Should the U.S. intervene in Syria? The proper standard for military intervention is: What serves the interests of the nation? If the nation defending its interests supports individual rights—and is the government of a free, democratic republic—then by definition such … Continue reading
White House Deputy Press Secretary Josh Earnest said at a White House briefing on Tuesday that President Barack Obama believes America needs ‘to fundamentally rethink and reshape’ its higher education system and the he will be going on a bus … Continue reading
If Congress passed a law pouring billions of tax dollars into the Catholic Church, or fundamentalist Baptist churches, the outrage across the land would be widespread—and entirely justified. Yet Barack Obama, who never seems to be held accountable for anything, … Continue reading
By now, everybody knows that the Obama Administration has been using the George W. Bush-inspired Patriot Act to justify searching private citizens’ phone records and computers without a warrant, and without any Constitutional due process of law. Obama originally ran … Continue reading
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie condemns those who attack the National Security Agency (NSA) for gathering private phone and Internet data from Americans. His attack takes it for granted that such policies make Americans safer from terrorism than they otherwise … Continue reading
I was talking to a 20-year-old I know the other day. She lives in a summer resort, where there are lots of summer jobs. However, she cannot get an employer to give her more than 29 hours a week, despite … Continue reading
You have to wonder if these politicians even hear themselves. Particularly ones who say things like Barack Obama. On Friday, in response to the George Zimmerman acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, Obama stated if a “white male teen” … Continue reading
Dear Dr. Hurd: Your previous column [on how Obama does not own the private wealth he redistributes] reminds me of how I tried to communicate the concept of property to someone time and time again, and failed. This individual seemed … Continue reading
The governor of Missouri recently vetoed a new law. The new law, among other things, would have made it illegal to publish the name of gun owners without their consent. The governor opposed the law because, he claimed, it would … Continue reading
The Obama administration-backed Egyptian government, backed in turn by the West-hating Muslim Brotherhood, has fallen. Egypt will install a new and improved government. Who knows how long that will last? But from America’s perspective, that’s not the point. The point … Continue reading
It’s now an undisputed fact, in the minds of most: Edward Snowden, the man who exposed the U.S. government for spying on private, law-abiding citizens, is a traitor. Exactly how did this label get smuggled in to the whole controversy … Continue reading
A reader of mine recently wrote: I noticed in general the government solution to a problem is not to create but to cut something. In Florida, the solution of water supply is not to find ways to have more water … Continue reading