Since the awful election, Republicans are now resorting to character. They’re doing what they have always done best: Caving. They’re about to roll over on tax increases and all the other things Obama demands to further strengthen the hold of … Continue reading
Conclusion of yesterday’s column. The nanny state authorities create (and rely upon) the myth that some are invulnerable. Those who are ‘the rich,’ who have a seemingly unlimited amount of wealth, will pay for it all. All that’s necessary is … Continue reading
The following is an excerpt from Daren Jonescu’s article Infantilizing Leftist Morality, published at Americanthinker.com 7/19/12: Progressivism, in the Marxist and post-Marxist forms that have been swallowing the world for a century, is, in its methodology, nothing but the moral … Continue reading
Some people actively strive for success and happiness in life. Others consciously give up, and resort to the bare minimum or even outright destruction. Most default somewhere in between. Their subconscious or conscious mental state is, “It would be nice … Continue reading
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin How true! But even Ben Franklin may not have foreseen a nation prepared to give up essential liberty in … Continue reading
The questions below were asked by New York author, writer and long-time DrHurd.com reader Joseph Kellard: Q: What are your thoughts on parents who are everything from condescending to contemptuous toward individuals who choose to remain childless? One such person … Continue reading
A new study by the Congressional Research service reports: Welfare spending has grown substantially over the past four years, reaching $746 billion in 2011—or more than Social Security, basic defense spending or any other single chunk of the federal government. … Continue reading
Someone once offered me a great analogy of being in a dysfunctional relationship. People asked her why she stayed in it so long. She replied, “It’s kind of like being in a room with a bad odor. After awhile, you … Continue reading
Freedom is crucially important for mental health, as well as the other things psychotherapists and psychiatrists “treat.” For example, consider a person who’s depressed. Depression is a state of learned helplessness. In a free country with a booming economy, and … Continue reading
The sad thing about the upcoming presidential election is that Mitt Romney is losing — for the wrong reasons. Basically, Romney is so far losing because Obama supporters have been successful at painting him as a “rich guy who’s out … Continue reading
Conclusion of previous columns Herbert Hoover and George W. Bush History has a way of repeating itself. George W. Bush was the Herbert Hoover of his time. Like Hoover, Bush said that we needed individualism and capitalism, but not ‘too … Continue reading
Continued from yesterday’s column ‘Service to Others’ Is NOT Part of the U.S. Constitution Hoover may not have been a socialist, and he might have claimed in his book to be both against socialism and against capitalism. But whenever you … Continue reading