{"id":4776,"date":"2017-11-24T21:17:11","date_gmt":"2017-11-25T05:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4776"},"modified":"2017-11-24T21:17:11","modified_gmt":"2017-11-25T05:17:11","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/11\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-128","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 128"},"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.<\/p>\n<p>Since this is issue 128 and that\u2019s an impor\u00adtant num\u00adber in base 2 and I\u2019m a nerd, I\u2019m going to tweak this issue slight\u00adly by giv\u00ading my actu\u00adal opin\u00adion (or at least the brief ver\u00adsion of it) after each arti\u00adcle.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I am sad that so much of this week\u2019s email is about sex\u00adu\u00adal harass\u00adment. There\u2019s a lot of stuff I would glad\u00adly link to if I saw it. To give a few exam\u00adples: I\u2019d love to see thought\u00adful arti\u00adcles about what\u2019s hap\u00adpen\u00ading in Zim\u00adbab\u00adwe, some insights about the amaz\u00ading tumult in Sau\u00addi Ara\u00adbia, some\u00adthing more com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive about Richard Spencer\u2019s vis\u00adit to cam\u00adpus (ide\u00adal\u00adly some\u00adthing that deals with the way he treat\u00aded stu\u00addents, with the accu\u00adra\u00adcy of his core claims about Islam, and with the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion\u2019s deci\u00adsion to bar the doors once peo\u00adple left con\u00adsid\u00adered in light of the heck\u00adler\u2019s veto), and a piece about how India is devel\u00adop\u00ading com\u00adpared with Chi\u00adna. But nope \u2014 this week there\u2019s a ton of stuff about men being jerks sprin\u00adkled with a hand\u00adful of oth\u00ader obser\u00adva\u00adtions.<\/p>\n<p>If you find more edi\u00adfy\u00ading fare, please send it my way.<\/p>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li>There are so many sex\u00adu\u00adal assault sto\u00adries in the news right now. It\u2019s over\u00adwhelm\u00ading. The one I find most inter\u00adest\u00ading at the moment is the sto\u00adry of Repub\u00adli\u00adcan state leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtor Wes Good\u00adman, who made vul\u00adgar and unwel\u00adcome sex\u00adu\u00adal advances to many young men. Rod Dreher has a strong series of posts about it.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/wes-goodman-religious-conservatism-inc-tony-perkins\/\">Wes Good\u00adman And Reli\u00adgious Con\u00adser\u00advatism, Inc.<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cTurns out that Ohio State Rep. Wes Good\u00adman,&nbsp;has been lead\u00ading a secret promis\u00adcu\u00adous gay life, despite being mar\u00adried and oppos\u00ading LGBT rights in his career as a con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive activist and leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtor. The sto\u00adry is lurid, includ\u00ading alle\u00adga\u00adtions (with screen\u00adshots) that he propo\u00adsi\u00adtioned col\u00adlege stu\u00addents who were polit\u00adi\u00adcal activists, invit\u00ading them to join him (and some\u00adtimes him and his wife) for sex.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/wes-goodman-fallout-tony-perkins\/\">More Wes Good\u00adman Fall\u00adout<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201c You can\u00adnot judge an entire reli\u00adgion \u2014 <i>any <\/i>reli\u00adgion \u2014 <b>entire\u00adly <\/b>by the worst behav\u00adior of its adher\u00adents, any more than you can judge it <b>entire\u00adly <\/b>by the best behav\u00adior of its adher\u00adents. Nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless, it\u2019s a dodge when Chris\u00adt\u00adian lead\u00aders say, \u2018Oh, Bil\u00adly Gra\u00adham is who Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals are, not Wes Good\u00adman,\u2019 or \u2018St. Tere\u00adsa of Cal\u00adcut\u00adta is who Catholics are, not Father Geoghan.