“Odd-toed”? Horses have hooves; why not say “single-toed” instead of “odd-toed”? Turns out, depending on who you ask, horses may have three or even five toes on each limb.
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Of Travelers and Itinera: From Jerusalem to Japan
The art of cartography is one that has undergone constant revision. Mapmakers have sometimes gotten things wrong for centuries at a time. Public contradictions abound. Yet we never stop making maps.
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Happy Public Domain Day, 2021!
This year’s list items entering the public domain in the United States includes several notable works from 1925, the year the British Broadcasting Company called “the greatest year for books ever.”
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Advent Darkness, Christmas Light, and Life Beyond
Articles of note from month of December
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How Karl Marx Saved My Christmas
I was combing through Barbies, Lego sets, and the latest versions of Monopoly in search of something to give my two-year old for Christmas. Nothing particularly excited me, and there was nothing I could think of that he actually needed. My limited parenting experience told me he would get more entertainment out of the box and wrapping paper than the actual item anyway. But it seemed bad form simply not to buy my child a Christmas gift. So there I stood.
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“Forces”
Original poetry from Veritas Journal.
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The Flowers of St. Francis (Book and Film Recommendation)
In the midst of the great crisis of truth that followed the World Wars, Rossellini’s films suggest that there is no more true character than someone playing himself.
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Veritas Journal Now Accepting Poetry and Works of Short Fiction
Veritas Journal is pleased to announce that we are now accepting poetry and short works of fiction for occasional publication.
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Happy Thanksgiving from Veritas Journal
Only the empty nests are left behind / And pipings of the quail among the sheaves.
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Zombies on Your Mind?
Just what is consciousness and how does it work? What does it mean that I am aware? That I am aware of myself? Does it arise entirely from the brain? Is it a function of a soul? Are other animals conscious? How would we know? Does individual consciousness survive beyond death? And what about ... zombies?
