Veritas Libertas by Edward Wimberley

Veritas Libertas is dedicated to commenting upon those issues that serve to either limit or promote truth and liberty in our society. The blog asserts that truth in media, politics and government promotes liberty whereas deception and spin contribute to enslavement and tyranny. Consequently, this blog provides a commentary on local, regional, national and international issues where truth and liberty are at stake. Edward T. Wimberley is an educator and Presbyterian minister. He specializes in a number of areas involving public policy to include aging, health policy, environmental health, environmental policy and law, ecological philosophy and ethics, human ecology and more. His newest book is with Johns Hopkins University Press and is entitled Nested Ecology: The Place of Humans in the Ecological Hierarchy. He has also co-authored a text on health policy and published more than 50 articles in a variety of professional journals. Dr. Wimberley holds a B.A. in psychology from Stetson University, a M.Div. degree from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, a M.S.W. from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Social Work, and a Ph.D. in public affairs from the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Wimberley has taught at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas, Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the Founding Dean of the Colleges of Education and Professional Studies at Florida Gulf Coast University. Dr. Wimberley is also a 1989-1990 Robert Wood Johnson Health Policy Fellow.

• The FCAT Writing Exam: Students Can’t Write – So We Dumb Down Our Expectations Yet Again Posted 5/15/2012 at 8:23 p.m. 0 comments

  College students are increasingly unable to demonstrate even basic literacy skills and the State of Florida wants to dumb-down the essay assessment on the FCAT because it's too tough. Makes you wonder just how illiterate our citizens will ultimately become.

• If You Kill a Huge Exotic Snake Threatening Humans and Wildlife With a Rake.. Posted 3/30/2012 at 7:35 p.m. 10 comments

  It's Inhumane?

• Professional Purveyors of Racial Divisiveness: Jackson, Sharpton & Farrakhan on the Trayvon Martin Case Posted 3/23/2012 at 8:38 p.m. 24 comments

  At a time when cool heads and calm hearts are needed to heal the wounds of the Sanford community and the state and nation, we can ill afford the voices of those whose principal function is to promote racial disharmony and angst.

• Advanced Military Technology Capable of Eliminating Lawful Public Assembly Posted 3/16/2012 at 11:55 a.m. 7 comments

  A new military technology capable of fully dispersing any group or assembly threatening the nation or its military could also, in the hands of oppressive political forces, be used to completely eliminate lawful public assembly.

• In Way Over His Head: Obama & Scriptural Interpretation Posted 2/5/2012 at 2:21 p.m. 13 comments

  Not knowing what he is talking about or doing never stops the President from opining - now assuming the role of "apostle-in-chief."

• Five Ways to Minimize Coming Economic Collapse Posted 9/19/2011 at 1:17 p.m. 11 comments

  The EU is Collapsing and America Restrains its Economic Might

• Inoculating Our New Congressional Representatives for Potomac Fever Posted 11/3/2010 at 11:18 p.m. 1 comment

  Potomac Fever can be Alleviated by Bringing our Congressional Representatives Home to Work and Serve

• National Propaganda Radio and Juan Williams: A Case of Illiberality and Intolerance Posted 10/22/2010 at 5:46 a.m. 3 comments

  So much for the much touted tolerance of dissent by the left-leaning media.

• Beck Versus Wallis on Social Justice Posted 9/2/2010 at 9:37 p.m. 12 comments

  At what point is social justice a matter of personal conscience and faith as compared to a governmentally mandated responsibility?

• The Fifth Great Awakening: The Restoring Honor Rally In Washington, D.C. Posted 8/30/2010 at 6:53 p.m. 11 comments

  A largely Christian spiritual renewal focusing upon patriotism and faith was ushered in by the most unlikely of prophetic leaders - media celebrity and Mormon layman Glenn Beck.