According to research by social psychologist Dr. Susan Fiske of Princeton University, scorn and hatred tend to be associated with a failure to attribute human qualities, such as thoughts and feelings, to the scorned individual or group. Another word for … Continue reading
Sadness is when you lose something. Tragedy is when you never know what you might have had. Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in … Continue reading
Toppling statues is what totalitarian governments do. If Nazi Germany had won World War II, its officials would have purged government buildings of anything resembling Thomas Jefferson, George Washington or Abraham Lincoln and replaced them with politically correct statues. Communist … Continue reading
The solar eclipse today was wonderful. Not the eclipse itself, so much as the break from politics. Science is so much better than politics. Science deals with what is. It’s rational, predictable and intelligible. Politics does not have to be … Continue reading
I saw an interesting discussion on a Facebook thread recently. The question asked: “Is it censorship if I delete comments from my Facebook timeline?” The context for the question was clearly political, i.e., are you violating another’s individual rights by … Continue reading
It probably won’t ever happen. I understand that, and I understand the reasons why. So don’t think me naive. But I can still wish, can’t I? If you’re looking for reasons to stop fighting about politics, then ask your cohorts … Continue reading
Steven Bannon has left the building. The Trump Administration announced his firing today. Of course, it’s not called a firing, but it almost certainly was. And it’s a shame for one reason: The leftist media, who falsely portrayed Steve Bannon … Continue reading
Progressives and social justice warriors love to attack, belittle, moralize and blame. They talk about white supremacy movements as if they’re a clear and present danger to civilization. Of course such movements are evil and irrational. But they don’t pose … Continue reading
Don’t miss President Donald Trump’s press conference from today on the Charlottesville VA riots. He stood up to the media like no President in modern times. The media smears all conservatives, libertarians, and Republicans with the label “alt right”. The … Continue reading
After recent events in Charlottesville, VA, we’re hearing a lot about how white supremacist racism is taking over America. According to the prevailing point-of-view, it’s all President Donald Trump’s fault. Because Donald Trump is a white racist, the reasoning goes, … Continue reading
Never-Trumper Republicans and Democrats alike complain that President Donald Trump is “not a leader”. Of course, Democrats consider a leader someone who does not merely bring people together, but forces them together through compulsive schemes like welfare, universal income, socialized … Continue reading
“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” — Martin Luther King, Jr. … Continue reading