{"id":3891,"date":"2015-10-16T18:22:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-17T02:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3891"},"modified":"2015-10-16T18:25:10","modified_gmt":"2015-10-17T02:25:10","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/10\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-21","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 21"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the time of King David, 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

To that end, on Fri\u00addays I\u2019ve been shar\u00ading 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 <\/span>http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

With\u00adout fur\u00adther ado, I give you the inter\u00adest\u00ading things:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. How big of a deal do you have to be for POTUS to inter\u00adview you? <\/span>Pres\u00adi\u00addent Oba\u00adma & Mar\u00adi\u00adlynne Robin\u00adson: A Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion In Iowa<\/a> (NY Review of Books)<\/span>. You might recall that Robin\u00adson is <\/span>speak\u00ading at Stan\u00adford<\/span><\/a> soon and also that I men\u00adtioned <\/span>her essay \u201cFear\u201d<\/span><\/a> a few emails back.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Won\u00adder\u00ading why peo\u00adple are flee\u00ading Syr\u00adia? Check out <\/span>Syria\u2019s War: A Five Minute His\u00adto\u00adry<\/span><\/a> (a Vox video). This is real\u00adly well-done. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. There is also vio\u00adlence erupt\u00ading in Israel. For\u00adeign Pol\u00adi\u00adcy asks <\/span>Can Any\u00adone Pre\u00advent A Third Intifa\u00adda?<\/span><\/a>  Inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, if you won\u00adder why peo\u00adple are skep\u00adti\u00adcal of the way news con\u00adcern\u00ading Israel is report\u00aded, take a look at <\/span>Return\u00ading to the Copy Desk, Briefly<\/span><\/a> (Kevin Williamson, Nation\u00adal Review). It is a take\u00addown of a NY Times arti\u00adcle show\u00ading how much bias can creep into an appar\u00adent\u00adly objec\u00adtive arti\u00adcle (this is from the right cri\u00adtiquing the left \u2014 for coun\u00adterex\u00adam\u00adples search for clips from the Dai\u00adly Show). Bot\u00adtom line: it\u2019s real\u00adly hard to find trust\u00adwor\u00adthy news about Israel.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Lying About Our Reli\u00adgion, and Oth\u00ader Prob\u00adlems With Polling<\/span><\/a> (Reli\u00adgion Dis\u00adpatch\u00ades). There real\u00adly is a prob\u00adlem devel\u00adop\u00ading with polling, which is bad news because we rely upon polling in our <\/span>nation\u00adal life to tell us what the pub\u00adlic thinks. Nate Sil\u00adver is also wor\u00adried about this \u2014 <\/span>Polling Is Get\u00adting Hard\u00ader, But It\u2019s A Vital Check On Pow\u00ader<\/span><\/a> (FiveThir\u00adtyEight).<\/span>\n