Liberal goofs and equates abortion with gun violence

A furious debate rages. The Des Moines Register ran a Quiner’s Diner essay (“Gosnell trial exposes myths of abortion”) in the Tuesday edition of the paper. As expected, liberals were enraged. They sputtered and castigated the Register for running my piece. One of the liberal responders made a major goof …

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“We’ve lost a common vocabulary”

We’ve lost the ability to communicate. The United States of America is no longer united by a single language. I’m not talking about English. I’m talking about the moral language.

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A blogger compares abortion to Sandy Hook

The pace quickens. Quiner’s Diner is picking up new readers every day. Thanks to everyone of you who stops in each day for a “heapin’ plate of conservative politics and religion.” Many of you don’t agree with me. That’s why I write.

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Republicans’ failure to communicate

The Republican Party spent nearly $1.7 Billion dollar in the last election cycle promoting Mitt Romney and Republican candidates. That’s almost as much as McDonald’s spends a year on their advertising budget. So how did it work?

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The Des Moines Register runs a Quiner’s Diner essay

By Tom Quiner Thanks to the Des Moines Register for running last week’s essay, “Transcending Decency.” The retitled piece (“Gosnell trial exposes myths of abortion”) appears in the morning edition of the Des Moines Register. The Register’s readers tend to be left of center in the political spectrum. It will be interesting to see how…

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A modest proposal to end human abortion

By Tom Quiner One to two million couples wait in line to adopt a child every year in the U.S. Only 50,000 domestic adoptions actually take place each year. There just aren’t enough available children to meet the demand. An additional 20,000 adoptions take place with couples who adopt children from abroad, as did my…

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