Today President Trump tweeted: Border Security and the Wall “thing” and Shutdown is not where Nancy Pelosi wanted to start her tenure as Speaker! Let’s make a deal? The Democrats will never make a deal with President Trump. Not on … Continue reading
In the comic strip “Peanuts,” Lucy van Pelt referred to the beginning of the new year as “post-Christmas letdown,” when you mourn for the gifts you wanted but didn’t get. It’s also the season when I get questions from parents … Continue reading
“I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don’t have as many people who believe it.” — George Carlin Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and … Continue reading
According to one school of psychology, we all have an ideal self and an actual self. The actual self consists of what we actually think, do, and feel. The ideal self is our conscious or subconscious evaluation of who we … Continue reading
I’m tired of the argument, “The money for the border wall is better spent on health care, education, and welfare.” First of all, the border has to do with national security. Our Constitution requires the federal government to provide for … Continue reading
Term limits for Supreme Court justices misdiagnoses the problem. The incorrect diagnosis with such a “cure” is that a life-time term is too long. If justices have shorter terms, goes the reasoning, then we’ll have fewer problems. But that’s not … Continue reading
Why does propaganda sometimes stick — and sometimes not? Consider the Catholic kids who got strict Catholic dogma in the 1940s and 1950s. Most of them moderated or turned away from Catholicism altogether. While the nuns succeeded in teaching them … Continue reading
“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” — Carl Sagan Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute … Continue reading
The holidays are great times to bring family together. But in my experience this can sometimes be a recipe for the release of pent-up tensions. Two ways that people sometimes lash out are by using blame and shame to get … Continue reading
Pope Francis gave his usual rant yesterday about the evils of capitalism, advanced civilization and material well-being. “For many people, life’s meaning is found in possessing, in having an excess of material objects. An insatiable greed marks all human history, … Continue reading
I know this subject might be a bit too late for this season, but if you found the gift-giving process stressful and/or downright unpleasant (not everybody does, mind you, but some definitely do), allow me to suggest a better way. … Continue reading
I’m hearing the following argument a lot, because it’s Christmas: “Christians talk a good game about loving their neighbor. But here they want to build a wall to reduce immigration and not help people from Mexico and elsewhere, because of … Continue reading