Occupy Planned Parenthood

November 7, 2011

By Tom Quiner The Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement receives lavish attention from the media. Frankly, they deserve it. It is a big story. There is another big story which receives almost no media attention: the 40 Days for Life movement. The folks participating in this movement are quite a bit different than those in…

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Is the prayer that united us really a “distraction?”

November 6, 2011

By Tom Quiner What did the President of the United States do when we launched our biggest military assault in history? He prayed. Even more, he prayed aloud on radio to an entire country with a prayer that was probably heard by more human beings than any other prayer in history up to that time.…

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Government gone wild

November 5, 2011

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=xOAgT8L_BqQ&feature=player_embedded] Is government too small? Are federal employees underpaid? I’d guess a majority of Americans would answer both questions with a no. Many would agree with me that we have some incredible government employees who are worth every cent they’re paid. But it appears we have a growing “wage gap.” Liberals love…

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The population myth

November 1, 2011

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBS6f-JVvTY&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PL838DE67E3DB9025B] The world has too many people. The world is going to run out of food. People are bad, because they are using up the world’s resources. Thus goes the mantra of the Left. Thus says Planned Parenthood. Thus says the UN Population Fund. But are they right? Not according to the…

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In praise of profits

October 27, 2011

By Tom Quiner I had a Priority envelope that I really needed to get in the mail. But I needed to buy postage. I was rushing to get to the Post Office on time. It closes at 5PM, you know. I screeched into the parking lot and ran to the door. The time was five…

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“We band of brothers”

October 25, 2011

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAvmLDkAgAM] Today is the Feast of St. Crispin. It commemorates two brothers, Crispin and Crispinian, who faced the same threat as the Iranian pastor I wrote about yesterday. These two Christian evangelists were told to renounce their faith. They refused: “Thy threats do not terrify us, for Christ is our life, and…

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Why soaking the rich won’t work

October 23, 2011

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi-D24oCa10] The debate never ends: the rich are rich on the backs of the rest of us so they need to be soaked through higher taxes and their wealth redistributed to those who didn’t earn it. The late great Milton Friedman addresses this issue head on in the video clip above. He…

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What politicians could learn from Steve Jobs

October 22, 2011

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUxBJ7n0T8U&feature=player_embedded] Steve Jobs was a genius because he developed products that not only did cool things, they were easy to use. “Elegant” is the word consistently used to describe the MacIntosh computer, iPods, iPhones, and iPads. Do you remember the first iPod? It had one button. One button! It seemed like it would…

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Mitt Romney’s adamant pro-choice position

October 21, 2011

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_w9pquznG4] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxV-QNXoRIc&feature=related] Today, Mitt Romney says he is pro-life. In earlier campaigns this decade, me maintained he was adamantly pro-choice. See the videos above. In the early 90s, it is suggested that he was pro-life. We’re left with the impression that he didn’t just flip-flop on the issue, he flip-flop-flipped. There is…

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