Why are liberals against Israel?
By Tom Quiner Jew hatred is alive and well. Helen Thomas, renowned liberal reporter for Hearst Newspapers, made the following statement: “I think the Jews should get the hell out of Palestine” and go back to Germany and Poland. Back to Germany, the home of the Holocaust. Back to Poland, the home of Auschwitz. Ms.…
Read MoreHope for Tomorrow
By Tom Quiner A proud country has been crushed by an evil adversary, beaten into the ground, one-fifth of their population killed in a mere six years. It gets worse. The county is then taken over by another, equally sinister country, one that, much like the soul-sucking Dementors in a Harry Potter book, attempts to…
Read MoreA Memorial Day tribute to two Presidents
By Tom Quiner This is a trivia quiz: who was the most unpopular President to ever leave office? Richard Nixon Harry Truman George W. Bush Herbert Hoover The answer is Harry Truman. His popularity rating was a scant 22 percent when he left office in 1952, worse even than President Nixon’s 24 percent at the…
Read MoreWas Sarah Palin right?
By Tom Quiner Let us revisit a notorious statement from last year: “The Democrats promise that a government health care system will reduce the cost of health care, but as the economist Thomas Sowell has pointed out, government health care will not reduce the cost; it will simply refuse to pay the cost. And who…
Read MoreGovernment job growth continues
By Tom Quiner The rest of the media is catching up with Quiner’s Diner. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LWNTUK8KtA] Last week, we wrote about the explosion of new government jobs under the Obama administration at the same time employment in the private sector has plummeted. We wrote about how these government jobs are overwhelmingly directed to government unions who…
Read MoreBoswell earns 100% score on the “Pelosi Index”
By Tom Quiner By and large, Iowans are sensible and frugal. Yes, Des Moines and Iowa City have their fair share of big-spending liberals. But most Iowans have been blessed with some common sense. That leads me to Central Iowa’s Congressman, Leonard Boswell. I think Mr. Boswell is a good guy. Having said that, I…
Read MoreDear Abby’s dilemma reflects America’s dilemma
By Tom Quiner Did you read Dear Abby on Saturday? Read it here: http://www.kansascity.com/2010/05/21/1962299/dear-abby-couples-polar-politics.html#ixzz0onsfxhFQ In a nutshell, a young couple are experiencing difficulties in their relationship due to significant political differences. The writer poses this question: “How can we learn to have a mutual respect for our political opinions while not compromising what each believes?”…
Read MoreWhat Should We Do About Global Warming?
By Tom Quiner As seen in the Des Moines Register on November 29, 2009 Two heartbreaking tragedies hit Great Britain earlier this decade. Tragedy #1 killed 2,000 people . Tragedy #2 killed 25,000. If you went by the media coverage, tragedy #1 was worse. Those people died from a heat wave that swept the entire…
Read MoreDemocrats propose bill to limit conservative free speech
By Tom Quiner The public increasingly rejects the Democrat’s leftward lurchings. Polls show that the Dems may take a big hit at the polls this November. What’s a political party to do when the public rejects their message? How about pass a law that restricts the free speech of the opposition? That is the net…
Read MoreGovernment unions ask us to sacrifice
By Tom Quiner Here’s what I said on my recent post titled, A Tale of Two Protests: “Something’s wrong when public employee unions donate lavishly to one political party, the one that keeps the perks and jobs flowing for these unions, while the rest of America sacrifices and suffers.” Here’s a response I received back:…
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