{"id":4445,"date":"2017-04-07T17:18:07","date_gmt":"2017-04-08T01:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4445"},"modified":"2017-04-07T17:18:07","modified_gmt":"2017-04-08T01:18:07","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/04\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-95","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 95"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions. If you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. \u2018You Can\u2019t Give In\u2019: Mon\u00adty Williams On Life After Tragedy<\/span><\/a> (Chris Bal\u00adlard, Sports Illus\u00adtrat\u00aded): \u201cHe puts on a good face, but talk\u00ading about what hap\u00adpened, as he does over the course of the next three days, often paus\u00ading for min\u00adutes at a time, remains dif\u00adfi\u00adcult. \u2018I just couldn\u2019t under\u00adstand it,\u2019 he says. \u2018And nev\u00ader will. But my faith in God nev\u00ader wavered. Just, some\u00adtimes your faith and your feel\u00adings don\u2019t line up.\u2019\u201d This is the pick of the week. Very pow\u00ader\u00adful. <\/span><\/li>\n
  2. When Char\u00adac\u00adter No Longer Counts<\/span><\/a> (Alan Jacobs, Nation\u00adal Affairs): \u201cWhat is required of seri\u00adous reli\u00adgious believ\u00aders in a plu\u00adral\u00adis\u00adtic soci\u00adety is the abil\u00adi\u00adty to code-switch: nev\u00ader to for\u00adget or neglect their own native reli\u00adgious tongue, but also nev\u00ader to for\u00adget that they live in a soci\u00adety of peo\u00adple for whom that lan\u00adguage is gib\u00adber\u00adish. To speak only in the lan\u00adguage of prag\u00adma\u00adtism is to bring noth\u00ading dis\u00adtinc\u00adtive to the table; to speak only a pri\u00advate lan\u00adguage of rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion and self-pro\u00adclaimed author\u00adi\u00adty is to leave the table alto\u00adgeth\u00ader. For their own good, but also for the com\u00admon good, reli\u00adgious believ\u00aders need to be always bilin\u00adgual\u00adly present.\u201d Includ\u00ading for the sum\u00adma\u00adry para\u00adgraph. That\u2019s gold. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Count\u00ading The Cost: DR Con\u00adgo Demon\u00adstrates Dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty of Mea\u00adsur\u00ading Mar\u00adtyr\u00addom <\/span><\/a>(Sarah Zyl\u00adstra, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cWhy do cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adtions of Chris\u00adtians killed for their faith world\u00adwide each year range from 1,000 to 100,000? The rea\u00adson large\u00adly comes down to one coun\u00adtry: the Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic Repub\u00adlic of the Con\u00adgo (DRC).\u201d Many sur\u00adpris\u00ading pieces of infor\u00adma\u00adtion. Worth\u00adwhile. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Book Review: See\u00ading Like A State<\/span><\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cPeas\u00adants didn\u2019t like per\u00adma\u00adnent sur\u00adnames. Their own sys\u00adtem was quite rea\u00adson\u00adable for them: John the bak\u00ader was John Bak\u00ader, John the black\u00adsmith was John Smith, John who lived under the hill was John Under\u00adhill, John who was real\u00adly short was John Short. The same per\u00adson might be John Smith and John Under\u00adhill in dif\u00adfer\u00adent con\u00adtexts, where his sta\u00adtus as a black\u00adsmith or place of ori\u00adgin was more impor\u00adtant. But the gov\u00adern\u00adment insist\u00aded on giv\u00ading every\u00adone a sin\u00adgle per\u00adma\u00adnent name, unique for the vil\u00adlage, and track\u00ading who was in the same fam\u00adi\u00adly as whom. Resis\u00adtance was intense.\u201d This is long and amaz\u00ading. <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Chi\u00adna\u2019s Suc\u00adcess Explains Author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adis\u00adm\u2019s Allure<\/span><\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg View): \u201c\u2026if there is a pow\u00ader\u00adful sys\u00adtem on the world stage, many of us will be drawn to it and seek to emu\u00adlate it, with\u00adout always being con\u00adscious of the rea\u00adsons for those attrac\u00adtions. <\/span>This process is actu\u00adal\u00adly not so dif\u00adfer\u00adent from how neolib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism attract\u00aded greater sup\u00adport dur\u00ading the 1990s, when it was per\u00adceived as the major vic\u00adtor on the world stage.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n