Dr Michael Hurd

Earth to Patricia Arquette: Individual Achievement Trumps Gender

Arquette is trying to confuse two different issues here. One is equality under the law and the other is equality of outcome. She’s lumping the two together and acting as if they’re the same. But they’re not.

Obama’s Crusade To Give Militant Islam A Free Pass

“The medieval Christian threat is under control, Mr. President. Please deal with the radical Islamic threat today.”

Chapel Hill and “Hate” Crimes vs. “Regular” Crimes

There should not be politically correct or incorrect crimes in the first place. There should only be crimes.

Cheap Education … For Free

Government freebies foster mediocre education — and expensive mediocre education, at that.

Obama Stomps His Foot Over Netanyahu

Israel is not an enemy. This shouldn’t even be a squabble in the first place.

Anti-Capitalism: What Republicans and Democrats Have in Common

What do Republicans and Democrats have in common? They both grow the government.

The Real Reason Ferguson Burns

The moment we start taking seriously the idea that there are different kinds of reality and therefore different kinds of reason to apply to different “realities,” (black, white, female, whatever), then civilization is truly on its way out.

Jeb Bush Shows Why Republicans Are Still “The Stupid Party”

You can’t have it both ways, Jeb. Either the federal government controls the whole thing, or it doesn’t.

How to Solve the Problem of Religious Conservatives

The assertion of individual rights would solve all disputes between social conservatives and their opponents.

Why “Progressive” Is Anything But

Hope and change? Not until we start to define “progress” differently.

“Hope and Change” Go Splat

Two years ago, Obama should have been rebuked but instead was reelected. Last night, he finally got the rebuke he deserved.

What Does Ben Affleck’s Defense of Islam Reveal?

Islam’s promotion of Sharia Law involves imposing the will of Islamic authorities on all the governments in the world.

The College Education Bubble

Government intervention has done for the higher educational marketplace what it did for the real estate marketplace a decade back — created a bubble.

The Death of Robin Williams

In the end, it’s not how you die that matters at all; it’s how you live.

Slave Reparations: Coming Next?

Why should present-day white Americans, who had nothing to do with slavery in the 19th Century, be forced to pay higher taxes and sacrifice their own well-being because of injustice never personally committed by them?

The Psychology of Obama

Perhaps we should be grateful that Obama has not done more damage to the nation than he already has.

IRS Chief Lois Lerner: A Progressive Hero?

If the purpose of government is to spread the wealth and attempt to distribute the good life to everyone equally, then Lois Lerner was doing what she had to do. By that standard, she was even a hero.

Immigration and Economic Growth

Immigration is not a cause of economic growth. It’s primarily a byproduct.

GOP Suicide Mission

Where it really counts, Republicans differ little from Democrats.

The Dangers of Rick Santorum’s Blue Collar Conservatism

Rick Santorum is a different kind of Obama. Were it not for his hostility to gays and abortion, Rick Santorum would be perfectly at home in the Democratic Party.

Why Marijuana Should Be Legal

Legalizing pot, by itself, won’t change a thing. Until or unless we understand why marijuana should be legal, it’s futile to support its legalization.

The Problem With Cliven Bundy

The problem with our big, expansive federal government which denies individual rights every day is that it ultimately leads to disputes of this kind.

Feminism Submits to Islam

Where are the feminists outraged by the Brandeis decision?

Putin Parties Like It’s 1959

The best thing America could do for the Ukraine, or any other victim of totalitarian repression, is to make the world safe for freedom, private property and individual rights.