Obama is right

President Obama is correct that Republicans should increase the debt ceiling. Quiner’s Diner’s readers, I’m sure, are stunned to read those words in light of the prodigious pummeling this humble blogger has dished on the president. Many of you may be sputtering that Barack Obama is a shameless hypocrite on this subject. And, of course, you would be correct …

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How people vote

In this political climate with a swirling smorgasbord of competing truths, half-truths, and lies being vetted by partisan “fact checkers,” reality has been replaced by perception skewed by smoke and mirrors.

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A radical controls a budget larger than the Pentagon’s

By Tom Quiner The healthcare of one out of three Americans is controlled by a radical. I wrote about this man, Donald Berwick, in my Quiner Diner’s post on May 26th.  You can read about his radical health care ideas there.  Here is the essence of his philosophy: “I am romantic about the National Health…

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