Veritas Blog

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

I love Wendell Berry. Here is a great quotation from the The Long-Legged House demonstrating why all of us should love his work. He looks at the world and sees the instruction that it is ... Read More

Here is a thoughtful sentence on the aim of a classical Christian education by David Hicks. I would change only a few words in it (if you have yet to read his Norms and Nobility you ... Read More

As many of you know, I love Berry. Here is an excellent story on him (the website looks kooky), but just enjoy the story on him:

Here is a brief video of the heckling that greeted Douglas Wilson at Indiana University. He was invited there to speak on Christian views of sexuality and then heckled by students who claim that ... Read More

I have been doing some thinking about why the broader community should support the work of Veritas Academy. I am still working on this, but here is my present best answer (I would love to hear ... Read More

As Dante moves toward God in Paradise, incredible things happen. I have always felt (and still feel) least at home in these later cantos of Paradise. As people move toward God, they become more ... Read More

Now, those reading the blog know that I am of two minds concerning school choice. I am afraid that government involvement with the private and religious schools will corrupt us and end our ... Read More

This is a really interesting article concerning tax paying put out by National Public Radio. This is a lot of fairness arguing going on right now, and it runs something like this: "The rich do not ... Read More

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