A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion

by Tom Quiner

A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion

by Tom Quiner

What if there is a gay gene?

By Tom Quiner | March 30, 2012

My nephew, Danny, has an extra chromosome. He has a condition known as Downs Syndrome. He has survived heart surgeries and leukemia, which are more common with Downs children than the general population. To compensate for the physical and mental afflictions associated with Downs, God has given these children an extra chromosome, known as the “love chromosome.” Danny is the happiest guy I know. It seems to be a common trait among those with Downs …

The risk to the nation if the Court strikes down the Obamacare Mandate

By Tom Quiner | March 29, 2012

We’re faced with three possible outcomes as the Supreme Court weighs the Obamacare Mandate. The Court could uphold the mandate and Obamacare just as it is. The Court can strike down the entire Obamacare piece of legislation, all 2700 pages of it. Or they can strike down the mandate only, while retaining the rest of the legislation. It is this last possibility that is troubling …

Newt Gingrich for Secretary of Health and Human Services

By Tom Quiner | March 29, 2012

Newt Gingrich would approach the mammoth task of reforming HHS as a collaborative effort with the states as opposed to the top down, cram-it-down-your-throat approach preferred by current Secretary of HHS, Kathleen Sebelius, and President Obama. Liberals think that conservatives hate government. I don’t think that is quite correct. Conservatives believe government functions most efficiently the closer it gets to the people it is serving. Mr. Gingrich shares that view …

More manipulation from the Mainstream Media

By Tom Quiner | March 28, 2012

The shooting of Trayvon Martin is a powder keg. The mainstream media is manipulating the public with the photos they are using of the two players in this tragic drama. And that is dangerous to the cause of justice …

How Hollywood can make more money

By Tom Quiner | March 28, 2012

It’s odd. Inspirational films built upon the bedrock of Judeo-Christian values are box-office gold. But Hollywood won’t finance them. Why would that be? Read more about the latest box office success Hollywood refused to finance …

Obama presented inaccurate birth control statistics

By Tom Quiner | March 27, 2012

How many times have you heard President Obama and his HHS Secretary, Kathleen Sebelius claim that 99 percent of all women have used contraception? As a variation on the statistic, they claim that 98 percent of Catholic women have used birth control at some time. This is stated as fact by their lapdogs in the mainstream media (MSM) and the anti-Catholic Hollywood elite. And yet the government’s own National Center for Health Statistics refutes the claim …

Liberalism abhors a vacuum

By Tom Quiner | March 27, 2012

By Tom Quiner The Supreme Court seems reticent. As Team Obama argues for a final rejection of the enumerated powers of the Constitution by upholding Obamacare’s expansion of the federal government, a few justices are saying “not so fast.” Justice Anthony Kennedy is skeptical and said the government has a “very heavy burden of justification.” This comment seems particularly relevant since Justice Kennedy is considered to be the swing vote.…

Are high gas prices good or bad?

By Tom Quiner | March 26, 2012

Are high gas prices the president’s fault? Depends on who the president is. Are high gas prices a good or bad thing? It depends on who the president is. Let’s call call this paradox “situational politics,” or hypocrisy by any other name …

A clear message from the Pope

By Tom Quiner | March 26, 2012

QUINER’S DINER: Your Holiness, gay marriage is quickly being embraced by the Democratic Party as a civil rights issue. Is there anything wrong with same sex attractions?

By Tom Quiner | March 26, 2012

This is an articulate critique from the United Kingdom on the gay marriage debate.

Tiger Woods is back!

By Tom Quiner | March 25, 2012

For golf fans, Woods’ win is exciting news. He is arguably the best golfer ever, or at least one of the two best ever. The second half of his career will definitively determine if he can displace the legendary Jack Nicklaus as golf’s all-time best. This makes what happens in two weeks all the more interesting …

Meaningless liberal platitudes

By Tom Quiner | March 25, 2012

I don’t really know what liberals believe in. It changes from century to century, from decade to decade, and as this poster shows, from sentence to sentence …