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Here is a harsher critique of Berry by First Things' blog. The critique is biting, but does not seem tethered to deep understanding. More on this later:

Here is some thoughtful criticism on Berry's Jefferson Lecture. I think that there was some misreading of the lecture on the left thinking that Berry was proposing government as the answer. ... Read More

Here are a few paragraphs of fall out after the Jefferson Lecture last night in DC. Berry (now patted on the back by right and left as a sage and thinker) kept on pointing out that the economy ... Read More

I am still reading this, but Berry is so good that I wanted to post it now. He gave the lecture last night. Take an 45 minutes and soak in this tonight.

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

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

My next post is an answer to a fellow that agrees with me, but that does not understand the true purpose of a liberal arts education. He says that “He has nothing against a liberal arts ... Read More

Just in case you missed these from the March 18^th letters to the editors:

Here is an interesting article in First Things by Peter Leithart (who will be in Lancaster next week speaking at the Evangelical Theological Society Meeting on Friday (more info here: ... Read More

I have a link to an article in Hillsdale College’s newsletter from Dr. Charles Murray on whether we should have a Department of Education. It is an interesting article that I enjoyed: