A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
Where are the poor people?
A Mexican man watched in amazement as people drove up, came into the food pantry, and walked out with free food and clothes. After a day of this, he turned to our acquaintance and asked, “Where are the poor people? I thought we were here to serve the poor.”
The Des Moines Register publishes Quiner’s Diner essay on poverty
By Tom Quiner Thanks to the Des Moines Register for publishing my essay, “Obama puts the poor at risk.” Conservatives and liberals both agree on the need for a societal safety net. The challenge is to determine how high, how much, how long. Honorable people can disagree on the details, even as they agree on providing a helping hand that leads folks to independence. This essay explores the risk President…
Substance and smirks
There are Catholics like Joe Biden who claim to follow what is too often called the “spirit” of Vatican II while rejecting the very foundations that important Council proclaimed. Then, there are others, like Paul Ryan, who grasp the implications of what it means to infuse the values informed by their Catholic faith into their political participation on fundamental moral issues such as the Right to life.
Biden: babbling buffoon or a bully? Both.
I heard about seven minutes of the vice presidential debate on the radio. Both participants, Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, sounded pretty good in that brief snippet. I raced from my car to turn on the television and watch it live. Frankly, I don’t know what to say. Really, I don’t.
Why you were correct to be suspicious about the drop in the unemployment rate
Why did the unemployment drop far more than everyone expected? Because California data was not included in the report …
Beware the politicized polls
I’m in the marketing business. My company has done some marketing research studies over the years. One of the biggest challenges to garnering accurate feedback for clients is to sample the right audience. It’s easy to skew the results if the sample isn’t representative of the marketplace. The venerable Gallup Poll has just tainted their credibility by changing their polling methodology midstream …
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