“I can’t believe what you say, because I see what you do.” — James Baldwin Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Charleston SC). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in back-and-forth discussion … Continue reading
When Einstein gave lectures at U.S. universities, the question students asked him most was: Do you believe in God? And he always answered: I believe in the God of Spinoza. Baruch de Spinoza was a Dutch philosopher considered one of … Continue reading
A meme says the following: Whenever one person stands up and says, “Wait a minute, this is wrong,” it helps other people do the same. So simple, yet so true. “I can’t disagree with the nutjobs. I’ll lose business. I … Continue reading
Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself … Continue reading
“When you’re dead, you don’t know you’re dead. The pain is felt by others. The same thing happens when you’re stupid.” (unknown) Stupidity is basically not an intellectual defect, but a moral defect. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer Follow … Continue reading
Ayn Rand: “Freedom … comes down to a single question: Do you consider it moral to treat men as sacrificial animals and to rule them by physical force?” It appears that at least half of the country will answer this … Continue reading
Today’s culture is mostly nihilism. Nihilism means destruction for its own sake; for the sheer pleasure and attention-grabbing of it. Nihilists are sociopolitical, philosophical sociopaths. They take; but they offer absolutely nothing. Truth and justice eventually catch up with the … Continue reading
Pope Francis fancies himself a moral leader. Yet he supports famine-inducing Marxism; woke censorship; BLM-like racist supremacy; and anti-semitism. He lectures Americans for their alleged lack of empathy and refusal to ban guns and fossil fuels, while he embraces all … Continue reading
The Pope is woke. He’s a total Communist. He loves terrorists. He wants us all (himself excluded) to live in poverty, without the comforts and sustainability of life on earth provided by fossil fuels. He embraces the misery and starvation … Continue reading
“People are not embracing collectivism because they have accepted bad economics. They are accepting bad economics because they have embraced collectivism.” (Ayn Rand) Collectivism is the idea that your life does not belong to yourself; that your life belongs to … Continue reading
The worst thing about propaganda isn’t the telling of lies. Lies can be debunked by any honest, attentive person. The worst thing about propaganda is the form it usually takes: Presenting ONLY the facts which serve the narrative, or lead … Continue reading
The idea of a PAUSE in a war is a vicious contradiction. If a war is not morally justified, you shouldn’t merely pause the war — you should stop it. If a war IS morally justified — meaning, it’s for … Continue reading