In a recent debate, candidate for President Ron Paul claimed we should practice the “Golden Rule” in the Middle East. If we treat people like we want to be treated, Paul claims, then we’ll be treated the same way in … Continue reading
Obama has announced that he will deny a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline, a project that unions and GOP lawmakers alike said would be a boon for job creation as well as energy security. Nearly fifty percent of Americans, … Continue reading
Dear Dr. Hurd: I believe your equating Santorum with the Ayatollah is outrageous. The Ayatollah’s beliefs v. Santorum: Ayatollah: A man can have sex with animals such as sheep, cows, camels and so on. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, The Supreme Leader … Continue reading
It’s no secret that marital counseling and couples therapy often fail. Even if the therapist is a pretty good one, two factors usually stand in the way of success: First, the partners usually wait until at least one or both … Continue reading
Obama, Gingrich, Perry — they all hate capitalism, but they sure like the loot it gives them to be the career politicians they are. Where would career politicians be without capitalism? Don’t kid yourselves. The liberal-statist agenda is to raise … Continue reading
Increasingly, it seems likely that Mitt Romney will attain the Republican presidential nomination for 2012. He’s a deeply flawed candidate. He has flip-flopped on issues more than any other candidate in modern times, and that’s saying something. In the span … Continue reading
Former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations John Bolton, referring to Barack Obama and his foreign/defense policy: “He’s not only the most radical President in history domestically; he is the first President, Republican or Democrat, at least since Franklin Roosevelt, … Continue reading
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. — Aesop
Conclusion of Wednesday’s column. Dr .Phil.: ‘If you want confidence, you have to take on a confident posture. This can be as simple as putting more confidence in your walk and in your demeanor.’ Dr.Hurd.: Confidence comes from something much deeper … Continue reading
It’s interesting. I knew that the country had been swinging to the left — not the right — in recent years and have said so repeatedly. The Tea Party seemed, for only a moment, to be an opposite trend. But … Continue reading
Readers of The Daily Dose of Reason and Life’s a Beach have repeatedly asked for Dr. Hurd’s opinions of celebrity psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, popularly known as ‘Dr. Phil.’ Here, Dr. Hurd replies to some of Dr. Phil’s comments as … Continue reading
After this season of celebration and self-indulgence, it seems natural to swing the pendulum to the other side and talk about anorexia (a pathological refusal to eat), its causes and cures. According to Dr. Walter Kaye, professor of psychiatry at … Continue reading