Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 122
October 29, 2016
Bob Dylan was just “speechless”
What was Bob Dylan’s reaction to the news that he had won the Nobel Prize for Literature? Nothing. He made no reference to it in the press or in his concerts. He didn’t call or take a call from the Swedish academy. Lot of people, including the Nobel Committee, considered this to be arrogant. We [Read More...]
October 28, 2016
Excavating the empty tomb
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem is traditionally considered to be the site of Christ’s tomb from which He rose from the dead. That claim is actually well-attested by historians. In the course of a restoration project in the church, workers have removed the marble covering that had been installed in 1555 over [Read More...]
The “not voting is copping out” fallacy
Some people just aren’t going to vote for president on November 8. They may vote for other offices and referendums on the ballot, but not for president. Some say this is copping out. I don’t think it is. I’ll try to make my case after the jump. Campaigns exist for a purpose. If everyone just [Read More...]
The other races
Democrats need to take 30 seats to win control of the House of Representatives. But they only need to turn four to take the Senate.The former is unlikely to happen. The latter will be close. Read about the closely contested seats after the jump. From GOP has work cut out to maintain U.S. Senate edge | [Read More...]
October 27, 2016
Reaching today’s idolaters of the self
How do you proclaim the forgiveness of sins to someone who doesn’t think he has done anything wrong? How can you apply the Law to someone who feels no guilt and the Gospel to someone who feels no need for Christ? Trying to evangelize today’s relativists seems like a futile project. How can we get through [Read More...]
How to defeat conservatives
James O’Keefe, the undercover videographer who enrages leftists by recording what they say, has recorded Democratic operatives admitting to voting fraud, illegally colluding with the Clinton campaign, and hiring agitators to start fights at Donald Trump rallies so as to associate the Republicans with violence. (For all the tapes, go here.) One of the operatives he [Read More...]
Don’t know much about history
A study has found that quite a few young Americans are open to Communism. And one out of three believe that George W. Bush killed more people that Josef Stalin. See the specifics here. Read a report on the findings after the jump, whereupon I will try to explain why this is. From Blake Neff, Millennials Love [Read More...]
October 26, 2016
Tom Wolfe takes on Darwinism and its failure to explain language
Tom Wolfe is among our best contemporary writers. The founder of the New Journalism, which uses novelistic techniques for the purpose of non-fiction, and a novelist who employs real-world research like a journalist, Wolfe is also an iconoclast of contemporary culture. (See, for example, his send-up of wealthy leftists in Radical Chic, and his mockery [Read More...]
The “a vote for a third party is a vote for Clinton” fallacy
Those who say they are voting for a third party or independent candidate often hear that doing so is equivalent to a vote for Hillary Clinton. In this reasoning, not voting for Donald Trump is voting for Clinton. This is because, I assume, a vote that Trump doesn’t get is helping his opponent win her majority. [Read More...]
Obamacare blows up
2017 may be the year that Obamacare blows up. The number of mandated free coverages and other government requirements on the insurance companies is causing premiums to shoot up. It has also caused many of the insurance companies that once participated to drop out of the program, meaning less competition and sending premiums even higher. [Read More...]
