A reader wrote me in response to an article “Meaning Is Healthier Than Happiness” published in The Atlantic (8/1/13): Dr. Hurd, I’m curious if you have heard of this? Roy Baumeister who, in the late 1990s, equivocated self-esteem with Narcissism, … Continue reading →

Democratic National Committee Chair Debbie Wasserman-Schultz (D-FL) was unable to answer the question (posed by fellow Democrat Chris Matthews of MSNBC), “What’s the difference between a socialist and a Democrat?” She could not identify the difference because there is no … Continue reading →

Pope Francis, on a visit to South America last week, called unfettered capitalism “the dung of the devil.” [telegraph.co.uk 7/11/15, CNN.com 7/10/15] It’s interesting that the Pope would go after unfettered capitalism. Unhampered capitalism has never existed anywhere. The closest … Continue reading →

Pope Francis will call for an ethical and economic revolution to prevent catastrophic climate change and growing inequality in a letter to the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics on Thursday. In an unprecedented encyclical on the subject of the environment, the … Continue reading →

The Dalai Lama identified himself as a Marxist [last January] while addressing capitalism, discrimination and violence at a lecture on world peace in Kolkata, India. This is not the first time that the 14th Dalai Lama has spoken about his … Continue reading →

Last year, The New York Times Sunday Book Review asked former Secretary of State and (now) Democratic candidate for President, Hillary Clinton: If you had to name one book that made you who you are today, what would it be? … Continue reading →

In a speech at Georgetown University just today, we learned two things about President Barack Obama. One, he loves the Catholic leader, Pope Francis. Two, he hates Ayn Rand. No, it’s not really a surprise. But the specifics of Obama’s … Continue reading →

A visitor to DrHurd.com writes: Dear Dr. Hurd: In your argument for promoting rational selfishness against self-sacrifice, your comments like “choosing to have children or not to have children is selfish” indicate to me that you have missed a major … Continue reading →

Watch out when people call you “selfish.” They’re trying to paralyze you with guilt. When you’re paralyzed, you will tend to comply. The term “selfish” isn’t about morality at all; it’s about control. When people call others selfish, they are … Continue reading →

Heavily armed Australian police stormed a Sydney cafe early on Tuesday morning (local time) and freed a number of hostages being held there at gunpoint, in a dramatic end to a 16-hour siege in which three people including the attacker … Continue reading →

Yahoo.com News is reporting: The CIA and several of its past leaders are stepping up a campaign to discredit a five-year Senate investigation into the CIA’s harrowing interrogation practices after 9/11, concerned that the historical record may define them as … Continue reading →

“No one likes to think of himself as a coward. People prefer to think they end up yielding to what the terrorists demand, not because it’s safer or more convenient, but because it’s the right thing. Successful terrorism persuades the … Continue reading →