I’m not celebrating “Earth Day.” I’m celebrating “Life on Earth” Day. Earth, by itself, has no meaning to me — nor to any human being who gives it a minute of thought. The purpose of those who promote “Earth Day” … Continue reading
Life on Earth Day
Author Archives: D3 Support
The Best Years of Your Life
The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny. — … Continue reading
Is Life Unfair?
A long-time ‘Life’s a Beach’ reader emails: ‘I have friends who are in relationships and have no qualms about cheating. If I even had a partner, I’d be respectful of him and would never lie. It just doesn’t seem right … Continue reading
Ideas, Not Circumstances, Create Moods
People sometimes say, “He’s having a hard time because of his situation” or, “I’m depressed because of what happened to me.” Actually, it’s not events (or people) that “make” you feel a certain way. It’s your thoughts and ideas that … Continue reading
Authentic, Clear, Concise
This is just to echo what I’m sure many people have told you, how much I value and appreciate your clear, concise insights into the topics you address. I look at you as the authentic, integrated Objectivist/Austrian who specializes in … Continue reading
Putting the LIMITED Back in Limited Government
“A morally legitimate government must be strong enough to protect an individual’s rights — but not strong enough to violate them. Its specific powers and spheres of activity must be rigorously defined by constitutional law, and, by the same authority, … Continue reading
Hitler and Obama: At Root, the Same Ideology
Adolf Hitler: “In the Jewish people the will to self-sacrifice does not go beyond the individual’s naked instinct of self-preservation…His [the Jew’s] sense of sacrifice is only apparent…Here again the Jew is led by nothing but the naked egoism of … Continue reading
All Socialism Is Theft
We’re all taught that the entrepreneurs and inventors who lift everyone under capitalism and freedom are “robber barons.” The implication is: They stole something. What did they steal? No answer is given. Instead, we’re told to rely upon the least … Continue reading
Thanks for Fighting for Freedom in Medicine
You’re the best, my friend. Keep up the great work!
From Reagan to Obama
Ronald Reagan, it was claimed, cut taxes so as to create a deficit and thereby force a reduction in government spending, in the process reducing government control over individuals’ lives. If that was true, Barack Obama is just the opposite. … Continue reading
Doctors in a Health Care Dictatorship
I read a comment online about Jack Cassell, M.D. — the Florida urologist telling patients who support Obama to go away. The comment said, in essence, that doctors should not “force” their political opinions on their patients. Now wait a … Continue reading
The fallacy of “helping”
Dear Dr. Hurd,My family has been encouraging my brother to seek psychotherapy for some problems we feel that he has, and his doctor agrees with us. My brother is resistant to that, and we can’t understand why he doesn’t see … Continue reading