Posts by Tom Quiner
The rationale of health insurance reform
By Tom Quiner You, as a voter, are faced with two competing rationales when it comes to health insurance reform. The Democratic approach uses massive government control as being implemented in Obamacare. The Republican approach focuses on consumer control. Obamacare imposes a mandate on consumers. In other words, you will be required by law to…
Read MoreRomney is willing to retain parts of Obamacare
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5JjBHq8_0&feature=player_embedded] Mitt Romney appreciates aspects of Obamacare. This is understandable. After all, President Obama, Nancy Pelosi, and Harry Reid modeled Obamacare after Romneycare health insurance legislation enacted in Massachusetts when Mitt Romney was governor. Mr. Romney said his legislation provided consumers with “incentives” to purchase health insurance. This is a nicer word…
Read MoreWhy Saudis don’t want women to drive
By Tom Quiner The folks from News Busted offer up more politically-incorrect laughs in this week’s news report. Enjoy! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dR23viIpk4&feature=youtu.be]
Read MoreThe Rage Against God
By Tom Quiner [Writer Christopher Hitchens died yesterday. He gained notoriety in recent years for his attacks on religion and for his evangelical atheism. I am re-running a Quiner’s Diner post from last year that talks about Mr. Hitchen’s view point. I always enjoyed reading Mr. Hitchens, even when he infuriated me.] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5B1U2Y7KRw&feature=player_embedded] At the…
Read MoreFraudulent anti-Gingrich smear campaign continues
By Maggie Dewitte, Executive Director, Iowans for LIFE Last evening at the Des Moines, IA premiere of the new pro-life documentary Gift of Life with Governor Mike Huckabee, flyers were placed on cars outside the event. The flyers had disparaging remarks about presidential candidate Newt Gingrich. The flyers also claimed to be “Authorized and Paid…
Read MoreBeware misleading negative campaign phone calls
By Tom Quiner The negative campaigning begins. A group calling themselves Iowa Pro-Life Action is making robo calls suggesting that Newt Gingrich is not pro life. The Executive Director of Iowa Right to Life, the largest pro life group in the state, set the record straight with a press release today. Jenifer Bowen said: “A…
Read MoreThe case against reverse discrimination
By Tom Quiner Should we discriminate on the basis of race in college admissions? Let’s talk this through a minute. Most white Americans find the idea of racial discrimination repugnant. I think we feel shame for our past transgressions against our African-American brothers and sisters. And yet we feel pride for the way America stamped…
Read MoreRobust conservatism vs. mellow moderation
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Jzno_apP1Q&feature=player_embedded] Newt Gingrich represents robust conservatism. Mitt Romney represents mellow moderation. That’s how I see it based on their respective records. Mr. Romney has a splendid resume, but he’s a manager, not a visionary, a technocrat, not a general who will lead the charge against the radical liberalism choking America to death.…
Read MoreEven Democrats fear Big Government
By Tom Quiner Even as President Obama and former Speaker Nancy Pelosi commend the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement, rank and file Democrats are more fearful of Big Government than Big Business. Even as President Obama and his party call for an even bigger federal government, his Democratic base is not in agreement, according to…
Read MoreShould public policy be molded by religion?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71NT42QtD64] “We have to give voice in public policy to keeping with the values of the Word.” The person who made this comment was referring to the Gospel values embedded in Christianity. If I understand correctly, the speaker is saying that our faith must project its values onto the larger society by…
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