Some economists think the results cast doubt on the long-held verities of their discipline.

ECONOMIST: Affluence

In the pursuit of those verities, our students could do worse than to study the early crowdfunding techniques of Benjamin Franklin.

FORBES: Crowdsourcing: It's Always Been About the Benjamin

But it is far from clear that in embracing this very modern form of freedom, libertarians are being true to the timeless verities embodied in America's founding documents.

WSJ: 'Right Wing Lice'

The old verities, after all, are largely a busted flush.

BBC: Economy: bonds, austerity, debt and the Age of Plenty

Santorum has a strong case to make that they are endangering those verities by disparaging the virtues that the Founders had the luxury of being able to take for granted.

WSJ: 'Right Wing Lice'

The good ones, however will require the old verities.

FORBES: James Cameron's Blowout Plans

Every day, the Web carries the voice of another leader of the settler movement who insists that the settlers are the vanguard now, that the old verities are to be challenged, if not eliminated.

NEWYORKER: The Party Faithful

But she stuck to her household verities.

WSJ: What Would Margaret Thatcher Do?

The crazy verities are still here.

NEWYORKER: Revelation Road

The verities of Wiesbaden live on.

ECONOMIST: Walter Farmer