“We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology.” — Carl Sagan Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute … Continue reading
Category: Daily Dose of Reason
Happy Unearned Guilt Day
Pope Francis gave his usual rant yesterday about the evils of capitalism, advanced civilization and material well-being. “For many people, life’s meaning is found in possessing, in having an excess of material objects. An insatiable greed marks all human history, … Continue reading
Shaming Supporters of Border Security is Truly Shameful
I’m hearing the following argument a lot, because it’s Christmas: “Christians talk a good game about loving their neighbor. But here they want to build a wall to reduce immigration and not help people from Mexico and elsewhere, because of … Continue reading
Is It Too Late for America?
Let’s be brutally honest. It might be too late for America. One of the two major parties is literally Communist. A century of government intervention in the economy has made prosperity fragile at best. If President Trump doesn’t get a … Continue reading
The “Nonessential” Federal Government
Here we go again with another partial government shutdown. The fact that “government shutdowns” are so regular, and annoying to some — but never a catastrophe — tells you something. The fact that the vast majority of the federal government … Continue reading
Why Love is Not Control (von Goethe)
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Mattis Trumps the Treason of the Obama Years
Let’s be real. There was nowhere to go but up after the Obama administration, especially in terms of defense. For eight long years, Obama lectured Americans on how their alleged prejudice against Islam — an ideology openly committed to the … Continue reading
It’s No Longer About The Wall
The border wall debate is over. It’s not going to happen — unless private funds are secured, or unless President Trump pulls a rabbit out of a hat and can find defense money to do it. The House of Representatives … Continue reading
Pause for the Memory
Tucker Carlson & The Predictable Leftist Shrieks
Headline: Tucker Carlson Decimates Far-Left Boycott Of His Show Over ‘Dirtier’ Comment Nationally or locally, leftists are all the same. They take something out of context. They distort and twist it to suit their petty purposes. They look to their … Continue reading
Caving on Bump Stocks Will Undermine the Second Amendment, Not Save It
Here’s an example of impractical philosophical pragmatism: The Trump administration on Tuesday took first steps to ban the sale of bump stocks on semi-automatic weapons and has made them illegal to possess beginning in late March. The regulation will go … Continue reading
James Comey, You Arrogant Twit
“This is not about Republicans and Democrats, this is about ‘what does it mean to be an American?’” Comey declared. “What are the things that we care about? Above our policy disputes, which are important, there’s a set of values … Continue reading