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 →

Decades ago, Ayn Rand had already answered the question of why Mitt Romney lost the election: Sensing their need of a moral base, many ‘conservatives’ decided to choose religion as their moral justification; they claim that America and capitalism are … Continue reading →

Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority … Continue reading →

Wealth, like happiness, is never attained when sought after directly. It comes as a by-product of providing a useful service. — Henry Ford

Don’t follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise. –Joan Rivers

America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. — Abraham Lincoln     Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth … Continue reading →

If your beloved is strolling unwittingly toward the edge of a cliff and you are so far away that even if you run at top speed and scream at top volume you very probably will not be heard, even then … Continue reading →

‘Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing ever happened.’ — Winston Churchill       Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth … Continue reading →

Jefferson: When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. When the government fears the people, there is liberty. True. And what about when people fear the loss of government redistribution to force others to pay some or all of … Continue reading →