Tag Archives: Patriotism

United States To Global Internationalists: Go Pound Sand (Or Worse)

Posted on August 25, 2020 by The Political Hat

     With all the chaos and downsides of “living in interesting times”, from Impeachment and Corona-chan to the George Floyd riots cum revolutionary temper-tantrums, one rather important element of international conflict, abet a non-shooting one (so far), is the clash between … Continue reading →

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The Real History of Slavery

Posted on August 11, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Thomas Sowell is one of America’s leading intellectual treasures. With the demand that America be seen as “systemically racist” (i.e. irredeemably evil) because of the “1619” introduction of slavery to the colonies that became America, thus positioning the “anti-racists” as … Continue reading →

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Conservatism Has Conserved

Posted on July 28, 2020 by The Political Hat

     Americans, do you live in a country where there is a “hate speech” exception to free speech? Do you live in a country where an expansive welfare state is a thing of national pride that you happily participate in?   … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Are Ideology and the CIA Compatible?

Posted on July 24, 2020 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”.      During the Trump administration, and before, many are readily questioning foreign intelligence services and the concern over ideology. … Continue reading →

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The Canceling Of America And The Rough Woke Future Slouching To Be Born

Posted on July 20, 2020 by The Political Hat

     From the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror with its obsessive desire to toss old units of measurement and replace them with with such follies as metric time and a new calendar untethered to the past that starts at … Continue reading →

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When in the Course of Human Events…

Posted on July 4, 2020 by The Political Hat

Action of Second Continental Congress, July 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Has America Had It?

Posted on July 3, 2020 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”.      With protestations that America is fundamentally evil, with even calls to destroy Mt. Rushmore, some are asking the … Continue reading →

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When The Revolution Comes?

Posted on July 2, 2020 by The Political Hat

     There are some people who seem to be curious contradictions. They are absolutely histrionic over America being lost an the eternal doom that would bring, yet somehow chalk this up to either some identified conspiracy or simply an example of … Continue reading →

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Systemic Oppression, Mandatory Allyship, and the March Through the Institutions

Posted on June 22, 2020 by The Political Hat

     For many, the riots, revolutionaries, and cultural iconoclasts that seemed to come out of nowhere and have been met without any resistance are either a bit of temporary madness that affects someone else (which somehow the communities of those many … Continue reading →

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All The Cops Are Criminals, All The Sinners Saints

Posted on March 9, 2020 by The Political Hat

     For some time now the value of citizenship, and the pride that goes therewith, has been increasingly diminished, with the push for non–citizen voting, non-citizen lawyers, and non-citizen juries. But eliminating the difference between citizens and non-citizens isn’t the goal; … Continue reading →

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