HotAir.com reports: A couple of months ago we talked about the failed effort in Austin, Texas to regulate ride sharing in a way which would allow consumers more choices in local transportation. The cab companies and their union lobbied heavily … Continue reading
The purpose of our lives is to be happy. Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions. — Dalai Lama Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended … Continue reading
“You can’t fight fire with fire.” We keep hearing this excuse for not fighting back against Islamofascist terrorism. The latest victims? Istanbul’s airport. It’s tempting to reply, “We can — and should — fight fire with fire.” But the analogy … Continue reading
People who judge others without working on themselves are hypocrites, Pope Francis recently said. And unlike God’s judgment, he added, theirs lacks mercy — a theme close to the pontiff’s heart. Instead of judging, Francis suggested that people love and … Continue reading
Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts. — Winston Churchill Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and … Continue reading
Freedom and liberty are slipping away in America, and nobody seems to notice. Law enforcement does not need a warrant to hack someone’s computer, according to a just-unsealed court order written by a federal judge in Virginia. This case, United … Continue reading
Most government regulations are not about protecting the public. In fact, they’re not about protecting anyone — other than threatened competitors. Big Government’s latest casualty? The popular, innovative guest house service known as Airbnb. (See their website here.) The New … Continue reading
Here’s an argument I’m waiting to hear: “Since the U.K. acted in a xenophobic and racist manner by removing itself from the European Union, the U.N. and the European Union should step in and force them to be part of … Continue reading
The U.K. is leaving the European Union. Just as criminals eventually turn on each other, welfare states eventually turn on each other, as well. “The dawn is breaking on an independent United Kingdom,” said Nigel Farage, leader of the UK … Continue reading
In his speech yesterday, Donald Trump had an excellent line: [Hillary] Clinton “gets rich making you poor.” This is truer than even Donald Trump may know. It’s not just Hillary Clinton. It’s the nature of government intervention in the economy. … Continue reading
“Tyranny,” wrote Ayn Rand, “is any political system (whether absolute monarchy or fascism or communism) that does not recognize individual rights (which necessarily include property rights). The overthrow of a political system by force is justified only when it is … Continue reading
Cultural elites, our President and Attorney General have been so busy trying to prove the Orlando shooting had nothing whatsoever to do with Islam that they’ve forgotten an earlier narrative: “Most shootings are due to mental illness; therefore, we must … Continue reading