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

I listened to the NCAA ruling this morning. After a few moments, a friend from out West emailed asking my reaction. Here it is:

If you are looking for an interesting and obscure read, try John Buchan's The Dancing Floor. You spend about a third of the book thinking that you are heading into some late Victorian ... 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

I was thinking about this today as I was driving around (the time between meetings). I think that classical Christian education and the culture that it supports are committed to crossing Kant's ... 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:

As a number of you saw, I was the person featured in the "In the Spotlight" section of the Sunday Paper. I was honored to be chosen, and I really enjoyed interacting with Jon Rutter (the writer ... Read More