Dr Michael Hurd

Obama’s Confusions Over Iran

Obama appears to believe that there’s no difference between a racist and totalitarian government like Iran wielding a nuclear weapon and a largely rights-respecting government like Israel (or the United States) having nuclear weapons.

Social Security is Not a “Promise” to Citizens

It’s important for citizens to understand — and face — the fact that the problems ailing Social Security are not primarily fiscal. The problems are moral.

A “Free” Education For You, Forcibly Paid For By Someone Else

Government force does not lead to high quality education. It leads to expensive and mediocre education.

Reason as an Absolute: The Answer To Islamic ‘Extremists’

Reason is the only antidote to militant, faith-based force.

The Difference Between Winning a Lottery vs. Building a Successful Business

Obama’s stereotype of all rich people as being “born” into it (hence the lottery analogy) betrays not only willful ignorance, but an irrational hatred of production and success.

Obama’s Hatred of Those Who Dare To Disagree With Him

The psychology of dictatorship flows from a hatred of dissension.

Obama’s Phobia of Ayn Rand

Capitalism is practical because it respects the sovereignty and efficacy of man’s mind and body.

The Lights of Times Square are a Beautiful Thing

There’s a lot more at stake in Times Square than the lights.

How the Unemployed Spend Their Days

If you’re presently working 40 or more hours a week, and are possibly part of the population paying taxes to the federal government, you might want to think about where those tax dollars are actually going — and what the people obtaining those tax dollars are quite often doing (or not doing) with their time.

Bosch Fawstin vs. Facebook and The Religion of “Peace”

The politically correct establishment, including those who run companies like Facebook, unfortunately have seen fit to shut down Fawstin’s Facebook account.

Rand Paul’s New Take on the First Amendment

In a consistently free society, government protects freedom of religion and freedom from religion — simultaneously.

“Provocation” IS Freedom of Speech

The next time someone tells you, “Freedom of speech does not warrant provocation,” then ask them what they plan to do when someone feels provoked by something they say.

Hatred of Mohammad … Or Love of Liberty?

Freedom of speech; separation of church and state. These are principles to cherish, not to denigrate. The true “haters” out there are the ones who shout the label of “hater” at anyone who dares to take a moment to stand up for them.

Anti-Discrimination Laws vs Freedom of Association

Anti-discrimination laws make life more difficult for the independent and self-responsible, while mainly helping out the litigious and the victim-oriented.

Entitled To Loot: Why Are There Riots in Baltimore?

Why are looters and rioters looting and rioting? The stale claims that it’s “racism” or lack of government funding simply do not ring true. It must be something else.

The Mayor of Baltimore’s Not-So-Freudian Slip

People have to reexamine everything, and soon, if cities like Baltimore are ever to turn around and have a chance.

It Takes a Village … to Arrest Parents for No Reason

By what standard of rationality or fairness do we look at society as a “village” where some members may impose their will on other members regarding matters of raising children?

Is America a Christian nation?

Religion has no place in government.

Environmentalists Spoil The Planet For Human Beings

Environmentalism is, at its core, a religious fanaticism against technology, industry and progress.

Rand Paul’s Foreign Policy

Without question we must be strong. Without question we must defend ourselves. I envision an America with a national defense unparalleled, undefeatable and unencumbered by nation-building. I envision a national defense that promotes, as Reagan put it, peace through strength.”