Veritas Blog

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

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

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

If you (like me) start to get the jitters every four years because you worry that you might be forced to vote for someone who you would not hire to run your company or mow your lawn in order to ... Read More

There have been a couple of articles recently about a really good idea that is being pursued by three local school districts in Lancaster County. They are making their campuses more open by ... Read More

Here is a 10 minute primer on our debt, our deficit, and the debt ceiling. It is a good basic terms lecture on the subject:

As Emily and I were pulling up to City Hall in Philly, we noticed the Occupy tent village. The first big tent that I saw was bedecked with a very large Ron Paul sign. From what we witnessed ... Read More

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I have not written on the debt ceiling because I am not sure what I would do. I understand debt in principle. In the long term . . . .