{"id":4467,"date":"2017-05-05T15:50:16","date_gmt":"2017-05-05T23:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4467"},"modified":"2017-05-05T15:50:16","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T23:50:16","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/05\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-99","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 99"},"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. Porn Star James Deen\u2019s Cri\u00adsis of Con\u00adscience<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201cIn any case, he now feels there is an eth\u00adi\u00adcal dilem\u00adma in porn. On one hand, the industry\u2019s suc\u00adcess depends on its being acces\u00adsi\u00adble to mass audi\u00adences online. On the oth\u00ader hand, Deen is con\u00advinced that the acces\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of porn is harm\u00ading young peo\u00adple.\u201d This arti\u00adcle is graph\u00adic.<\/li>\n
  2. This Black Pas\u00adtor Led A White Church \u2014 In 1788<\/a> (Thabiti Anyab\u00adwale, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cHe was licensed to preach on Novem\u00adber 29, 1780 and five years lat\u00ader became the first African-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan ordained by any reli\u00adgious body in Amer\u00adi\u00adca. In 1804 Mid\u00addle\u00adbury Col\u00adlege award\u00aded Haynes an hon\u00adorary Master\u2019s degree\u2014another first for an African-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan.\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. Trump\u2019s Exec\u00adu\u00adtive Order On Reli\u00adgious Lib\u00ader\u00adty Is Worse Than Use\u00adless<\/span><\/a> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cthe order has three main com\u00adpo\u00adnents: 1) a promise to \u2018pro\u00adtect and vig\u00ador\u00adous\u00adly pro\u00admote reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty,\u2019 2) a direc\u00adtive to \u2018ease restric\u00adtions on polit\u00adi\u00adcal activ\u00adi\u00adty by church\u00ades and char\u00adi\u00adties,\u2019 and 3) an order to \u2018fed\u00ader\u00adal agen\u00adcies to exempt some reli\u00adgious orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions from Afford\u00adable Care Act require\u00adments that pro\u00advide employ\u00adees with health cov\u00ader\u00adage for con\u00adtra\u00adcep\u00adtion.\u2019 Those direc\u00adtives are respec\u00adtive\u00adly 1) mean\u00ading\u00adless, 2) dan\u00adger\u00adous, and 3) mean\u00ading\u00adless.\u201d The <\/span>ACLU agrees<\/span><\/a>, say\u00ading in their press release that the order was \u201can elab\u00ado\u00adrate pho\u00adto-op with no dis\u00adcernible pol\u00adi\u00adcy out\u00adcome.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. It\u2019s Basi\u00adcal\u00adly Just Immoral To Be Rich<\/span><\/a> (A.Q. Smith, Cur\u00adrent Affairs): \u201cWe can define some\u00adthing like a \u2018max\u00adi\u00admum moral income\u2019 beyond which it\u2019s <\/span>obvi\u00adous\u00adly <\/span><\/i>inex\u00adcus\u00adable not to give away all of your mon\u00adey. It might be 50 thou\u00adsand. Call it 100, though. Per per\u00adson. With an addi\u00adtion\u00adal 50 allowed per child. This means two par\u00adents with a child can still earn $250,000! That\u2019s <\/span>so much mon\u00adey<\/span><\/i>. And you can keep it. But every\u00adone who earns any\u00adthing beyond it is oblig\u00adat\u00aded to give the excess away in its entire\u00adty.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus. Com\u00adpare and con\u00adtrast with 1 Tim\u00ado\u00adthy 6:17\u201319<\/a>.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. How Two Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi Col\u00adlege Stu\u00addents Fell in Love and Decid\u00aded to Join a Ter\u00adror\u00adist Group<\/span><\/a> (Emma Green, The Atlantic): \u201cThe\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, when the Bureau comes across two kids like Jae\u00adlyn and Moe\u2014lost, in love, and grasp\u00ading toward a dark future\u2014agents could try to set them on anoth\u00ader path, reach\u00ading out to their fam\u00adi\u00adlies and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties. In real\u00adi\u00adty, though, that\u2019s not what the coun\u00adtry has asked them to do.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. The Reac\u00adtionary Temp\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span><\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, NY Mag): \u201c<\/span>With\u00adin the space of 50 years, Amer\u00adi\u00adca has gone from seg\u00adre\u00adga\u00adtion to dizzy\u00ading mul\u00adti\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal\u00adism; from tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal fam\u00adi\u00adly struc\u00adtures to wide\u00adspread divorce, cohab\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion, and sex\u00adu\u00adal lib\u00ader\u00adty; from a few respect\u00aded sources of infor\u00adma\u00adtion to an end\u00adless stream of peer-to-peer media; from careers in one com\u00adpa\u00adny for life to an ever-accel\u00ader\u00adat\u00ading need to retrain and regroup; from a patri\u00adarchy to (incom\u00adplete) gen\u00adder equal\u00adi\u00adty; from homo\u00adsex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty as a sin to homo\u00adpho\u00adbia as a taboo; from Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty being the com\u00admon cul\u00adture to a sec\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adism no soci\u00adety has ever sus\u00adtained before ours.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Let\u00adter To My Younger Self<\/span><\/a> (Ryan Leaf, The Player\u2019s Tri\u00adbune): \u201c<\/span>Con\u00adgrat\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions. You offi\u00adcial\u00adly have it all \u2014 mon\u00adey, pow\u00ader and pres\u00adtige. All the things that are impor\u00adtant, right?\u2026 That\u2019s you, young Ryan Leaf, at his absolute finest: arro\u00adgant, boor\u00adish and nar\u00adcis\u00adsis\u00adtic. You think you\u2019re on top of the world and that you\u2019ve got all the answers. Well I\u2019m sor\u00adry to have to tell you this, but the truth is\u2026.\u201d Such a grip\u00adping let\u00adter. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n