Bryan Hyde

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- We all have a tendency to wait for someone with superior knowledge, courage or morality to ride to our rescue and save the day. But the painful truth is that’s not going to happen. And that’s not a bad thing. It simply ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- None of us wants to believe that we could ever do truly monstrous things. At the same time, we’re often quite comfortable with acting like lesser monsters when we think we’re right. Or when we respond in kind when someone else is in monster mode. The truth ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- If you’re beginning to burn out on the negativity and divisiveness that is dominating public discourse these days, there’s a simple solution. Stop buying into the idea that politics is the prime motivator of all that is taking place around us.  Instead, ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- The internet is easily the most disruptive technology that most of us have seen within our lifetimes. Few of us could have imagined how it would be put to use or the innovation it would inspire. Just consider how much of our communications, our commerce, our record-keeping and information seeking are tied to the internet and how different our lives would be without it .

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- When it comes to finding happiness, one of the most important truths we can grasp is that comparing ourselves to others is the surest way to become unhappy. There’s a standard script that most of us were raised to follow.  Go ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- Black Friday sales are becoming synonymous with combat shopping, complete with stampedes, shoving and fistfights. It wasn’t always this way. Watch news coverage from the 80s and 90s and you’ll notice that Black Friday shoppers were plentiful, but orderly and people actually seemed to be enjoying themselves. There was ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- You’ve likely noticed how we are constantly being reminded of the evil or the danger embodied by others and how this narrative is used to convince us to give certain people authority over us and our lives.  Conventional wisdom teaches us it is our duty to do so. Our news ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- Having a clearly defined set of principles can be simultaneously a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, knowing who we are and what we stand for can help us stand firm when the herd is being stampeded in a dangerous direction ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- There is a growing tendency to pretend that good and evil are simply outdated superstitions of a primitive past. Society seems to be losing its comprehension that not only do good and evil exist, but also that each of us has a personal stake in the battle ...

By Bryan Hyde COMMENTARY -- It used to be that a hero was celebrated for showing great strength or in performing actions far beyond what was expected.  The concept of heroism denoted an effort to exhibit real greatness in the battle of good against evil. Tru ...