{"id":3993,"date":"2016-04-08T20:20:22","date_gmt":"2016-04-09T04:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=3993"},"modified":"2016-06-10T13:44:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:44:18","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/04\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-44","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 44"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful recent\u00adly in think\u00ading about broad\u00ader cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom.<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/04\/05\/opinion\/how-covenants-make-us.html?_r=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Covenants Make Us<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (David Brooks, NYT): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A con\u00adtract pro\u00adtects inter\u00adests, Pal\u00adly notes, but a covenant pro\u00adtects rela\u00adtion\u00adships. A covenant exists between peo\u00adple who under\u00adstand they are part of one anoth\u00ader. It involves a vow to serve the rela\u00adtion\u00adship that is sealed by love: Where you go, I will go. Where you stay, I will stay. Your peo\u00adple shall be my peo\u00adple. Peo\u00adple in a con\u00adtract pro\u00advide one anoth\u00ader ser\u00advices, but peo\u00adple in a covenant delight in offer\u00ading gifts.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/business\/archive\/2016\/04\/religious-groups-government-arkansas\/477366\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When Reli\u00adgious Groups Do What the Gov\u00adern\u00adment Won\u2019t<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Alana Semuels, The Atlantic): inter\u00adest\u00ading through\u00adout.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/opinions\/the-philosophy-behind-majoring-in-football\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s Make Foot\u00adball A Col\u00adlege Major<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (David John\u00adson, Aeon): I am large\u00adly per\u00adsuad\u00aded. If a per\u00adfor\u00admance art can be a major, then why not a sport such as foot\u00adball? At least give ath\u00adletes aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic cred\u00adit for the work they put in.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2016\/april\/why-all-christians-should-consider-civil-disobedience.html?paging=off\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is It Time for Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adtians to Dis\u00adobey the Gov\u00adern\u00adment?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (David Koyzis, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): the piece is much less alarmist than the title sug\u00adgests. Worth read\u00ading.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/datagenetics.com\/blog\/september32012\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIN Analy\u00adsis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Nick Berry, blog): this is a pret\u00adty cool analy\u00adsis of the dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion of four dig\u00adit PIN codes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final\u00adly, some arti\u00adcles by stu\u00addents in or alum\u00adni from&nbsp;our min\u00adistry. If you get some\u00adthing pub\u00adlished, be sure to let me know!<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/129286\/raising-minimum-wage-wont-reduce-inequality\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rais\u00ading The Min\u00adi\u00admum Wage Won\u2019t Reduce Inequal\u00adi\u00adty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Chris\u00adtos Makridis, The New Repub\u00adlic)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thediplomat.com\/2016\/04\/a-path-forward-on-indian-nsg-membership\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Path For\u00adward on Indi\u00adan NSG Mem\u00adber\u00adship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Lau\u00adryn Williams, The Diplo\u00admat)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/0B71K9updKhaCbUtqOEdHZHRLbXM\/view\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Self-Destruc\u00adtion Through High Turnover<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Kyle Pub\u00adols, Marine Corps Gazette)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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 (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about it. Your sug\u00adges\u00adtions are wel\u00adcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources I have found help\u00adful recent\u00adly in think\u00ading about broad\u00ader cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. How Covenants Make Us (David Brooks, NYT): \u201cA con\u00adtract pro\u00adtects inter\u00adests, Pal\u00adly notes, but a covenant pro\u00adtects rela\u00adtion\u00adships. A covenant exists between peo\u00adple who under\u00adstand \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/04\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-44\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 44\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":[128,160,159,117],"class_list":["post-3993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-economics","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-justice","tag-politics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-12p","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3993","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=3993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3995,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3993\/revisions\/3995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}