Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 166
April 25, 2016
Obama threatens Great Britain if it leaves the EU
Great Britain is getting ready to vote on whether or not to exit the European Union, a cause that is going by the name “Brexit.” Though surely whether or not to do that is the business of the British people, President Obama has weighed in on the matter. During his visit there, he went [Read More...]
April 22, 2016
An Islamist’s vision of Jesus
We have been blogging about Muslims converting to Christianity, often because they have had a vision of Jesus. After the jump is an account of a specific Islamist, who had been plotting against a former Muslim who had become a Christian pastor. The story lacks specifics–the full names, the place–so it might be questioned (though [Read More...]
Harriet Tubman on the $20 and other money changes
The plan was originally to drop Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill and replace him with a woman. But that was before the hit Broadway musical Hamilton. So Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew decided to replace Andrew Jackson, the Democrat responsible for the Trail of Tears, instead. The woman to be featured: The former slave turned abolitionist [Read More...]
Prince dies
The eccentric, brilliant, musical artist known as Prince has died. He was 57. The cause of death has yet to be determined. Prince Rogers Nelson, who once changed his name to an ideogram, was a life-long Minnesotan. He was fiercely protective of his music, tightly controlling its availability via streaming or even on YouTube. For [Read More...]
April 21, 2016
“To you, O Lord, I will make music”
More aesthetics in the Bible, from passages that I had never noticed before: Psalm 101, identified as “a Psalm of David,” reflects specifically on singing and making music. It begins: I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O Lord, I will make music. Elsewhere, David also refers to singing and making melody [Read More...]
4 year-olds asked to choose their gender
A city in England has sent a letter to parents of children just starting school asking the four-year-olds to “choose” their gender. Parents were then instructed to “Please support your child to choose the gender they most identify with.” From Parents blast council after kids told to choose their gender: ANGRY parents have blasted a [Read More...]
Hoping for a deadlock in the electoral college?
Many Republicans are hoping for a deadlocked convention in which no candidate gets the majority of votes. And if that doesn’t work, say some, maybe we could have a deadlocked electoral college. If Donald Trump has the nomination “stolen” from him, to his mind, he may run as a third party candidate. Or if he [Read More...]
April 20, 2016
The 100 religious freedom bills in state legislatures
Over 100 religious freedom bills have been introduced in 28 states. Some, with various liberty issues addressed, have been passed; some have been voted down; others are bottled up; others are pending; others have been retracted due to accusations of discrimination and boycott threats. A useful state-by-state summary of where things stand after the jump. From The [Read More...]
How to go after guns despite the Second Amendment
The Second Amendment in the Bill of Rights protects the right of Americans to own firearms. But liberals have come up with a way to restrict gun ownership anyway: the time-honored power of the federal government to impose taxes on things it disapproves of. A U.S. territory is adding a $1,000 tax for every firearm. [Read More...]
Trump and Clinton take New York
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton haven’t been doing so well lately, but that changed with big wins in the state both candidates call home. Trump was projected to be the winner with 61% of the vote, with John Kasich getting 25% and Ted Cruz getting 15%. (Voters there didn’t like Cruz’s slur against Trump’s “New [Read More...]
