Signs of the Times…

Sigh….

Texas: What a Place For Educators….

Wow.  Essentially the Governor of that tragic state wants to transform higher ed into a pure business where Professors aren’t tenured and students call the shots (because students know what they want and how they want it).  Profs would be paid according to the amount of students they taught and the amount of money they made for the school.  And Perry wants to destroy higher ed in many other ways as well.  Perry wants to do to higher ed what ‘no child left behind’ has done to elementary ed.

Listen to a balanced report on the topic at NPR (and by all means, wow, New Republic.  Wow).

There’s a debate across the country over how well universities are preparing graduates for the real world, and whether colleges should operate more like businesses. That debate is particularly heated in Texas, where Gov. Rick Perry wants big changes at state colleges, including the flagship University of Texas.

One out of Four Children Think Easter is the Easter Bunny’s Birthday…

And 53% don’t know what Easter is at all.

The Daily Star has picked up on a poll conducted by the hotel chain Travelodge:  A QUARTER of children reckon Easter is about celebrating the Easter Bunny’s birthday.  53% do not know what Easter is, instead seeing it as just a chance to scoff chocolate.

Via.  Oh modern culture… You’re really sad.  And filled with ignorance.

The Most Dilettantish of All Dilettantes

I’m just dumbfounded.  Seriously.

“The Scribe” wants you to buy his book hear the new new revelation that Jesus personally told him to write. So, he did what prophets and recipients of divine revelation have always done: he set up a website, complete with praise from reputable individuals such as:

“Exactly what Jesus would say if he came to earth again! Perhaps this is how he will come again.”  –  Christian Person
“What Christians have been seeking for centuries. Literally millions will love it.”   – Catholic Bishop
“Speechless! I am totally amazed at what is here.”   – Person with ties to India and Hinduism
“Poetry for my soul.”  – Protestant Minister
“Marvelous! My wife and I have read John’s Gospel through twice to each other. Our favorite phrase: ‘God’s Heart is so big you can’t walk out of it.’”   – Couple with a Mormon background
“Many will find that this book is miraculous, since Jesus brings us into the Heart of God.”  – A Seeker

Worse than the idiot, and yes, he’s an idiot, who’s peddling this ignorance are the people who have endorsed it (if indeed anyone has. After all, anyone who lies about a new ‘revelation’ straight from Jesus himself will lie about his ignorance being endorsed too). The telling fact of these endorsers is that they are utterly anonymous. Doubtless they wish not to be named.

So, because this person (using the word loosely and preferring the word moron) claims what he claims- here’s the Dilly he so richly deserves: