A reader kindly emailed that she liked my recent article where I answered a question about pity actually being contempt. She makes it a little more personal by asking if self-pity is also self-contempt. Affirmative again. It follows logically that … Continue reading
Author Archives: D3 Support
It Seems that the “Have Nots” Have No Brains
The central demand of the “Occupy Wall Street” protest is, reportedly, that President Obama “ordain a Presidential Commission tasked with ending the influence money has over our representatives in Washington.” Do they mean to imply that government and the economy … Continue reading
Abortion Isn’t Immoral (Part 2 of 2)
Concluded from yesterday’s column: Abortion Opponent: What about the right to life? How can you deny that to the innocent unborn—even if it is only a potential? Dr. Hurd: Whose rights are more important—the ‘right’ of the not-yet-individual fetus to … Continue reading
Abortion Isn’t Immoral (Part 1 of 2)
Note: The questions posed by the ‘abortion opponent’ in this article are compiled from comments, e-mails and letters received from DrHurd.com readers over the years. Abortion Opponent: I don’t believe abortion is moral. The fetus is a conscious, sentient individual. … Continue reading
Flat Tax, National Sales Tax Not the Answer
Herman Cain may be a decent man and he might make a slightly better President than Obama — which is saying almost nothing. But his idea that we can rescue the American budget and economy via a flat tax and/or … Continue reading
Licensing Professions is a Must … Right?
According to a recent book by Morris M. Kleiner, an economist at the University of Minnesota, as many as 3 out of 10 workers in the United States must now be licensed to do their jobs. No longer limited to … Continue reading
It’s Not the Job of Politicians to Create Jobs
The following is a letter to the editor Dr. Hurd wrote to a local paper in Delaware, in response to a liberal’s support of Obama’s jobs bill. In an October 5th Letter to the Editor, Peter Schott wrote, “If you … Continue reading
Why Terrorists Do Not Fear the U.S. (by Andrew Bernstein)
In his forthcoming book, “Capitalist Solutions”, Dr. Andrew Bernstein shows how individual rights and free markets are the only solution to today’s crisis and decline. He also makes some great comments about the cause of terrorism, such as the one … Continue reading
Look for Integrity First
Dear Dr. Hurd, I am a straight male who is attracted to a woman who is bisexual. She is also attracted to me. I want a committed, monogamous relationship, but am uneasy about making such a commitment with her because … Continue reading
Walking the Talk
Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk. –Carl Jung
Solyndra Goes Green — With Tax Dollars, That Is
Fox News online reports: “Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, said Sunday that the administration’s approval of a loan guarantee for solar power company Solyndra — which went belly up shortly after a … Continue reading
Does it Pay to Appease? (Part 2 of 2)
Conclusion of Friday’s column. I don’t mean to imply that entitlement is always wrong. Let’s say you buy a new computer. You get home, carefully read the instructions, and the computer doesn’t work, so you take the computer back to the … Continue reading