Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 181
February 22, 2016
Lutheran novelists
My daughter Mary Moerbe, at her blog Meet, Write, and Salutary, has been collecting Lutheran novelists. She has put together a page that lists and links to the works of 14 living novelists who are also Lutherans. If you know of others, or if you yourself are one, she would like to know about it. [Read More...]
February 20, 2016
The GOP race after South Carolina
Donald Trump was the choice of nearly one-third of South Carolina Republican voters, winning the primary. But that means that two-thirds of the Republicans voted against him. If the bottom three candidates would quit the race, their combined 22.6% of the vote would turn the tide against Trump. In fact, if their votes were split for Cruz (22.3%) [Read More...]
Jeb Bush quits the race!
Jeb Bush has dropped out of the Republican presidential race. From: Jeb Bush suspends his campaign – CNNPolitics.com Jeb Bush is suspending his campaign for the Republican nomination, he announced Saturday night. Bush struggled for months to make inroads against Donald Trump, who constantly mocked the former Florida governor’s “low energy” and for spending tens [Read More...]
Today’s South Carolina primary and Nevada caucus
The presidential race may get a lot clearer after today. We’ll announce the results when they are available and discuss them here. NEVADA RESULTS ARE IN: Hillary Clinton (52.2%; 12 delegates); Bernie Sanders (47.7%; 10 delegates) Polls are closed in South Carolina, and Trump, as expected, is ahead in the count with 30-something percent. But [Read More...]
February 19, 2016
Pope condones contraception to avoid Zika?
Pope Francis told reporters that women threatened with the Zika virus, which causes birth defects, could use contraception. Abortion, though, he emphasized, is an “absolute evil,” which should never be committed. This is extraordinary. It seems to me that if you make this exception, in which the end justifies the means, the whole fabric of the [Read More...]
South Carolina primary & Nevada caucus
Saturday is a big day for the presidential race. The Republicans will have a primary election in South Carolina. And the Democrats will have caucuses in Nevada. The schedule gets complicated: The Democrats will vote in South Carolina a week later, on February 27. The Republicans will hold their Nevada caucuses on Tuesday, February 23. [Read More...]
Pope and Trump get into a fight
Pope Francis tore into Donald Trump, saying that anyone who is all about building walls instead of building bridges is “not a Christian.” Trump responded in kind, saying that it’s “disgraceful” for a religious leader to “question a person’s faith.” In a statement, Trump went further, saying “No leader, especially a religious leader, should have the [Read More...]
Cruz trying to get Libertarian vote, but Ron Paul says “no”
Ted Cruz is trying to get the libertarian vote, now that Rand Paul has dropped out of the race. But Rand’s father, long-time libertarian standard-bearer Ron Paul is insisting that Cruz is no libertarian. After the jump, see excerpts and links to what Cruz is doing to woo the libertarian vote (namely, toning down the [Read More...]
February 18, 2016
Christ drains the cup
Read this remarkable meditation from Chad Bird on those times of suffering when God seems unresponsive–asleep, like Jesus in the storm. It’s a powerful example of what I have been calling for, a theodicy centered in Christ. I post an excerpt and a link after the jump. You’ll want to read every word. I also [Read More...]
The problems with socialism
As we’ve been seeing, socialism of various flavors is back in vogue. But, as University of Oklahoma professor David Deming points out, socialism not only has a bad track record, it is problematic morally. From David Deming, OU professor: Youths’ attraction to Sanders shows education failure | News OK: It’s disheartening that an avowed socialist is [Read More...]
