…re for them. Most of us take that for granted as normal, reasonable, and to-be-expected. But is it, really? Earlier generations of people — with far less technology and capacity than we have today — managed to learn to read, enjoy it and largely think for themselves. What happened? Can we really blame it all on technology? Or is the abuse of technology at the expense of reading a symptom of a deeper problem, a problem in which federalized, command… Continue reading →

…hat owning a home isn’t for everyone. “There is an argument for helping low-income people get a house. I think it makes them feel better about their attachment to this country and themselves,” Shiller said. Actually, there is no argument either for or against “helping low-income people get a house.” This is not the concern of a government. This might be the perfectly legitimate concern of a charity, e.g., someone with a ton of money he or she plan… Continue reading →

…e with progressive-liberals like Cuomo that homosexuality and abortion are completely moral. But I have no desire whatsoever to shut down the printing presses, websites or broadcasting stations of people who disagree with me on those subjects (or any other subject). In a society where free speech is curbed or eliminated, such other freedoms are meaningless and pointless anyway. As someone who probably agrees with Cuomo on more social issues than n… Continue reading →

…the mental health toll on people who live in brazenly and historically non-free countries like Russia, Cuba, North Korea or China. But people in mostly free nations now must adjust to the fact that they have no control or say over their lives — not any longer. All the government has to do is say, “There’s a flu out there!” and that’s reason enough for the government to do absolutely anything it wishes, any time it wishes, to whomever it wishes. F… Continue reading →

…hell of a lot closer to the ideal of free trade for all than anything we have seen for quite awhile in the USA. For now, I’ll take it.   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 →

…nt from how it has ever been in America. The socialist, Communist left has completely taken over the Democratic Party. And the Democratic Party has completely taken over every dimension of government and culture. We are in the midst of our own Maoist cultural revolution. In practice, this means that people flooding to America are flooding in to the largest, richest land of freebies and socialistic redistribution in the history of mankind. They are… Continue reading →

…y. Instead of wanting the best and the brightest to be free to flourish, accomplish and make money, probably about half the country resents them and wants them hampered in their efforts. To them, it feels good to see the successful brought down a notch. And what does this accomplish, exactly? These attitudes are not the emotions and viewpoints of a nation that will be free. If America is to reverse course in its political policies, it will first h… Continue reading →