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(For full disclosure, I am a friend of and have a lot of respect for the Elanco ... [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/the-secular-conundrum/) ### [Five Temptations for Classical Christian Education; Part 2](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/five-temptations-for-classical-christian-education-part-2/) Posted by [veritas](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/veritas) on Nov 21, 2012, 9:47:16 AM This is my ongoing analysis of Brian Douglass' excellent article on the temptations that CCe faces presently. It is a challenging and insightful article. The first temptation is success--or ... [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/five-temptations-for-classical-christian-education-part-2/) ### [Five Temptations for Classical Christian Education](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/five-temptations-for-classical-christian-education/) Posted by [veritas](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/veritas) on Nov 21, 2012, 9:29:34 AM This article by Brian Douglas is so good that I am going to post it here in its entirety and here and then I am going to take a few more articles to dig deeper. It is excellent: [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/five-temptations-for-classical-christian-education/) ### [Why study dead old men? Cicero quote](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/why-study-dead-old-men-cicero-quote/) Posted by [veritas](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/veritas) on Nov 21, 2012, 9:08:59 AM There have been numerous speculations about my absence from the Leaky Bucket. Here are a few answers: [Read More](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/why-study-dead-old-men-cicero-quote/) ### [Go Dana! Go Monarchs!](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/go-dana-go-monarchs/) Posted by [Ty Fischer](https://info.veritasacademy.com/headmasters-blog/author/ty-fischer) on Oct 22, 2012, 8:25:51 AM Big week for our country and big week for Veritas Academy! 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