{"id":4452,"date":"2017-04-21T15:10:34","date_gmt":"2017-04-21T23:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4452"},"modified":"2017-04-21T15:10:34","modified_gmt":"2017-04-21T23:10:34","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/04\/21\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-97","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 97"},"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. The ben\u00ade\u00adfits and harms of mar\u00adi\u00adjua\u00adna, explained by the most thor\u00adough research review yet<\/span><\/a> (Ger\u00adman Lopez, Vox): \u201cthe bot\u00adtom line is that mar\u00adi\u00adjua\u00adna does pose some harms \u2014 par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly for peo\u00adple at risk of devel\u00adop\u00ading men\u00adtal health dis\u00ador\u00adders, preg\u00adnant women, those vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble to res\u00adpi\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry prob\u00adlems, and any\u00adone get\u00adting into a car. And while some of these harms may be over\u00adcome by marijuana\u2019s ben\u00ade\u00adfits or cur\u00adtailed by con\u00adsum\u00ading pot with\u00adout smok\u00ading it, the evi\u00addence shows that weed\u2019s rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion as a safe drug is unde\u00adserved.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. What do slave\u00adhold\u00aders think?<\/span><\/a> (<\/span>Austin <\/span>Choi-Fitz\u00adpatrick, Aeon):  \u201cThe con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary traf\u00adfick\u00aders and slave\u00adhold\u00aders I spoke with are not moti\u00advat\u00aded by a love of injus\u00adtice. They are instead dri\u00adven by cul\u00adtur\u00adal iner\u00adtia, a desire for prof\u00adit or, more fre\u00adquent\u00adly, a need for basic sus\u00adte\u00adnance\u2026. The terms used here \u2013 slav\u00adery and slave\u00adhold\u00ader \u2013 nev\u00ader crossed the lips, nor per\u00adhaps even the minds, of the men I spoke with.\u201d The author is a soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of San Diego. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. The Cri\u00adsis of West\u00adern Civ<\/span><\/a> (David Brooks, NY Times): \u201cThese days, the whole idea of West\u00adern civ is assumed to be reac\u00adtionary and oppres\u00adsive. All I can say is, if you think that was reac\u00adtionary and oppres\u00adsive, wait until you get a load of the world that comes after it.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Charles Murray\u2019s \u2018Provoca\u00adtive\u2019 Talk<\/span><\/a> (Wendy M. Williams and Stephen J. Ceci, NY Times): two Cor\u00adnell pro\u00adfes\u00adsors \u201ctran\u00adscribed Mr. Murray\u2019s speech and \u2014 with\u00adout indi\u00adcat\u00ading who wrote it \u2014 sent it to a group of 70 col\u00adlege pro\u00adfes\u00adsors (women and men, of dif\u00adfer\u00adent ranks, at dif\u00adfer\u00adent uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties)\u2026 the 57 pro\u00adfes\u00adsors who respond\u00aded to our request gave Mr. Murray\u2019s talk an aver\u00adage score of 5.05, or \u2018mid\u00addle of the road.\u2019\u201d This, of course, is the speech which faced a back\u00adlash result\u00ading in a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor need\u00ading a neck brace<\/a>. Fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading. <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. This Is About That<\/span><\/a> (Andrew Wil\u00adson, Vimeo): this 3.5 minute video starts slow but ends strong. A med\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion on the rela\u00adtion\u00adship between mar\u00adriage and the gospel. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Inter\u00adsec\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty Is a Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Foot\u00adball; Here\u2019s Why It Doesn\u2019t Have to Be<\/span><\/a> (Chris Mar\u00adtin, Het\u00adero\u00addox Acad\u00ade\u00admy): \u201cPro\u00adgres\u00adsives have adopt\u00aded an over\u00adam\u00adbi\u00adtious mod\u00adel of inter\u00adsec\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty in which every\u00adone lies on axes of oppres\u00adsion, and I will explain this model\u2019s three flaws. Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly believe that inter\u00adsec\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty is use\u00adless, but I explain how inter\u00adsec\u00adtion\u00adal schol\u00adar\u00adship can be use\u00adful to researchers, regard\u00adless of whether they are lib\u00ader\u00adal, cen\u00adtrist, con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive, lib\u00ader\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan, or eclec\u00adtic.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Here\u2019s the Mil\u00adlion-Dol\u00adlar Answer to How Per\u00adse\u00adcut\u00aded Chris\u00adtians Per\u00adse\u00advere<\/span><\/a> (Sarah Zyl\u00adstra, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cResearchers grouped respons\u00ades to per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion into three cat\u00ade\u00adgories: sur\u00advival, asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion, and con\u00adfronta\u00adtion\u2026. \u2018Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals are divid\u00aded between those who are will\u00ading to take up arms and those who view wit\u00adness and non-retal\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion as the respons\u00ades to which the Bible calls Chris\u00adtians,\u2019 the report stat\u00aded. They tend to be more skep\u00adti\u00adcal of the inter\u00adre\u00adli\u00adgious dia\u00adlogue favored by Catholics and main\u00adline Protes\u00adtants, and more like\u00adly to pur\u00adsue evan\u00adge\u00adliza\u00adtion.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n