\u2019 All of us are the best and the worst of our com\u00admu\u00adnions. <i>You<\/i>, with all your sins and all your virtues, are who Catholics\/Orthodox\/Protestants are, or who Jews are, or Mus\u00adlims, and so forth. We are both our ideals and our fail\u00adure to live up to those ideals.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/one-of-wes-goodman-marks-speaks\/\">One Of Wes Goodman\u2019s Marks Speaks<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cBut I hope that Wes is, like me, a sin\u00adner with a future. And this is the sec\u00adond rea\u00adson that I have not de-friend\u00aded him yet. Now is the time for him to hearti\u00adly repent of his sins, believe in Jesus Christ and sin\u00adcere\u00adly and hon\u00adest\u00adly intend by the help of God and the Holy Spir\u00adit hence\u00adforth to amend his life. Often, the jour\u00adney in sack\u00adcloth and ash\u00ades is a lone\u00adsome one and one fraught with depres\u00adsion. I have been there. But I hope that if Wes intends to make it, he real\u00adizes he doesn\u2019t have to do so alone.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/how-washington-dc-predators-target-interns\/\">How Wash\u00ading\u00adton, DC Preda\u00adtors Tar\u00adget Interns<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cTo answer the sec\u00adond question\u2014how sex\u00adu\u00adal preda\u00adtors operate\u2014I want to begin by talk\u00ading a bit about the kind of place Wash\u00ading\u00adton was when I lived there in the ear\u00adly 2010s. Wash\u00ading\u00adton is a city that turns over a large sec\u00adtor of its work\u00adforce every four months. Rough\u00adly cor\u00adre\u00adspond\u00ading with the aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic year, thou\u00adsands of interns \u2014 for the branch\u00ades of gov\u00adern\u00adment, for the non-prof\u00adits, for the con\u00adsult\u00ading firms, for the star\u00adtups \u2014 arrive, some\u00adtimes by plane with a sin\u00adgle suit\u00adcase and some\u00adtimes in their par\u00adents\u2019 SUVs with the back seats cov\u00adered with card\u00adboard box\u00ades.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><b>Glen\u2019s take: <\/b>I know some of you are con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading a life in pub\u00adlic ser\u00advice. Keep Num\u00adbers 32:23&nbsp; \u2014 \u201cyour sin will find you out\u201d \u2014 close to your heart. The reck\u00adon\u00ading is com\u00ading not only for the state leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtor in ques\u00adtion but also for those who cov\u00adered up for him.<\/li>\n<li>Relat\u00aded:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/acts-of-faith\/wp\/2017\/11\/17\/the-absurd-arguments-we-make-to-defend-roy-moore-and-al-franken-are-getting-dangerous\/?utm_term=.b84ec9ff79ea\">The absurd argu\u00adments we make to defend Roy Moore and Al Franken are get\u00adting dan\u00adger\u00adous<\/a> (Rus\u00adsell Moore, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cOnce the next gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion comes to see that pro\u00adgres\u00adsives don\u2019t real\u00adly care about \u2018social jus\u00adtice\u2019 or that con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives don\u2019t real\u00adly care about \u2018fam\u00adi\u00adly val\u00adues\u2019 except as rhetor\u00adi\u00adcal tools, they will walk away, toward some\u00adthing else. Note the col\u00adlaps\u00ading trust in insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, seen in vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly every sur\u00advey of younger Amer\u00adi\u00adcans. Many fac\u00adtors account for this, but one dri\u00adving fac\u00adtor is cyn\u00adi\u00adcism, the idea that insti\u00adtu\u00adtions are just about keep\u00ading pow\u00ader for those who already have it.