{"id":4041,"date":"2016-05-20T20:58:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-21T04:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4041"},"modified":"2016-06-10T13:33:12","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:33:12","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/05\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-50","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 50"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/impactofsocialsciences\/2016\/05\/12\/what-are-the-most-cited-publications-in-the-social-sciences-according-to-google-scholar\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Elliot Green, London School of Economics Impact Blog): I am familiar with many of them, but some I have never even heard of. Apparently I am less well-read than I thought.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2016\/06\/a-reasonable-doubt\/480747\/?src=longreads\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The False Promise of DNA Testing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Matthew Shaer, The Atlantic): DNA testing exonerates some but falsely implicates others.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2016\/05\/barack-obama-and-clarence-thomas-citizenship\/482859\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Good Citizenship as Barack Obama and Clarence Thomas See It<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic): \u201cThere are real divergences in the ways that Obama and Thomas view citizenship, but their approaches are more complementary than contradictory. Taken together, their advice encompasses the personal and the political, affording a better portrait of the whole citizen than either offers in isolation.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The culture wars play out&nbsp;in the most fascinating ways:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/05\/17\/media-want-to-make-sure-you-never-hear-about-the-little-sisters-of-the-poor\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media Want To Make Sure You Never Hear About The Little Sisters of the Poor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Mollie Hemingway, The Federalist): \u201cA case of \u201cLittle Sisters of the Poor\u201d vs. \u201cPowerful Men in Government\u201d is a gift from the editorial gods\u2026. If any Republican president went to war against a group called Little Sisters of the Poor, that editorial gift would be unwrapped on every front page of every newspaper in the land.\u201d (additional commentary at <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2016\/5\/17\/classic-mz-why-do-some-journalists-avoid-the-name-of-the-little-sisters-of-the-poor\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GetReligion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Related: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2016\/05\/17\/prof-michael-mcconnell-on-zubik-v-burwell-yesterdays-supreme-court-rfra-contraceptive-decision\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor Michael McConnell on Zubik v. Burwell<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Michael McConnell, Volokh Conspiracy): \u201cthe decision was basically a quiet, face-saving, non-precedent-setting defeat for the government.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/scienceofus\/2016\/02\/fight-over-trans-kids-got-a-researcher-fired.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How The Fight Over Transgender Kids Got A Leading Sex Researcher Fired<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jesse Singal, NY Mag): this is a very long piece which I found utterly fascinating. It shows that for some people 90% agreement is not enough: \u201cAnd if you look closely at what really happened \u2014 if you read the review (which CAMH has now pulled off of its website), speak with the activists who effectively wrote large swaths of it, examine the scientific evidence, and talk to former GIC clinicians and the parents of patients they worked with, it\u2019s hard not to come to an uncomfortable, politically incorrect conclusion: Zucker\u2019s defenders are right. This was a show&nbsp;trial.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2016\/05\/14\/yes_my_sexuality_is_a_choice_why_i_reject_the_born_this_way_narrative\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, my sexuality is a choice: Why I reject the \u201cborn this way\u201d narrative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Marcie Bianco, Salon): &nbsp;\u201cThe progressive move away from identity categories negates the need for the normative, \u2018born this way\u2019 narrative that has been used to socially validate them\u2026. if sexuality is socially constructed and expressed through culture, then there is no norm, nor is there deviance.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2016\/05\/state-mandated-mourning-for-aborted-fetuses\/482688\/?google_editors_picks=true\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State-Mandated Mourning for Aborted Fetuses<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Emma Green, The Atlantic): I am somewhat baffled that this story doesn\u2019t mention the Center for Medical Progress videos from last year. There is clearly a relationship.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quick Links:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2016\/05\/polarized-making-sense-of-a-divided-america.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polarized: Making Sense Of A Divided America<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.slate.com\/blogs\/xx_factor\/2016\/05\/17\/khloe_kardashian_s_lenny_essay_explores_her_spirituality.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insights From The Spiritual Autobiography of Khloe Kardashian<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ruth Graham, Slate): really.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is actually pretty cool: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/graphics.wsj.com\/blue-feed-red-feed\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blue Feed, Red Feed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 an approximation of the \u201cFacebook echo chamber.\u201d See what content liberals and conservatives are likely to be presented with.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/candaceSpayne\/videos\/10209653193067040\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A woman is hilariously happy<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (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 ideological Turing test<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about&nbsp;it.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom.&nbsp; What are the most-cited publications in the social sciences (according to Google Scholar)? (Elliot Green, London School of Economics Impact Blog): I am familiar with many of them, but some I have \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/05\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-50\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 50\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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[131,159,113,117,138],"class_list":["post-4041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-academia","tag-justice","tag-lgbtq","tag-politics","tag-religious-freedom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-13b","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4041","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=4041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4044,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4041\/revisions\/4044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}