What’s the solution: higher taxes or spending restraint?
By Tom Quiner The Tea Party movement deserves credit for changing the entire national debate on fiscal accountability. More than ever, our two political parties are debating paths to deficit reduction. Republican Congressman, Paul Ryan, has outlined a detailed plan to fiscal sanity by calling for spending restraint. President Obama, after escalating spending to unprecedented…
Read MoreThe Democratic Party will go to the mat for abortion
By Tom Quiner The President and his party believe in the public option when it comes to health insurance. They believe in more taxes for the top producers. They believe Guantanamo should be closed. They’re against warrantless wiretaps. They despise spending restraint. They rail against indefinite detention of terrorist suspects. And in particular, they are…
Read MoreIs a bonfire the moral equivalent of mass murder?
By Tom Quiner A man burns a book many people love. He video tapes and broadcasts the event around the world. He adds subtitles to be sure his intended target can read it. The response to those upset with the book burning? Mass murder. Beheadings. All done to strangers. Let us not dwell on details.…
Read MoreThe “shocking” white baby from New Jersey
By Tom Quiner This baby is “shocking, unsettling and manipulative.” CBS Outdoor, the billboard advertising arm of CBS Television, refuses to allow a group to use this image on a billboard on which they wish to advertise in New Jersey for those reasons. A pro life group wishes to use the image along with this…
Read MoreHow do American unions compare to Poland’s Solidarity Union?
By Tom Quiner My new musical, The Pope of the People, is in the middle of its three weekend run. It’s a musical about the impact of John Paul II on Poland and the world. The musical drama depicts the famous strike led by Lech Walesa at the Gdansk shipyards. Mr. Walesa made 21 demands…
Read MoreDo pro-lifers deserve constitutional freedoms?
By Tom Quiner No, pro-lifers do not deserve constitutional freedoms according to Democratic Senator, Frank Lautenberg. I quote: “These people (referring to pro-life advocates) don’t deserve the freedoms of the Constitution.” Senator Lautenberg and his party already deny the unborn any Constitutional freedoms, beginning with a right to life. Now does he also want to…
Read MoreDes Moines Register writes about The Pope of the People
By Tom Quiner The premier of The Pope of the People, the John Paul II musical, is just two days away. The Register’s art and entertainment reporter, Michael Morain, wrote a nice piece about the production in today’s Register. Check it out here. I wrote and am producing the musical as part of the Centennial…
Read MoreWho does the land of Israel really belong to?
By Tom Quiner I just received this in my e-mail box. It’s been forwarded around the world. I don’t know who wrote it, but it is darn funny. In case you didn’t see this yet, I think you’ll get a chuckle. *** An ingenious example of Israeli humor, speech and politics occurred recently in the…
Read MoreThe Pope of the People premiers next Friday
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgTpO4TFSEk&feature=player_embedded] The Pope of the People, the John Paul II Musical, premiers at 8 PM next Friday, April 1st, at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in West Des Moines. Written by Tom Quiner, it dramatically presents the historic events of JPII’s first ten years as Pope. You can find the complete performance schedule here. You can…
Read MoreThe Woman at the Well
By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Z2lNUzD6Co] Today’s gospel reading is about you. And me. If you were to create a list of the Bible’s best stories, the story of the Woman at the Well ranks high. You can find it in John 4:5. The story is rich with symbolism. Every detail in the story has meaning. What…
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