Imagine if you chose to invite some people over to your house. In exchange for helping you clean up your yard, you make them your special brand of fried chicken. Or in exchange for washing your car or painting your … Continue reading
Category: Society & Culture
Thirteen Years Later
I published this article at DrHurd.com on 9/12/01, under the title “9/11: The Day America Grew Up.” How little we have learned, as ISIS comes banging at our door. Let’s hope this is what future historians write about yesterday’s events. … Continue reading
How the Unemployed Spend Their Days: Revealing Research
When a family member financially supports an unemployed loved one, the family member will often say things like: “He’s not even looking for a job. I’m providing for his basic expenses — and then some — and I don’t see … Continue reading
Texas vs. California and Economics 101
The national unemployment rate officially sits at 6.2 percent. However, the same government statistics state that a record number of people have simply given up, exiting the labor force altogether. A record 92,269,000 Americans 16 and older did not participate … Continue reading
Do We Really Have to Settle for “Secular Stagnation”?
In a recent book, Larry Summers, Paul Krugman, and Barry Eichengreen, among other renowned macroeconomists, suggest that structural changes in the global economy have ushered in a period of slow growth. This theory, known as “secular stagnation,” posits that we … Continue reading
Goodbye, Joan Rivers
A few of the many funny (and sometimes slightly serious) things this straight-shooting and sharp-witted woman said: I enjoy life when things are happening. I don’t care if it’s good things or bad things. That means you’re alive. Things are … Continue reading
Obama’s Decline and Fall of the American Republic
According to CNN.com and FoxNews.com, congressional lawmakers urged the Obama administration to crank up the offensive against the Islamic State after another video surfaced purporting to show the graphic execution of an American journalist. Two weeks after American James Foley … Continue reading
Does America Really Deserve a Raise?
“America deserves a raise.” So says Obama in defense of raising the mandatory minimum wage. He’s far from the first politician to use this stale, tired and easy applause line. Few will ask: How many things are wrong with this … Continue reading
Why Many Progressives Are Unsure About Israel
Increasingly, liberal-progressive politicians such as Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Massachusetts) and socialist Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) are under fire by their supporters for even minimal support of Israel in its self-defense against Islamic terrorists. Warren, in defending her vote to send … Continue reading
Pro-Islam/Anti-Gay Violence: Where’s the Outrage?
A man accused of murdering four people, including 19-year-old Brendan Tevlin, of Livingston NJ, says he is retaliating against the U.S. for action in the Middle East. According to court documents from Seattle where his two previous murders occurred, Ali … Continue reading
Is Soccer Anti-Individualist? Or Just Dull?
Columnist Ann Coulter created quite a stir when she recently wrote: Individual achievement is not a big factor in soccer. In a real sport, players fumble passes, throw bricks and drop fly balls — all in front of a crowd. … Continue reading
Food Stamp Fraud and the Perils of Coerced Charity
Americans receiving food stamps were caught selling and bartering their benefits online for art, housing and cash, according to a new federal report that investigates fraud in the nation’s largest nutrition support program. Complicating the situation is the fact states … Continue reading