Finishing the Year with some of the Worst Ideas

Posted by veritas on Dec 28, 2012 9:48:19 AM

As I scanned the paper today it seems that we are finishing off the year with a bang culturally. I always forget that this is the time of the year when nefarious and terrible ideas come out to ... Read More

Remembering 9/11

Posted by veritas on Apr 4, 2012 5:24:11 AM

Here is another link on 9/11 recounting the boat lift of people from Manhattan. It came to me from Mal Fuller:

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Remember 9/11

Posted by veritas on Mar 30, 2012 5:52:13 AM

I had a really interesting lunch today with Mal Fuller. He was in charge of the Air Traffic Control in Pittsburgh on 9/11. He is involved in Friends of Flight 93. I am trying to work to get him to ... Read More

Please Pray for School of the Medes

Posted by veritas on Mar 3, 2012 12:04:46 PM

Dear Parents and Friends,

On March 1st, 2012, Jeremiah Small, a teacher at the Classical School of the Medes in the Kurdish region of Northern Iraq was killed by one of his ... Read More

Occupy: A Front Row Seat at the Revolution?

Posted by veritas on Nov 7, 2011 3:08:28 PM

During this last weekend, Emily and I slipped away and spent some time in Philadelphia. It was to celebrate the impending end of a decade long project called Omnibus! We planned our weekend to ... Read More

Loot by Sharon Waxman

Posted by veritas on Aug 30, 2011 11:41:00 AM

This summer while at the beach, I finished an interesting book. I spend time at the beach reading when I can. I finished an interesting book called Loot. It is about the ongoing controversy ... Read More

Norwegian Tragedy

Posted by veritas on Jul 26, 2011 10:48:03 AM

As more details of the Norway tragedy come out, we should brace ourselves for another round of pummeling. The mass murderer is being described as a fundamentalist Christian. I would imagine that ... Read More

It's the End of the World as We Know It

Posted by veritas on May 23, 2011 8:18:25 AM

Today is Judgment Day according to the radio teacher Harold Camping. I am writing this post before 6pm (it won’t post for the next few days).

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Democracy in the Middle East

Posted by veritas on Jan 31, 2011 3:02:08 PM

The biggest news on the world stage recently is the uprising of the people against the government in Egypt. There is a lot to be hopeful about in this, but there is a deep underlying problem. We, ... Read More

Interesting Tidbit: 200 Countries in 200 Years

Posted by veritas on Dec 2, 2010 5:09:47 PM

Here is an little Youtube video I swiped from Doug Wilson’s blog. This does not tell all of the story, but it is very interesting:

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