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Why the Lights of Times Square are a Beautiful Thing

Posted on May 9, 2015 by DrHurd
Night-time view of NY's Times Square with the city lights and taxis

From the U.K. Daily Mail on 5/6/15: The dimmer could be turned on the bright lights of New York City as the Big Apple is facing pressure to remove its iconic oversized billboards from Times Square. A 2012 federal transportation … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Bosch Fawstin vs. Facebook and The Religion of “Peace”

Posted on May 7, 2015 by DrHurd
Closeup portrait of cartoonist Bosch Fawstin

A typical conversation between a psychotherapist, such as myself, and a client, will go like this: Client: “My husband (or wife) makes me feel this way.” Or: “My boss makes me feel like an incompetent person.” Or: “My mother used … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

For the Last Time: “Provocation” IS Freedom of Speech

Posted on May 5, 2015 by DrHurd
Military men lined up armed with rifles

In the aftermath of the Garland, Texas, shootings at The Muhammad Art Exhibit & Contest, Pamela Geller, contest organizer and president of the American Freedom Defense Initiative, an anti-Islamic organization, was interviewed by CNN. In the interview, Geller’s opponent repeatedly … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Hatred of Mohammad … Or Love of Liberty?

Posted on May 4, 2015 by DrHurd
American flat with text that reads Proud Infidel

HuffingtonPost.com reports: Two men were shot dead after opening fire outside an exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad in Garland, Texas on Sunday. The two men fired towards the Curtis Culwell Center and hit security guard Bruce Joiner, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Society & Culture

When the Law Abandons Reason, Marilyn Mosby is What You Get

Posted on May 3, 2015 by DrHurd
Baltimore attorney Marilyn Mosby at press conference

Baltimore’s top prosecutor acted swiftly, charging six officers in the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered a grave spinal injury as he was arrested and put into a police transport van, handcuffed and without a seat belt. [Maryland] State’s Attorney … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Islamophobia: Mental Illness or Political Bias?

Posted on May 2, 2015 by DrHurd
Woman in white hijab is canned by masked person by form of punishment

To criticize Islam — or even Islamic terrorism — puts one at risk for being labeled “Islamophobic.” In Canada and elsewhere, there are laws against expressing opinions the authorities consider to be “Islamophobic.” I’d like to coin my own disease … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Progressive Ideas: Not Just Wrong, But Potentially Deadly

Posted on May 1, 2015 by DrHurd
Police tape reads Police Line Do Not Cross with cop car lights in background

I wrote this article right after the de Blasio fiasco in New York City, and before the recent Baltimore fiasco. It applies to both of them; along with the next one. They’re all caused by the toxicity of so-called progressive … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

“The Great Society” Meets Its Waterloo in Baltimore

Posted on April 29, 2015 by DrHurd
Several demonstrators riot the streets of Baltimore by destroying cop car

Nothing happens in a vacuum. It’s easy enough to call the rioters in Baltimore “thugs;” and it’s entirely true. But when they take the actions they do, they are acting on ideas. Personally, they are acting on their own impulses … Continue reading →

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The Mayor of Baltimore’s Not-So-Freudian Slip

Posted on April 28, 2015 by DrHurd
Police personnel line up protected with shields in front of CVS building with smoke in background

Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake made a stunning admission Saturday in the aftermath of violent protests over the recent death of Freddie Gray, saying she wanted to give space to those “who wished to destroy.” “I’ve made it very clear that … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

It Takes a Village … to Arrest Parents for No Reason

Posted on April 24, 2015 by DrHurd
Rear view of two school girls walking down street holding hands

The society we live in just keeps getting crazier and crazier. Read the following from Slate.com 4/21/15: The Meitiv family of Maryland—scientists Danielle and Alexander, their 10-year-old son, and their 6-year-old daughter—became the national faces of the “free-range parenting” movement … Continue reading →

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John Hinckley: Is He Really Cured?

Posted on April 23, 2015 by DrHurd
John Hinckley in the back of a cop car with angry expression

Associated Press is reporting: Prosecutors and lawyers for the would-be assassin of President Ronald Reagan are disagreeing over what conditions should be imposed if he’s allowed to leave a mental hospital for good and live full-time with his mother in … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Dose of Reason, Society & Culture

Anti-Discrimination Laws: Really Good For Gays/Lesbians?

Posted on April 18, 2015 by DrHurd
Two pairs of female and male symbols linked together

Should gay and lesbian persons have special anti-discrimination status under the law, just as blacks and other groups do? In other words, should a gay or lesbian person have the right to sue, fine or even jail somebody who (actually … Continue reading →

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