Posts by Tom Quiner
Does the President have common sense?
By Tom Quiner An earnest Obama supporter looked me in the eyes shortly after the last election and said, “Obama, he’s just smarter than the rest of us.” End of story. In other words, there’s no further debate necessary. If one disagrees with President Obama, they’re wrong, because Mr. Obama is smarter than the rest…
Read MoreBe Kind
By Tom Quiner I’d like to talk about two persons, both nameless. Before I talk about them, let me share two things, or rather two ideas. The first idea comes from the man who help to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science. His name is Plato. As you know, he is the famous…
Read MoreModern Auschwitz
By Tom Quiner The Nazis exterminated 4 million human beings in Auschwitz. Pope John Paul II visited the site on June 8th, 1979. His remarks are immediately relevant. The late-great John Paul said: “Can it still be a surprise to anyone that the Pope born and brought up in this land, the Pope who came…
Read MoreDo you believe in miracles?
By Tom Quiner A miracle may have recently taken place. I will tell you about it in a moment. But first, I’d like you to ask yourself: are miracles really possible? And if they are possible, have they ever really occurred? There are four possibilities as postulated by Dr. Peter Kreeft, professor of philosophy at…
Read MoreThis isn’t heaven, it’s Neola, Iowa!
By Bob Zimmerman [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZGhzLewsjo] Aerial footage of Neola taken by Bob Zimmerman’s model airplane on an early summer morning. Read Bob’s story here: https://quinersdiner.com/religion-2/faith-stories/bob-zimmerman/
Read MoreBe not indifferent
By Tom Quiner “Never again.” That was the pledge the world made following the Holocaust. Six million Jews were murdered by the Nazi regime in the late 1930’s through 1945. They were killed out of hatred. Even the moral relativists of today grudgingly admit that the Holocaust was an evil act. Has the civilized world…
Read MoreWhy are liberals against Israel?
By Tom Quiner Jew hatred is alive and well. Helen Thomas, renowned liberal reporter for Hearst Newspapers, made the following statement: “I think the Jews should get the hell out of Palestine” and go back to Germany and Poland. Back to Germany, the home of the Holocaust. Back to Poland, the home of Auschwitz. Ms.…
Read MoreHope for Tomorrow
By Tom Quiner A proud country has been crushed by an evil adversary, beaten into the ground, one-fifth of their population killed in a mere six years. It gets worse. The county is then taken over by another, equally sinister country, one that, much like the soul-sucking Dementors in a Harry Potter book, attempts to…
Read MoreA Memorial Day tribute to two Presidents
By Tom Quiner This is a trivia quiz: who was the most unpopular President to ever leave office? Richard Nixon Harry Truman George W. Bush Herbert Hoover The answer is Harry Truman. His popularity rating was a scant 22 percent when he left office in 1952, worse even than President Nixon’s 24 percent at the…
Read MoreWas Sarah Palin right?
By Tom Quiner Let us revisit a notorious statement from last year: “The Democrats promise that a government health care system will reduce the cost of health care, but as the economist Thomas Sowell has pointed out, government health care will not reduce the cost; it will simply refuse to pay the cost. And who…
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