Posts by Tom Quiner
Why high unemployment is here to stay
By Tom Quiner In a typical economic recovery, the economy starts growing and eventually job creation follows suit. I’m not overly optimistic about the likelihood of a robust surge in job creation because of Obamacare. Let’s say you’re a small business owner with 47 employees. Obamacare creates a disincentive to add new employees, because once…
Read MoreQuiner’s Diner most-hated posts of 2010
By Tom Quiner Quiner’s Diner presented 169 heaping helpings of conservative thought for your consumption in 2010. Rather than recap the best of the lot, I will instead recap the ones liberals seem to hate most (and ironically, conservatives love the most). Sometimes it’s nice to have leftovers! What is the truth? Liberals get very…
Read MoreNo Country for Christians
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcyLpTzsktA&feature=player_embedded] My new year was immediately jarred this morning with this report from CBS News: “At least 21 people are dead and nearly 80 wounded after a bomb exploded outside a Coptic Christian church in Alexandria, Egypt, early Saturday. Officials believe a suicide bomber attacked as worshippers were leaving a New Year’s…
Read MoreAre telabortions in compliance with the law?
By Tre Critelli In September of 2000, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the marketing and use of mifepristone (brand name Mifeprex, but commonly known as RU-486) for the termination of early intrauterine pregnancy, which is defined as a pregnancy of 49 days or less counting from the last menstrual period. The FDA conditioned the distribution of…
Read MoreThe Summer of Hope
By Tom Quiner [I was interviewed this morning on KWKY AM radio station about the new musical I am writing and producing, “The Pope of the People.” We begin rehearsals next week. Below is an excerpt from another interview on the subject. In addition, I am re-running the piece I wrote for the Des Moines…
Read MoreThe birth of the Christ
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYMRfTSVfaQ&feature=related] Enjoy a beautiful Amy Grant song, El Shaddai, with accompanying video from “Jesus of Nazareth.” Merry Christmas.
Read MoreAre Christians really mean and selfish?
By Tom Quiner “The more some people profess to be “Christians,” the meaner and selfish they seem. Their refrain seems to be, “It’s my money, and I know best how to spend it.” These are the words of a letter writer in this morning’s Des Moines Register. They reflect the thinking of the political Left…
Read MoreHallelujah!
By Tom Quiner It happened one day at a food court: a little spontaneous joy. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXh7JR9oKVE] Handel’s Messiah Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah For the lord God omnipotent reigneth Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah For the lord God omnipotent reigneth Hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah hallelujah For the lord God omnipotent reigneth Hallelujah…
Read MoreLiberals mock C.S. Lewis
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxfb1L-hMxU] My family can hardly wait to see the new Chronicles of Narnia movie, “The Voyage of the Dawn Treader.” This is the third installment in the classic series penned by the late C.S. Lewis. We are waiting for our married daughter to fly in so we can all see it together…
Read MoreWhy earmark restraint is vital
By Tom Quiner I began traveling regularly to New York City in 1989. I was struck by something amazing. As I drove from the LaGuardia Airport to Long Island, I saw abandoned cars everywhere. I saw cars that were burnt-out carcasses. Some sat on cinder blocks, stripped bare. They had clearly been there a long…
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