I heard an interesting comment the other day on a call-in show. “If nobody had ever thought of health insurance, we’d all be able to afford a doctor today.” In a sense, this is true. However, the problem does not … Continue reading
It seems like Hollywood is filled with a bunch of nitwitted, anti-intellectual, group-think liberal socialists. These entertainers have more money than anyone — and good for them — but instead of being in favor of money-making, they’re furiously against it. … Continue reading
Conclusion of yesterday’s column. The bottom line is this: In an anti-ideological age, you get nothing but double talk from politicians. Back in 2000 and 2004, George W. Bush won the Presidency (narrowly) by preaching ‘compassionate conservatism.’ We learned that … Continue reading
Barack Obama is not especially popular, and certainly not as popular as when he first became President in 2008. However, surveys consistently show him ahead in the polls and substantially ahead in the Electoral College vote, the only vote that … Continue reading
In a work of historical fiction, one of the characters wrote to another about the leaders of the Communist-socialist revolution in Russia. “Their leaders were committed to peace; they had promised peace and plenty to their peasant followers, and it … Continue reading
Conclusion of yesterday’s column. The biggest mistake I see parents make is to assume that schools (public, private, whatever) can replace their own responsibility to ensure that their children learn to think. Parents just expect the process of thought to … Continue reading
A DrHurd.com visitor asks how she can help her children to keep developing their rational minds, to be objective and to develop a correct hierarchy of knowledge, in spite of government-run schools that teach the exact opposite. She says her … Continue reading
All this ruckus about the GSA scandal makes no sense to me. Federal employees spent thousands of dollars on trips to Hawaii and Las Vegas. Why is anyone surprised? Government practices legalized plunder every day. Money is forcibly taken from … Continue reading
Dear Dr. Hurd: Since I think you are brilliant and trust your opinions I have a question to ask. A friend of mine just told me a little secret because it had been bothering her and I really didn’t know … Continue reading
I recently heard a religiously conservative talk radio host, Mike Church, argue with an atheist caller. The atheist caller criticized the host for claiming that freedom would perish in a society of ‘Godless people.’ Church’s premise was that a free … Continue reading
Have you heard of Trayvon Martin? Of course you have. He’s the young man who was killed by a neighborhood watch member. Martin was reportedly unarmed and the neighborhood watch person, George Zimmerman, claims he was acting in self-defense. There … Continue reading
A new Washington Post/ABC News poll shows that 54 percent of Americans disapprove of President Barack Obama’s handling of the economy, while only 44 percent approve. At the same time, 49 percent of respondents said Obama better understands people’s economic … Continue reading