Study Suggests: A New Generation of American “Quitters”

…a school project or book report for your child, even if it resulted in an A-plus. Philosophical trends are what ultimately set the course of a society. When a vast majority of people claim, in poll after poll or simply in daily conversation, that “something is wrong, something has changed, something is off base” but they don’t know what — it’s philosophical trends to which they’re referring. Kids pick up on this emotionally, which is probably why… Continue reading

Obama’s Revealing Comments to UK Prime Minister on Free Speech

…Anybody paying attention knows that. Even Obama’s supporters know it; they simply do not care, because they like the ideas and policies Obama seeks to impose by force. The important thing to understand about this? Hostility to free speech is a logical and inevitable consequence of the entitlement state that both major parties, and most Americans, continue to support. Put simply: If it’s necessary to provide social insurance programs and protect th… Continue reading

Free Speech: The Intellectual and Psychological Air We Breathe

…nd always find the strength to fight back for that breath of fresh air. “Use it or lose it”. Nowhere does that phrase apply more than with freedom of speech. Follow 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 discussion with Dr. Hurd on topics of interest. Also follow Dr. Hurd on Twitter at @MichaelJHurd1 Dr. Hurd’s writings read… Continue reading

The Economic System That Time Forgot

…was similar with medical technology, which benefited tremendously from semi-free enterprise permitted in the tech sector, and pharmaceuticals, which at least prior to Obamacare were permitted to operate with an element of profit. Profit is hated by a majority nowadays, but most forget or ignore that profit leads to motivation—and motivation leads to innovation. Destroy profit, capitalism and free markets, and you get the opposite of innovation. Co… Continue reading

“It’s here, we are here to produce it.”

high well before that. The prices are not high because our American supply simply vanished. The prices are high because the people who run our country have decided to import oil from another country instead of using our very own American made product. Why? Using our own product creates lower prices, puts hard working American people to work with very good paying jobs and makes us as a country energy independent – Not dependent on another country t… Continue reading

High Speed Internet — Venezuela-style

…nt decisions and censor the Internet it will now control, you’re probably ignorant and stupid enough to vote for a Communist Democrat.     Follow 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 discussion with Dr. Hurd on topics of interest. Also follow Dr. Hurd on Twitter at @MichaelJHurd1, and see drmichaelhurd on Instagram…. Continue reading

Conservatives: You Will Never Defeat Evil With Kindness

…t defeat evil by trying to negotiate with it, and you don’t defeat evil by simply calling it names. You have to be stronger than they are — because you already know that you are.       Follow Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Charleston SC). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended articles and links, and engage in back-and-forth discussion with Dr. Hurd on topics of interest. Also follow Dr. Hurd on Twitter at @MichaelJHurd1, d… Continue reading

The High Holy Days of Masquerade

…of mockery by the person wearing the costume. Interestingly, youthful trick-or-treaters or children at costume parties seem to favor superheroes. Why do kids tend to look up, while adults more often seek to satirize or put down? We’ll leave that for another column. Of course, kids reach over to the dark side too. Many love to dress up as witches or various and sundry goblins, suggesting a fascination with evil as well as good. However, San Francis… Continue reading

How Obamacare Redefines “Health Insurance”

…dgets or fiscal discipline. But the United States, as of yet, has none. It simply prints more money or accumulates more debt to China (and elsewhere) via the Federal Reserve. Today’s President and Congress, far more than any in American (or human) history, borrows — literally — as if there’s no tomorrow; and acts as if this is perfectly reasonable behavior which need never change. $17 trillion in debt? $177 trillion in debt? $999 trillion in debt?… Continue reading