According to one school of psychology, we all have an ideal self and an actual self. The actual self consists of what we actually think, do, and feel. The ideal self is our conscious or subconscious evaluation of who we … Continue reading
I’m tired of the argument, “The money for the border wall is better spent on health care, education, and welfare.” First of all, the border has to do with national security. Our Constitution requires the federal government to provide for … Continue reading
Term limits for Supreme Court justices misdiagnoses the problem. The incorrect diagnosis with such a “cure” is that a life-time term is too long. If justices have shorter terms, goes the reasoning, then we’ll have fewer problems. But that’s not … Continue reading
Why does propaganda sometimes stick — and sometimes not? Consider the Catholic kids who got strict Catholic dogma in the 1940s and 1950s. Most of them moderated or turned away from Catholicism altogether. While the nuns succeeded in teaching them … Continue reading
“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
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
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
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
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
“Love does not dominate; it cultivates.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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
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