Dr Michael Hurd

From an A.P. report: "Two former presidents -- one Republican, the other a Democrat -- will chair a new national institute to promote civility in political discourse in the city where U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was severely wounded in a shooting rampage that left...

The welfare state is cracking apart. It has run out of money. Most people want the supposed benefits of a welfare state; nearly everybody welcomes something for nothing. But increasingly, it's apparent to all involved that you can't get something for nothing. And when...

A study by Jonathan Gruber, an MIT professor, found that replacing the individual mandate in ObamaCare, as suggested by many opponents of the law, would significantly erode the coverage gains from the law and raise premiums for health care consumers. Representatives...

Regarding the budget crisis, some liberal was said to ask, "What kind of priorities do Republicans have -- using a weed whacker to the education budget, while allowing well-off people to still have tax deductions on their second homes?" The question is intended to...

The battle between the governor of Wisconsin and his state employees illustrates the case for capitalism -- and against government-run monopolies. Government employees hold a monopoly -- or at least a strong advantage -- in the provision of certain services. Over...

Partisanship, we're told, is always wrong. What is "partisanship"? Superficially, it's the difference between Republicans and Democrats. The deeper issue implied is: Principle. The assumption (a false one) is that Republicans and Democrats have different principles....

Obama's new budget, while calling for a phony "spending freeze" in actuality calls for spending increases in areas of education, biomedical research and high speed rail. This is because Obama judges these areas as important for the ability of the United States to stay...

Fox News reports: "Government has a responsibility to make the U.S. the best place in the world to do business, but companies have a responsibility to invest in the nation's future by keeping jobs here, hiring American workers and paying decent wages, President Obama...

Fox News reports: "Government has a responsibility to make the U.S. the best place in the world to do business, but companies have a responsibility to invest in the nation's future by keeping jobs here, hiring American workers and paying decent wages, President Obama...

There are two ways to be an achiever. One type of achiever is trying to impress others; the other is simply trying to achieve. The second type gets more done. Why? Because his focus is exclusively on getting the job done right. It doesn't occur to him to worry about...

Barack Obama says that it's up to the Egyptian people to decide what form of government they want. But what if the Egyptian people wanted a Hitler? Or apartheid, the racist government that once controlled South Africa? Is something right and moral just because a...

Many reports coming out of Egypt suggest the battle is not one for Islamic fundamentalist rule -- so often the case in the Middle East -- but rather one in favor of  "liberty" and freedom from the rule of a 30-year presidency in which the leader refuses to ever...

Paul Krugman, the intellectual apostle of liberal-left socialism in the United States, recently wrote the following in The New York Times: "One side of American politics considers the modern welfare state . . .morally superior to the capitalism red in tooth and claw...

Obama is about to give his "State of the Union" address. His themes will reportedly be government "investment" in the economy, advancement of the "American family," and a restoration of "civility" to society. Obama has declared that job creation is the # 1 priority....

I received a letter from a reader I'd like to share, in edited form: Hello Dr.Hurd, I have seen the decline of socialism in Poland. I was born in 1956 and left Poland in 1982 for good. I now live in Canada with socialized medicine, but that is changing because it is...

The hypocrisy, inconsistency and general idiocy of our age -- a "liberal" age -- knows no limits. Consider liberal/socialist outrage over Walmart. Walmart, liberals argue, is greedy and exploits its workers by not paying them what they consider enough. How much is...