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Category: Daily Dose of Reason

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How Arbitrary Assertions Can Harm Relationships

Posted on May 6, 2015 by DrHurd
A couple stand back to back with woman's arms crossed

The following is an excerpt from my book, Bad Therapy Good Therapy (And How to Tell the Difference), available for sale on this site, and elsewhere. Case Example of an Arbitrary Assertion Joe and Melissa have been married for sixteen … Continue reading →

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

For the Last Time: “Provocation” IS Freedom of Speech

Posted on May 5, 2015 by DrHurd
Military men lined up armed with rifles

In the aftermath of the Garland, Texas, shootings at The Muhammad Art Exhibit & Contest, Pamela Geller, contest organizer and president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative, an anti-Islamic organization, was interviewed by CNN. In the interview, Geller’s opponent repeatedly … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Hatred of Mohammad … Or Love of Liberty?

Posted on May 4, 2015 by DrHurd
American flat with text that reads Proud Infidel

HuffingtonPost.com reports: Two men were shot dead after opening fire outside an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in Garland, Texas on Sunday. The two men fired towards the Curtis Culwell Center and hit security guard Bruce Joiner, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Society & Culture

When the Law Abandons Reason, Marilyn Mosby is What You Get

Posted on May 3, 2015 by DrHurd
Baltimore attorney Marilyn Mosby at press conference

Baltimore’s top prosecutor acted swiftly, charging six officers in the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered a grave spinal injury as he was arrested and put into a police transport van, handcuffed and without a seat belt. [Maryland] State’s Attorney … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Islamophobia: Mental Illness or Political Bias?

Posted on May 2, 2015 by DrHurd
Woman in white hijab is canned by masked person by form of punishment

To criticize Islam — or even Islamic terrorism — puts one at risk for being labeled “Islamophobic.” In Canada and elsewhere, there are laws against expressing opinions the authorities consider to be “Islamophobic.” I’d like to coin my own disease … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Progressive Ideas: Not Just Wrong, But Potentially Deadly

Posted on May 1, 2015 by DrHurd
Police tape reads Police Line Do Not Cross with cop car lights in background

I wrote this article right after the de Blasio fiasco in New York City, and before the recent Baltimore fiasco. It applies to both of them; along with the next one. They’re all caused by the toxicity of so-called progressive … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Economics in One Lesson (Henry Hazlitt)

Posted on April 30, 2015 by DrHurd
Black and white portrait of journalist Henry Hazlitt

The following are quotes of Henry Hazlitt, the author of numerous books including, “Economics in One Lesson: The Shortest & Surest Way to Understand Basic Economics.” “The ‘private sector’ of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Quotations

“The Great Society” Meets Its Waterloo in Baltimore

Posted on April 29, 2015 by DrHurd
Several demonstrators riot the streets of Baltimore by destroying cop car

Nothing happens in a vacuum. It’s easy enough to call the rioters in Baltimore “thugs;” and it’s entirely true. But when they take the actions they do, they are acting on ideas. Personally, they are acting on their own impulses … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

The Mayor of Baltimore’s Not-So-Freudian Slip

Posted on April 28, 2015 by DrHurd
Police personnel line up protected with shields in front of CVS building with smoke in background

Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake made a stunning admission Saturday in the aftermath of violent protests over the recent death of Freddie Gray, saying she wanted to give space to those “who wished to destroy.” “I’ve made it very clear that … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Tyranny is Tyranny, Even if It’s Feminist

Posted on April 27, 2015 by DrHurd
Hillary Clinton speaks at conference while using hand gestures

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton took a feminist tone on Thursday. She told attendees at the sixth annual Women in The World Summit that “deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed” for the sake of … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

Capitalism: New, Progressive and Forward Thinking (Walter Williams)

Posted on April 26, 2015 by DrHurd
Portrait of Walter E. Williams in grey suit and purple tie

A right, such as a right to free speech, imposes no obligation on another, except that of non-interference. The so-called right to health care, food or housing, whether a person can afford it or not, is something entirely different; it … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Quotations

University of Maryland: Don’t You Dare Criticize Islam

Posted on April 25, 2015 by DrHurd
Book cover for American Sniper with sniper rifle on the cover

Current talk-show host and former NFL quarterback Boomer Esiason says he is cutting off the University of Maryland, his alma mater, after it decided to cancel a screening of the movie “American Sniper.” Starnes wrote that the school said it … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason
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