Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 165
April 28, 2016
Trump’s foreign policy address
Republican frontrunner Donald Trump gave a major foreign policy address. OUT: nation building; military interventions; protecting other countries at our expense; globalism; international trade agreements. IN: our relationship with Russia; Americans’ economic interests. Sound pretty good? Or not? From Jill Colvin and Julie Pace, : Trump Vows to “Put America First” in Foreign Policy (AP): In a [Read More...]
Ted Cruz picks Carly Fiorina for Vice President
Ted Cruz took the step of choosing a running-mate before the convention: Carly Fiorina, the former Hewlett Packard CEO whose own campaign for the GOP nomination ended, despite some good debate performances. Do you think this will matter to Cruz’s chances for winning the Republican nomination? And if he does, for winning the election? From Ted [Read More...]
April 27, 2016
The case of the atheist pastor
Mainline Protestants have been casting away traditional Christian teachings with great abandon. Pastors can now be female, gay, rejecters of Christ’s deity, atonement, and resurrection, etc., etc. One wonders if, in liberal Protestantism, there is any minimum religious belief that is necessary in a pastor. Or in a Christian or a member of the church. [Read More...]
The burst of light at the moment of conception
Scientists have discovered that at the moment of conception, when the sperm meets the egg, a bright flash of light is emitted. This is being described, contrary to the pro-abortion propaganda, as happening at “the very moment that a new life begins.” From Source: Bright flash of light marks incredible moment life begins when sperm meets [Read More...]
Trump sweeps 5 primaries; Clinton takes 3
Donald Trump won all 5 of the primaries held last night, taking Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. Hillary Clinton is projected to win Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, with the others, as of right now, too close to call. From Fox News projects: Trump sweeps 5 states; Clinton wins Md., Del., Pa. | Fox [Read More...]
April 26, 2016
What the Bible says to scientists
I’ve been reading the Psalms and I keep coming across texts that I’ve usually skimmed over but that speak in a startlingly direct way to contemporary questions. I’ve blogged about some that deal with aesthetic issues and with artists. Here is one that deals with scientists: Great are the works of the Lord, studied by all [Read More...]
“The Smug Style in American Liberalism”
There is an astonishing article in the (liberal) Vox by the (liberal) Emmett Rensin entitled “The Smug Style in American Liberalism: How liberals came to look down on the people they once tried to help.” It castigates liberals for their Daily-Show habit of mocking those they disagree with, particularly those of lower social class than themselves, [Read More...]
The spiritual problem of boredom
Boredom has been called the spiritual problem of our age. Why is it a spiritual problem? The old theologians called it acedia,”a state of listlessness or torpor, of not caring or not being concerned with one’s position or condition in the world. . . .The best-known of the psychological signs of acedia is tedium, boredom or [Read More...]
April 25, 2016
“I will make melody with all my being”
Still more from the Bible on the arts from passages I’ve always skimmed over! In the first verse of Psalm 108, a psalm of David, we read “I will sing and make melody with all my being!” So singing and making melody (I suppose that would include composing) are done with “all” the artists’ “being.” [Read More...]
The four tenets of Progressivism
George Will has discerned four core tenets of progressivism. See them after the jump. Where do you see these ideas being manifested in, for example, the Democratic presidential campaigns and in academic speech codes? Those of you who are progressives, do you agree that this is what you believe? From Scientific silencers on the left [Read More...]
