Dr Michael Hurd

Exasperated people who favor liberty and individual rights, but who also favor separation of church and state, often say to me: "Why is this our choice? Why do we have the socialist Obama on the one side, and the religiously insane Michele Bachmann on the other? Why...

People tend to blame bad business decisions on capitalism. For example, some business owners treat their employees poorly and would advance their own interests better by treating their employees well. Happy employees tend to lead to happy customers, which means more...

We're told that the riots throughout the U.K. are the fault of people who cut social service programs. The implication is clear. To those who teach and rule us, in academia and government, these riots are justified. Here's a question nobody has yet asked: What is to...

"We've always been, and always will be, a triple-A country." So said Barack in a pep talk after the latest financial meltdown. Nobody listened. But probably most people agree. This statement epitomizes why Obama's presidency is failing miserably, and why America's...

The downgrade in America's credit rating for the first time in history could be a good thing -- if the American people, and not just their politicians, learn from it. Actually, the politicians (the great majority of them, at least) will learn nothing from it. Each...

On TV crime and court shows, you sometimes see the attorney, during a trial, say something outrageous and indefensible. The opposing attorney immediately objects and the judge backs up the objection. The attorney who said the outrageous statement replies, "Withdrawn."...

Academy award-winning actor Matt Damon said he is "so disgusted" with what's happening in Washington over the debt limit, claiming that the Tea Party is "willing to drive it all off a cliff" and adding that it's "criminal" the wealthy are not paying higher taxes. "I'm...

Newsmax.com reports that more than half of all voters do not trust President Barack Obama to lead America back to economic prosperity. And the young who turned out in such great numbers for Obama in 2008 have even less confidence in him than those in any other age...

The liberal left and establishment right keep complaining that the Tea Party "doesn't understand compromise" or isn't "willing to compromise." This immediately raises the question: Compromise WHAT, exactly? A compromise, in or out of politics, refers to a deal between...

Whenever conventional career politicians such as Joe Biden declare, "It's a compromise," and claim that's a good thing -- hold onto your wallets and purses. In this compromise, Barack Obama got the most important thing he wanted:Extension of the debt limit into 2013,...

Obama’s moves to the right in the budget negotiations are creating dissension within the Democratic Party, according to The New York Times. Republicans have changed the terms of the debate over the size and role of the federal government, and the president has...

According to nearly everyone, the downgrading in American credit is the fault of the Tea Party Republicans. "If they weren't so partisan and ideological," the conventional "wisdom" spouted by academia and the media goes, "then we wouldn't be in this mess." Oh, really?...

There are essentially two parties in Congress today. One is the liberal-socialist Democrat-Republican party. These consist of all Democrats plus most of the Senate Republicans, leaving aside the Tea Party Republican Senators elected in 2010. The second party consists...

??Liberal humorist Daniel Kurtzman considers the following 10 quotes by Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann to be "stupid." Let's see how stupid they really are. 1. "I find it interesting that it was back in the 1970s that the swine flu broke out under...

Most people talk about raising the debt limit as if it's the self-evidently responsible thing to do. Obama and the Democrats, in particular, keep emphasizing that America must "honor its obligation." This would be like a long-term heroin addict lecturing his suppliers...

There are a few decent politicians in Washington D.C. -- a few, but not many. The standard of decency refers to politicians who care about the Constitution and individual rights, rather than a career in personal power. One of these is Senator Jim DeMint of South...

Saying that it is “unfair for taxpayers to continue to foot the bill for welfare recipients who participate in illicit drug activity,” Florida Governor Rick Scott has signed into law a controversial drug screening law for those applying for welfare,...