You are the first person I have read or spoken to who is able to apply Objectivist principles to life. Most of us cannot explain this at all, let alone as well as you have been able to. Every Objectivist … Continue reading
Author Archives: D3 Support
Pills aren’t the answer
Dear Dr. Hurd, I’ve been down and depressed for a while now. My doctor wrote me a prescription for some pills, and says my depression is a disease. But I feel that the problem is more emotional than medical. I … Continue reading
“Victory” Over WHAT?
The advocates of socialized medicine won the big battle; but they cannot win the war. This is because advocates of socialized medicine, or socialism and statism more generally, are at war with reality. What they seek cannot work because it … Continue reading
ObamaCare: Wishing Will Never Make It So
The fields of ethics, knowledge and general philosophy are more fundamental than psychology. These fields refer to the nature of ideas; psychology deals with ideas as people hold them in their minds, along with the attendant emotional consequences when contradictory … Continue reading
It’s Time for Doctors to Strike
‘I quit when medicine was placed under State control some years ago,’ said Dr. Hendricks. ‘Do you know what it takes to perform a brain operation? Do you know the kind of skill it demands, and the years of passionate, … Continue reading
For the Mind There is no Passive Cure
Sometimes doctors (or family members) refer patients or loved ones to therapy to fix something they — the doctor or family member, that is — consider a problem. The motivation for therapy is on the part of the referring party, … Continue reading
The Hour of Reckoning (Not the One They Think)
Investor’s Business Daily reports that more and more of the federal tax burden is being borne by the highest earners. This trend accelerated under the control of conservative Republicans and George W. Bush, not just under Obama. “This is a … Continue reading
Not a Catastrophe
“Catastrophizing” refers to a psychological problem in which a person sees things as catastrophes which are not — and as a result always feels tremendous fear or sadness. In that regard, consider that nothing is a catastrophe if you’re here … Continue reading
Pelosi’s Law
Under the Constitution, two houses of Congress are required to pass a bill into law so that the President may sign it. Under the Pelosi Congress, the House merely needs to ‘deem’ a bill into law without even being concerned … Continue reading
Handling the Hostile
People often write or ask me: “How do I handle a hostile person if the person is someone I otherwise like, love or value?” My reply: If someone is deliberately insulting or hostile, assume they know what they’re doing. (They … Continue reading
Six Steps to Coping Better
So much of what people talk to me about in my office ends up being about coping: just making it through life, day-to-day. Things can get pretty scary out there (have you watched the news lately?) and sometimes people can … Continue reading
Goals, Like Clothes, Must Fit
Goals are based on two things: (1) ‘What’s important to me?’ and (2) ‘What can I do to experience this important thing in my life?’ Make sure you remember the basics. People sometimes set goals ‘just because’ ‘just because others … Continue reading