Dear Dr. Hurd: You have become, without a doubt, my favorite writer on the big issues I’ve been thinking lately. Particularly, your writings have really given me the tools I never before had to analyze issues, such as those between socialism and capitalism. Your writing reads in a voice which cuts through the nonsense and obfuscation that others often drape these issues in. Your writings often leave me feeling as though a weight had been lifted off of my chest…