{"id":3830,"date":"2015-07-10T15:16:30","date_gmt":"2015-07-10T23:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3830"},"modified":"2015-09-05T12:12:14","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T20:12:14","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/07\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-7","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the time of King David, the Bible says that the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world.<\/p>\n<p>To that end, I share articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful recent\u00adly in think\u00ading about broad\u00ader cul\u00adtur\u00adal and soci\u00adetal issues (be sure to see the dis\u00adclaimer at the bot\u00adtom). May these give you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar. Past emails are archived at <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>From the peo\u00adple-are-awe\u00adsome depart\u00adment: <a href=\"http:\/\/nautil.us\/issue\/25\/water\/is-this-new-swim-stroke-the-fastest-yet\">Is This New Swim Stroke The Fastest Yet?<\/a> (Regan Penalu\u00adna, Nau\u00adtilus): how are we still dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00ading stuff like this?<\/li>\n<li>From the leviathan-is-scary depart\u00adment:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/georgetownlawjournal.org\/articles\/criminal-law-2-0-preface-to-the-44th-annual-review-of-criminal-procedure\/\">Crim\u00adi\u00adnal Law 2.0<\/a> (Alex Kozin\u00ads\u00adki, George\u00adtown Law Jour\u00adnal): it\u2019s long but grip\u00adping. The prob\u00adlems with America\u2019s jus\u00adtice sys\u00adtem go way beyond the actions of offi\u00adcers on patrol.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/article\/417155\/wisonsins-shame-i-thought-it-was-home-invasion-david-french\">Wisconsin\u2019s Shame: I Thought It Was A Home Inva\u00adsion<\/a> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): the gag orders are the most dis\u00adtress\u00ading com\u00adpo\u00adnent of this sto\u00adry.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2015\/05\/the-glaring-injustice-of-civil-asset-forfeiture\/392999\/\">The Injus\u00adtice of Civ\u00adil-Asset For\u00adfei\u00adture<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): yet anoth\u00ader depress\u00ading fea\u00adture of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan law.<\/li>\n<li>On the flip side, it\u2019s still way bet\u00adter here than many oth\u00ader places: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/gary_haugen_the_hidden_reason_for_poverty_the_world_needs_to_address_now\">The Hid\u00adden Rea\u00adson For Pover\u00adty The World Needs to Address Now<\/a> (Gary Hau\u00adgen, TED Talk): Hau\u00adgen, inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, is a devout Chris\u00adt\u00adian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>From the method\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy mat\u00adters depart\u00adment: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2015-06-30\/tallying-right-wing-terror-vs-jihad\">Tal\u00adly\u00ading Right-Wing Ter\u00adror vs Jihad<\/a> (Megan McAr\u00addle, Bloomberg View) \u2014 I am not super-inter\u00adest\u00aded in the top\u00adic itself, but I found this piece fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading as an exam\u00adple of how impor\u00adtant research method\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy is. Hone your craft!<\/li>\n<li>From the grace abounds depart\u00adment: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/07\/10\/nyregion\/central-park-festival-to-highlight-new-yorks-vibrant-evangelical-movement.html?_r=0\">An Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Revival In The Heart of New York<\/a> (Liz Rob\u00adbins, New York Times): this is about an event host\u00aded by Luis Palau, not an erup\u00adtion of piety in the Big Apple, although the arti\u00adcle notes that the num\u00adber of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals in NYC has increased by 20% since 2000. This relat\u00aded sto\u00adry adds fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading details: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nycreligion.info\/saturdays-big-evangelism-event-central-park-fueled-community-service\/\">Saturday\u2019s Big Evan\u00adge\u00adlism Event In Cen\u00adtral Park Fueled By Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty Ser\u00advice With A Bless\u00ading From A Gay May\u00ador In Port\u00adlandia<\/a> (Pauline Dolle, A Jour\u00adney Through NYC Reli\u00adgions).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass<a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\"> the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the time of King David, the Bible says that the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. To that end, I share articles\/resources I have found \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/07\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-7\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 7\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[130],"class_list":["post-3830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-government"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-ZM","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3830"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3831,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3830\/revisions\/3831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}