Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 204

“We need a union of all who can fight”

French president Francois Hollande called for “a union of all who can fight” to destroy ISIS.  He called on the United States and Russia to set aside their differences and to join together in an international coalition to battle jihadist terrorism. But President Obama appeared to reject that plea, saying that what his administration is [Read More...]

Bobby Jindal drops out of the race

Bobby Jindal has dropped out of the Republican presidential race.  At least ten others should follow his good example, if there is to be any hope of stopping Donald Trump. From Andrew Rafferty, Bobby Jindal Ends 2016 Presidential Campaign – NBC News: Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced late Tuesday he would suspend his presidential campaign [Read More...]

Freedom and the new comment system

Thanks, everybody, for trying out the new World Table comment system.  I can relate to the frustrations some of you are registering.  Thanks also to Jack Donaldson of World Table for commenting on the various threads.  We should rate him as “helpful,” “strongly agree.”  He wrote me an e-mail with the subject “Wow! Loving your [Read More...]

Prosecute global warming skeptics?

A group of 20 scientists is urging the president to prosecute scientists and organizations  that question global warming. Now a Rasmussen survey has found that 27% of Democrats agree with that approach.  So do 11% of Republicans and 12% of Independents.From Little Support for Punishing Global Warming Foes -Rasmussen Reports: Global warming advocates are calling [Read More...]

Republican leaders are starting to panic

Republican leaders are in a state of fear that Donald Trump or Ben Carson could be their party’s nominee.  They had assumed that they would fade by now, but they haven’t!  The party leaders believe that if either of those two were nominated, Hillary Clinton would win easily and the Democrats would take back the [Read More...]

Update on the Paris attack

(1) Now authorities are saying that 129 people are confirmed dead in the Paris attacks.  349 were injured, with 96 being in critical condition. (2) We now know that this was the work of ISIS. (3) At least two of the eight attackers came to France as Syrian refugees. (4) Seven of the attackers were [Read More...]

Supreme Court will rule on how much abortion can be regulated

The Supreme Court will take up its biggest abortion case in 25 years, promising to decide exactly to what extent abortion can be limited and regulated without violating a woman’s constitutional rights. From Supreme Court takes up major challenge to abortion restrictions – The Washington Post: The Supreme Court on Friday decided to hear its [Read More...]

Back to the Sixties with the Democratic debate

The Democratic presidential candidates’ debate has reportedly given Republicans some good material to work with.  None of the debating Democratic candidates could bring themselves to criticize “radical Islam,” even as Paris still smolders.  And Hillary Cinton proudly identified herself with the 1960′s, looking back, in her words, “a long time ago” to those golden years [Read More...]

Islamic terrorists attack Paris, more than 150 killed

Islamic terrorists attacked Paris, hitting six targets (maybe more)–a concert hall, a soccer stadium, and popular restaurants–with AK47s and explosives, killing, as of the latest count, more than 150 people.  From Paris rocked by explosions and shootouts leaving more than 140 dead – The Washington Post: France declared a state of emergency and sealed its [Read More...]

Killing Reagan’s reputation

Bill O’Reilly is considered a conservative, but he is challenging one of American conservatism’s biggest icons.  In his bestselling book Killing Reagan, O’Reilly maintains that the assassination attempt 69 days into his presidency caused Reagan to be mentally impaired for the rest of his terms in office.  O’Reilly describes the president being in a state [Read More...]