Veritas Blog

Here is what Wendell Berry did before he delivered the Jefferson Lecture. Some of this is odd, but if you a fan of Berry's you will no doubt enjoy it:

I am happy to announce that N.D. Wilson will be visiting Veritas Academy and talking with our 9th through 12th graders about classical education and New St. Andrews College (where he is a fellow). ... Read More

The stories and lauds are pouring out concerning Berry. I am going to post a few. I read his Jefferson Lecture last night. It is classic Berry. The fact that they did not know what he is going to ... Read More

Here are a few paragraphs of fall out after the Jefferson Lecture last night in DC. Berry (now patted on the back by right and left as a sage and thinker) kept on pointing out that the economy ... Read More

I am still reading this, but Berry is so good that I wanted to post it now. He gave the lecture last night. Take an 45 minutes and soak in this tonight.

Here is an excellent post by Douglas Wilson on Protestantism's liberation of the arts. I think that he is right, but I might want more to be said. Recent Protestant forays into the arts been worse ... Read More

Here is an interesting article by David Brooks. Interesting, because he sees the problem clearly but does not advocate the right solution. The problem is this: Colleges are overpriced and there is ... Read More

Here is an interesting article by Peter Levine wondering what the future of the study of the classics will look like. I agree with most of what he has said. I am worried that so little of what has ... Read More

Just a note below that Wendell Berry will be giving the Jefferson Lecture for the National Endowment for the Humanities in DC on Monday. There are no tickets available (I checked a while back). If ... Read More

We live in a day where faith is easy...too easy. Here is a reminder of how our forefather brought down the most powerful and oppressive Empire of all time by suffering. May we be prepared to ... Read More