Loyalty is widely considered a virtue. And psychology generally falls into line behind widely accepted virtues as a measure of mental health. Is loyalty actually healthy, wise and good? Subconsciously, most people probably equate loyalty with integrity. Integrity refers to … Continue reading
We’ve heard a lot about the ineptitude of the federal government’s now infamous “healthcare.gov.” But have you checked out the page informing soon-to-be-legal immigrants of the freebies awaiting them upon citizenship? Click on: WelcometoUSA.gov and see for yourself. For those … Continue reading
CNN.com and others report that U.S. officials say they believe that Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, in the Ukraine, was brought down by a surface-to-air missile, probably a Russian one. President Barack Obama should go on national television and call Russian … Continue reading
The natural desire of good men is knowledge. — Leonardo da Vinci
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts is, according to some, the darling of the leftmost “progressives” and a hoped for successor to Barack Obama as President. Apparently, to some in his party, Obama has not been expansionist enough in his … Continue reading
A hostile DrHurd.com reader recently objected to my statement, “Remember that the Internet as we know it did not come about because of a government directive or a National Technology Board who decided it would be so.” The reader went … Continue reading
A DrHurd.com reader writes: In a recent Facebook rant, a friend used the phrase “please fix yourself”’ This is a rich, short statement. Should we be looking to fix ourselves; adjusting our values, virtues, and morality; our perceived flaws? Or, … Continue reading
The author of a book called Against Love: A Polemic by Laura Kipnis blames contemporary problems with marriage on—surprise, surprise!—capitalism. Rolling out the intellectuals’ same old stale argument for more than a century now, Kipnis tries to persuade her readers … Continue reading
According to both 2006 and 2009 studies published by Raymond Mar, a psychologist at York University in Canada, and Keith Oatley, a professor of cognitive psychology at the University of Toronto, those who read fiction are capable of the most … Continue reading
A DrHurd.com reader comments: There’s a big difference between unconditional love and unconditional approval. That seems to be lost in much of the discussion surrounding our feelings about or toward others these days. Many people falsely believe that if they … Continue reading
Republicans and Democrats continue to fight over immigration. It has little to do with principle, and plenty to do with posturing and camera preening for the sake of their victims — or rather, their constituents. Here’s a question rarely considered, … Continue reading
The Obamacare employer mandate has become a political quagmire for many liberals, who are starting to agree that penalizing business for refusing to offer health insurance is a part of the president’s healthcare reform plan that should be abandoned. “The … Continue reading