{"id":4727,"date":"2017-10-13T21:54:01","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T05:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4727"},"modified":"2017-10-13T21:54:01","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T05:54:01","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-122","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/10\/13\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-122","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 122"},"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>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<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li>I knew the fires north of us were bad, but this floored me: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2017\/10\/10\/us\/california-wildfires-drone-footage.html?smid=tw-share\">Seen From Above: Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia Fires Reduced Entire Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties to Ash<\/a> (Josh Han\u00ader, Troy Grig\u00adgs and Anjali Singhvi, New York Times).\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/abcarian\/la-me-abcarian-sonoma-fire-20171012-htmlstory.html\">They sur\u00advived six hours in a pool as a wild\u00adfire burned their neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood to the ground<\/a> (Robin Abcar\u00adi\u00adan, LA Times): \u201cShe had tucked her phone into her shoe at the pool\u2019s edge. When she saw it next, it had melt\u00aded.\u201d I was won\u00adder\u00ading if this would be an effec\u00adtive sur\u00advival strat\u00ade\u00adgy when I stum\u00adbled upon this arti\u00adcle.<\/li>\n<li>If you intend to make a dona\u00adtion to help the sur\u00advivors, I rec\u00adom\u00admend you give through&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/convoyofhope.org\/donate\">Con\u00advoy of Hope<\/a>, a faith-based com\u00adpas\u00adsion orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion that excels at dis\u00adas\u00adter-relief and has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charitynavigator.org\/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&amp;orgid=7276\">an out\u00adstand\u00ading rat\u00ading on Char\u00adi\u00adty Nav\u00adi\u00adga\u00adtor<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2017\/10\/a-sneak-peek-at-new-survey-data-on-free-speech\/542028\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">America\u2019s Many Divides Over Free Speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An under-appre\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded fea\u00adture of the First Amend\u00adment is that even as it assures that almost every\u00adone will hear that which offends them, it spares the coun\u00adtry lots of thorny pol\u00adi\u00adcy fights over speech and expres\u00adsion that would divide an already-polar\u00adized coun\u00adtry deeply along par\u00adti\u00adsan and racial lines.\u201d This arti\u00adcle is full of fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading sta\u00adtis\u00adtics. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2017\/october\/what-trump-religious-liberty-guidance-does-sessions-doj.html\">6 Things Trump\u2019s Reli\u00adgious Lib\u00ader\u00adty Memo Does (and Doesn\u2019t) Do<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnut, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cWhile crit\u00adics have char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized such pro\u00adtec\u00adtions as a \u2018license\u2019 to dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adnate, reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty experts state that the memo\u2014while a major move\u2014does not do every\u00adthing that advo\u00adcates have hoped or that oppo\u00adnents have feared.\u201d<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2017\/october\/anti-christian-bias-richer-evangelicals-persecution-complex.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Study: Anti-Chris\u00adt\u00adian Bias Has\u00adn\u2019t Grown. It\u2019s Just Got\u00adten Rich\u00ader<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Kate Shell\u00adnut, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cSoci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist George Yancey ana\u00adlyzed 30-plus years of data to track approval rat\u00adings for evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal and fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adist Chris\u00adtians. His big take\u00adaway: What has changed is not the num\u00adber of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans who dis\u00adlike con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adtians, but which Amer\u00adi\u00adcans.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/from-aggressive-overtures-to-sexual-assault-harvey-weinsteins-accusers-tell-their-stories\">From Aggres\u00adsive Over\u00adtures to Sex\u00adu\u00adal Assault: Har\u00advey Weinstein\u2019s Accusers Tell Their Sto\u00adries<\/a> (Ronan Far\u00adrow, New York\u00ader): This is super-dis\u00adturb\u00ading. I include it only in case you have not heard of the wicked events because the next few entries require an aware\u00adness of both the charges and their sever\u00adi\u00adty.\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/10\/07\/opinion\/sunday\/harvey-weinstein-harassment-liberals.html?_r=0\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Pigs of Lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cCon\u00adsent alone is not a suf\u00adfi\u00adcient guide to ethics\u2026. Old\u00ader rules of moral restraint were broad\u00ader for a rea\u00adson. If your culture\u2019s code is lib\u00ader\u00adtine, don\u2019t be sur\u00adprised that worse things than lib\u00ader\u00adtin\u00adism flour\u00adish.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/the-integrity-of-harvey-weinstein-work\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Integri\u00adty of Har\u00advey Weinstein\u2019s Work<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: \u201cArtists are very rarely saints, but that does not com\u00adpro\u00admise the worth of the work that they do. Purg\u00ading his name from the artis\u00adtic record is an injus\u00adtice not sim\u00adply to Har\u00advey Wein\u00adstein, but to the truth. We can\u00adnot allow our\u00adselves to get into the habit of lying about his\u00adto\u00adry for moral rea\u00adsons. This is cor\u00adrupt. Yes, this involves stand\u00ading up for Har\u00advey Wein\u00adstein, but more than that, it involves stand\u00ading up for the truth.