Veritas Blog

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 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

I have written very little about the present political campaign because of depression. I really do not like how things are going and I do not see any short term hope (wish I did). I was reminded ... Read More

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

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

December 24, 2011
Christmas Wishes!

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

Yesterday, the State Senate in PA passed a voucher bill that will give voucher to students trapped in the 5% of schools that are chronically bottom performers. It is unlikely right now that this ... Read More

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 . . . .