Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 124
October 21, 2016
What Trump gets right
The empty factories have their windows broken and weeds are taking over the parking lots, but they remain as monuments of the prosperity that rust-belt cities used to enjoy. Small towns in the heartland have downtowns with shop windows boarded up. Their young people either move away the first chance they get, looking for work, [Read More...]
The new and improved Iraqi army
The way the Iraqi army used to deal with ISIS, when that movement was taking large swaths of the country, was to throw down their weapons and run away. But now the Iraqi army is winning battles against ISIS. This is due to a replacement of corrupt officers, intense training at the hands of U.S. [Read More...]
October 20, 2016
The Berenstain Bears go Christian
The Berenstain Bears have been children’s favorites since the first title was published in 1962. The son of the original cartoonist took over the franchise in the 1980s. Mike Berenstain is a Christian, and he brings out explicit Christian themes in one line of the books published by Zondervan. Go here for those titles. A [Read More...]
“America needs a religious right”
New York Times Ross Douthat offers a defense of the Religious Right. In fact, he argues that America needs a religious right in order to save conservatism from its own darker impulses. From Ross Douthat, In Defense of the Religious Right – The New York Times: I RISE to offer a defense — not a full-throated [Read More...]
Post-mortem for the final debate
So what’s to say about the final debate? Who won? What are the take-aways? I’ll give my view after the jump. The big news is that Donald Trump won’t agree to accept the result of the election. (He said, “I will tell you at the time. I will leave you in suspense.” I wish Hillary [Read More...]
October 19, 2016
Liveblogging the final debate
This is the last presidential debate, for which we can all be thankful. I’ll give my commentary as it unfolds in the “comments.” Please do the same. I’d love to hear what you are thinking. Just hit “comments.” Let the debate begin.
Profile of Muslim converts & their church
The Atlantic has a profile of Muslim converts in Germany, with special emphasis on the congregations they are attending. The focus is on Trinity Lutheran Church in Berlin, a SELK congregation in fellowship with the LCMS. The pastor, Gottfried Martens, studied at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. They have around 1,000 baptized members [Read More...]
Final presidential debate tonight
Tonight Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton face off in the last debate before the election. Since the last debate things have gotten even sleazier and the charges on both sides have gotten even wilder. So there should be plenty of fireworks. Any projections or predictions? Let’s liveblog the debate tonight. Fire up your computer at [Read More...]
Why America will survive a bad election
Ma ny Americans icans are worried that our constitutional republic won’t survive a Hillary Clinton presidency. Other Americans worry that it won’t survive Donald Trump. Still others worry that we are doomed whoever wins. But David French points out that our Founders put together a constitutional system with so many checks and balances, so many [Read More...]
October 18, 2016
What about the Christian left?
A listener whose religious beliefs make him a political progressive asked NPR’s Danielle Kurtzleben why we always hear about the Christian right, but seldom hear about the Christian left. Read her answer, after the jump, and then consider the points I make. From Danielle Kurtzleben, MAILBAG: Why Don’t We Hear More About The Christian Left? [Read More...]
