{"id":4052,"date":"2016-06-03T17:32:24","date_gmt":"2016-06-04T01:32:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4052"},"modified":"2016-06-03T17:32:24","modified_gmt":"2016-06-04T01:32:24","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-52","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/06\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-52","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 52"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues, with a pref\u00ader\u00adence for con\u00adtent from aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics and influ\u00aden\u00adtial voic\u00ades. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. <\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. Nicole Cliffe: How God Messed Up My Hap\u00adpy Athe\u00adist Life<\/span><\/a> (Nicole Cliffe, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cI emailed a friend who is a Chris\u00adt\u00adian, and I asked if we could talk about Jesus. I instant\u00adly regret\u00adted send\u00ading that email and if human\u00adly pos\u00adsi\u00adble would have clawed it back through the Inter\u00adnet.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The Sun Is Always Shin\u00ading In Mod\u00adern Chris\u00adt\u00adian Pop<\/span><\/a> (Leah Libresco, FiveThir\u00adtyEight): inter\u00adest\u00ading, although the author is com\u00adpar\u00ading con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary per\u00adfor\u00admance songs to old\u00ader wor\u00adship songs, and I sus\u00adpect the genre dif\u00adfer\u00adence accounts for some of her find\u00adings. Doing some research on the author I dis\u00adcov\u00adered that she wrote a fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading arti\u00adcle at First Things called <\/span>Stat\u00adting While Catholic<\/span><\/a> \u2014 you should read it if you\u2019re a social sci\u00aden\u00adtist.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Why Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Don\u2019t Trust Gov\u00adern\u00adment<\/span><\/a> (Lar\u00adry Sum\u00admers, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cI\u2019m a pro\u00adgres\u00adsive, but it seems plau\u00adsi\u00adble to won\u00adder if gov\u00adern\u00adment can build a nation abroad, fight social decay, run schools, man\u00addate the design of cars, run health insur\u00adance exchanges, or set prop\u00ader sex\u00adu\u00adal harass\u00adment poli\u00adcies on col\u00adlege cam\u00adpus\u00ades, if it can\u2019t even fix a 232-foot bridge com\u00adpe\u00adtent\u00adly.\u201c Sum\u00admers is, of course, the for\u00admer pres\u00adi\u00addent of Har\u00advard.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Could a neu\u00adro\u00adsci\u00aden\u00adtist under\u00adstand a micro\u00adproces\u00adsor?<\/span><\/a> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cCould the tools of neu\u00adro\u00adscience be used to under\u00adstand the much sim\u00adpler Atari brain? The answer is most\u00adly no. The authors, for exam\u00adple, looked at three \u2018behav\u00adiors\u2019, Don\u00adkey Kong, Space Invaders and Pit\u00adfall (!) and they are able to find tran\u00adsis\u00adtors which unique\u00adly crash one of the games but not the oth\u00aders. \u2018We might thus con\u00adclude they are unique\u00adly respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the game \u2013 per\u00adhaps there is a Don\u00adkey Kong tran\u00adsis\u00adtor or a Space Invaders tran\u00adsis\u00adtor.\u2019 Of course, this con\u00adclu\u00adsion would be very mis\u00adlead\u00ading but what are we then to make of sim\u00adi\u00adlar brain lesion stud\u00adies?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Study: Same-sex expe\u00adri\u00adences are on the rise, and Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are increas\u00ading\u00adly chill about it<\/span><\/a> (Rachel Felt\u00adman, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): noth\u00ading to see here, folks. Every\u00adthing is 100% genet\u00adic. There are no moral choic\u00ades involved at any point on the jour\u00adney. Move along, please.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. The Return of Bernard Lewis<\/span><\/a> (Mar\u00adtin Kramer, Mosa\u00adic): \u201cForty years ago, nobody fore\u00adsaw the rise of rad\u00adi\u00adcal Islam\u2014except for the pre\u00adem\u00adi\u00adnent his\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan who both pre\u00addict\u00aded and explained it, and much else besides.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Under Attack<\/a> (edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal, The Econ\u00ado\u00admist): \u201c\u2026when pro\u00adgres\u00adsive thinkers agree that offen\u00adsive words should be cen\u00adsored, it helps author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan regimes to jus\u00adti\u00adfy their own much harsh\u00ader restric\u00adtions\u2026\u201c<\/li>\n
  8. Like A Prayer: Is Social Jus\u00adtice The New Cam\u00adpus Reli\u00adgion?<\/span><\/a> (Ana Marie Cox, MTV News): Cox <\/span>came out as a Chris\u00adt\u00adian<\/span><\/a> (her words) last year. She has a much more enthu\u00adsi\u00adas\u00adtic take on cam\u00adpus activism than many of the arti\u00adcles I share (such as the ones above and below).<\/span><\/li>\n
  9. The amaz\u00ading 1969 prophe\u00adcy that racial pref\u00ader\u00adences would cause the exact griev\u00adances of pro\u00adtest\u00aders today<\/span><\/a> (Jonathan Haidt, Het\u00adero\u00addox Acad\u00ade\u00admy): the dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom apply to this one most of all. I at first won\u00addered if it was based upon a hoax, but it <\/span>seems legit\u00adi\u00admate<\/span><\/a>. If you have a strong neg\u00ada\u00adtive reac\u00adtion to this piece, you\u2019re wel\u00adcome. <\/span>Think\u00ading through why will help you be more per\u00adsua\u00adsive<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  10. Amus\u00ading:<\/span>\n