A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics and Religion
by Tom Quiner
A Heapin' Plate of Conservative Politics & Religion
by Tom Quiner
Why voters are cynical
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_foalavjaA] Voters hate to be manipulated. The faux commercial above is funny because it smacks of some truth. Take the current budget debate. Nine days ago, the Congressional Budget Office made a dire prediction: America is going to experience long term red ink like we haven’t seen since World War II. We have a growing crisis. So what is our leadership in Congress doing about it? Nothing.…
Liberal judges limit conservative “diversity”
By Tom Quiner How often have you heard liberals invoke the word “diversity?” In the context of liberal-speak, diversity is automatically considered to be good. The University of Oregon says it this way: The concept of diversity encompasses acceptance and respect. It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical…
Are teachers doing their jobs?
A series of Jay Leno interviews with regular Americans reveals the woeful state of our education system. Is the National Education Association a root cause of this dumbing down of America?
How Iowa celebrates Independence Day
By Tom Quiner What better way to celebrate this great nation’s independence than with American song and fireworks! I attended the Yankee Doodle Pops concert at the footsteps of the Iowa Capital on July 1. The weather was perfect. Our Capitol’s gold dome glistened with pride in the early evening sunlight. Thousands streamed in with their blankets, folding chairs, and kids in tow. The music was pure Americana, almost. The…
Was Jesus Real?
By Tom Quiner Lee Strobel was an atheist who came to believe in Jesus after spending two years trying to disprove His divinity. Be sure to watch the video from my previous post where Mr. Strobel, a former reporter for the Chicago Tribune, talks about his surprising findings about Christ. C.S. Lewis was another atheist who did not want to believe in Jesus. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS3thuSHUYg&feature=related] His friend, J.R.R. Tolkien of Lord…
Is the Bible true?
By Tom Quiner Liberal comedienne, Janeane Garofalo, recently called the Bible a “work of fiction.” Watch … [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt5xruQBQ98&feature=player_embedded#!] I don’t know how much Ms. Garofalo has read, studied, or even contemplated the Bible. But I mention her quote because she will influence a certain segment of her audience with her dismissive attitude of the most fascinating book ever written. Is it true, though? Is the drama of God’s gradual revelation…
Promote humanity
By Tom Quiner Abortion dehumanizes society. Pornography dehumanizes society. Increasingly, even political discourse is dehumanizing, vicious, and divisive. It seems to me that the march of civilization should be in the direction of doing and saying things that make this world a more humane place. Our march is slow. Is Ann Coulter really advancing the cause of a humane world with rhetoric like this: “My only regret with Timothy McVeigh…
A triumph for political correctness
By Tom Quiner The Supreme Court has decided: Christian college students who wish to form a group sanctioned by Universities are not allowed to require that their members be Christian. Even more, Christian groups may not require that their members abide by Christian principles. All of this came about because of the court’s decision in the case of Christian Legal Society v. Martinez. Read the background on the case on…
Democrats owe Americans an honest budget
By Tom Quiner Is America heading in the right direction or the wrong direction? According to poll results at www.RealClearPolitics.com, 61.7 percent of Americans say we’re heading in the wrong direction. One year ago, the number was 48 percent. Why is dissatisfaction growing? Certainly some of the biggest concerns are runaway deficits and the unprecedented expansion of the federal government under President Obama and a Democratic Congress. Moderate Americans are…
Let us reconsider ObamaCare
Last March 18th, Richard Foster, chief actuary for the Center Medicare and Medicaid Services, presented with Congress’ 2700 page health care bill. His job was to assess the impact ObamaCare would have on America. Unfortunately, Congress wasn’t interested in waiting for his analysis.
…We’ve been sold a bill of goods. ObamaCare tries to cheat the laws of supply of demand instead of letting supply and demand control costs and increase access to healthcare.
According to Medicare’s actuary, according to the Congressional Budget Office, according to health care benefit professionals, America will be poorer and unhealthier under ObamaCare.
Is more big government really the answer?
By Tom Quiner The stock market crashed in October of 1929. At the time of the crash, the unemployment rate was about 5 percent. Two months later, it had moved up to nine percent, but dropped back down to 6.3 percent by June of the following year. Unemployment never hit double digits at anytime the first year after the stock market crashed. And then the rate began to go up,…
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