{"id":4191,"date":"2016-08-26T13:33:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T21:33:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4191"},"modified":"2016-08-26T13:36:19","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T21:36:19","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/08\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-64","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 64"},"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. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom.<\/p>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stu\u00addents\u00c2&nbsp;seem upset about Stanford\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new alco\u00adhol pol\u00adi\u00adcy. Check out this Har\u00advard prof\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s NY Times op-ed from 1989 argu\u00ading <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1989\/10\/16\/opinion\/actually-prohibition-was-a-success.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actu\u00adal\u00adly, Pro\u00adhi\u00adbi\u00adtion Was a Suc\u00adcess<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For the record, I think the new pol\u00adi\u00adcy is a step in the right direc\u00adtion. I stand by <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/06\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-53\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">my ear\u00adli\u00ader com\u00adments<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and am also amused\u00c2&nbsp;at how sim\u00adi\u00adlar the argu\u00adments I hear today are to those I heard <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2003\/04\/15\/stanford-limits-freshman-access-to-alcohol\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">back in 2003<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/kayla-mueller-captivity-courage-selflessness-defended-christian-faith\/story?id=41626763\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kay\u00adla Mueller in Cap\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty: Courage, Self\u00adless\u00adness as She Defend\u00aded Chris\u00adt\u00adian Faith to ISIS Exe\u00adcu\u00adtion\u00ader \u2018Jiha\u00addi John\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (James Gor\u00addon Meek, Megan Christie, Bri\u00adan Epstein, Bri\u00adan Ross, ABC News): a pow\u00ader\u00adful and dis\u00adturb\u00ading sto\u00adry. Doc\u00adtors With\u00adout Bor\u00adders comes off bad\u00adly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.poynter.org\/2016\/how-usa-today-unraveled-ryan-lochtes-rio-drama\/427190\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How USA Today unrav\u00adeled Ryan Lochte\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Rio dra\u00adma<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Kris\u00adten Hare, Poyn\u00adter): An insight\u00adful win\u00addow into jour\u00adnal\u00adism and why we should\u00c2&nbsp;trust news cov\u00ader\u00adage a lit\u00adtle less than we think. Lochte still does\u00adn\u2019t come out look\u00ading awe\u00adsome, but nei\u00adther does he\u00c2&nbsp;look like the out\u00adra\u00adgeous vil\u00adlain\u00c2&nbsp;many assumed (and seemed delight\u00aded to see him as). Proverbs 18:17 wins again.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2016\/aug\/23\/sex-on-campus-hookup-culture-student-journals?src=longreads&amp;utm_content=buffercd1c5&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sex on cam\u00adpus isn\u2019t what you think: what 101 stu\u00addent jour\u00adnals taught me<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Lisa Wade, The Guardian): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hookup cul\u00adture pre\u00advails, even though it serves only a minor\u00adi\u00adty of stu\u00addents, because cul\u00adtures don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t reflect what is, but a spe\u00adcif\u00adic group\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vision of what should be\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. \u00c2&nbsp;[it] isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t what the major\u00adi\u00adty of stu\u00addents want, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the priv\u00adi\u00adleg\u00ading of the sex\u00adu\u00adal lifestyle most strong\u00adly endorsed by those with the most pow\u00ader on cam\u00adpus, the same peo\u00adple we see priv\u00adi\u00adleged in every oth\u00ader part of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan life.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/persistent-dishonesty-progressive-evangelicals-religious-liberty-debates\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On David Gushee\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Dis\u00adhon\u00adesty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jake Meador, Mere Ortho\u00addoxy): this is a fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading essay with sur\u00adpris\u00ading insights about the role of gram\u00admar in polit\u00adi\u00adcal argu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion. Real\u00adly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/christandpopculture.com\/evangelicals-trump-power-persecuted\/?utm_content=buffer726f0&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals For Trump: In Pow\u00ader or Per\u00adse\u00adcut\u00aded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (S.D. Kel\u00adly, Christ and Pop Cul\u00adture): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only do most evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals not believe they are the cen\u00adter of pow\u00ader, they con\u00adsid\u00ader them\u00adselves to be one wed\u00adding cake away from jail time.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Given\u00c2&nbsp;the per\u00adpet\u00adu\u00adal Bay Area hous\u00ading cri\u00adsis, I found these arti\u00adcles stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading: <a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2016\/08\/laissez-faire-in-tokyo.html\">Lais\u00adsez-Faire in Tokyo Land Use<\/a> and the fol\u00adlow-up <a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2016\/08\/the-japanese-zoning-system.html\">The Japan\u00adese Zon\u00ading Sys\u00adtem<\/a> (both by George Mason Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty econ pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Alex Tabar\u00adrok): \u201cJapan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s zon\u00ading laws are more ratio\u00adnal, more effi\u00adcient and fair\u00ader than those used in the Unit\u00aded States.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2016\/08\/25\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to reduce the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. (Pearls Before Swine) \u2014 sort of a Dar\u00adwin awards\/nudge hybrid.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/maximumble.thebookofbiff.com\/2014\/04\/01\/821-fit\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tetris Par\u00adty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Max\u00adi\u00admum\u00adble) <\/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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m 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>Archives 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. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Stu\u00addents\u00c2&nbsp;seem upset about Stanford\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s new alco\u00adhol pol\u00adi\u00adcy. Check out this Har\u00advard prof\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s NY Times op-ed from 1989 argu\u00ading Actu\u00adal\u00adly, Pro\u00adhi\u00adbi\u00adtion Was a Suc\u00adcess. For the record, I think \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/08\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-64\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 64\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":"Stanford's new alcohol policy, martyrdom, overestimating sexual libertinism, and why some evangelicals support Trump.","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":[113,135,143,126,117,163],"class_list":["post-4191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-lgbtq","tag-stanford","tag-alcohol","tag-persecution","tag-politics","tag-sex"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-15B","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191","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=4191"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4197,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4191\/revisions\/4197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}