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Subtle Chains
“Those who do not move do not notice their chains.” — Rosa Luxemborg 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. … Continue reading
Earth to WOKE Fools: Life Has Risk
“Even as a youngster, though, I could not bring myself to believe that if knowledge presented danger, the solution was ignorance. To me, it always seemed that the solution had to be wisdom. You did not refuse to look at … Continue reading
Words of Wisdom from a Real President
In his farewell address, President George Washington cautioned, “However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will … Continue reading
America Is Over. Long Live America!
Under a limited government republic (the way America started out), there’s little reason to discuss politics. The government handles only a few things, and its members are citizen-legislators, not career politicians who make billions off the public and stay in … Continue reading
Trump Running Again, Republicans Take House — So What?
Will the new Republican House of Representatives impeach Biden over and over and over? And do everything in their power to paralyze this lawless regime we still call a republic? Including but not limited to arrests of the Biden crime … Continue reading
The Beauty of Mutual Self-Interest
Michael J. Nadel: In Crown Heights, there was a Jew, Yankel, who owned a bakery. He survived the camps. He once said, “You know why it is that I’m alive today? I was a kid, just a teenager at the … Continue reading
Physical Abuse, Emotional Abuse: What’s the Difference?
We see so many sad examples of spouses and partners who endure consistent and systematic meanness from their significant others, i.e., emotional abuse. There are a number of warning signs that you might be in an emotionally abusive relationship, some … Continue reading
It’s No Longer Speculation: America Has Passed the Tipping Point
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz: “The country is screwed for the next four years” due to the GOP’s failure to regain the majority, saying “because of this, we’re gonna see horrible Left-wing judges confirmed for the next two years, because of … Continue reading
Use Better Judgment With Alcohol, Substances
I recently wrote an article saying that alcoholism and substance abuse are problem behaviors, not diseases. A disease, I wrote, is something that can only be stopped by passive submission to medical intervention such as surgery or some sort of … Continue reading
Why Republicans Never Had a Prayer in the 2022 Election (or 2020)
For the past two years, every Republican should have been either attempting to beat back the flood of “no excuse” mail-in ballots saturating swing states, or building up a party network that could adapt to it. There were some efforts … Continue reading
The Ideal? Almost No Government
“The government that governs the best … Governs the least.” — Thomas Jefferson 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. … Continue reading