Politics
How not to end poverty
After a $15 trillion investment, has the war on poverty succeeded? By all accounts, it has not achieved what we had hoped it would …
Read MoreHow Republicans can derail Obamacare without 60 votes in the Senate
The Supreme Court’s decision yesterday spells the doom for Obamacare if Republicans win but 51 votes in the Senate. The death blow is the Court’s acknowledgement that the mandate is indeed a tax, not a penalty. The threat of a filibuster is removed. Here’s how …
Read MoreThomas Sowell decimates Obamacare in one sentence
The significance of yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling in three words
You can feel the vibe. You know what’s coming. You know it’s Friday and time for Jodi Miller, ace reporter for NewsBusted. The lead story is worth the price of admission alone. Jodi covers yesterday’s landmark Supreme Court decision. She reveals its significance with three words …
Read More3 positive take-away points from yesterday’s Supreme Court ruling
I oppose Obamacare. It is an immoral piece of legislative chutzpah that hides taxpayer-funded abortion in its 2700 pages of Rube Goldberg-inspired legalese. It has led to the imposition of services on Catholics and other people of faith that force them to violate their conscience or face severe sanctions from the State. And it was sold as a way to reduce our federal deficits. It turns out, according to the Congressional Budget Office, that the president and his party were wrong. Obamacare is going to bust our already shattered bank and grind us into the scrap heap of history. Nonetheless, there are three positives that I believe will flow from yesterday’s landmark Supreme Court decision …
Read MoreChoice reactions to today’s Supreme Court Obamacare ruling
Passions run deep. Quiner’s Diner gives you some juicy quotes from respected commentators on the scene. The most interesting was actually made 83 years by an Englishman named G.K. Chesterton. It is immediately relevant to today’s drama …
Read MoreThe Obamacare “no tax” con
Obamacare stands. In a narrow 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court upheld the key “mandate” provision. The mandate is the funding engine of this sprawling piece of legislation. The public was never presented with a faithful account of what was in this bill. Rather, it was sold with smoke and mirrors. It was based on a con …
Read MoreQuiner’s DM Register column acknowledged on Congressman Paul Ryan’s Facebook page
The Des Moines Register ran a Quiner’s Diner post from a few days ago in today’s print and online editions: “Ryan’s federal budget plan is bold and compassionate.” I’m pleased to note that Congressman Ryan’s office got wind of it and posted it on his Facebook page …
Read MoreRedefining “mainstream” politics
The year is 1980. Jimmy Carter is fighting for his political life in a brutal re-election campaign against Ronald Reagan. Polls show Carter with a slight lead, but the times are volatile. President Carter knows he must do something bold to nail down the election and pre-empt the politically beguiling former actor. At a dusty campaign stop in a key swing state, the former Georgia governor strides boldly to the microphone and addresses the gathered Democratic supporters …
Read MoreWatch for Quiner’s Diner in Tuesday’s Des Moines Register
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