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Category: Daily Dose of Reason

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Defunding Obamacare is Not Unconstitutional

Posted on September 24, 2013 by D3 Support

Supporters of Obamacare speak as if refusing to fund or implement it will create a Constitutional crisis. Actually, it’s Obamacare and other laws like it that create the growing crisis with our government. Obamacare is a law that attempts to … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Is Internet Access a “Right”?

Posted on September 23, 2013 by D3 Support

A DrHurd.com reader writes: In downtown St. Petersburg FL, there are a lot of homeless people.  One day a homeless guy wanted money and I shook my head ‘no,’ and he got angry and sarcastic saying ‘bless you’ or something.  … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Dare to Be Superior

Posted on September 22, 2013 by D3 Support

Here’s the sad sequel to the story I wrote about several weeks ago.     A librarian in upstate New York believes she was fired over comments she made in support of a student who dominated a reading competition for five … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

How Much Alcohol is Too Much?

Posted on September 21, 2013 by D3 Support

Dear Dr. Hurd, If someone who’s young and immature stops drinking alcohol, and abstains for years, and later becomes mature and mentally healthy, can that person now drink normally? Dr. Hurd’s reply: There’s honestly no way to know, unless you … Continue reading →

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

The Post-American Economy

Posted on September 20, 2013 by D3 Support

During the four years that marked President Barack Obama’s first term in office, the real median income of American households dropped by $2,627 and the number of people in poverty increased by approximately 6,667,000, according to data released Tuesday by … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Politics & Government

What Made Alexis Do It?

Posted on September 19, 2013 by D3 Support

A reader asked me if, in the context of our free will, that bad philosophy has the potential to push people toward madness or psychosis. Absolutely. Actually, people drowning in madness and psychosis are, by definition, drowning in mistaken or … Continue reading →

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

Aaron Alexis: The Ultimate Homegrown Terrorist

Posted on September 18, 2013 by D3 Support

Here’s the emerging profile on Aaron Alexis, the shooter du jour, this time at the Washington Naval Yard in Washington D.C., where 12 people died in a murder spree. Alexis, 34, is reported to have used guns in moments of … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

The Pain of “Marriage Remorse”

Posted on September 17, 2013 by D3 Support

Dr. Keith Ablow, a media psychiatrist, recently wrote some interesting comments about married people’s attitudes towards marriage: Marriage is so suffocating for so many people that it makes millions of people wish they could hit ‘rewind’ on their lives and … Continue reading →

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

What Do We Owe Parents in Old Age?

Posted on September 16, 2013 by D3 Support

A reader asks: Do we have a responsibility to help our parents out as they age because they raised us and helped us become adults? I know you don’t subscribe to an ethical system of self-sacrifice, and wonder where you … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Ethics

The Psychology of God (Part 2 of 2)

Posted on September 15, 2013 by D3 Support

Conclusion of yesterday’s column. In a strange way, the subjectivist view could be considered on the route to reason and rationality. A rational outlook, unlike the subjectivist one, insists that the facts of reality are what they are, and they … Continue reading →

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

The Psychology of God (Part 1 of 2)

Posted on September 14, 2013 by D3 Support

A reader comments: Unfortunately, most people who believe in God have never bothered, and are probably afraid, to define ‘God.’ A word like that, left undefined, is, I think, a very destructive thing over time. After many years of not … Continue reading →

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

The Intelligence of Wisdom (Part 2 of 2) (with Jose Ruenes)

Posted on September 13, 2013 by D3 Support

Conclusion of yesterday’s column. Wisdom and Age Does wisdom have anything to do with age? Not all elderly people are considered wise, but many are. And by virtue of being old, an elderly person usually has the benefit of the … Continue reading →

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