Dr Michael Hurd

"Liberty and license are not the same thing." I hear this all the time. My response is, "Oh, really?" As I see it, liberty and license are the same thing. Liberty is the license to do whatever your own mind tells you makes sense to do. Likewise, liberty is the license...

?I keep hearing people who oppose "tax cuts for the rich" complaining that we're "giving" money to these rich people. This is a dishonest distortion of epic proportions. It's the distortion that makes our whole wretched welfare-regulatory state possible. The person...

Kathleen Parker of The Washington Post, writing of how the national debt could soon reach 90 percent of the gross national product, stated the following: "Pending catastrophe is not an easy notion to entertain, much less sustain. Americans moreover have a low...

Beware of people who misuse the word "help." They will say, "You need to get help." What they really mean, in most cases, is, "I want you to change." Instead of taking responsibility for telling you what they think you objectively need to change, they simply resort to...

Q: I read your website on a regular basis, and I really value your opinion on a variety of issues. I have one question regarding one of your recent blogs on entitlement. Do you think it's possible, through education of some sort, to cure America's sense of...

For years, members of the liberal socialist left have claimed that anyone who disagrees with them—including secular advocates of capitalism, individual rights and limited government—will deliver us into the hands of a religious dictatorship. Enter Barack...

Under a dictatorship, it's easy to blame the dictator for all the pain and trouble in the society under his rule. In a democratic republic, you have to blame the people who vote for the reprehensible leaders. Let me explain. In poll after poll, a clear majority of...

Personal responsibility and mental health are closely interconnected. You don't have one without the other. Case in point: The false, but widely held, notion that other people can "make" you feel a certain way. Not true! When you feel a certain way, it's because of an...

I recently heard a congressman complain that difficult budget choices have to be made "because we don't have unlimited resources." Actually, a free country grounded in rationality and which embraces capitalism does enjoy the potential for unlimited development,...

It's amazing how liberals try to use guilt against non-liberals when it comes to reducing the size of government. The classic ploy, and one they're using now, is use of the term: "Obstruct." It's wrong, they claim, for anybody to try to obstruct what Obama is doing....

A fable, to be told centuries in the future: "Let me tell you a story. A long, long time ago there was a great civilization. For several centuries, the civilization flourished. People enjoyed liberty and prosperity human beings never considered possible, nor even...

The experts scratch their heads and wonder, "Why would the dictator of North Korea want a war?" My question is: Why wouldn't he? From a dictator's point-of-view, the overriding goal is always: Power. That is, power for its own sake. For a century, the United States...

The overriding goal of psychotherapy, and mental health more generally, is thought to be: Feeling good. In the realm of self-esteem, the goal is thought to be: Feeling good about yourself. In the realm of emotions and depression, the goal is thought to be: Simply...

When Obama assumed the Presidency, he promised "change." For the most part, he gave us more -- a lot more -- of the same socialism and deficit spending we got under the Bush Administration. One area in which Obama has delivered change is the way that we treat enemy...

In the past, it was the Boston Tea Party. This was a way for early American citizens to raise a ruckus against the oppression of the British Big Government. Ironically, those same Americans went on to create their own government, checked by a Constitution that would...

?Here are some additional arguments for Republicans seeking to not raise taxes: "The rich" are people too. Your rights don't arbitrarily end at a certain income level. It's bad enough that tax rates are higher for people who make more money. This is punishment of the...

One of the dirty little secrets of Obama’s health “care” debacle is that Medicare reimbursement rates are set to go down for all health care providers effective December 1. This means that the medical professionals to whom you trust your health, and,...

Here are some additional arguments for Republicans seeking to not raise taxes: "The rich" are people too. Your rights don't arbitrarily end at a certain income level. It's bad enough that tax rates are higher for people who make more money. This is punishment of the...