"Higher education" in California

DallasBlog.com | Tom Pauken:

“The Emeritt Distinguished Professor of English at UCLA has some rather novel notions about Satan whom he believes ‘is the most maligned figure in history,’ according to a story in the Sydney Morning Herald. Dr. Henry Ansgar Kelly believes that the devil is the victim of ‘unjustified character assassination.’ ”

Ed Cognoski responds:

Dr Kelly has been writing dry tomes on medieval subjects like Chaucer, Dante, and, yes, the devil, since the early 1960s. I imagine his audience is mostly William Murchison types. If Dr Kelly manages to catch the public interest with his latest book, "Satan: A Biography" and gets people talking and actually thinking about the Devil again, more power to him. He's got Mr Pauken's attention and a mention in the Dallas Blog. He may be off to a fine start.