Veritas Blog

An AP story today announced that Republican teachers in the NEA are feeling a little left out. (Could this be news?) Here is the story that I saw in the Lancaster papers:

Her is an interesting article by Robert Duffett on the importance of a classical (or liberal arts education). Democracy hangs in the balance as we, as a culture, make or fail to make this type of ... Read More

Reading the paper today was such a joy. I had to share it with the broader world. Recently, JPMorganChase (note the German smashing of words together whenever one thing swallows another), one of ... Read More

This is a quick superb note on how the Bible can be truly useful in the lives of believers from Peter Leithart:

Today, is a great day for this quote:

Here is an interesting article from Time Magazine (even an blind squirrel, etc.,) on Kids and Summer Jobs. Having profited greatly spiritually through hard work in the summer, I was intrigued by ... Read More

Kudos to our friends from Logos in Moscow, Idaho, on their umteenth state title and fifth place finish at nationals. FYI, Moscow has a population almost equivalent to Ephrata Township and ... Read More

Here is a fun video about Diogenes of Sinope (or Diogenes the Cynic as he is more famously known). It is not professionally done...and Diogenes would have wanted it that way. Enjoy.

Here is a bit of poetry from Berry on patriotism. It is exactly what true patriots should be doing in our day--holding our leaders accountable:

Here is a response worth reading on the earlier angry responses from First Things. This says some of what I am going to say but not all.