A local store owner recently told me a story. She gets a lot of customers in her shop, which is a sit-down coffee shop, kind of like a Starbucks. One day, some people came into the shop. They didn’t want … Continue reading
Let’s be real. College student loans are sold as a way to help students pay the high cost of tuition. They’re nothing of the sort. Individuals, in a private marketplace for education, already have a method to pay for college … Continue reading
When dealing with other people, the reasonable, sensitive, and even self-interested thing to do is compromise, and be prepared to meet the other person halfway. Correct? Well, not really. All action needs to be purposeful. That includes the action of … Continue reading
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