Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 370
November 29, 2013
Obamacare for small businesses delayed a year
Most attention in the Obamacare rollout has been on the individual mandate to buy insurance from an approved “exchange.” But small businesses, those with 50 or fewer employees, have an exchange of their own that they can buy from. But that part of the HealthCare.gov website isn’t working either. So the administration is delaying that [Read More...]
November 28, 2013
Have a grateful Thanksgiving
I hope you have a meaningful Thanksgiving, with the thankful part not overshadowed by shopping, football, gluttony, family spats, or other distractions. Towards that end, this special edition of the Cranach blog will offer some meditations about things we really should be thankful for. Remember that comment made by someone–Chesterton? It sounds like Chesterton. Please [Read More...]
The blessings of family
Someone has said (again, please help me source it if you can) that if you have a wildly successful career but have a miserable family life, you will be miserable. And if you have a miserable career but have a happy family life, you will be happy.The line reminds us that although we think of [Read More...]
The blessings of prosperity
Right now, people who lack health insurance and need a government subsidy to pay for it are being asked to sign up for the program on their computers. Think of that. It can be assumed that even those who need financial assistance have computers. Even us ordinary folks have a standard of living that [Read More...]
The blessings of liberty
We want to do things that we can’t do, for one reason or another, and we complain about every restriction. And yet, we really do have an incredible measure of liberty in this country. Let us count some of the ways. . . . (1) We have the liberty to possess a Bible, without being [Read More...]
November 27, 2013
“They know not what they do”
We just celebrated the last Sunday of the Church Year–some call it the Sunday of the Fulfillment or Christ the King Sunday. And the Gospel reading for this triumphant, climactic day is about. . . Christ on the Cross (Luke 23:27-43). Our pastor preached on some words of His that I’ve never heard treated like [Read More...]
Conservative Lutherans start dialogue with Catholics
Roman Catholics and the Lutheran World Federation made a splash a few years ago when they came to some agreements about Justification by Faith. But the much-hyped talk of the two parties getting together has floundered, since many of the liberal Lutherans of the LWF have jumped off the deep end, as far as Catholics [Read More...]
Supremes will rule on Obamacare abortifacient mandate
The Supreme Court has announced that it will settle the question of whether owners of private businesses with religious objections can opt out of the Obamacare mandate that employer-provided insurance policies must cover contraceptives and morning-after-pills. The court will hear the cases of Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood, probably in March, with a decision to [Read More...]
November 26, 2013
Four Dangerous Ideas
Hear them all (from Dan Savage, Germaine Greer, Peter Hitchens, and Hanna Rosin). HT: Aaron Lewis & Wrigley Peterborough
Prominent neo-Pagan becomes a Christian
Teo Bishop, a prominent neo-Pagan–a celebrity among Druids and Witches–has announced his conversion to Christianity. He now says, “I’m overwhelmed with thoughts of Jesus. . . Jesus and God and Christianity and the Lord’s Prayer and compassion and forgiveness and hope. … I don’t know what to do with all of this.” From Mark Oppenheimer, [Read More...]
