Gene Edward Veith Jr.'s Blog, page 89
March 22, 2017
Trump threatens opponents of his health care bill
President Trump is pressuring conservative Congressmen who are opposed to his health care bill. The “repeal and replace” response to Obamacare, which retains many of the elements of that program, is facing a vote on Thursday. The president says that representatives who vote “no” may not get re-elected. He said that he would campaign for those [Read More...]
Logical fallacies in science
Scientists sometimes succumb to logical fallacies. A Norwegian scientist has written about three of them that often turn up in scientific research: (1) affirming the consequent (2) false analogy (3) confirmation bias From Ross Pomeroy, Common Logical Fallacies Committed by Scientists | RealClearScience: In an effort to clamp down on the problem of poor logic in [Read More...]
March 21, 2017
Work on Jesus’ burial site completed
We blogged about the excavation and renovation of Jesus’ tomb at our post “See the Place Where They Laid Him.” Now, just in time for Easter, the renovation work and the preservation of the site at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem have been completed. The shrine had been in danger of collapse, [Read More...]
Other rights are not equal to religious liberty
The hearings for Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the Supreme Court got started. Judge Gorsuch is so clearly qualified that it’s hard to see the basis the left will use to try to shoot down his nomination. Evidently, the criticism will be that he rules too frequently in favor of religious liberty. For example, he [Read More...]
Trump and the FBI
FBI director James Comey told the House Intelligence Committee that an active investigation is underway into Russian involvement with the U.S. election, including whether or not there was collusion with the Trump campaign. Comey also dismissed President Trump’s charges that the Obama administration was eavesdropping on Trump Tower. The testimony brought back an issue that [Read More...]
March 20, 2017
And now, Network Christianity
Lots of Christians supported Donald Trump, for many different reasons. Some didn’t approve of him, but thought that he would be better than Hillary Clinton. Some thought Trump would be more favorable to the pro-life cause. Some thought he would be better on religious liberty. Some thought Trump would bring more jobs, shake up the [Read More...]
Hail! Hail! Chuck Berry
The pioneering rock ‘n’ roll guitarist and songwriter Chuck Berry died. He was 90 years old. I saw him perform at his St. Louis club Blueberry Hill. He must have been in his 80s. But what energy he showed! What joy! What connection with his audience! After the jump, a link to an obituary story that [Read More...]
The Trump/Russia collusion charge is fizzling
The Democratic base, fanned by left wing pundits, is all fired up about the prospect that Donald Trump and his campaign conspired with the Russians to steal the election. But despite lots of searching, no evidence of that collusion has turned up. Now Democratic officials are trying to tamp down expectations from the rank and file, [Read More...]
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March 17, 2017
St. Patrick’s confession
Instead of celebrating St. Patrick’s Day by just wearing green, making a big deal about being Irish, drinking green beer, or marching in parades, try reading the works of St. Patrick and reflecting on his Christian faith and convictions. Observe St. Patrick’s Day this year by reading the great missionary’s own story, as he tells about [Read More...]
Trump’s budget
President Trump released his proposed budget. It boosts defense spending, Veterans’ benefits, school choice, and homeland security. But it dramatically slashes the State Department and the Environmental Protection Agency. It cuts most agency’s appropriations and eliminates some of them completely. See the list of agencies and programs that Trump’s budget would eliminate entirely. Among the [Read More...]
