{"id":4498,"date":"2017-06-09T14:50:13","date_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4498"},"modified":"2017-06-09T14:50:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-09T22:50:13","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-104-special-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/06\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-104-special-edition","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 104 \u2014 Special Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wel\u00adcome to issue 104: this is my <strong>two-year anniver\u00adsary<\/strong> of these (kind of \u2014 I\u2019ve tak\u00aden a few weeks off along the way). In case you\u2019re read\u00ading for the first time, every Fri\u00adday I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues.<\/p>\n<p>In hon\u00ador of the two year mile\u00adstone, I\u2019m doing a <b>spe\u00adcial edi\u00adtion<\/b>: instead of link\u00ading to spe\u00adcif\u00adic arti\u00adcles that caught my atten\u00adtion recent\u00adly, this week I want to high\u00adlight thinkers I con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly find help\u00adful. I don\u2019t always agree with them, but I find their writ\u00ading stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading.<\/p>\n<h3>Authors Glen Regularly Finds Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Rus\u00adsell Moore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, pres\u00adi\u00addent of the Ethics and Reli\u00adgious Lib\u00ader\u00adty Com\u00admis\u00adsion of the South\u00adern Bap\u00adtist Con\u00adven\u00adtion. &nbsp;When you don\u2019t know what I think about some\u00adthing, see if Rus\u00adsell Moore has writ\u00adten about it. Odds are we\u2019re on the same page. Here are a few things I\u2019ve linked to from him before:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/congress-blog\/religious-rights\/273944-little-sisters-big-case\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lit\u00adtle Sis\u00adters, Big Case<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (The Hill, March 2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.russellmoore.com\/2015\/12\/01\/is-pro-life-rhetoric-deadly\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is Pro-Life Rhetoric Dead\u00adly?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (per\u00adson\u00adal blog, Decem\u00adber 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2015\/10\/evangelicals-wont-cave\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals Won\u2019t Cave<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (First Things, Octo\u00adber 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a well-done (although slight\u00adly snarky) <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2016\/11\/07\/the-new-evangelical-moral-minority\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pro\u00adfile of him in the New York\u00ader<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Novem\u00adber 2016) <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li><b>Tyler Cowen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 an econ\u00ado\u00admist at George Mason Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. Cowen is a lib\u00ader\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan and an athe\u00adist and I fre\u00adquent\u00adly dis\u00adagree with him. But I love read\u00ading his blog. Here are some posts I\u2019ve high\u00adlight\u00aded before:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2013\/04\/the-culture-of-guns-the-culture-of-alcohol.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cul\u00adture of Guns, The Cul\u00adture of Alco\u00adhol<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, April 2013)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2016\/03\/core-differences-republicans-democrats.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the core dif\u00adfer\u00adences between Repub\u00adli\u00adcans and Democ\u00adrats?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, March 2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2016\/06\/why-brexit-happened-the-lens-of-japan.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why Brex\u00adit hap\u00adpened and what it means<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, June 2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li><b>Doug Wil\u00adson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 a pas\u00adtor in Moscow, ID. This guy is super-con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial and I love read\u00ading him. Even when I dis\u00adagree with him I usu\u00adal\u00adly learn some\u00adthing. Here are some things I\u2019ve high\u00adlight\u00aded from him:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/110097.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Jesus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, Jan\u00adu\u00adary 2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/05\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-48\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Six arti\u00adcles about guns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, May 2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/fight-leper-colony.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Fight In The Lep\u00ader Colony<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, Octo\u00adber 2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a 2009 pro\u00adfile of him: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2009\/april\/24.42.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsal\u00adist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li><b>Megan McAr\u00addle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 a jour\u00adnal\u00adist for Bloomberg View. I always find her views insight\u00adful. She\u2019s more polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly wonky and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly con\u00adfused than the oth\u00ader entries on this list, but she\u2019s got intrigu\u00ading opin\u00adions about almost every\u00adthing. Things she\u2019s writ\u00adten that I\u2019ve fea\u00adtured before:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2015-05-15\/verily-i-say-unto-you-christians-care-about-the-poor\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ver\u00adi\u00adly I Say Unto You: Chris\u00adtians Care About the Poor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (May 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2015-06-04\/what-we-don-t-know-about-false-claims-of-rape\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What We Don\u2019t Know About False Claims of Rape<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (June 