Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 74
May 31, 2017
Something conservative states and liberal states agree on
Deep blue liberal states and deep red conservative states agree on at least one thing: They don’t want the federal government messing with the driver’s licenses they issue. A federal law requires that driver’s licenses may not be used for identification purposes unless they have certain security features and were issued after applicants proved their [Read More...]
Should we sell off half the oil reserve?
The federal government has stockpiled a massive amount of oil in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. The purpose is to have an oil supply to keep the country going in the event of an emergency or shortfall (as in the Mideast Oil Embargo that was slapped on the United States back in 1973 for supporting Israel). [Read More...]
May 30, 2017
Guilt and shame
There is guilt, the inner torment that comes from doing what is wrong. And there is shame, the torment that comes from other people knowing that we have done something wrong. Guilt is private; shame is social. Guilt has to do with how we see ourselves; shame has to do with how others see us. [Read More...]
Bioethical nightmares
Human embryos have been produced asexually, as with the cloning of Dolly the Sheep. Scientists are getting ready to manufacture “three parent” babies. Chinese reproductive engineers have developed the technology to alter the genes of any cell or organism. There is talk of “fetal farming” to grow fetuses so as to harvest their organs. Wesley J. [Read More...]
Lawsuit for under-filled candy boxes
Someone is suing Hershey candies for underfilling boxes of Whoppers and Reese’s Pieces. The package of malt balls, claims the victim, was only 59% full, while the package of chocolate-peanut butter treats was only 71%. This amounts, he says, to deceptive advertising. This follows other suits over underfilled bags of potato chips and packages of [Read More...]
May 29, 2017
Forgetting what Memorial Day means
I learned that it is not good form to wish each other “Happy Memorial Day!” This is a day to remember service members who have died. That is not “happy,” though it should make us feel grateful, and gratitude is arguably a part of happiness. Veterans Day honors everyone who has served in the military. Memorial [Read More...]
Trump son-in-law tried to set up secret communications with Russia?
President Trump’s son-in-law and top advisor Jared Kushner (Ivanka’s husband) talked to the Russian ambassador about setting up a secret communications channel linking the transition team with Moscow. The technology would be through the Russian embassy. U.S. intelligence intercepted dispatches from Ambassador Sergey Kislyak telling his superiors about the talks. So reports the Washington Post. Could [Read More...]
Trump back from his world tour
President Trump is back from his first official international trip. Most observers from all sides say that he did well in the religion part of his journey, visiting Saudi Arabia, Israel, and the Pope. In Europe, for the NATO meeting and the G7 summit, he didn’t make himself any friends, but he made himself clear. [Read More...]
May 26, 2017
The new religiosity
An academic journal published an article by a scholar arguing that if there is “trangenderism,” in which a person’s sexual identity is determined by an individual’s choice, then there also needs to be “transracialism,” in which a person’s racial identity is a matter of an individual’s choice. Though the article is impeccably liberal, it brought [Read More...]
Why is the left so sympathetic to Islam?
Why are liberals and leftists always defending Islam? They have nothing but scorn for Christians who oppose the LGBT agenda. But Muslims oppose the LGBT agenda even more. To the point, in many Islamic countries, of killing gays. Feminists attack Christianity for its alleged mistreatment of women. But Islam treats women far, far worse than [Read More...]
