Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 219
September 21, 2015
The Carly Fiorina challenge
During the last presidential candidate debate, Carly Fiorina–who has jumped to second place in the polls–posed the following challenge: I dare Hillary Clinton [and] Barack Obama to watch these tapes. Watch a fully-formed fetus on the table, its heart beating, its legs kicking, while someone says, ‘We have to keep it alive to harvest its [Read More...]
Latest polls show shifts in race
As mentioned in another post, Carly Fiorina has shot up to second place after Donald Trump. Ben Carson is third. And Marco Rubio is fourth. (Trump’s and Carson’s numbers are down from what they were earlier, suggesting that some of their support is going to Fiorina.) Scott Walker, who once was the front-runner in early [Read More...]
September 18, 2015
Get rid of pews?
If you have ever been in one of the big cathedrals of Europe, you may have noticed that the chancel is filled with folding chairs. Or consider this painting by our main man Lucas Cranach, showing Luther preaching Christ: Notice how the congregation is mostly standing up. Some of the women are in chairs, and [Read More...]
Pro-life initiatives in Congress
Senate Republicans say they will put forward a bill that would ban all abortions after 20 weeks. Meanwhile, the House is putting forward a bill that would ban funding to Planned Parenthood. If these issues get attached to spending bills, they could shut down the government. That tactic turned the general public against Republicans before. [Read More...]
What about wage subsidies?
Oren Cass of the Manhattan Institute has offered an alternative both to the minimum wage and to the trillion dollars that we spend on anti-poverty programs: wage subsidies. The government would supplement the salary for low-paying jobs so that they would constitute a living wage. But this would allow small businesses to hire more people, [Read More...]
September 17, 2015
How Obama will get in the Pope’s face
To greet Pope Francis at the White House next week, President Obama has invited a pro-abortion nun, transgender activists, gay Catholic activists, and a gay Episcopal bishop. From White House Invites Several Opponents of Catholic Teaching to Greet Pope Francis – Breitbart: President Obama will apparently test just how far Pope Francis’ notorious tolerance will [Read More...]
Megabrewery–no, gigabrewery
We have microbreweries that make small-batch craft beers. We have macrobreweries that make the mass-produced brands like Budweiser and Miller. But now Budweiser and Miller, or rather the global corporations that now control them both, are working on a merger! That would result in a megabrewery. No, since this conglomerate would make a one third [Read More...]
Debate post-mortem
Well, what are your conclusions about last night’s debate? Did anyone win? Did your mind change about anyone? Do you see any candidate rising from the second tier or falling from the first tier?
September 16, 2015
Donald Trump announces his favorite Bible verse
Donald Trump has said that his favorite book is the Bible, with his own Art of the Deal coming in at second place. But he was unable to give his favorite Bible verse. But now he has. It’s that “chapter” in Proverbs “never bend to envy.” From Donald Trump likes that Proverbs verse that might [Read More...]
Planned Parenthood video #10
The 10th undercover video exposing Planned Parenthood’s trafficking in the organs of babies they abort has been released. It shows officials admitting how they profit from this income stream and how they try to get around the “ridiculous laws.” An account of the video after the jump, and you can see it at the link. [Read More...]