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2017\/10\/12\/weinstein-contract-the-weinstein-company-sexual-harassment-firing-illegal\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Har\u00advey Wein\u00adstein Con\u00adtract With TWC Allowed For Sex\u00adu\u00adal Harass\u00adment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &nbsp;(TMZ): Wow. You\u2019d think the board would say, \u201cThat\u2019s an odd\u00adly spe\u00adcif\u00adic pro\u00advi\u00adsion to add to the con\u00adtract. Why are you so keen on this?\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chicagotribune.com\/bluesky\/originals\/ct-bsi-why-we-sleep-matt-walker-20171003-story.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pro\u00adduc\u00adtive on six hours of sleep? You\u2019re delud\u00ading your\u00adself, expert says<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Keri Wig\u00adin\u00adton, Chica\u00adgo Tri\u00adbune): \u201cIf you were not to set an alarm clock, would you sleep past it? If the answer is yes, then there is clear\u00adly more sleep that is need\u00aded.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2017\/oct\/05\/smartphone-addiction-silicon-valley-dystopia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018Our minds can be hijacked\u2019: the tech insid\u00aders who fear a smart\u00adphone dystopia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Paul Lewis, The Guardian): <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cRosen\u00adstein pur\u00adchased a new iPhone and instruct\u00aded his assis\u00adtant to set up a parental-con\u00adtrol fea\u00adture to pre\u00advent him from down\u00adload\u00ading any apps. He was par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly aware of the allure of Face\u00adbook \u2018likes\u2019, which he describes as \u2018bright dings of pseu\u00addo-plea\u00adsure\u2019 that can be as hol\u00adlow as they are seduc\u00adtive. And Rosen\u00adstein should know: he was the Face\u00adbook engi\u00adneer who cre\u00adat\u00aded the \u2018like\u2019 but\u00adton in the first place.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/boy-scouts-allow-old-men-cub-scouts-program\/\">Boy Scouts To Allow Old Men Into Cub Scouts Pro\u00adgram<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/funny\/comments\/75gaz6\/not_quite_as_predicted\/\">When sci\u00adence makes every\u00adone con\u00adfused and angry<\/a> (red\u00addit)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/1901\/\">Log\u00adi\u00adcal<\/a> &nbsp;(xkcd) \u2014 I am amused at how often I see sci\u00adence-lov\u00ading peo\u00adple advo\u00adcat\u00ading unsci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic solu\u00adtions to prob\u00adlems. The mouseover on this one is par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly fun\u00adny (but maybe just fun\u00adny if you\u2019ve been in the same debates as I have).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/pentagon-safety-measure-requires-president-identify-nation-map-nuking\/\">Pen\u00adta\u00adgon Safe\u00adty Mea\u00adsure Requires Pres\u00adi\u00addent To Iden\u00adti\u00adfy Nation On Map Before Nuk\u00ading It<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): in relat\u00aded news, Stan\u00adford stu\u00addents will be required to iden\u00adti\u00adfy a nation on a map before hav\u00ading opin\u00adions about US for\u00adeign pol\u00adi\u00adcy towards them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll high\u00adlight an old\u00ader link still worth your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This week we have&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.thegospelcoalition.org\/justintaylor\/2016\/08\/09\/how-can-i-learn-to-receive-and-give-criticism-in-light-of-the-cross\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Can I Learn To Receive \u2013 And Give \u2013 Crit\u00adi\u00adcism In Light Of The Cross?<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Justin Tay\u00adlor, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cA believ\u00ader is one who iden\u00adti\u00adfies with all that God affirms and con\u00addemns in Christ\u2019s cru\u00adci\u00adfix\u00adion. In oth\u00ader words, in Christ\u2019s cross I agree with God\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">judg\u00adment<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of me; and in Christ\u2019s cross I agree with God\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of me. Both have a rad\u00adi\u00adcal impact on how we take and give crit\u00adi\u00adcism.\u201d This is based on a <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/peacemaker-ministries.mybigcommerce.com\/content\/The%20Cross%20and%20Criticism.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">longer arti\u00adcle<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (4 page PDF). (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/08\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-63\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vol\u00adume 63<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\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>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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading I knew the fires north of us were bad, but this floored me: Seen \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/10\/13\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-122\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 122\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":"The Nor Cal fires, the Weinstein wickedness, free speech, freedom of religion,  and other engaging things.","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":[152,126,138,147,213,214],"class_list":["post-4727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-free-speech","tag-persecution","tag-religious-freedom","tag-sexual-assault","tag-sleep","tag-technology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1ef","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727","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=4727"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4731,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4727\/revisions\/4731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}