The housing depression/slump is over, right? Obama solved it. Before Obama, we had an unfettered free market for housing. This led banks and lenders to become crazy and greedy, which is man’s natural state absent government intervention. Thanks to Obama, … Continue reading
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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