Quick Hitts

In 1973, I was a high school senior filling my schedule with easy classes. The cult I was in had been teaching me public speaking since I was 12, so I took a public speaking class to get an easy A. My final speech, for my final grade, was about why evolution was wrong and [...]

Check out the latest Quick Hitts Podcast: Figuring Our The Tea Party. Are they a great thing that will save us from creeping socialism, or a mass of misfits and whack-a-loons?

The newest Quick Hitts Podcast, “Ask Dave,” is now available for your listening pleasure.  It explains how people can believe the earth is 6,000 years old, why parents should buy red washcloths, and things to consider before naming your baby “Thor.”

One of the best ways to understand a country is through the eyes of a forginer. Their lack of familiarity with the place gives them a fresh perspective on a country that’s unavailable to people who were born there. We still rely on the writings of Alex de Tocqueville for the definitive description of early [...]

(This post, with just a bit more embellishment, is now available as a podcast.) Thursday night an ice storm hit the Northeast. Power flicked off and on a bit, but didn’t go off, and we went to bed. Friday morning, about 5:30, we were awakened by a squeal from the cellar. All the power was [...]

(This article is also available as an episode of the Quick Hitts Podcast, with a bit more commentary.) It started with the Helena fraud.  The city of Helena, Colorado, instituted a smoking ban, and then rescinded it six months later.  Two “researchers” claimed that during while the ban was in place heart attack admissions dropped [...]

There’s a new episode of the Quick Hitts Podcast available for your listening pleasure.  Get it while it’s hot and fresh. It’s titled – Bullies Always Win, because, well, they just do.  We see it around us every day – Banking Bullies, Stock Broker Bullies, Insurance Bullies, Lawyer Bullies and especially Government Bullies.  They may [...]