{"id":4045,"date":"2016-05-27T14:38:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-27T22:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4045"},"modified":"2016-06-10T13:31:45","modified_gmt":"2016-06-10T21:31:45","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-51","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/05\/27\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-51","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 51"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

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  1. Why Amer\u00adi\u00adca Spends So Much On The Mil\u00adi\u00adtary<\/span><\/a> (red\u00addit): this was a sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal read. It was writ\u00adten in response to the claim that \u201cnext year\u2019s pro\u00adposed mil\u00adi\u00adtary bud\u00adget could buy every home\u00adless per\u00adson a $1 mil\u00adlion home.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Chew\u00adbac\u00adca Laugh\u00adter Brings Unex\u00adpect\u00aded Plat\u00adform<\/a> (Dan Van Veen, PE News): \u201cOn Wednes\u00adday night before mak\u00ading the video, she felt that the Holy Spir\u00adit had direct\u00aded her to a spe\u00adcif\u00adic restau\u00adrant for sup\u00adper just pri\u00ador to church. There, God had a \u2018divine oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty\u2019 wait\u00ading.\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. Mak\u00ading Sense of the Num\u00adbers of Gen\u00ade\u00adsis<\/a> [pdf link] (Car\u00adol Hill, Per\u00adspec\u00adtives on Sci\u00adence and the Chris\u00adt\u00adian Faith): \u201cJoseph and Joshua were each record\u00aded as dying at age 110\u2014a num\u00adber con\u00adsid\u00adered \u2018per\u00adfect\u2019 by the Egyp\u00adtians. In ancient Egypt\u00adian doc\u00adtrine, the phrase \u2018he died aged 110\u2019 was actu\u00adal\u00adly an epi\u00adtaph com\u00admem\u00ado\u00adrat\u00ading a life that had been lived self\u00adless\u00adly and had result\u00aded in out\u00adstand\u00ading social and moral ben\u00ade\u00adfit for oth\u00aders. And so for both Joseph and Joshua, who came out of the Egypt\u00adian cul\u00adture, quot\u00ading this age was actu\u00adal\u00adly a trib\u00adute to their char\u00adac\u00adter. But, to be described as \u2018dying at age 110\u2019 bore no nec\u00ades\u00adsary rela\u00adtion\u00adship to the actu\u00adal time of an individual\u2019s life span.\u201d You will not agree with every\u00adthing in this arti\u00adcle, but it is full of fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading insights.<\/li>\n
  4. Unsafe Cars Can Save Lives<\/a> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cSafe\u00adty is rel\u00ada\u00adtive so cars judged unsafe by glob\u00adal stan\u00addards could save lives in India. The big\u00adger les\u00adson is that it\u2019s always dan\u00adger\u00adous to impose glob\u00adal stan\u00addards with\u00adout tak\u00ading into account the dif\u00adfer\u00ading cir\u00adcum\u00adstances of time and place.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. The Big Uneasy<\/span><\/a> (Nathan Heller, The New York\u00ader): \u201cA [uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty] president\u2019s job is to push past con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adtions, while an activist\u2019s duty is to call them out. The insti\u00adtu\u00adtions that give many peo\u00adple a lan\u00adguage and a forum to denounce injus\u00adtice are, inevitably, the near\u00adest tar\u00adgets of their crit\u00adi\u00adcism.\u201d Bonus points for quot\u00ading Toc\u00adqueville. <\/span><\/li>\n
  6. The Trans\u00adgen\u00adder Bath\u00adroom Debate and the Loom\u00ading Title IX Cri\u00adsis<\/span><\/a> (Jean\u00adnie Suk, New York\u00ader): \u201cWhether or not the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment act\u00aded unlaw\u00adful\u00adly, it has now set in motion a poten\u00adtial Title IX col\u00adli\u00adsion course between its direc\u00adtives on sex\u00adu\u00adal vio\u00adlence and on bath\u00adrooms\u2026. The dis\u00adcom\u00adfort that some peo\u00adple, some sex\u00adu\u00adal-assault sur\u00advivors, in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, feel at the idea of being in rest rooms with peo\u00adple with male sex organs, what\u00adev\u00ader their gen\u00adder, is not easy to brush aside as big\u00adotry.\u201c The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Har\u00advard Law School. <\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Claims by trans\u00adgen\u00adder school\u00adteacher (who wants to be called \u2018they\u2019) yield $60,000 set\u00adtle\u00adment, agree\u00adment to cre\u00adate dis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary rules reg\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading \u2018pro\u00adnoun usage<\/span><\/a> (Eugene Volokh, Volokh Con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy): the sec\u00adond half is what cap\u00adtured my atten\u00adtion. \u201cWhen the gov\u00adern\u00adment is act\u00ading as sov\u00ader\u00adeign, telling us what we must or must not say on pain of coer\u00adcive\u00adly imposed legal lia\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, the First Amend\u00adment is at full force. That force, I think, should pre\u00adclude gov\u00adern\u00adment com\u00admands that we start using new words \u2014 or rad\u00adi\u00adcal gram\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal mod\u00adi\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtions of old, famil\u00adiar words \u2014 that con\u00advey gov\u00adern\u00adment-favored mes\u00adsages about gen\u00adder iden\u00adti\u00adty or any\u00adthing else.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  8. Peter Thiel\u2019s fund\u00ading of Hulk Hogan-Gawk\u00ader lit\u00adi\u00adga\u00adtion should not raise con\u00adcerns<\/span><\/a> (Eugene Kon\u00adtorovich, Volokh Con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy):  \u201cif the law\u00adsuit is not friv\u00ado\u00adlous, it is hard to see how the moti\u00adva\u00adtions of fun\u00adders are rel\u00ade\u00advant (or dis\u00adcernible). One would not say a civ\u00adil rights orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion could not accept dona\u00adtions from phil\u00adan\u00adthropists angered by a per\u00adson\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adence with dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion.\u201d Also see <\/span>Tyler Cowen\u2019s take<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. Amus\u00ading: <\/span>Oth\u00ader Promis\u00ades of God<\/span><\/a> (xkcd)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n

    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

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    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>the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/span><\/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 (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

    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

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