Dealing With a “Stalled” Relationship

…ult a decision as whether to buy a house or have a child, mutuality is the only way any personal relationship can stand the test of time. Trust, fidelity, love respect: Without mutuality, none of those things can exist.   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… Continue reading

Does Marriage Have to be a Full-Time Compromise?

…ce. You won’t eat somewhere you hate – that would be a sacrifice, but this compromise is made willingly. Compromises like this do not lead to resentment. You agree to them freely because you love someone. And, more importantly, you enjoy putting a smile on the face of the person you love. A quick little test is to ask yourself, “Is it more important for my partner to do such-and-such than it is for me NOT to?” If so, and assuming you love the pers… Continue reading

States Fudge the Coranavirus Numbers to Enhance Power

…alth department said.” [Story HERE] Once again: What motivates people who knowingly inflate numbers of a disease? It’s not science, that’s for sure. It’s the desire to create hysteria and expand power. That’s all it is.   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… Continue reading

Can We Agree to Disagree?

…This beats wasting precious hours doing something you don’t enjoy. When it comes to disagreement, it depends on the degree. For example, perhaps someone you know doesn’t believe in honesty, but you do. He lies whenever he feels like it. This can have very real consequences for your friendship. Why would you want to be friends with a liar? There are also political, religious or philosophical disagreements among friends. The reader asks at what poin… Continue reading

Hey, Teachers: No Work, No Pay

…e will not go back to work until we feel 100 percent sure nobody can ever, ever get a cold–and yes, that may be never. Oh, and we still want full pay and benefits. Forever.” I say let’s defund these schools until further notice.   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. Al… Continue reading

Believe It Or Not: We’re Living in a Religious Dictatorship

…derlying today’s vitriolic condemnation and censorship by leftist cultural commandos could not hope to compete with the most conservative, supposedly bigoted Christian or conservative viewpoint today. I don’t know of any conservatives treating gays, lesbians, blacks or Hispanics with anything like the savage treatment leftists impose on their own, such as blacks or gays who support President Trump on any issue at all. Today’s leftism is a virulent… Continue reading

Mitt Romney, the Hollow Man, Bows to Trump’s Supreme Court Pick # 3

…subjective test of ‘fairness’ which, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder,” Romney said in a statement. “It is based on the immutable fairness of following the law, which in this case is the Constitution and precedent.”     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. Al… Continue reading

Why Leftists Sneer at President Trump’s COVID Diagnosis

…would bring is stagnation, starvation, despair, repression and conformity. Communism means the ABSENCE of value. Communism relies on destruction in order to make everything level. That’s why they sneer, jeer and celebrate when a man who actually stands for something virtuous becomes vulnerable. It’s revealing. Leftists proclaim a love of mankind, diversity and equality. In reality, they are riddled and torn apart by venom and hatred. They have NOT… Continue reading

Career: The Job You “Marry”

…ximize their need to lead meaningful and productive lives. Only free and private economies grow; and individuals only have a chance of growing and flourishing under freedom. In a society with insufficient or even no freedom, the quest to restore or initiate freedom may become a meaningful career choice in itself.   Be sure to “friend” Dr. Hurd on Facebook. Search under “Michael Hurd” (Rehoboth Beach DE). Get up-to-the-minute postings, recommended… Continue reading

Has Civil War II Already Started?

…ears ago. It solidified during Obama. All that conservatives have left are freedom of religion (with most churches still shut down); nominal freedom of speech (with social media literally acting like government censors); and, still by and large, the actual right to own a gun. Right now, it looks like the shadow of a real, totalitarian dictatorship descending over America. Perhaps that’s where it will end. Maybe everyone, including the millions of… Continue reading

Critical Thinking: Its Absence is the REAL Virus of Our Time

…virus from me. How can both things be true, if masks prevent the spread?” “Tests for COVID often report false positives. Nevertheless, all positive test results are labeled (by governments) as cases of COVID. You are considered a ‘case’ of COVID even if you have no symptoms — and perhaps never will have symptoms. In research, and in hospitals or medical centers, ‘cases’ refer to illnesses where people actually are symptomatic. Doesn’t it distort r… Continue reading

HOA Meetings and the Problem of Difficult People

…ation, power often includes a desire to get reactions from other people. A comedian, for example, elicits reactions through professional techniques that bring joy to people. Your power-hungry condo president, on the other hand, just wants to get a reaction, not really for any constructive purpose. Why? Because it makes him feel alive. Neurotic, unhealthy behavior is fueled in part by a need to shock, anger or irritate others just for the sake of d… Continue reading