Political Hat

     With the Presidential election but seven weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.      The fourth episode: … Continue reading →

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Welcoming Wolves Into The Flock

Posted on September 17, 2024 by The Political Hat

     The Republican Party has been rather welcoming to overly enthusiastic converts to the party, being so starved for love and validation that any and all are celebrated and raised on a pedestal.      This happened recently when a Democratic state Senator … Continue reading →

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 3)

Posted on September 13, 2024 by The Political Hat

     With the Presidential election but eight weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.      The third episode: … Continue reading →

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Rose-Tinted Doom

Posted on September 10, 2024 by The Political Hat

     Nostalgia can be a hell of a drug. One of the points your humble author has emphasized is how the Left works sub rosa and doesn’t work openly until they believe they have fundamentally transformed society enough and the Overton … Continue reading →

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 2)

Posted on September 6, 2024 by The Political Hat

     With the Presidential election but nine weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.      The second episode: … Continue reading →

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The New Know Nothings

Posted on September 4, 2024 by The Political Hat

     The Native American Party, later just the American Party, was a nativist political party during the middle of the 19th Century that arose against waves of immigrants coming into America that threatened to replace (and indeed largely succeeded in replacing) … Continue reading →

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Free to Choose Friday, Revisited (Part 1)

Posted on August 30, 2024 by The Political Hat

     With the Presidential election but ten weeks away, this is a good time to revisit Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose each Friday before the election as a reminder of why politically good sounding policies are often bad economics.      The first episode: The … Continue reading →

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The Mostly Peaceful Political Trap

Posted on August 28, 2024 by The Political Hat

     “Owning the Libs”, particularly online, has become the primary weapon of political warfare, particularly with the chronically online. What was once high meme culture and sophisticated in its own faux-juvenile way has devolved into sick burns where political success is … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Republican Party and Moderates

Posted on August 9, 2024 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 purity vs. pragmatism in politics is an old one, as this discussion between William F. … Continue reading →

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