Dr Michael Hurd

The Economic System That Time Forgot

Rubio perpetuates exactly what’s wrong. He assumes, like Obama, that what we have is a mostly free enterprise system. But we don’t.

Columbine Survivor Asks the Hard Questions About Guns

It’s amazing. When Hollywood celebrities who support gun control or gun bans advocate these policies, we’re supposed to humbly and uncritically listen. Even when some celebrities, such as Rosie O’Donnell, support gun bans while claiming special exceptions for...

Dictatorship? Not a Problem

According to The Wall Street Journal, Secretary of Defense nominee Chuck Hagel, during his hearings, had to backtrack on an especially embarrassing assertion that Iran's rulers are "legitimate" and "elected." Hagel would never have said these things if he didn't mean...

Education: “The Unfolding of the Human Soul”

The most important thing for a parent to remember is to teach his or her child to think. A reader once wrote me a note in which she elaborated on how she teaches her child to think in all kinds of ways. She discusses moral or other kinds of dilemmas in everyday life....

Obamacare: I Told You So (The First of Many)

I’d call it the law of unintended consequences, but actually such things are intended.

Obama’s Kind of Immigrants

If America were a totally free country – with no entitlement state, no “progressive” taxation, no socialized medicine and no Barack Obama issuing extra-Constitutional executive orders by whim and at gunpoint – immigration would not be a threat. In a free country,...

Why Neither Hillary Nor Barack Will Ever Be Blamed for Benghazi

I’m no fan of Republicans, because in their own way they do just as much damage to the country as Democrats. In a way, they do more damage. They practice the same Big Government policies as the Democrats, most of the time, and then a majority are misled into believing...

Why Whole Foods CEO John Mackey Was Right to Call Obamacare “Fascist”

Whole Foods co-CEO John Mackey recently backed off his description of Obamacare as “fascism.” Mackey stated, “I made a poor word choice to describe our health care system, which I definitely regret. The term fascism today stirs up too much negative emotion with its...

A Dictatorship—If You Can Keep It

The gathering Constitutional storm over Obama’s “gun grab” illustrates the power of principle. We’re constantly told, by both major parties, that principle does not matter. We’re led to believe that practicality consists of ignoring principles and ideology in favor of...

The Case for Optimism About America

Dear Dr. Hurd: I have been a fan for years – of your website and your books. I read “Grow Up America!” at in college and it was like spiritual fuel for a frustrated and misunderstood young man. I want to comment on the value of philosophy in moving the direction of...

Why Rage, Not Reason, Governs Support of Gun Control — and All Things Leftist

Psychiatrist Sarah Thompson, M.D., offers some fascinating insight into the rage people who support gun control often display in the face of opposition: It’s obvious that we live in a dangerous society, where criminals attack innocent people. Just about everyone has...

Dictatorship by Executive Order

We're told by our rulers that guns must be outlawed, in order to eliminate violence. What they don't tell us is how taking guns away from nonviolent people will help end the crime of violent people. Criminals, by definition, have no regard for the law. Why does it...

Depardieu is Right: Social Democrats Spit on Success

CNN.com reports: France's socialist administration wants to raise taxes on citizens earning more than 1 million euros ($1.3 million) annually to 75%. The Russian Federation has a flat income tax rate of 13%, RIA Novosti reported. France's constitutional council struck...

Why Obama Wants an Anti-Gay Defense Secretary

Barack Obama wants to appoint an anti-gay former U.S. Senator, Chuck Hagel, as the next Defense Secretary. Back in the Clinton Administration, Hagel opposed the appointment of an openly gay man to be ambassador to Luxembourg. At the time, Hagel said: “They...

The Arrogant Ignorance of Supporting a Ban on Guns

The arguments for gun control or gun confiscation basically boil down to this: "If guns were illegal, they would not be available. If they weren't available, people like that crazy killer in Connecticut would not be able to use them." This assumes that a crazy...

Hey President Obama: It’s Not Your Money

Politicians of both parties are doing what they do best: Congratulating themselves on their achievement (at least temporarily) to break “gridlock” in the Senate and move a fiscal bill forward that satisfies both parties. The nation’s court jester, Joe Biden, claims...

The Profit Motive is Good; The Loss and Theft Motive is Evil

Obama and his wife, call for service to replace the motive of profit. Yet if money and profit are so bad, why do those seeking the trillions in redistributed wealth want it so badly?

Magical Thinking Won’t Stop the Layoffs

Associated Press and FoxNews.com reports: Medical supply giant Stryker is the latest company to announce job cuts in anticipation of coming costs associated with Obamacare, even though the man who inherited a fortune from the company's founder is a fan. The company...

Fear: The Great Inhibitor

Fear is the great inhibitor. When rational, fear is life-serving and life-protecting. However, the purpose of fear is avoidance. You rationally avoid things in order to obtain what life has to offer. You avoid an oncoming car when crossing a street in order to survive...

America’s Bad Marriage

Being wrong tends to lead people to become defensive. Defensiveness and hostility, frozen in place in a person's mind, leads to irrational stubbornness and intellectual dishonesty. This is what happens in the demise of many marriages and relationships, or even...