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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. Nepal Crim\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adizes Chris\u00adt\u00adian Con\u00adver\u00adsion and Evan\u00adge\u00adlism<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnut, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cLast week, Nepal enact\u00aded a law to curb evan\u00adge\u00adlism by crim\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adiz\u00ading reli\u00adgious con\u00adver\u00adsion, join\u00ading neigh\u00adbor\u00ading coun\u00adtries like India and Pak\u00adistan, where the region\u2019s small-but-grow\u00ading Chris\u00adt\u00adian minor\u00adi\u00adty faces gov\u00adern\u00adment threats to their faith.\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Police Cam\u00aderas Had No Effect. Why<\/span><\/a>? (Megan McAr\u00addle, Bloomberg View): \u201c<\/span>That data is now in, and it shows that [police body cam\u00aderas] did\u2026 basi\u00adcal\u00adly noth\u00ading.\u2026 This is flab\u00adber\u00adgast\u00ading.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Who Wrote Eccle\u00adsi\u00adastes and What Does It Mean?<\/span><\/a> (John Wal\u00adton, Zon\u00adder\u00advan Aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic): A good essay over\u00adall, but one of his argu\u00adments real\u00adly annoyed me, \u201c<\/span>The claim in 1:16 and 2:9 that he sur\u00adpassed all who were before him in Jerusalem would mean lit\u00adtle if his father were his only pre\u00adde\u00adces\u00adsor.\u201d Umm\u2026 no. There were pre-Israelite kings who reigned in Jerusalem (see Joshua 10, for exam\u00adple) and the author of Eccle\u00adsi\u00adastes is com\u00adpar\u00ading him\u00adself to them as well<\/span>. <\/span><\/li>\n
  4. The Age of Con\u00adsent And Its Dis\u00adcon\u00adtents<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): Con\u00adsent is an inad\u00ade\u00adquate foun\u00adda\u00adtion for sex\u00adu\u00adal ethics. \u201c\u2026the most self-con\u00adscious\u00adly pro\u00adgres\u00adsive schools \u2014 [tell] us more about the inher\u00adent prob\u00adlems with \u2018con\u00adsent alone\u2019 than does the mess in Hol\u00adly\u00adwood, because it\u2019s a case where there\u2019s more social equal\u00adi\u00adty, less boss-on-min\u00adion pres\u00adsure, and a gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly sex-pos\u00adi\u00adtive cul\u00adture of exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion \u2026 and yet young peo\u00adple still clear\u00adly desire and need a sys\u00adtem of rules stronger than con\u00adsent alone to pro\u00adtect them from feel\u00ading unex\u00adpect\u00aded rage or shame over how a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar encounter hap\u00adpened.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. Shrews Shrink Their Heads to Sur\u00advive Win\u00adter<\/span><\/a> (Jake Buehler, Giz\u00admo\u00addo): I some\u00adtimes for\u00adget how amaz\u00ading the world is. \u201c<\/span>The shrews expe\u00adri\u00adenced some rather incred\u00adi\u00adble changes, los\u00ading as much as 20 per\u00adcent of their skulls in the win\u00adter months, and regain\u00ading 15 per\u00adcent lat\u00ader in the year\u2026. Along\u00adside the shrink\u00ading skulls, shrew brains lose a hefty por\u00adtion of their mass, and there is also win\u00adter reduc\u00adtion in organ size and spine length. In this study, the shrews man\u00adaged to lose about a fifth of their body mass <\/span>over\u00adall<\/span><\/i>.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  6.  Pence: US Will Bypass UN and Aid Per\u00adse\u00adcut\u00aded Iraqi Chris\u00adtians Direct\u00adly<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnut, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): this is encour\u00adag\u00ading. Chris\u00adtians in the Mid\u00addle East are suf\u00adfer\u00ading great\u00adly.<\/li>\n
  7. Is the Mod\u00adern Mass Extinc\u00adtion Over\u00adrat\u00aded?<\/span><\/a> (Kevin Berg\u00ader, Nau\u00adtilus): Appar\u00adent\u00adly new species are form\u00ading faster than old species are becom\u00ading extinct. <\/span>\u201cYes, we\u2019ve wiped out wool\u00adly mam\u00admoths and ground sloths, and are fin\u00adish\u00ading off black rhi\u00adnos and Siber\u00adian tigers, but the doom is not all gloom. Myr\u00adi\u00adad species, thanks in large part to humans who inad\u00adver\u00adtent\u00adly trans\u00adport them around the world, have blos\u00adsomed in new regions, mat\u00aded with like species and formed new hybrids that have them\u00adselves gone forth and pros\u00adpered. We\u2019re talk\u00ading mam\u00admals, birds, trees, insects, microbes\u2014all your flo\u00adra and fau\u00adna.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n