Tag Archives: Leviathan

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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All Your Internet Are Belong To Texas

Posted on August 17, 2026 by The Political Hat

Texas’ age verification laws for naughty sites are now being legally applies to not just Texas, but to the entire world. “In Travis County, Texas, a judge has frozen motherless.com, the .com domain of a foreign pornography operator, taking it … Continue reading →

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Digital ID Checks Come To New York

Posted on August 12, 2026 by The Political Hat

     Want to participate in social media, even if you’re just an adult in New York state who wants to keep up with friends and family? Then hand over your digital papers, please! Privacy? The rules are “not a question of … 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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Digital Big Brother Demands Your Diploma, Mortgage, and Employer

Posted on August 3, 2026 by The Political Hat

     Yet another state will demand that, in order to access some of the internet, you hand over your digital papers. “Missouri wants to see your ID before you can look at legal content, and it is selling that demand as … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – DEI In College: Band Not Doing Anything; Inclusive Systems; Queer Crip Lit

Posted on July 30, 2026 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: There is no quick fix for wokeness.      First, a little mood … Continue reading →

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Grand Frère Électronique

Posted on July 28, 2026 by The Political Hat

     Unsurprisingly, Europe is embracing digital “Big Brother” by requiring verification that you aren’t a minor to use social media, or as they might call it in France, “Grand Frère Électronique”, where the French Parliament passed an act to do just … Continue reading →

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Presumed Guilty

Posted on July 14, 2026 by The Political Hat

     The extent of surveillance of people’s everyday lives has become so ubiquitous, that Lavrentiy Beria’s quip about showing him the man and he’ll find you the crime is coming true. With A.I., and other analysis tools authorities can use, your … Continue reading →

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Transgender Potty Madness

Posted on June 22, 2026 by The Political Hat

     The literal and objective truth is that human beings are sexually dimorphic with both both acute and statistically obvious differences between the two sexes, which derive—baring a medical abnormality—from the chromosome match up of XX or XY, that is separate … Continue reading →

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Dueling Big Brothers In Ohio

Posted on June 17, 2026 by The Political Hat

     There are dueling bill in Ohio, both of which seek control over your access to the internet.      The first is SB175, which says, covers “application stores” that provided applications or programs and “operating systems” that manage applications or programs on … Continue reading →

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