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Category: Daily Dose of Reason

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You Can’t Lie Your Way to Self-Esteem

Posted on April 17, 2014 by DrHurd

Most people assume that self-esteem is a very important thing; they’re right about that. Most people assume the definition of self-esteem is “feeling good about oneself;” they’re wrong about that. Evaluating self-esteem by feelings alone is kind of like evaluating … Continue reading →

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

“Truth Seekers” Are the Best Kind of People

Posted on April 16, 2014 by DrHurd

A reader quotes me from a recent article: “While nobody delights in being wrong, new knowledge is valued by a genuinely self-loving person. Finding out that one is wrong is tantamount to learning something new.” The reader goes on to … Continue reading →

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

Totalitarian Internet, Anyone?

Posted on April 15, 2014 by DrHurd

Should the Internet, as we know it, have private property status under the authority of the governments of free nations? Or should totalitarian governments with no freedom of speech or press — China, Iran, Russia — enjoy equal control over … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

As With Driving, So With All of Life?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by DrHurd

The principles of responsible driving are the same principles as those required for living your everyday life — or at least they should be. In this 8-minute commentary, Dr. Hurd explores the prevailing theories of psychological/moral development and shows where … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

How to Prevent Spoiled Rotten Kids in an Age of Plenty

Posted on April 13, 2014 by DrHurd

Many parents report having problems with their grown kids. More often than ever before, I hear of grown children moving in with their parents, not for specified reasons or defined periods of time (e.g., to attend graduate school), but because … Continue reading →

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

Whatever Happened to Feminism?

Posted on April 12, 2014 by DrHurd

Brandeis University has announced reversal of its decision to award an honorary degree to Ayaan Hirsi Ali, following complaints from faculty, an online petition, and pressure from the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Hirsi Ali is a Somali-born American (formerly Dutch) … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Look Out … It’s the Obamacare Police!

Posted on April 11, 2014 by DrHurd

When Congress was passing the Obamacare law in 2010, some members of Congress suggested observers ignore the ugliness of the legislative “sausage-making” process in favor of the final result. But it turns out that enforcement of this law may prove … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

The Reasonable Side of “Road Rage”

Posted on April 10, 2014 by DrHurd

We hear a lot about “road rage.” What we generally hear is that it’s something that overpowers you, something you cannot control, something that some external agent must “treat” to rid you of. That’s part of what I mean by … Continue reading →

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

Why Labor Laws are Anti-Labor

Posted on April 9, 2014 by DrHurd

As President Obama ordered new changes for federal contractor compensation practices in a bid to boost transparency surrounding women’s pay, his top spokesman defended the pay disparities that still exist between men and women working at the White House.  The … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

Dealing With an Angry Person

Posted on April 8, 2014 by DrHurd

The following is an excerpt from “How to Deal With Difficult People and Difficult Situations” available in the DrHurd.com Shop: Here are the kinds of things the angry person says: You just don’t get it, do you? What’s wrong with … Continue reading →

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

“Persuasion” by Intimidation? Forget It

Posted on April 7, 2014 by DrHurd

In response to my recent article on how alcoholism is not a disease, it’s less interesting to learn that some people disagree than with how they disagree. When somebody disagrees with me, I try to identify where they find the … Continue reading →

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

The Myth of Criminal Mental Illness

Posted on April 6, 2014 by DrHurd

There’s a prevalent fiction that mental health treatment can be “forced” on unwilling participants and, in the process, eradicate or diminish irrationality — including homicidal intentions — within a person, even without that person’s consent. Whenever there’s a shooting, as … Continue reading →

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