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On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. The Crisis of Liberty In The West<\/span><\/a> (Ryan Anderson, Heritage Foundation): \u201cFreedom today is understood as a matter of indifference\u2014a freedom from constraint. But freedom rightly understood is a freedom for\u2014a freedom for excellence.\u201d This. Read this. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Gender Reversal Teaches Uncomfortable Lessons<\/a> (Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution): \u201cHow would the Trump-Clinton debates have been perceived if the genders had been reversed? Two professors worked with trained actors to duplicate not just the words but also the mannerisms of Trump and Clinton\u2013only with a female actor playing Trump, now called Brenda King, and a male actor playing Clinton, now called Jonathan Gordon.\u201d The professors found the opposite of what they expected. There is a video clip so you can judge for yourself. A little mind-blowing.<\/li>\n
  3. American Carnage<\/span><\/a> (Christopher Caldwell, First Things): \u201cCalling addiction a disease usefully describes certain measurable aspects of the problem\u2014particularly tolerance and withdrawal. It fails to capture what is special and dangerous about the way drugs bind with people\u2019s minds. Almost every known disease is something people wish to be rid of. Addiction is different. Addicts resist known cures\u2014even to the point of death.\u201d A powerful article. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. There\u2019s Enough Time To Change Everything<\/a> (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic): \u201cIf I were loosely gathering topics of study into categories, I might call them arts, religion, scholarship, and science. As important as scholarship and science are, arts and religion are more important\u201d A wide-ranging and fascinating interview with Yale professor David Gelernter. This one is long.<\/li>\n
  5. Faith Is Changing The Way People Think About Music<\/span><\/a> (Marc Barnes, Relevant): \u201cThe creative arts have a long history of taking to what is taboo in the public square. It is no surprise that they are taking religion, the ugly duckling of modern secular life, under their wing.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. North Korea Is Practicing For Nuclear War<\/a> (Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Policy): \u201cWhatever restraint Kim or Trump might show \u2014 and let\u2019s be honest, our expectations here are not high \u2014 each will face enormous pressure to start the attack lest his opponent beat him to the punch.\u201d Ouch.<\/li>\n
  7. 10 Questions for Shadi Hamid<\/span><\/a> (Razib Khan, personal blog): \u201cIt\u2019s not so much that [devout Muslims] want to die; it\u2019s more that they are ready to die, and it doesn\u2019t frighten them as much as it might frighten someone else, because they believe there\u2019s a pretty good chance that they\u2019ll be granted paradise especially if they happen to killed while they\u2019re in the middle of an act that they consider to be in the service of God and his message.\u201d The interviewer is a doctoral candidate in genetics at UC Davis and the interviewee is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. Also worth reading is Rod Dreher\u2019s reaction piece <\/span>Islam: The Last Badass Religion<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n