I have never let my schooling interfere with my education. — Mark Twain   Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in back-and-forth … Continue reading →

‘Dagny, how did you do it? How did you manage to remain unmangled?’ ‘By holding to just one rule.’ ‘Which?’ ‘To place nothing—nothing—above the verdict of my own mind.’ ‘You’ve taken some terrible beatings … maybe worse than I did … Continue reading →

Abracadabra, thus we learn The more you create, the less you earn. The less you earn, the more you’re given, The less you lead, the more you’re driven, The more destroyed, the more they feed The more you pay, the … Continue reading →

One’s real life is so often the life that one does not lead. — Oscar Wilde   Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and … Continue reading →

Quotes of economist Henry Hazlitt, author of “Economics in One Lesson” and much else. The ‘private sector’ of the economy is, in fact, the voluntary sector; and the ‘public sector’ is, in fact, the coercive sector. The ideas which now … Continue reading →

For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: ‘If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?’ And whenever the … Continue reading →

There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them. — George Orwell   Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles … Continue reading →

It isn’t what we don’t know that gives us trouble, it’s what we know that ain’t so. — Will Rogers   Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended … Continue reading →

Here are some thoughts on the alleged virtue of compromise, to inspire the would-be leaders of a second party in America, should we ever get one:   If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to … Continue reading →

Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start. — Nido Qubein   Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and … Continue reading →

If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. — Mark Twain     Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage … Continue reading →

She survived it. She was able to survive it, because she did not believe in suffering. She faced with astonished indignation the ugly fact of feeling pain, and refused to let it matter. Suffering was a senseless accident, it was … Continue reading →