Tag Archives: Science

The Political Temptation of Social Science

Posted on March 13, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The 1950’s crusade against comic books was spearheaded by Fredric Wertham, a psychologist who outlined in his book Seduction of the Innocent that comic books were negatively influencing children, and were primarily responsible for causing juvenile delinquency.  It turns out … Continue reading →

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News of the Week for Mar. 10th, 2013

Posted on March 10, 2013 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for Mar. 10th, 2013

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Atomic America

Posted on February 25, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Despite the call for practical “green”/carbon free energy sources to fill our growing energy needs, most of the emphasis has been on unreliable wind energy or highly costly and inefficient use solar panels.  While the hydrocarbon boom brought on by … Continue reading →

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Tastes Like… Energy Independence!

Posted on February 22, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Recently, Democratic Governor of Colorado John Hickenlooper has laudably been fighting against excess and crippling regulation of “fracking” (AKA Hydrolic Fracturing) used to tap America’s fast hydrocarbon wealth.  He stood up against the many conspiracy theorists who insisted that “fracking … Continue reading →

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From Technical Ecstasy to “I Can Haz Socializm”: A Stand Alone Complex

Posted on February 21, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Less than 20 years ago, the “internet” played practically no role in election campaign, or even in the wider areas of the culture, such in entertainment, news, and, to a large degree, education.  While the way that the Progressive bastions … Continue reading →

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What Nevada Needs is a Good Fracking!

Posted on January 17, 2013 by The Political Hat

     It looks like the “ocean of oil” discovered previously in Nevada may very well be exploited after all. “[C] ompany officials said they have secured leases in Elko County totaling 350,000 acres. They plan to spend $130 million over the … Continue reading →

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NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg to Hospital Patients: “SUFFER”

Posted on January 13, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Not content to banning Super Gulps and harassing the nation with anti-Second Amendment idiocy, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg has decided to wage a war on patients in hospital who are suffering from excruciating pain: “Under the new city policy, … Continue reading →

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Equality of Dunces

Posted on January 10, 2013 by The Political Hat

     One of the core problems with Affirmative Action is that it does not actually address the cause of unequal outcomes when it comes to race.  Proponents are often focused myopically on the equality of outcome, as opposed to the equality … Continue reading →

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National Debt Meets Temporal Mechanics

Posted on January 6, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Nevada state Treasurer has already beclowned herself after insisting that the elimination of the National Debt in 1835 caused the British to be successful in the War of 1812, with the problem thereafter being solved by a man killed in … Continue reading →

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The Abolition of Gender in Sweden

Posted on December 18, 2012 by The Political Hat

     The Progressive left’s attempts to divorce the idea of “gender” from one’s biological “sex” nowhere more advanced than in Sweden.  Since males and females are separate and distinct, so much so that the gender-neutral crowd can’t even deny it, the … Continue reading →

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