College tuition and resulting student loan debt are past the crisis point. Does anyone seriously disagree? According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the number of post-secondary enrollees increased from 12.2 million students to 21 million from 1985 to … Continue reading
What does it mean to be “economically patriotic” – or economically “unpatriotic”? President Barack Obama says a loophole that lets companies dodge U.S. taxes by moving their headquarters overseas is unpatriotic. Obama is denouncing “tax inversions” in his weekly radio … Continue reading
Dr. Ben Carson, a retired neurosurgeon and conservative sensation, is taking a couple of major steps toward a 2016 presidential bid, forming a political action committee and selecting a campaign chairman for a potential White House run, FoxNews.com and others … Continue reading
A reader asked: Dr. Hurd, what are your thoughts on informing on the safety of a drug such as heroin (which I assume you think should be legal as well) and do you think drugs such as this should be … Continue reading
The New York Times editorial board is calling for a repeal of the ban on marijuana. I learned of this with interest. The Times editorial board is staunchly pro-Obama and Democratic. What basis could there be for legalizing marijuana, I … Continue reading
Radio jock Howard Stern went off on a listener who took Hamas’ side against Israel earlier this week. “If you’re anti-Israel, you’re anti-America!” Stern said, which is both true and probably doesn’t bother Hamas’ staunchest defenders. Now Joan Rivers is … Continue reading
“Liberals” are supposed to be hands-off kinds of people, at least if you believe the term. They want government out of the bedroom; they want government hands off your marijuana bong; and they want government out of your uterus, if … Continue reading
A hostile DrHurd.com reader recently objected to my statement, “Remember that the Internet as we know it did not come about because of a government directive or a National Technology Board who decided it would be so.” The reader went … Continue reading
Thousands of Costco shoppers are taking to the wholesaler’s Facebook page and threatening to drop their Costco memberships after the retailer pulled copies of Dinesh D’Souza’s newest anti-Obama book from its shelves, but a company official insists the decision was … Continue reading
Look at his own words, and judge for yourself. A free people [claim] their rights, as derived from the laws of nature, and not as the gift of their chief magistrate. When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. Tyranny is … Continue reading
In 2013, Bill Maher famously said, “In 1968, it was 51 to 1, people on disability to people who worked. In 2001, not that long ago, it was 23 to 1. Now it’s 13 to 1. 13 to 1, who … Continue reading
The Pentagon, even though it’s shrinking the military, is facing a personnel crisis. In short, most of the young people are too obese, have too many tattoos, and are hooked on prescribed drugs, such as medication for “attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.” … Continue reading