‘Tis the week of Black Friday! Credit cards are polished and ready as rosy cheeked shoppers gleefully anticipate the thrill of Christmas shopping, 2012. Really? Even I can’t believe I just wrote that. What I usually hear sounds more like, … Continue reading
Author Archives: D3 Support
Depression Management for the Layperson
Dear Dr. Hurd: My sister has been living her life for the past 8 years unsure of what she wants to do. She’s always been interested in an array of things and can never make up her mind on which … Continue reading
Thank the human spirit (Delaware Wave)
Thanksgiving is a time to be grateful. That sounds very nice, but it’s a bit too general for my taste. I like to look at Thanksgiving as a time of perspective: To think about what’s right, both with the world … Continue reading
Can Obama Really Destroy America?
Dear Dr. Hurd: I think the pessimism [over Obama’s reelection] is understandable. We know enough to be very apprehensive on what’s coming our way with a communist zero, who hates America, at the helm of our country. But I don’t … Continue reading
Magical Thinking Won’t Stop the Layoffs
Associated Press and FoxNews.com reports: Medical supply giant Stryker is the latest company to announce job cuts in anticipation of coming costs associated with Obamacare, even though the man who inherited a fortune from the company’s founder is a fan. … Continue reading
From Dollars to Chains in America’s Socialist Democracy
Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another … Continue reading
America’s Bad Marriage
Being wrong tends to lead people to become defensive. Defensiveness and hostility, frozen in place in a person’s mind, leads to irrational stubbornness and intellectual dishonesty. This is what happens in the demise of many marriages and relationships, or even … Continue reading
Convincing and Inspiring
I am a new visitor to your great website. My father sent me a link to your article “It’s Twilight in America” when I asked him what he thought about the reelection of Obama. Since reading that article I have … Continue reading
DrHurd.com “Answer to My Prayers”
Finding this site is the answer to my prayers. I appreciate everyone’s efforts to make it available.
Fear: The Great Inhibitor
Fear is the great inhibitor. When rational, fear is life-serving and life-protecting. However, the purpose of fear is avoidance. You rationally avoid things in order to obtain what life has to offer. You avoid an oncoming car when crossing a … Continue reading
Twelve Steps to Less Stress (Delaware Coast Press)
If nothing else, events of the last month have increased stress levels for many people. Road closures and damage from Sandy the Annoying Storm, the passions surrounding last week’s presidential election, and the commitments of the upcoming holidays all remind … Continue reading
Q&A: Case of the Gay Wedding Crasher
Dear Dr. Hurd: I have two good friends who live in a “red” state, where gay marriage (or even civil unions) are not recognized. They decided in September to exchange vows in New York City when they were visiting. They … Continue reading