How’s Your First Amendment IQ?

…the right to petition, garnering only two percent. [from truthrevolt.org 9-18-15 and USAToday.com 9-17-15] The capacity to memorize the Constitution is not the big issue here. The big issue is whether people understand their rights — or even care that they have rights, at all. It’s distressing that only 33% of people can name even one right guaranteed by the First Amendment. Shouldn’t “freedom of speech” or freedom of the press come immediately t… Continue reading

Ben Carson Hits an Islamic Nerve

…e is the evidence for this? Where are the mass movements of pro-America/pro-freedom/pro-reason Muslims who should be outraged by the misrepresentation of Islam by those who do everything in its name? Where are the vocal minority movements of Muslims who oppose all the violence, beheadings, moralistic shaming and cold-blooded intimidation perpetrated by this religion on a daily basis? I’ve heard of the concept “a silent majority.” But we cannot eve… Continue reading

Think Young, Age Gracefully! (DE Coast Press)

…f the house by noon every day. I don’t care whether it’s a get-together or simply to go to the store. I get out either way.” This man lost his wife when he was in his seventies, but despite the loss, he found a way to cope by employing this wise strategy. A friend who is now 104 years old (yup, 104!) tells me that the secret to successful aging is, “all in the head.” What she means is that you have to keep using your mind. She reads, visited museu… Continue reading

…months rose to 21 percent from 17.4 percent. The number of those expecting stock prices to be higher in the next year surged to 44.7 percent, the most upbeat reading since January 2004. Sentiment rose among 35- to 54-year-olds and was the highest since July 2007 among Americans 55 and older; confidence fell among those 35 and younger. http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/consumer-confidence-index-Twitter/2016/12/27/id/765811/… Continue reading

Spirit Airlines Mini-Riot in Ft. Lauderdale: Mob Psychology in Action

…f the group went along for the irrational ride, even though the reaction accomplished nothing and—left unchecked by police—could have led to injury, destruction and even death. Not to imply there were not legitimate things to be angry about here. If you pay for tickets to get you from one place to another by a particular time, it’s valid to feel there must be a good reason when you’re told that’s not going to happen. Any of us who have flown can g… Continue reading

The Lion Roars

…n politicians, including Presidents, have bowed in humility and blinked in compliance with the shaming and blaming of journalists who openly take a side on every issue in the name of “objectivity”. Not today. See for yourself here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c3IQUnyGps   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 dis… Continue reading

President Trump’s Speech Today on National Security: Insert Applause Here

…iendly nations such as Pakistan. America’s government and politicians have completely lost sight of the Constitution, and both the spirit and the letter of what America’s purpose was always supposed to be, a free country with respect for its own borders, boundaries and principles. A nation without borders is not a nation. Obvious, but totally denied by the last President. Defense matters. It’s the primary if not exclusive mandate for the federal g… Continue reading

What’s Up With the Super Bowl Rioting in Philadelphia?

…heavy doses of alcohol and entitlement psychology, and there you have it.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMbnke7Ud-M   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  … Continue reading

How and Why America Became “The Outrage Society”

…rted long before Donald Trump. Donald Trump’s brash and unapologetic style simply fuels their outrage. But the outrage was always there. Outrage is behind all political correctness. Political correctness always finds new things to be outraged about. The things cultural leftists get outraged about — reducing taxes, a strong military, deregulating business, defanging the environmentalist movement, national anthems at football games, “racism” and all… Continue reading

#WalkAway Campaign- WHY I LEFT LIBERALISM & THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY

…onality and the tyranny. TRUST ME. Listen to this short video. It says it all. #WalkAway   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Pjs7uoOkag   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

The Generation That Isn’t Growing Up: What’s Going On? (DE Coast Press)

…30s. They’re not ill, and they don’t abuse drugs or alcohol. Many of them completed college. They’re not particularly irresponsible, but they do seem frightened and insecure while—oddly enough —entitled to a level of comfort that nobody can attain as easily as they seem to assume. Even when grown kids are moved out and working, it’s typical for me to hear complaints from the older generation that we didn’t hear in the past. “My son [or daughter]… Continue reading