The craziness of the last couple of years has created a situation where potential retail and restaurant employees will sometimes present glowing resumes, then don’t come close to living up to what they claimed they knew – assuming they showed … Continue reading
The federal government and the IRS are reportedly ordering banks to call and ask “customers” about their personal business. “Why did you withdraw that much? When are you planning to withdraw money again? What are you doing with the money?” … Continue reading
A growing volume of research appears to indicate that self-esteem might not be all it’s cracked up to be. Studies have shown that many people – from valedictorians to low-achieving students and everyone in between – think quite highly of … Continue reading
A reader wrote on my Facebook thread that I’m so interesting and say the things everything is thinking about, but are afraid to say. I appreciate that! But it also gets me thinking: Why are we all so afraid? Why … Continue reading
“Character is much easier kept than recovered.” — Thomas Paine Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Charleston SC). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in back-and-forth discussion with Dr. Hurd on topics … Continue reading
A Democrat actress, Sara Foster, has blasted San Francisco leaders following the murder of Cash App co-founder Bob Lee, calling the city a “complete shithole” and saying “liberal politicians are ruining cities.” “I have no words. SF is a complete … Continue reading
People who flee totalitarian or authoritarian countries always say: They don’t believe the media. Not in their home country. In America, they used to say, there was free press. So you got all kinds of views. Immigrants loved it when … Continue reading
Peter Fithian: “Corruption on this level would not be possible without a galactically stupid, misinformed citizenry.” ************ “Woke”: (adj.) definition: “A state of awareness only achieved by those dumb enough to find injustice in everything except their own behavior.” ************ … Continue reading
“It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” — James Baldwin ************** “It’s time to take back the nation. Not through violence, but asserting our collective will, coordinating actions … Continue reading
Trump slams Bragg after pleading not guilty: “I never thought anything like this could happen in America” [says a headline] Don’t you conservatives understand? You can’t work within a system run by criminals to attain justice. This never would have … Continue reading
In the current political climate there’s no lack of opinions. Many of them fall into the category of, “She never lets facts get in the way of her opinions.” People often say, with contempt, “He’s opinionated,” as if the expression … Continue reading
Breitbart calls the Trump arraignment the “Manhattan witch trial.” It’s an accurate analogy. The Salem witch trials were based on: irrational fear and derangement; prejudice; lack of rational understanding, including the lack of a willingness to understand via facts and … Continue reading