Veritas Blog

I happened on this recent article about how Algebra for American students might need to be jettisoned. Here is the article:

An equivocation is when a term is being used differently by two people (or even by one person). This leads, often, to misunderstanding or bad arguments and decisions. Equivocations can be helpful ... Read More

The signs of systemic collapse in education are becoming more numerous. Here is the big news at present:

A classical education focus on the skill of rhetoric. Why? Because ideas are powerful and they are communicated from one mind to another by words. Good words draw people together and adorn the ... Read More

Today is a sad day in Central Pennsylvania...a very sad day. Yesterday, the shock waves started to rumble out of State College. The worst fears of many of us seemed to be confirmed (I say seemed ... Read More

A few days ago the editorial writer David Brooks wrote an interesting column on how our schools discourage the masculine virtues. Here is the article:

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

Here is a little poetry on Monday morning from Mr. Berry.

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: