{"id":4162,"date":"2016-08-12T16:38:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-13T00:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4162"},"modified":"2016-08-12T16:38:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-13T00:38:00","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-62","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/08\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-62","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 62"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4136\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/07\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-58\/20160715_161627\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4136\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4136\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627-300x101.jpg?resize=300%2C101\" alt=\"1 Chronicles 12:32 - they &quot;understood the times&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=300%2C101&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=768%2C259&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=1024%2C345&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?resize=1200%2C404&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/20160715_161627.jpg?w=1692&amp;ssl=1 1692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1 Chron\u00adi\u00adcles 12:32 \u2014 they \u201cunder\u00adstood the times\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad 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.<\/p>\n<h3>A Quote That Grabbed Glen\u2019s Attention<\/h3>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI real\u00adly only love God as much as I love the per\u00adson I love the least\u201d \u2014 Dorothy Day<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/gleanings\/2016\/august\/california-drops-controversial-bill-to-regulate-religious.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia Law\u00admak\u00ader Drops Con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial Pro\u00adpos\u00adal to Reg\u00adu\u00adlate Reli\u00adgious Col\u00adleges <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Sarah Zyl\u00adstra, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): this was a goofy bill and I\u2019m hap\u00adpi\u00adly sur\u00adprised it has been sub\u00adstan\u00adtial\u00adly amend\u00aded. For one influ\u00aden\u00adtial take on it, see <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sb1146discriminates.org\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.sb1146discriminates.org<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2016-08-12\/every-place-has-detractors-consider-where-they-re-coming-from\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every Place Has Detrac\u00adtors. Con\u00adsid\u00ader Where They\u2019re Com\u00ading From.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Megan McCar\u00addle, Bloomerg View): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is grave dan\u00adger in judg\u00ading a neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood, or a cul\u00adture, by the accounts of those who chose to leave it. Those peo\u00adple are least like\u00adly to appre\u00adci\u00adate the good things about where they came from, and the most like\u00adly to dwell on its less attrac\u00adtive qual\u00adi\u00adties.\u201d&nbsp;Bear this in mind when&nbsp;lis\u00adten\u00ading to con\u00adver\u00adsion tes\u00adti\u00admonies (both sec\u00adu\u00adlar and reli\u00adgious).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/3062610\/in-defense-of-the-gun-emoji\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Defense Of The Gun Emo\u00adji<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (John Brown\u00adlee, Fast Co Design): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They\u2019re send\u00ading a sym\u00adbol\u00adic mes\u00adsage about gun con\u00adtrol through emo\u00adji. The prob\u00adlem, though, is that mess\u00ading with the way that peo\u00adple com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcate with one anoth\u00ader isn\u2019t sym\u00adbol\u00adic. It\u2019s deeply lit\u00ader\u00adal.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/scienceofus\/2016\/07\/whats-missing-from-the-conversation-about-transgender-kids.html\">What\u2019s Miss\u00ading From The Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion About Trans\u00adgen\u00adder Kids<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jesse Sin\u00adgal, New York Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): t<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">his one is an impor\u00adtant read \u2014 the pro-LGBT author is con\u00adcerned with the way sci\u00adence is being ignored when try\u00ading to help&nbsp;kids who think they were born the wrong gen\u00adder. I shared a <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/05\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-50\">relat\u00aded arti\u00adcle by the same author back in vol\u00adume 50<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/07\/17\/opinion\/sunday\/its-ok-liberal-parents-you-can-freak-out-about-porn.html?smid=tw-share&amp;_r=0\">It\u2019s O.K., Lib\u00ader\u00adal Par\u00adents, You Can Freak Out About Porn<\/a> (Judith Shule\u00advitz, NY Times): \u201cLeft-lean\u00ading par\u00adents shy away from a cause they iden\u00adti\u00adfy with right-wing cul\u00adture war\u00adriors, but I chal\u00adlenge any par\u00adent to affirm that it\u2019s O.K. for her kids to become dig\u00adi\u00adtal porn con\u00adsumers at 11, the aver\u00adage age of a child\u2019s first encounter.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Something Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/awakenwithjp\/videos\/1381220731893785\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I Love About The Olympics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ultra Spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal Life): this is a video. 3.5 min\u00adutes of bru\u00adtal com\u00admen\u00adtary. \u201cRace walk\u00ading. Now this is a sport that makes sense. Who can go the fastest at not going their fastest? It\u2019s like who can be the best at medi\u00adoc\u00adrity. So para\u00addox\u00adi\u00adcal. I love it.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>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 <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/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).<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a non-Stan\u00adford friend who might be inter\u00adest\u00aded in these emails, they can sign up at <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/subscribe\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/subscribe<\/a>, and if you want to view the archives they are at <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links<\/a>.<\/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, 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. A Quote That Grabbed Glen\u2019s Atten\u00adtion \u201cI real\u00adly only love God as much as I love the per\u00adson I love the least\u201d \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/08\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-62\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 62\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":"\u201cI really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least\u201d  - Dorothy Day, plus links interesting and amusing.","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":[144,113,136,138],"class_list":["post-4162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-guns","tag-lgbtq","tag-pornography","tag-religious-freedom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-158","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4162","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=4162"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4165,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4162\/revisions\/4165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}