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Category: Daily Dose of Reason

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Take Care of Me, Big Government

Posted on October 14, 2009 by D3 Support

We’re supposed to believe that people have a right to health insurance and medical care. Yet if there’s a right to health insurance and medical care — why is there no right to purchase medical insurance and medical care on … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Mental Health: What’s Freedom Got to Do With It?

Posted on October 13, 2009 by D3 Support

Q: I noticed that the Daily Dose of Reason seems to be a mix of psychology and political commentary, as opposed to your Life’s a Beach column. I was wondering if there was a particular reason you do this as … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

The Journey Taken

Posted on October 12, 2009 by D3 Support

It’s Columbus Day. Christopher Columbus discovered America — for the free and civilized world. You can cry “Oh, the poor Indians!!” all you want, but America was not a habitable place until Western civilization got there. Christopher Columbus led the … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Passion and Drive

Posted on October 11, 2009 by D3 Support

A reader asks: What’s the difference, if any, between “passion” and “drive”? Passion is the emotional excitement one has over something. Drive is the motivation to get it done, along with a commitment to determining (and following through on) the … Continue reading →

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

Nobel — Not Noble

Posted on October 10, 2009 by D3 Support

Leaving aside that the Nobel Prize is generally awarded to collectivists and socialists only, it’s still amazing that Obama has been awarded it so soon. This man practically walked into the White House, never holding any real political office in … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Fear and Fear Mongers

Posted on October 9, 2009 by D3 Support

A “fear monger” is someone who seeks to generate fear in you in order to gain control over you. “Control” can mean many different things. It can mean a sense of seeing you afraid, which makes a (sick) person happy. … Continue reading →

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

Embrace Freedom, and to Hell With Jesus (and Michael Moore too)

Posted on October 8, 2009 by D3 Support

Radio/television host Sean Hannity, advocate of capitalism, and movie producer Michael Moore, advocate of socialism, sat down to debate the merits of capitalism the other night. Michael Moore began by saying he’s primarily a Christian, not a socialist or liberal. … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

What Private Sector?

Posted on October 7, 2009 by D3 Support

Advocates of socialized medicine keep saying a “public option” is “simply a little competition for the greedy insurance companies.” Excuse me — what private insurance companies actually exist? The ones I know of are all regulated by the federal government … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Health Care Reform

Mental Health Labels Aren’t Kind

Posted on October 6, 2009 by D3 Support

I don’t see any point to labeling yourself with a psychiatric disorder. What does it do, other than imply that a mental state is something that happens “to” you rather than something that comes about because of a series of … Continue reading →

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

Driving Over the Bridge of Life

Posted on October 5, 2009 by D3 Support

When you drive over a bridge, you don’t say, “Oh, I hope the engineers were not too rigid in their approach to building the bridge correctly. That would be ideological, and extreme.” When you cook or eat a meal you … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Ethics

Thinking, contd.

Posted on October 4, 2009 by D3 Support

A reader wrote in with the comment, in essence, that just because you think you’re thinking, doesn’t mean you’re thinking. This was in response to my column about the virtue and necessity of thinking (see The Glory of Thinking, Daily … Continue reading →

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

Who Are You Angry At?

Posted on October 3, 2009 by D3 Support

I blame a lot of anger management problems on supernaturalism. Yes, you read that right. Supernaturalism refers to any variation of the belief that reality has a will and consciousness of its own. All of religion is based on this … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Ethics
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