{"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 Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad 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:\/\/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-cit\u00aded pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions in the social sci\u00adences (accord\u00ading to Google Schol\u00adar)?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Elliot Green, Lon\u00addon School of Eco\u00adnom\u00adics Impact Blog): I am famil\u00adiar with many of them, but some I have nev\u00ader even heard of. Appar\u00adent\u00adly 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 Test\u00ading<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Matthew Shaer, The Atlantic): DNA test\u00ading exon\u00ader\u00adates some but false\u00adly impli\u00adcates oth\u00aders.<\/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 Cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship as Barack Oba\u00adma and Clarence Thomas See It<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201cThere are real diver\u00adgences in the ways that Oba\u00adma and Thomas view cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship, but their approach\u00ades are more com\u00adple\u00admen\u00adtary than con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adto\u00adry. Tak\u00aden togeth\u00ader, their advice encom\u00adpass\u00ades the per\u00adson\u00adal and the polit\u00adi\u00adcal, afford\u00ading a bet\u00adter por\u00adtrait of the whole cit\u00adi\u00adzen than either offers in iso\u00adla\u00adtion.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cul\u00adture wars play out&nbsp;in the most fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading 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 Nev\u00ader Hear About The Lit\u00adtle Sis\u00adters of the Poor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Mol\u00adlie Hem\u00ading\u00adway, The Fed\u00ader\u00adal\u00adist): \u201cA case of \u201cLit\u00adtle Sis\u00adters of the Poor\u201d vs. \u201cPow\u00ader\u00adful Men in Gov\u00adern\u00adment\u201d is a gift from the edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal gods\u2026. If any Repub\u00adli\u00adcan pres\u00adi\u00addent went to war against a group called Lit\u00adtle Sis\u00adters of the Poor, that edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal gift would be unwrapped on every front page of every news\u00adpa\u00adper in the land.\u201d (addi\u00adtion\u00adal com\u00admen\u00adtary 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;\">GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relat\u00aded: <\/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;\">Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Michael McConnell on Zubik v. Bur\u00adwell<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Michael McConnell, Volokh Con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy): \u201cthe deci\u00adsion was basi\u00adcal\u00adly a qui\u00adet, face-sav\u00ading, non-prece\u00addent-set\u00adting defeat for the gov\u00adern\u00adment.\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 Trans\u00adgen\u00adder Kids Got A Lead\u00ading Sex Researcher Fired<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jesse Sin\u00adgal, NY Mag): this is a very long piece which I found utter\u00adly fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading. It shows that for some peo\u00adple 90% agree\u00adment is not enough: \u201cAnd if you look close\u00adly at what real\u00adly hap\u00adpened \u2014 if you read the review (which CAMH has now pulled off of its web\u00adsite), speak with the activists who effec\u00adtive\u00adly wrote large swaths of it, exam\u00adine the sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic evi\u00addence, and talk to for\u00admer GIC clin\u00adi\u00adcians and the par\u00adents of patients they worked with, it\u2019s hard not to come to an uncom\u00adfort\u00adable, polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly incor\u00adrect con\u00adclu\u00adsion: Zucker\u2019s defend\u00aders are right. This was a show tri\u00adal.\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 sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty is a choice: Why I reject the \u201cborn this way\u201d nar\u00adra\u00adtive<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Mar\u00adcie Bian\u00adco, Salon): &nbsp;\u201cThe pro\u00adgres\u00adsive move away from iden\u00adti\u00adty cat\u00ade\u00adgories negates the need for the nor\u00adma\u00adtive, \u2018born this way\u2019 nar\u00adra\u00adtive that has been used to social\u00adly val\u00adi\u00addate them\u2026. if sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty is social\u00adly con\u00adstruct\u00aded and expressed through cul\u00adture, 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-Man\u00addat\u00aded Mourn\u00ading for Abort\u00aded Fetus\u00ades<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Emma Green, The Atlantic): I am some\u00adwhat baf\u00adfled that this sto\u00adry doesn\u2019t men\u00adtion the Cen\u00adter for Med\u00adical Progress videos from last year. There is clear\u00adly a rela\u00adtion\u00adship.<\/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;\">Polar\u00adized: Mak\u00ading Sense Of A Divid\u00aded Amer\u00adi\u00adca<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion)<\/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 Spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal Auto\u00adbi\u00adog\u00adra\u00adphy of Khloe Kar\u00addashi\u00adan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, Slate): real\u00adly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is actu\u00adal\u00adly pret\u00adty 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 approx\u00adi\u00adma\u00adtion of the \u201cFace\u00adbook echo cham\u00adber.\u201d See what con\u00adtent lib\u00ader\u00adals and con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives are like\u00adly to be pre\u00adsent\u00aded 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 hilar\u00adi\u00adous\u00adly hap\u00adpy<\/span><\/a><\/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.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad 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. What are the most-cit\u00aded pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions in the social sci\u00adences (accord\u00ading to Google Schol\u00adar)? (Elliot Green, Lon\u00addon School of Eco\u00adnom\u00adics Impact Blog): I am famil\u00adiar 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\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 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_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":[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}]}}