I realize that when a billionaire “progressive” such as Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffet or George Soros makes a statement about government policy, it’s automatically and always right. Billionaires who want government control over the economy are given a free pass … Continue reading
Dear Dr. Hurd, I have enjoyed all of your essays. I have adopted the following view: There are only entities, actions and attributes. For instance, there is no entity government. There are only individual sovereigns exercising their natural powers. (for … Continue reading
It’s easy to blame everything on bad politicians. However, as the late comedian George Carlin used to point out, voters are the ones who put them in there; and keep putting them in there. Politicians will do what they do … Continue reading
Above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident and mild. It would be like the … Continue reading
President Barack Obama said he’s focusing the end of his presidency on increasing income equality because the recovery’s benefits haven’t spread to the middle class while enriching the wealthiest Americans, according to an interview he gave to website Vox.com. During … Continue reading
The New York Times [nytimes.com 2/4/15] reports that Federal Communications Chairman (FCC) chairman Thomas Wheeler: proposed regulating consumer Internet service as a public utility, saying it was the right path to net neutrality. He also included provisions to protect consumer … Continue reading
We’re used to thinking of Islamofascism as a primary threat to United States security, and it certainly is. But the military build-up in China, as the United States reduces its military capacity to levels not seen since prior to World … Continue reading
Regarding the Israeli prime minister’s decision to speak before Congress, yesterday the Chicago Tribune reported in a 1/26/15 commentary: Washington’s reaction to this breach in protocol was immediate. The White House and State Department made it clear that they would … Continue reading
Here’s a good response to the nonsense spouted in Obama’s tax-and-spend State of the Union address. It’s not from some mealy-mouthed Republican, but from one of the better social-political thinkers of all time, nineteenth century French thinker Frederic Bastiat: What, … Continue reading
Obama will reportedly call for massive tax increases in his upcoming State of the Union address. No surprise there. Obama ran and won on the idea — twice and explicitly — that we are all our brother’s keepers, and that … Continue reading
“Now he [Obama] needs to talk to us. And that’s good, because when the American people elect divided government they’re not saying they don’t want anything done,” the new U.S. Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell (a Republican) said. “What they … Continue reading
Hundreds of police officers outside the Queens, N.Y. church Saturday where the funeral of Officer Rafael Ramos was being held turned their backs on Mayor Bill de Blasio as he eulogized the fallen officer who was ambushed last week along … Continue reading