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2015-06-30\/tallying-right-wing-terror-vs-jihad\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tal\u00adly\u00ading Right-Wing Ter\u00adror vs. Jihad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (June 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li><b>Mol\u00adlie Hem\u00ading\u00adway<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 an edi\u00adtor at The Fed\u00ader\u00adal\u00adist who is increas\u00ading\u00adly doing tele\u00advi\u00adsion spots. She\u2019s a devout Luther\u00adan and is end\u00adless\u00adly enter\u00adtain\u00ading to me. These caught my eye:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2017\/02\/21\/4-recent-examples-show-why-no-one-trusts-media-fact-checks\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 Recent Exam\u00adples Show Why No One Trusts Media \u2018Fact Checks\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Feb\u00adru\u00adary 2017)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2015\/09\/02\/kentucky-clerk-didnt-follow-christianity-before-converting-to-it\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ken\u00adtucky Clerk Didn\u2019t Fol\u00adlow Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Before Con\u00advert\u00ading To It<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2016\/05\/17\/media-want-to-make-sure-you-never-hear-about-the-little-sisters-of-the-poor\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Media Want To Make Sure You Nev\u00ader Hear About \u2018The Lit\u00adtle Sis\u00adters Of The Poor\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (May 2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a pro\u00adfile of her at the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwf.org\/modern-feminist\/2793716\/Mollie-Hemingway\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inde\u00adpen\u00addent Women\u2019s Forum<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li><b>Scott Alexan\u00adder<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 this is the pseu\u00addo\u00adnym of a psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtrist who blogs pro\u00adlif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly at Slate Star Codex. He is an athe\u00adist with com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded polit\u00adi\u00adcal views. Always fun to read. Here are a few things I\u2019ve linked:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2017\/02\/23\/some-groups-of-people-who-may-not-100-deserve-our-eternal-scorn\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some Groups of Peo\u00adple Who May Not 100% Deserve Our Eter\u00adnal Scorn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Feb\u00adru\u00adary 2017)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2017\/03\/16\/book-review-seeing-like-a-state\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Book Review: See\u00ading Like A State<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (March 2017)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2017\/05\/11\/silicon-valley-a-reality-check\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sil\u00adi\u00adcon Val\u00adley: A Real\u00adi\u00adty Check<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (May 2017)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also wrote an inter\u00adnet nov\u00adel called <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/unsongbook.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsong<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It\u2019s got a clever, explic\u00adit\u00adly reli\u00adgious set\u00adup.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve left out a lot of oth\u00ader peo\u00adple such as Matthew Lee Ander\u00adson, Jean\u00adnie Suk Gersen, David French, Rod Dreher, Fred\u00addie DeBoer, Ross Douthat, Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, Justin Tay\u00adlor, Kevin DeY\u00adoung, Joe Carter and more. If you\u2019re ever bored, search for their names and see if you find them as intrigu\u00ading as I do.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Things Glen Often Finds Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/\">Baby\u00adlon Bee<\/a> \u2014 a Chris\u00adt\u00adian satire site<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFZO6aPugMrZjUOobX7IQDA\">Would I Lie To You?<\/a> A pan\u00adel com\u00ade\u00addy show on the BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/\">xkcd<\/a> \u2014 a nerdy web\u00adcom\u00adic (some\u00adtimes I need <a href=\"http:\/\/www.explainxkcd.com\/\">explain xkcd<\/a> to get it)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/\">SMBC<\/a> \u2014 a web\u00adcom\u00adic of spe\u00adcial inter\u00adest to aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicinstructions.net\/\">Basic Instruc\u00adtions<\/a> \u2014 a now defunct web\u00adcom\u00adic on rerun<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/\">Dil\u00adbert<\/a> \u2014 a com\u00adic<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\">Pearls Before Swine<\/a> \u2014 a com\u00adic<\/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 \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (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\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s 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 \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) 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\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m 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>Wel\u00adcome to issue 104: this is my two-year anniver\u00adsary of these (kind of \u2014 I\u2019ve tak\u00aden a few weeks off along the way). In case you\u2019re read\u00ading for the first time, every Fri\u00adday I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. In hon\u00ador of the two year mile\u00adstone, I\u2019m doing a spe\u00adcial edi\u00adtion: \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/06\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-104-special-edition\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 104 \u2014 Spe\u00adcial Edi\u00adtion\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":"I've hit the two year mark, so in this issue I list some of my favorite thinkers (and also the things I most consistently find amusing).","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":[],"class_list":["post-4498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1ay","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4498","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=4498"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4504,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4498\/revisions\/4504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}