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Category: Daily Dose of Reason

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Why It’s No Longer “The Economy, Stupid!”

Posted on April 21, 2016 by DrHurd

Columnist Ed Butowsky recently wrote an insightful, although slightly naïve, column. In that column, he says: Bill Clinton was right. It’s the economy, stupid! Wouldn’t you think he’d have told his wife? It looks to me like he didn’t, because … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

It’s Good to Have Enemies (Churchill)

Posted on April 20, 2016 by DrHurd

You have enemies? Good. That means you’ve stood up for something, sometime in your life. — Winston Churchill

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Quotations

Researchers Say Meditation Cures Racial Prejudice: Science or Silliness?

Posted on April 19, 2016 by DrHurd

Can meditation eradicate racial prejudice? Are Shirley MacLaine and Mark Zuckerberg right, that mind-altering calmness and unconditional, unthinking love could bring about world peace and knock the terrorists flat? New research has supposedly found that just seven minutes of loving-kindness … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Psychology & Self-Improvement

Cheer Up (Thomas Paine)

Posted on April 18, 2016 by DrHurd

The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. — Thomas Paine

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Quotations

“Putting Others Before Self”: A Cliché, Not a Standard

Posted on April 17, 2016 by DrHurd

My recent article on the lost virtue of manners resulted in a lot of responses. The overwhelming majority were positive. A particularly insightful reader said this: At the base of any political system is the issue of, “Are we individuals … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Ethics

Bill Nye: The Tyrant Guy

Posted on April 16, 2016 by DrHurd

American leftism/progressivism is the established way of thinking. It did not win by reason or persuasion; merely by default, or in the absence of any principled, rational alternative. The leftist agenda of a weak defense; unsustainable national debt; fostering dependence … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

Why the Left Loves John Kasich … For Now

Posted on April 15, 2016 by DrHurd

Left-wing tabloid New York Daily News has endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich. Its editorial board described the Ohio Republican as someone who “marries a small government outlook with can-do effectiveness. … On the ideological spectrum …[Kasich] meets the tests of Republican … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

What Would a Constitutional Convention in 2016 Look Like?

Posted on April 14, 2016 by DrHurd

Almost half of registered Democrats think the Constitution needs to be updated, according to the results of a new poll. A YouGov survey about the Constitution included a question of whether there should be another Constitutional convention to update the … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

It’s Risky Not to Take Risks!

Posted on April 13, 2016 by DrHurd

Avoidance of risk is a major cause of personal problems.We hear a lot of talk about depression. What is depression? A lack of energy, motivation or purpose. What kills purpose? Very often, a habitual tendency to avoid risks. There’s actually … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Psychology & Self-Improvement

Bathrooms, North Carolina and the Forgotten Principle of Private Property

Posted on April 12, 2016 by DrHurd

John Kasich says he wouldn’t have signed North Carolina’s so-called bathroom bill shielding businesses from anti-gay lawsuits and requiring transgender people to use restrooms corresponding to the sex on their birth certificates. In an interview aired on CBS News’ “Face … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Long Live Economic Inequality!

Posted on April 11, 2016 by DrHurd

Inequality, we have to keep in mind, is not the same thing as poverty. When people like Timothy Noah complain that “income distribution in the United States is now more unequal than in Uruguay, Nicaragua, Guyana, and Venezuela,” they act … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Ethics

There is No Such Thing as Duty (Ayn Rand)

Posted on April 10, 2016 by DrHurd

In reality and in the Objectivist ethics, there is no such thing as “duty.” There is only choice and the full, clear recognition of a principle obscured by the notion of “duty”: the Law of Causality. The proper approach to … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Quotations
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