Dear Dr. Hurd: I have been a fan for years — of your website and your books. I read ‘Grow Up America!’ at in college and it was like spiritual fuel for a frustrated and misunderstood young man. I want … Continue reading
It’s a well-known fact that many people today are intimacy-phobic. Why? The answer is fear. They are afraid that they are going to lose their individual identities in a relationship. They are afraid they are going to be asked — … Continue reading
We’re told by our rulers that guns must be outlawed, in order to eliminate violence. What they don’t tell us is how taking guns away from nonviolent people will help end the crime of violent people. Criminals, by definition, have … Continue reading
I don’t know about you, but I am sick of Obama, and I am sick of the Pope, talking about forgiveness for the guilty. Mass murder on school grounds? More government funding! And ban guns — for the nonviolent! Punish … Continue reading
We shouldn’t give ruthless killers undeserved dignity by asking “why” they do what they do. But the mindset behind the pulling of the trigger is not that difficult to identify. Stanton Samenow, author of the classic ‘Inside the Criminal Mind’ … Continue reading
Alexis de Tocqueville, writing and observing the young American republic in the early 19th Century, had a lot of interesting things to say. For example: “Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: … Continue reading
H.G. Wells said: “If we don’t end war, war will end us.” It’s true enough. But what is war? War is the initiation of force or violence against others. This assumes war is not in self-defense (or retaliation against the … Continue reading
Dear Dr. Hurd: I think the pessimism [over Obama’s reelection] is understandable. We know enough to be very apprehensive on what’s coming our way with a communist zero, who hates America, at the helm of our country. But I don’t … Continue reading
Associated Press and FoxNews.com reports: Medical supply giant Stryker is the latest company to announce job cuts in anticipation of coming costs associated with Obamacare, even though the man who inherited a fortune from the company’s founder is a fan. … Continue reading
Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another … Continue reading
Being wrong tends to lead people to become defensive. Defensiveness and hostility, frozen in place in a person’s mind, leads to irrational stubbornness and intellectual dishonesty. This is what happens in the demise of many marriages and relationships, or even … Continue reading
Q: In your post “Life Affirming Ideas”… You discuss affirmations to work toward happiness as an end, but in your next post, “Americans Lowering the Bar on Themselves,” you present how America is tragically headed for difficult times. So I … Continue reading