Dr Michael Hurd

It’s something beyond sickening to hear the news media fawn, almost in admiration, at how Saddam Hussein “still has spirit” and “found his way” under difficult circumstances in court today. Dan Rather’s gentle tone is particularly...

Why has the country gone so crazy over Ronald Reagan? Back in 1982, President Reagan boldly told the world in a speech that Communism would end up on “the ash heap of history.” At the time most considered this wildly optimistic; seven years later it was...

Q: John Kerry is floating Senator John McCain’s name as a possible Secretary of Defense. John McCain is a hawkish Republican. How does this square with Kerry being a pacifist, like you claim? A: First of all, you believe Kerry; how wise is it to believe most...

Q: Dr. Hurd, on your article on gay associations, what reasons would you have if a person wanted to have an “association” with a parent, a sibling, a cousin or a minor? Where would you draw the line and what reasoning would you use to make this conclusion...

Q: I need the spirit of optimism in daily news analysis. Is there something wrong with me that I need to hear good things from other people? A: Not at all. A news commentary should tell you that there’s hope, if there is hope. At the same time, a news commentary...

Q: Why do you think President Bush is making Constitutional opposition to gay marriage such a priority? I’m much more concerned about lowering taxes further and cutting the role of government in our lives. What gives? A: I blame it all on religion and...

John Kerry and his wife, Teresa, are worth an estimated $500 million. Along with a $35 million private Gulfstream V jet and an $800,000 boat, they own five homes in the U.S. (Source: MSNBC.com) Just what we need: more guilty liberals. Much is made about...

John Kerry keeps talking about young people “giving something back.” Exactly what did young people take away and from whom did they take it? What is the factual basis for such an accusation? And why is it so general, applied to the whole population of...

Q: I agree with you that President Bush is a conservative who embodies yesterday’s liberals, as exemplified by his massive domestic spending, expansion of Medicare, campaign finance reform, etc. But don’t you think this is just his political opportunism at...

Is gay marriage a Constitutional, individual right?

Q: As you argue, the only proper role of government is to protect our individual rights against fraud and brutality, foreign and domestic. At what point does government intervention “cross the line”? One is not allowed to commit slander (or libel), but...

Q: What do you think of hunting and killing animals? And should it be legal? A: Frankly, I find it rather depraved to hunt and kill animals for the sake of sport. Don’t misunderstand. Animals don’t have human rights and human beings have a right to kill...

Big-spending President Bush is at it again. His latest bright idea is to spend billions of tax dollars on job training programs. Democrats rage because this is their turf. Bush seeks to out-bid them. Lost in all this silliness are the important questions: What...

“Change is coming to America.” So says John Kerry, victorious in his quest for the Democratic nomination and anticipating victory against President Bush this fall. What change, exactly? President Bush expanded the welfare state a bit less than President...

President Bush, having spent trillions of young people’s dollars on the prescription drugs of old people, now wants to throw billions at an expanded space program. Now you won’t find a stronger advocate of space travel than myself. Space travel represents...