Peace begins in the womb

By Tom Quiner If a society allows the weakest in society to be exterminated without raising a finger, anything is possible. For a generation, America has turned its back on our most vulnerable little ones with unfettered abortion “rights” at the expense of the pre-born. Does it matter? The Supreme Court’s Roe v Wade Supreme…

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Courageous leaders

By Tom Quiner The stakes were high. The world was watching. An historic arms control treaty with the Soviet Union was within our grasp. The date was October 12th, 1986. The place was Reykjavik, Iceland. If Ronald Reagan said yes to Mikhail Gorbachev, Mr. Reagan would be hailed as a hero. If he said no to…

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Is Obamanomics a better strategy than Reaganomics?

By Tom Quiner The economy was in shambles when Ronald Reagan took office, much worse off even than when Barack Obama took office. The misery index, which adds the inflation rate to the unemployment rate, stood at one of its all time highs at 19.33 when Mr. Reagan took office. By contrast, it stood  at…

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May 13th, 5PM

By Tom Quiner Three children saw something that changed the world. The year was 1917. It took place in Portugal on May 13th at 5PM. Lucia Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto were stopped in their tracks by the mystical appearance of a beautiful woman. Here’s how Lucia described the woman: She was…

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The truth about Ronald Reagan

By Tom Quiner   The revisionists have been busy this past week distorting Ronald Reagan’s record. The Gipper would have been 100 this week. So there have been lots of stories and letters to the editor assessing his Presidency. One of the most tired diatribes has been the one that says “Reagan drove up the…

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A riveting four minutes with Ronald Reagan

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0x-Egc6oA&feature=related] How politically incorrect can one be! The late, great Ronald Reagan delivered a memorable speech in 1983 in which he characterized the Soviet Union as an evil empire. The press screamed. Democrats screamed. Liberals everywhere screamed. That is not a very polite thing to say, Mr. President! After all, they are…

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What’s the difference between Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama?

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcWD3kni__Q] Yesterday was Ronald Reagan’s 100th birthday. I thought about him during the Super Bowl last night when the NFL presented the Declaration of Independence as narrated by General Colin Powell and NFL Commissioner, Roger Goodell, which I have posted above. Messrs. Reagan and Obama view the Declaration through such a different…

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November 9th, 1989

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKJgA2tS3LE&feature=related] Three giants of the 20th century collaborated  on a miracle, the fall of communism. Pope John Paul II, Ronald Reagan. Margaret Thatcher. They each shared a unique character quality: conviction. They didn’t follow the crowd, they led the world based on the courage of their conviction. The Berlin Wall came down…

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The Party of Growth

By Tom Quiner [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yt1fYSAChxs] The time has come for the Republican Party to begin acting like Republicans again. This week’s election is not a mandate for Republicans, but rather a mandate for Republican ideas. One of America’s best and brightest pundits is the Wall Street Journal’s Daniel Henninger. He talked about what Republicans need to…

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A 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…

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