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
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
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