Veritas Book Club

Knocked this short little guy off yesterday while at work, unable to do my lab report. Excellent book.

It's basic, and parts were borderline tedious (they avoided being so by being fairly concise and by Kirk's lucid prose). I suspect that it is something of an abridged version of The Roots of American Order, just as The Politics of Prudence could be seen as a short form of The Conservative Mind. This isn't a good book for someone who is already deep into the realm of conservative thought and is looking for stimulation.

However, it is a good reminder of basic principles for those at such a level. And it would make an outstanding primer on the subject.

This would serve very well in a senior's civics class in high school, in an entry-level college course, or as reading for those entering the armed forces (interestingly, the book was written partly in response to the lack of understanding of the American cause our forces showed in the Korean War).

I knocked off The Fountainhead last weekend, and was promptly buried in midterms this week. Blogging on it was consequently precluded. So here's my reactions after several days and many, many hours of studying later.

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T. S. Eliot has put the final bullet into the body of my belief in the separation of church and state.

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