DIM BULB Griping Governor
Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley was caught bemoaning the $400 million in budget “cuts” he spent a whole three hours working on (although he did say there’d be “another meeting or two” before the “cuts” were finalized).
The “cuts” are coming to libraries, jails, police and some other areas “people don’t notice,” according to Treasurer Nancy Kopp. Because we won’t notice “cuts” to our police departments — of course we might notice the crime increases.
The state needs to stop trying to pull the wool over our eyes, and they need to stop complaining. O’Malley has no right to gripe. We don’t want to hear it. He got us into this deficit mess, and now he needs to get us out of it — without complaining.
OUTRAGE: Hey, learn this!
- WHO: Academics
- WHAT: Inflicting unquestioned academic orthodoxy, i.e. ‘near perfect,’ safe, mortgage-backed securities now taught in business and economic textbooks.
- WHY IT’S A BAD IDEA: Checked the news lately? The best professors in all disciplines encourage students to question and challenge. They also bring resources — such as newspapers — to class in an effort to, uh, enhance what’s in textbooks. The worst don’t.
- WHY THEY ARE DOING IT: They always have. For example, teaching Ptolemaic cosmology continued for centuries after heretics outside church and university proved it wrong. Medical schools taught bleeding long after common sense prevailed. Einstein couldn’t get a teaching job (other than Catechism). The list goes on and on. Great professors encourage heresy. Now is a great time to do so in our business schools.
- WHERE TO ENCOURAGE: www.aaup.org
“You can see why you miss certain pitches. You can see when you’re going good or going bad, you can pull up both screens and look for similarities. Sometimes things just jump out at you, and you can make adjustments.”
— Luke Scott, Orioles left fielder, discussing the team’s new video system that allows players to review plate appearances and pitches
