{"id":4506,"date":"2017-06-16T15:21:36","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T23:21:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4506"},"modified":"2017-06-16T15:21:36","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T23:21:36","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-105","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/06\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-105","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 105"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>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. Alvin Plantinga\u2019s Mas\u00adter\u00adful Achieve\u00adment<\/a> (William Doino, First Things): \u201cIn the 1950\u2019s there was not a sin\u00adgle pub\u00adlished defense of reli\u00adgious belief by a promi\u00adnent philoso\u00adpher; by the 1990\u2019s there were lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly hun\u00addreds of books and arti\u00adcles, from Yale to UCLA and from Oxford to Hei\u00addel\u00adberg, defend\u00ading and devel\u00adop\u00ading the spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal dimen\u00adsion. The dif\u00adfer\u00adence between 1950 and 1990 is, quite sim\u00adply, Alvin Planti\u00adnga.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. The Man Behind Trump\u2019s Reli\u00adgious-Free\u00addom Agen\u00adda for Health Care<\/span><\/a> (Emma Green, The Atlantic): \u201c<\/span>Sev\u00aderi\u00adno spent sev\u00aden years in civ\u00adil-rights enforce\u00adment at the Depart\u00adment of Jus\u00adtice; before that, he lit\u00adi\u00adgat\u00aded reli\u00adgious-lib\u00ader\u00adty cas\u00ades. He has expe\u00adri\u00adence. He just doesn\u2019t share the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00advic\u00adtions of many who work in his field.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Iraqi Chris\u00adtians should not be deport\u00aded to become vic\u00adtims of ISIS<\/span><\/a> (Bawai Soro, The Hill): \u201cThe Amer\u00adi\u00adcan gov\u00adern\u00adment, for the first time ever, is about to deport to a coun\u00adtry under\u00adgo\u00ading an active geno\u00adcide the very peo\u00adple tar\u00adget\u00aded in that geno\u00adcide.\u201d See <\/span>US Pre\u00adpares to Deport Hun\u00addreds of Iraqi Chris\u00adtians<\/span><\/a> (Grif\u00adfin Paul Jack\u00adson, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today) for more details.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. There is no Thucy\u00addides Trap<\/span><\/a> (Arthur Wal\u00addron, Supchi\u00adna): \u201c<\/span>For the first time this year, my Chi\u00adnese grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addents are mar\u00adry\u00ading one anoth\u00ader and buy\u00ading hous\u00ades here. This is a lead\u00ading indi\u00adca\u00adtor. If it could be done, the com\u00ading tsuna\u00admi would bring 10 mil\u00adlion high\u00adly qual\u00adi\u00adfied Chi\u00adnese fam\u00adi\u00adlies to the U.S. in 10 years \u2014 along with flee\u00ading crooks, spies, and oth\u00ader flot\u00adsam and jet\u00adsam. Even Xi\u2019s first wife fled Chi\u00adna; she lives in Eng\u00adland.<\/span>\u201d <\/span>The author is an IR pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Penn. <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Can\u2019t Believe You Think That<\/span><\/a> (Cit\u00adi\u00adzen Of No Mean City): \u201c<\/span>Maybe next time before dis\u00admiss\u00ading some\u00adone for their views on this sub\u00adject we would do well to afford them the dig\u00adni\u00adty of hav\u00ading thought about their posi\u00adtion, and to dig deep\u00ader and ask \u2018what has led them to think this way?\u2019 or \u2018can I learn from lis\u00adten\u00ading to them?\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Six Days and 50 Years of War<\/span><\/a> (Bret Stephens, NY Times): \u201cIn June 1967 Arab lead\u00aders declared their inten\u00adtion to anni\u00adhi\u00adlate the Jew\u00adish state, and the Jews decid\u00aded they wouldn\u2019t sit still for it. For the crime of self-preser\u00adva\u00adtion, Israel remains a nation unfor\u00adgiv\u00aden.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. Here are sev\u00ader\u00adal links about a dis\u00adturb\u00ading moment on Capi\u00adtol Hill:\n