A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion

by Tom Quiner

A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion

by Tom Quiner

Amnesty explained

By quinersdiner | November 23, 2014

A metaphor for America

By quinersdiner | November 22, 2014

Does Dr. Ben Carson’s lack of executive experience matter?

By quinersdiner | November 22, 2014

“Benjamin Solomon Carson, despite the narrative lack of executive experience, is poised to be one of the best Presidents of the United States.

Dr. Carson is a brilliant surgeon. He is trained to be rational and to make decisions based on evidence as opposed to ideology.”

Fun, fetal humor via Jimmy Kimmel

By quinersdiner | November 21, 2014

“This is about you…”

By quinersdiner | November 21, 2014

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Obama: “We’re a nation of laws”

By quinersdiner | November 20, 2014

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Ready, set, amnesty!

By quinersdiner | November 19, 2014

It’s coming tomorrow.

The man who once said…

“I take the Constitution very seriously. The biggest problems that we’re facing right now have to do with the president trying to bring more and more power into the executive branch and not go through Congress at all. And that’s what I intend to reverse when I’m President of the United States of America.”

…didn’t mean it.

The art of political dialogue

By quinersdiner | November 19, 2014

“If you don’t agree with me, you are a hater.”

“If you don’t agree with me, you are evil.”

“If you don’t agree with me, you are a racist … or a denier … or a misogynist.”

What the president and his party thinks of us

By quinersdiner | November 18, 2014

Disturbing evidence from Ferguson

By quinersdiner | November 18, 2014

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Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!

By quinersdiner | November 17, 2014

Can I put you on?

By quinersdiner | November 17, 2014

What do Elton John and Barack Obama have in common?

A song.

Today is the 44th anniversary of Mr. John’s first live album titled 11.17.70. It was recorded on November 17th, 1970, in the A & R Studios in New York and was broadcast live on radio.

This album was one of my first exposures to Mr. John’s music, and I was quite taken with it. I’m a piano player. Most of the rock music of the mid and late 60s was driven by the electric guitar. I like rock music that is driven by the piano. I like it even better when accompanied by strong melody…