by Dr Michael Hurd | Aug 25, 2011 | POLITICS
“Returning from the farce of coronation, Captain [John] Smith set himself to work to overcome the obstacles that beset the path of the man who ruled the community with intent to set the colony in the right way. Chief and most grievous was the communistic idea... by Dr Michael Hurd | Aug 24, 2011 | POLITICS
Why Obama Cannot and Will Never Lead by Michael J. Hurd Ph.D. Critics are saying that Obama must display “leadership.” So far, he has failed to do so, they claim. This is true enough. But what exactly is leadership? Leadership implies a direction. The... by Amit Ghate | Aug 24, 2011 | Economics, Taxation
Remember when President Obama and his team promised that if only we passed an emergency “stimulus” bill allowing them to wantonly spend $787 billion, unemployment would be capped at 8%? Two years later, having soared as high as 9.8%, July’s unemployment rate stands at... by Dr Michael Hurd | Aug 23, 2011 | POLITICS
The President and his friends in the media blame the Tea Party, who got none of the spending cuts they wanted in the phony budget “compromise,” for the subsequent slide of the stock market and the growing debt crisis in the U.S. Yet it’s interesting... by Dr Michael Hurd | Aug 21, 2011 | POLITICS
Is arrogance the opposite of modesty? First, we have to define “arrogance.” Merriam-Webster dictionary defines arrogance as, “an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions.” The... by Richard E. Ralston | Aug 19, 2011 | Healthcare
On many levels, Medicare is a fraud and a hoax. So it is no surprise that the current debate, and the way the debate is reported, is not about whether Medicare delivers medical care at all, let alone its availability or quality. Many politicians value Medicare... by Damon Gonzalez Jr. | Aug 17, 2011 | POLITICS
If this latest “debt deal” was anything, it was certainly everything a “compromise” had to offer. While the original cut, cap, and balance plan was at least a step in the right direction, the underlying principles motivating the bill were... by Dr Michael Hurd | Aug 17, 2011 | POLITICS
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?... by Michael Pento | Aug 17, 2011 | Investing
Paul Krugman sounded the war cry this Sunday on Fareed Zakaria’s program Global Public Square. After all, he asserted, only spending equivalent to another World War could lead us back to prosperity. That, and a healthy dose of inflation. Krugman argued that...