Recently, I received a question from Sarah Bryan, a college student at Grove City who did an internship for Veritas last year asking:
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Drugs and Despair
I recently ran into two items concerning drug use. (As an aside, I am a conservative with fairly libertarian tendencies concerning things like drug laws. This means that I worry that our societal ... Read More
Kindergarten and Attendance Law
I caught this article a few weeks back and wanted to pass it along:
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There is an interesting train wreck happening at the confluence of the streets called education, finances, and technology. Here is a sketch of what I am seeing. First, education costs too much. ... Read More
St. Francis (no not that one)
I had two fairly hefty reading goals this year. I wanted to read through Shelby Foote's 3 volume history of the Civil War. I am about two-thirds of the way through and I can say now with a high ... Read More
Not That Way
In the Lord of the Rings when Frodo is trying to sneak through the Black Gate to get into Mordor Gollum, as only Gollum can, speaks to Frodo who would quickly be apprehended if he tried to run ... Read More
No Soup for You
I have been on a little hiatus because of a beast called Influenza A, the backlog of work caused by the destructive powers of said beast, and a sort of Lenten fast from blogging. I know that it is ... Read More
The Hobbit
I wanted to give a little bit of a critique on the Hobbit movie. I revere Tolkien and love his writing. I think that it was historically important because his work and Lewis' work reignited the ... Read More
Where did we find these people?
Whew! The fiscal cliff was averted...well sort of. We actually sort of went over it and sort of did not. When one looks across the landscape of our country searching for hope, you need not look ... Read More
One more idea that I have trouble with
Feeling a lot like a curmudgeon as the year winds down. Here is one more idea I have a problem with: public school's with development departments! Here is the story:
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