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Earth to Patricia Arquette: Individual Achievement Trumps Gender

Posted on February 23, 2015 by DrHurd
Patricia Arquette gives speech at awards ceremony holding award

Patricia Arquette was awarded her first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Boyhood. “To every woman who gave birth, to every taxpayer of this nation. It’s our time to have wage equality once and for all … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Sadly, the “Sovereign” Individual is a Lost Concept

Posted on February 22, 2015 by DrHurd
Wooden letter I painted black on a white background

Dear Dr. Hurd, I have enjoyed all of your essays. I have adopted the following view: There are only entities, actions and attributes. For instance, there is no entity government. There are only individual sovereigns exercising their natural powers. (for … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

The Psychology of Unlimited Government

Posted on February 21, 2015 by DrHurd
A graph depicts the order of the law: Executive to Legislative to Judicial

It’s easy to blame everything on bad politicians. However, as the late comedian George Carlin used to point out, voters are the ones who put them in there; and keep putting them in there. Politicians will do what they do … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

Anthony Robbins’ Poisonous Recipe for Love

Posted on February 20, 2015 by DrHurd
A brown bottle with orange label of skull and bones

“Some of the biggest challenges in relationships come from the fact that most people enter a relationship in order to get something: they’re trying to find someone who’s going to make them feel good. In reality, the only way a … Continue reading →

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

Orange is the New Red

Posted on February 19, 2015 by DrHurd
Prison inmates sit or lay in their bunkers wearing orange jumpsuits

Red is the color of Communism or — the term I prefer — collectivism. With talk generated by the popular television series “Orange is the New Black” about prison reform, the one question never asked is: Why are more than … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

What to Say When Someone Calls You “Selfish”

Posted on February 18, 2015 by DrHurd
Cartoon image of two children fighting over a teddy bear

Watch out when people call you “selfish.” They’re trying to paralyze you with guilt. When you’re paralyzed, you will tend to comply. The term “selfish” isn’t about morality at all; it’s about control. When people call others selfish, they are … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Ethics

State Department Claims: Poverty Causes ISIS

Posted on February 17, 2015 by DrHurd
Marie Harf wearing glasses and caught mid sentence

A majority of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of the terror group Islamic State (ISIS), while 78 percent back a new authorization for use of military force against ISIS, according to a new CNN/ORC poll. The poll found … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

The Stupefication of America Anticipated by de Tocqueville

Posted on February 16, 2015 by DrHurd
Quote: everybody feels the evil but no one has the courage or energy enough to seek the cure

Above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident and mild. It would be like the … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

Chapel Hill and “Hate” Crimes vs. “Regular” Crimes

Posted on February 15, 2015 by DrHurd
Two woman huddle in the cold at vigil for the Chapel Hill shooting

After a self-described militant atheist murdered three Muslims in Chapel Hill, NC, the FBI is now legally obliged to investigate whether this qualifies as a hate crime. They have to check the assailant’s computer and piece together other bits of … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Religion of Peace? ISIS Begs to Differ

Posted on February 14, 2015 by DrHurd
Photograph of Kayla Mueller smiling at camera

The leaders of ISIS are trying to tell us something: Islam is not a religion of peace. They call it a “religion of the sword.” Does anyone believe them yet? The new issue of ISIS’ magazine released today takes issue … Continue reading →

Posted in Society & Culture

What Love Is (Ayn Rand)

Posted on February 13, 2015 by DrHurd
Cursive words read I love you! on a red background

Love is a response to values. It is with a person’s sense of life that one falls in love—with that essential sum, that fundamental stand or way of facing existence, which is the essence of a personality. One falls in … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Quotations

Hey Obama: Did You Build Staples?

Posted on February 12, 2015 by DrHurd
Front view of a Staples office supply store

Several years back, President Obama made the infamous statement, “You didn’t build that.” He was referring to his belief that private enterprises don’t create anything profitable or great without at least some help from the government. Therefore, they really don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture
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