{"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>Welcome to issue 104: this is my <strong>two-year anniversary<\/strong> of these (kind of \u2014 I\u2019ve taken a few weeks off along the way). In case you\u2019re reading for the first time, every Friday I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of the two year milestone, I\u2019m doing a <b>special edition<\/b>: instead of linking to specific articles that caught my attention recently, this week I want to highlight thinkers I consistently find helpful. I don\u2019t always agree with them, but I find their writing stimulating.<\/p>\n<h3>Authors Glen Regularly Finds Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li><b>Russell Moore<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. &nbsp;When you don\u2019t know what I think about something, see if Russell Moore has written 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;\">Little Sisters, Big Case<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (The Hill, March&nbsp;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 Deadly?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (personal blog, December 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;\">Evangelicals Won\u2019t Cave<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (First Things, October 2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a well-done (although slightly snarky) <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2016\/11\/07\/the-new-evangelical-moral-minority\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">profile of him in the New Yorker<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (November 2016)&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li><b>Tyler Cowen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 an economist at George Mason University. Cowen is a libertarian and an atheist and I frequently disagree with him. But I love reading his blog. Here are some posts I\u2019ve highlighted 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 Culture of Guns, The Culture of Alcohol<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, April&nbsp;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 differences between Republicans and Democrats?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, March&nbsp;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 Brexit happened and what it means<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, June&nbsp;2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li><b>Doug Wilson<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 a pastor in Moscow, ID. This guy is super-controversial and I love reading him. Even when I disagree with him I usually learn something. Here are some things I\u2019ve highlighted from&nbsp;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;\">American Jesus<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, January 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 articles about guns<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, May&nbsp;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 Leper Colony<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (blog, October 2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a 2009 profile of him: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2009\/april\/24.42.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Controversalist<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Christianity Today)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li><b>Megan McArdle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 a journalist for Bloomberg View. I always find her views insightful. She\u2019s more politically wonky and theologically confused than the other entries on this list, but she\u2019s got intriguing opinions about almost everything. Things she\u2019s written that I\u2019ve featured 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;\">Verily I Say Unto You: Christians Care About the Poor<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (May&nbsp;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&nbsp;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;\"> Tallying Right-Wing Terror vs. Jihad<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (June&nbsp;2015)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li><b>Mollie Hemingway<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 an editor at The Federalist who is increasingly doing television spots. She\u2019s a devout Lutheran and is endlessly entertaining to me. These caught my&nbsp;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 Examples Show Why No One Trusts Media \u2018Fact Checks\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (February 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;\">Kentucky Clerk Didn\u2019t Follow Christianity Before Converting To It<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (September 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 Never Hear About \u2018The Little Sisters Of The Poor\u2019<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (May&nbsp;2016)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s a profile of her at the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwf.org\/modern-feminist\/2793716\/Mollie-Hemingway\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Independent Women\u2019s Forum<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li><b>Scott Alexander<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 this is the pseudonym of a psychiatrist who blogs prolifically at Slate Star Codex. He is an atheist with complicated political 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 People Who May Not 100% Deserve Our Eternal Scorn<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (February 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: Seeing 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;\">Silicon Valley: A Reality Check<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (May&nbsp;2017)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also wrote an internet novel 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, explicitly religious setup.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/li>\n<li>I\u2019ve left out a lot of other people such as Matthew Lee Anderson, Jeannie Suk Gersen, David French, Rod Dreher, Freddie DeBoer, Ross Douthat, Conor Friedersdorf, Justin Taylor, Kevin DeYoung, Joe Carter and more. If you\u2019re ever bored, search for their names and see if you find them as intriguing as I&nbsp;do.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Things Glen Often Finds Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/\">Babylon Bee<\/a> \u2014 a Christian satire site<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCFZO6aPugMrZjUOobX7IQDA\">Would I Lie To You?<\/a> A panel comedy show on the&nbsp;BBC<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/\">xkcd<\/a> \u2014 a nerdy webcomic (sometimes I need <a href=\"http:\/\/www.explainxkcd.com\/\">explain xkcd<\/a> to get&nbsp;it)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/\">SMBC<\/a> \u2014 a webcomic of special interest to academics<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicinstructions.net\/\">Basic Instructions<\/a> \u2014 a now defunct webcomic on&nbsp;rerun<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/\">Dilbert<\/a> \u2014 a&nbsp;comic<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\">Pearls Before Swine<\/a> \u2014 a&nbsp;comic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it).<\/p>\n<p>Also, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about&nbsp;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>Welcome to issue 104: this is my two-year anniversary of these (kind of \u2014 I\u2019ve taken a few weeks off along the way). In case you\u2019re reading for the first time, every Friday I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. In honor of the two year milestone, I\u2019m doing a special edition: \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/06\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-104-special-edition\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 104 \u2014 Special Edition\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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"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}]}}