Author Archives: David Hall

About David Hall

By Dr. David Hall. Dr. Hall runs The Website Factory, a digital marketing agency. He has had a long-standing interest in politics. As a college student he was Utah State Chairman for both Young Americans for Freedom and Youth for Nixon, and toyed with the idea of a political career.

Social Business – a concept fraught with doubletalk, and the soft-pedalling of coercion

I learned of an interesting book by Muhammad Yunus, Building Social Business – The New Kind of Capitalism that Serves Humanity’s Most Pressing Needs. So I looked it up on Amazon. I was intrigued by the book and also by … Continue reading

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Mormons and Moderates – and the defeat of Russell Pearce

I was sad to see the defeat of Russell Pearce in his bid to get back into the Arizona State Senate, losing his primary election to Republican businessman Bob Worsley, 56% to 44%. Some very good people voted against him. … Continue reading

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Driver flips off LDS missionaries, and his car is flipped

I ran into this news item today, published several days ago. It was in Greencastle, Indiana, a small city southwest of Indianapolis, and the home of DePauw University. Elder Scott Brezenski and Elder Myles Anderton, Mormon missionaries, were walking on … Continue reading

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Tea Party candidates for Precinct committee people in Mesa’s Arboleda Precinct

When I arrived at my polling place in the Arboleda Precinct in Mesa this morning, Russell Pearce was there greeting people. I shook his hand, told him he had my vote, and he handed me a card with a list … Continue reading

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Sarah Palin, Jeff Flake, and Kirk Adams – sorting it all out

I just found a posting from about ten days ago on the Gilbert Watch blog: Randy Hatch, Chairman of AZ Red Mountain Tea Party, speaks out. I basically agree with most of the conclusions, but it shows a political naiveté … Continue reading

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Why Michelle does not accompany her husband (not a joke)

I had an e-mail forwarded to me from my sister-in-law with this subject line. Here is some of what the e-mail said in the first paragraph: “If you check President Obama’s last trip overseas, his wife left just after their … Continue reading

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Kirk Adams doesn’t fool the local Tea Parties

I got a robocall today from Pat Boone asking me to vote for Kirk Adams. Sorry, Pat – I respect you, but you don’t know our candidates personally, and you missed this one. I know how these national endorsements work. … Continue reading

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Adam Smith’s Chick-fil-A rant and the Family Research Council shooting – examples of intolerance from proponents of gay rights

When Adam Smith, CFO/Treasurer for Vante Vision Center in Tucson, decided to berate a Chick-fil-A employee over her company president’s stance for traditional marriage and to record it for YouTube, he did not realize the firestorm he would start or … Continue reading

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The US financial death spiral

The other day, Mark Levin brought to the attention of his audience an article that appeared a couple of weeks ago on the financial blog, “Money Morning,” written by Terry Weiss. He quotes Richard Duncan, formerly of the World Bank … Continue reading

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What is a Chick-fil-A conservative (A Captain Moroni conservative)?

Thanks to the Left, I have discovered Chick-fil-A. I had never eaten at a Chick-fil-A before, but had to, once they became a target of the Left. Which got me to reflecting – your attitude toward Chick-fil-A is a good … Continue reading

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The pro-gay marriage speech police are at it again

Too many people in this country are still under the dangerous illusion that legalizing gay marriage would be an act of tolerance. As I wrote earlier this year, legalizing gay marriage would unleash a torrent of intolerance. And this is … Continue reading

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For McCain, political opportunism trumps character in attack on Bachmann

John McCain, last week, took to the floor of the Senate to condemn an investigation by Michele Bachmann and four other members of the House Intelligence Committee: Louie Gohmert, Lynn Westmoreland, Trent Franks, and Thomas Rooney. Here is what he … Continue reading

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