Deuteronomy on False Prophets…

Deuteronomy 18:20 “But if any prophet presumes to speak anything in my name that I have not authorized 27  him to speak, or speaks in the name of other gods, that prophet must die. 18:21 Now if you say to yourselves, 28  ‘How can we tell that a message is not from the Lord?’ 29  – 18:22 whenever a prophet speaks in my 30  name and the prediction 31  is notfulfilled, 32  then I have 33  not spoken it; 34  the prophet has presumed to speak it, so you need not fear him.” (from net.bible.org) Of course, this passage can also be misinterpreted and lead to religious wars.  However, I do wonder [...]

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Catholic Professors Criticize Boehner in Letter – NYTimes.com

Finally, someone from the Christian community has spoken up and pointed out that Charity and Social Justice are central and important basics of Christianity… that there is more to morality than abortion and gays… More than 75 professors at Catholic University and other prominent Catholic colleges have written a pointed letter to Mr. Boehner saying [...]

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Why The New Guy Can’t Code

The premise is a decent one.  Make developers show they can code, kind of like a portfolio that an architect or an artist puts together even before they finish college.  Is this a reasonable standard? I do feel like hiring developers feels like hiring blind. We’ve all lived the nightmare. A new developer shows up [...]

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When Benefits Bite Back – WSJ.com

This is totally messed up.  The company is totally not liable to whatever the HR person says verbally.  Get it in writing and make sure it matches up with plan rules.  Protect yourself. Ms. Todisco sued, and in 2007 the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a lower courts conclusion that regardless of what the [...]

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