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Five Temptations for Classical Christian Education; Part 2

Posted by veritas on Nov 21, 2012 9:47:16 AM

This is my ongoing analysis of Brian Douglass' excellent article on the temptations that CCe faces presently. It is a challenging and insightful article. The first temptation is success--or ... Read More

Five Temptations for Classical Christian Education

Posted by veritas on Nov 21, 2012 9:29:34 AM

This article by Brian Douglas is so good that I am going to post it here in its entirety and here and then I am going to take a few more articles to dig deeper. It is excellent:

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Why study dead old men? Cicero quote

Posted by veritas on Nov 21, 2012 9:08:59 AM

There have been numerous speculations about my absence from the Leaky Bucket. Here are a few answers:

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College Craziness

Posted by veritas on May 14, 2012 5:06:31 PM

Here is an article on the coming bubble that is preparing to burst. We might have survived the housing bubble, but will we survive the “college bubble.” Here are the facts:

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A Side Effect of Technology?

Posted by veritas on Apr 14, 2012 8:42:04 AM

Recently, I got into a tiny verbal joust with a friend over whether technology was connecting us with our friends more effectively. I said that it was not. He demurred. The moment passed. I saw ... Read More

Why did He do it?

Posted by veritas on Apr 14, 2012 8:37:43 AM

Last week, I had the blessing of walking through Central Market with Emily and our girls. We love the Market and I was musing, as I often do, on Lancaster County as we wander from booth and ... Read More

A Book Recommendation

Posted by veritas on Apr 12, 2012 9:38:08 AM

Look at this video of a new book on college by Derek Melleby. It looks good:

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Inspiring Video

Posted by veritas on Apr 12, 2012 9:34:22 AM

I received this video recently. The speaker is a Christian motivational speaker. I usually don’t like this ... Read More

Education and Money

Posted by veritas on Apr 11, 2012 12:25:48 PM

Here is a link to a recent editorial written BY the Lancaster papers (it is important that it was written by the editorial staff because it shows a changing opinion inside the paper). It points ... Read More

Politics and The Comedy

Posted by veritas on Apr 11, 2012 12:23:29 PM

I have written very little about the present political campaign because of depression. I really do not like how things are going and I do not see any short term hope (wish I did). I was reminded ... Read More