Iran Policy: “I’ll Think About That Tomorrow”

…run Iran have called the United States the “Great Satan” for the entire 30-plus years of their regime. They’re never going to like us. They don’t even like us now, since President Obama came to office and has done absolutely nothing other than extend olive branches to this cobra of a regime. AP goes on to report that the International Atomic Energy Agency said this week for the first time that Iran was suspected of conducting secret experiments w… Continue reading

Human Software and Hardware Two Different Things

…we are all hardware (i.e. brains) with no software. The truth is much more complex and much more magnificent than that. It’s a fact: Our emotions—such as anxiety—are the result of a complex array of thoughts, beliefs, ideas and (critically understood or not) underlying premises. One person views life as a vale of tears in which he’s hopelessly incapable of mastering his mind and his environment. His chronic emotional state is one of low self-confi… Continue reading

Food Stamp Withdrawal

…he citizens on government, thereby ensuring they will rule forever. Kudos to President Trump for reversing that trend, at least for now.   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 “Michael Hurd” on MeWe.    … Continue reading

“Pride Month” and the Experience of Living in Kindergarten Hell

for sure. Microsoft (and Google, Facebook, Twitter, all of you): Stick with what you know. And stay the hell away from my rights!     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, drmichaelhurd on Instagram…. Continue reading

“Purification” Through Regrets? I Don’t Think So

…impulses, or hard-wired. I don’t understand how a scientist could take this position, and I don’t understand why a layperson would want to do so. The only motive I can think of is a desire to acknowledge total helplessness over the content of one’s mind. To some, it’s somehow “easier” to simply say, “I can’t help it. It’s all hard-wired.” I guess this is just supernaturalism, twenty-first century style. How sad. In an odd kind of way, regrets are… Continue reading

The Nerve That Mitt Romney Struck

…act that this ship has long since sailed. The massive welfare state is not simply for the poor. Government has done its job, over the decades, to ensure that as many people and entities as possible are dependent on the federal government. The poor and the needy? They’re the least of it. Politicians, with the people’s consent, have made entire segments of the population—the middle class majority, and even some of the rich—dependent on government ba… Continue reading

Look Ma — No College!

…s costs. Why are colleges still in existence? If making a living is the criteria for success, then we already have alternatives on the horizon.     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, Drhurd on Parler, and see drmichae… Continue reading

Why the Republicans Are Losing

…e and Nancy Pelosi back as Speaker of the House. If this doesn’t spell the complete end of the American Republic, I don’t know what would. Romney’s and Ryan’s current strategy of arguing they “will save Medicare” is not doing much for them, nor for the cause of what’s left of economic freedom in the United States. You cannot fight socialism with modified socialism. If socialism is the best economic policy, then why choose watered down socialism ov… Continue reading

The Mind or the Tribe?

…NDS. Minds don’t work as collective entities. Yes, sometimes a group can accomplish more than just one person. But the group is only as valuable as the minds who inhabit it. Imagine you had to depend on others to save your life. Do you want to depend on a group of intellectually lazy, stupid conformists? Or do you want to depend on a brilliant genius who operates alone? Sure, there are third alternatives, such as a group of geniuses or a group of… Continue reading

A Free Market in Medicine Would Solve Our Problems

…aims, “We shouldn’t nationalize medicine piecemeal; we should take it over completely.” Ideologically, Sanders is completely wrong. People do not have a morally justifiable reason for using government to force others to pay for their health care. And if they already pay for their medical care through taxes, they have a right to opt for purchasing medical care on a free market instead. Doctors likewise have a moral right to sell their very importan… Continue reading