Tag Archives: Social Justice

From Education to Indoctrination

Posted on April 16, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Progressive left have played the long game to power, and they are entering the final phase of taking control: The indoctrination of America’s children.  They are confident enough such that they can be open and honest about believing that … Continue reading →

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Some Tax Day Mood Music

Posted on April 15, 2013 by The Political Hat

Here is a bit of mood music for this tax day…

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Leviathan’s Children

Posted on April 12, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Progressive left have a collectivist view of society where that “everything within the state; nothing outside the state; nothing against the state.”  Nowhere is that more clear than their view towards people’s children.  The state becomes the substitute parent … Continue reading →

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An Intellectual Monoculture Dedicated Above All to Identity Politics

Posted on April 11, 2013 by The Political Hat

Bowdoin: A Case Study of The Failure of Higher Education      A recent address given by Barry Mills, the President of Bowdoin (a small liberal arts college).  Therein he addresses an encounter with a fellow golfer who was critical of the … Continue reading →

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Retirement …To Each According To Their Needs

Posted on April 9, 2013 by The Political Hat

     President Obama’s budget for 2013 includes a limitation of how much people can put away in their IRA in order to save less than a billion dollars a year and to achieve greater “fairness.”      Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) would be … Continue reading →

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America, the Modern Day Ancien Regime

Posted on April 3, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Alexis de Tocqueville, while most famous for his Democracy in America, was also the author of another seminal work that is perhaps more relevant today than Democracy in America: L’Ancien Régime et la Révolution.      In describing the condition of L’Ancien … Continue reading →

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News of the Week for Mar. 31st, 2013

Posted on March 31, 2013 by The Political Hat

  News of the Week for Mar. 31st, 2013

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Abolition of Gender – Canadian Edition

Posted on March 29, 2013 by The Political Hat

     Via the Blazing Cat Fur blog, yet another attack on “gender” is being instigated by the government, this time in Canada.      The Toronto District School Board  is touting a pamphlet that stresses “transgender” rights, specifically the right of people to … Continue reading →

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The White Stigma

Posted on March 28, 2013 by The Political Hat

     The Progressive racialists have stepped up their game in Wisconsin by singling out children based on race and inducing them to wear badges of shame to indicate the original sin of being white.      The Wisconsin Dept. of Public Instruction runs … Continue reading →

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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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