In tribute to Nathan Hale
By Tom Quiner How would you like to be remembered for these last words: “I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country.” These are reputed to be the last words spoken by an American patriot, Nathan Hale, during the Revolutionary War. Only 21 years of age at the time…
Read MoreShould we celebrate dependency?
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o64Fz-KW1Dk] A quarter of a million folks have watched a rap video called “My EBT” by an artist who labels himself as MR EBT. I’ve posted the video above. If you can get through the full three minutes and fifty-one seconds of this song, you have more fortitude than I. The song…
Read MoreTell-all celebrities
By Tom Quiner Florence Henderson of Brady Bunch fame has published her memoirs. She reveals that she had a one-night stand with a New York politician who gave her a sexually-transmitted disease. Do we really need to know this? Ms. Henderson defends her decision to “tell-all” this way: “I love to read memoirs but I…
Read MoreUncivil celebrities
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSg2LEVnVwk] I used to be a boxing fan until Mike Tyson came along. I attended a closed circuit fight with a buddy of mine to watch Mr. Tyson take on Evander Holyfield. Mr. Tyson was clearly getting bested by Holyfield. You could see Tyson’s frustration growing, because he was having trouble laying…
Read MoreAnother nobel laureate rejects global warming
By Tom Quiner Is global warming based on good science or bad? I ask this question because of the treatment Governor Rick Perry of Texas received from John Harris at the Republican debate at the Reagan library a couple of weeks ago. Mr. Harris tried to trap the Governor by demanding he list the names…
Read MoreIs this a smart way to create jobs?
By Tom Quiner Job creation is the job of government. No one else can do it better. This is the view of the president and his party. The Democratic Party’s approach to job creation has been given a rigorous workout, and it has failed. They have taken tax payer money, borrowed even more from China,…
Read MoreIs the Iraq War the cause of our deficits?
By Tom Quiner The “Supercommittee” meets. Their vision on why America’s fiscal house is such a mess varies wildly. The USA Today reports that Democrats on the committee blame the two wars this decade as one of the major reasons for our crisis, along with Bush-era tax cuts. I am re-running a Quiner’s Diner post…
Read MoreNewt says a mouthful
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Read MoreWho suffers most from hate crimes in the USA: Muslims or Jews?
By Tom Quiner It was just a one paragraph blurb in yesterday’s Des Moines Register: four men in New York City were convicted of plotting to blow up synagogues in New York. I read the paragraph searching for a key piece of information. Can you guess what it was? What would you like to know…
Read MoreJesus explains his views on marriage
By Tom Quiner If you read yesterday’s post, a faithful Quiner’s Diner reader posed the question: “What exactly did Jesus say about defining marriage as being between a man and a woman?” This is a test question. Most people know that Jesus didn’t specifically address the subject of same-sex marriage. But he revealed his thoughts…
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