Planning an Escape from Nixonland

Posted by veritas on Jun 6, 2011 9:32:27 AM

In a previous post I outlined some of the insights in the stunning book Nixonland by Rick Perlstein. In it, Perlstein deftly chronicles the unraveling of the American political center ... Read More

Hat's Off

Posted by veritas on May 3, 2011 10:15:36 AM

Congratulations to Ethan Demme who was elected leader of the Lancaster County Republican Party in their election last night! Ethan is a friend and the husband of our former music teacher, Anna. ... Read More

The Politics of Tragedy

Posted by veritas on Jan 14, 2011 1:53:29 PM

The tragic murders in Arizona during the attempted assassination attempt on the life of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords by a deranged man have resounded through our nation for the last week. They ... Read More

Great Speech

Posted by veritas on Jan 11, 2011 11:59:56 AM

This is called the “Evil Empire” speech by Ronald Reagan. It was given to the National Association of Evangelicals. Here is a link to it:

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The State of Education: Gov. Chris Christie

Posted by veritas on Dec 3, 2010 1:56:16 PM

Here is a interesting video from the recent EAG Conference on education. It is a video of Governor Christie from New Jersey. I think that a sea change is occurring in the public view of the public ... Read More

Thankful for our Representation

Posted by veritas on Dec 1, 2010 9:54:46 AM

I am so thankful for Gordon Denlinger, State Representative from the 99th district and Veritas Academy Board Advisor. He is returning his automatic cost of living increase in pay this ... Read More

On the other side of the waterfall?

Posted by veritas on Nov 9, 2010 10:28:37 AM

This last Tuesday might have been an historic election in our country and state. Time will tell. There are a number of different possible outcomes concerning the election. We could see a return of ... Read More

One of the Most Amazing People

Posted by veritas on Oct 5, 2010 2:55:52 PM

One of my alums at Veritas Academy sent me this link to an interview of Rene Girard by the Hoover Institute.

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The Jesus Blank

Posted by veritas on Sep 22, 2010 10:51:30 AM

Recently, I have had the privilege of being at a number of political and quasi-political informational meetings. We are blessed here in Lancaster County to be represented in Washington by Joe ... Read More

The Slow Train….and its eventualities (a follow-up)

Posted by veritas on Jun 26, 2010 3:41:53 PM

As a follow up to my last post, Dick Morris (former Clinton administration advisor turned Republican) played the scenario out as a game of political chicken. It is an interesting article:

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