Category Archives: War & Terror

Firing Line Friday: Is Our Military Defense Adequate?

Posted on March 28, 2025 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”.      Half-a-century ago our foreign policy was shaken up and our very military capability was drawn into question. Let … Continue reading →

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From Empire To Hermit Kingdom?

Posted on March 19, 2025 by The Political Hat

Or from MAGA to China      Probably one of the biggest turns in American politics is from being a global hegemon to the intentional surrender of power and retreat to a vaunted “safe space”.   Even if the reasons to do … Continue reading →

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Sovereigntism

Posted on March 10, 2025 by The Political Hat

     One of the most misleading, including self-misleading, things a person can do is try to hard to fit things into preconceived boxes and categories. This can be particularly treacherous in an intellectual sense when self-segregated into an echo chamber. Your … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: The Politics of Henry Kissinger

Posted on March 7, 2025 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 foreign relations in flux in this day and age, let us look back at the era of … Continue reading →

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Over Here Or Over There

Posted on February 24, 2025 by The Political Hat

     One of the great follies of the Left is the idea that they could play as an intelligent designer with society and mould or even outright reconstruct it in line with their utopian vision. This is not the most hubristic … Continue reading →

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Firing Line Friday: Oil: The Issue of American Intervention

Posted on January 3, 2025 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 intersection of economic need and foreign policy is nothing new. The question of American foreign policy priorities … Continue reading →

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12 Posts of Christmas, 2024 (Day 11)

Posted on December 23, 2024 by The Political Hat

     A little Christmas message for our enemies around the world. Tweet

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12 Posts of Christmas, 2024 (Day 9)

Posted on December 21, 2024 by The Political Hat

     110 years ago this Christmas, during the the first Christmas of the First World War, the miracle of the Christmas truce happened when for one day, war stopped. Here is Sabaton’s musical remembrance of the Christmas Truce.      Merry Christmas! Tweet

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A Day Of Remembrance

Posted on November 11, 2024 by The Political Hat

      Though begun as “Armistice Day,” Veterans Day has expanded in the United States as a day for all those brave men and women who fight to keep us free. But we must never forget those who sacrificed themselves.       Sabaton’s moving … Continue reading →

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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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