A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion

by Tom Quiner

A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion

by Tom Quiner

Abortion: the love killer

By quinersdiner | May 4, 2014

What kind of political party refuses to stand up for the helpless?

By quinersdiner | May 4, 2014

If you can't blame Bush, might as well blame Fox

By quinersdiner | May 2, 2014

"Pro choicers are our allies"

By quinersdiner | May 2, 2014

By Tom Quiner What an outlandish claim. Right? How could people who are ‘pro choice’ be allies to those of us who are ‘pro life?’ The quote above comes from none other than the Priest for Life himself, Fr. Frank Pavone. Fr. Pavone was in Des Moines last Saturday night as the keynote speaker at Iowa Right to Life’s annual banquet. He explained that the typical pro-choicers don’t know the…

Fatherhood matters

By quinersdiner | May 1, 2014

By Tom Quiner  “Race matters because of persistent racial inequality that cannot be ignored and that has produced stark socioeconomic disparities.” This quote comes from Supreme Court Justice, Sandra Sotomayor. In essence, she suggests that persistent racial discrimination is the root cause of poverty. She wielded this opinion as a club to voice her opposition to the end of racial discrimination. Huh? You read correctly. She expressed this view in…

The dignity of women

By quinersdiner | April 30, 2014

I heard a different kind of story at a Catholic Men’s Conference a month ago. The speaker, Matt Fradd, told about a guy, let’s call him the Stranger, who lived half way across the world from him.
The speaker didn’t know the guy, and yet this Stranger would have a profound effect on the speaker’s life …

"Love God, and then do whatever you please"

By quinersdiner | April 30, 2014

True love, by its nature, is uncompromising; it is the freeing of self from selfishness and egotism.
Real love uses freedom to attach itself unchangeably to another. St. Augustine has said: “Love God, and then do whatever you please.”

Words are not necessary

By quinersdiner | April 29, 2014

Leading from (way) behind

By quinersdiner | April 29, 2014

My typical seat assignment

By quinersdiner | April 29, 2014

At least his foreign policy has been good

By quinersdiner | April 28, 2014

Is there a lesson here for Republicans? I think there is. I would not get too excited at advancing the cause of a certain conservative Senator who has but two years of experience on the national stage.
We need an experienced adult to try to undo some of the damage the Obama Government has inflicted on the world, not a conservative version of Mr. Obama.

I'd be forced to stop blogging

By quinersdiner | April 26, 2014