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Also relat\u00aded: <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/daily\/intelligencer\/2017\/11\/the-danger-of-knowing-youre-on-the-right-side-of-history.html\">The Dan\u00adger of Know\u00ading You\u2019re on the \u2018Right Side of His\u00adto\u00adry\u2019<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, NY Mag): \u201cThere is a moment here. No par\u00adty is immune from evil; no tribe has a monop\u00adoly of good. If these bipar\u00adti\u00adsan sex-abuse rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtions can begin to under\u00admine the trib\u00adal\u00adism that so poi\u00adsons our pub\u00adlic life, to reveal that beneath the tribes, we are all flawed and human, they may not only be a long-over\u00addue turn\u00ading point for women. They may be a water\u00adshed for all of us.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/20\/art-monstrous-men\/\">What Do We Do with the Art of Mon\u00adstrous Men?<\/a> (Claire Ded\u00ader\u00ader, The Paris Review): \u201cThey did or said some\u00adthing awful, and made some\u00adthing great. The awful thing dis\u00adrupts the great work; we can\u2019t watch or lis\u00adten to or read the great work with\u00adout remem\u00adber\u00ading the awful thing. Flood\u00aded with knowl\u00adedge of the maker\u2019s mon\u00adstrous\u00adness, we turn away, over\u00adcome by dis\u00adgust. Or \u2026 we don\u2019t. We con\u00adtin\u00adue watch\u00ading, sep\u00ada\u00adrat\u00ading or try\u00ading to sep\u00ada\u00adrate the artist from the art.\u201d The lan\u00adguage in this piece is vul\u00adgar.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Glen\u2019s take:<\/strong> From a Chris\u00adt\u00adian per\u00adspec\u00adtive, some\u00adone like Bill Cos\u00adby or Woody Allen is only a extreme exam\u00adple of a larg\u00ader issue. Most Hol\u00adly\u00adwood prod\u00aducts were made by peo\u00adple who sleep around or watch porn or oth\u00ader\u00adwise vio\u00adlate basic Bib\u00adli\u00adcal norms. If wicked\u00adness in the cre\u00adator taints all their cre\u00adative prod\u00aducts then there\u2019s very lit\u00adtle for a Chris\u00adt\u00adian to read, to lis\u00adten to, or to watch. Cre\u00adative works stand or fall on their own apart from the moral virtue of the cre\u00adator. 1 Corinthi\u00adan 5:9\u201313 has rel\u00ade\u00advance for how we relate to cul\u00adture at large.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2017\/11\/apple-sabotages-itself\">Apple Sab\u00ado\u00adtages Itself<\/a> (Justin Lee, First Things): \u201cA def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion of speech nar\u00adrow enough to exclude dec\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtive arts will almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly exclude source code as well. The FBI could eas\u00adi\u00adly use such a prece\u00addent in court to com\u00adpel Apple to write code capa\u00adble of breach\u00ading their iPhone users\u2019 pri\u00adva\u00adcy.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Glen\u2019s take:<\/strong> I am 100% on the side of Mas\u00adter\u00adpiece Cakeshop. Jack Phillips is right and his crit\u00adics are dan\u00adger\u00adous\u00adly wrong. If he los\u00ades his case, unin\u00adtend\u00aded con\u00adse\u00adquences will abound. This arti\u00adcle high\u00adlights one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2017\/11\/20\/reporting-on-paula-white-and-the-white-house-trying-to-tell-her-side-of-the-story\">Report\u00ading on Paula White and the White House<\/a> (Julia Duin, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): this is a fol\u00adlow-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/magazine\/she-led-trump-to-christ-the-rise-of-the-televangelist-who-advises-the-white-house\/2017\/11\/13\/1dc3a830-bb1a-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html\">the pro\u00adfile of White<\/a> I shared last week and it con\u00adtains more fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading anec\u00addotes. \u201cMuch of what she told me about 2007, her year from hell when she got divorced, her church was los\u00ading mem\u00adbers and she was inves\u00adti\u00adgat\u00aded by a U.S. Sen\u00adate com\u00admit\u00adtee didn\u2019t make it into the final draft but she lost 20 pounds dur\u00ading that time. \u2018I had my first glass of wine in 2007,\u2019 she said. \u2018I asked God per\u00admis\u00adsion to cuss. I used every word except His in vain. I searched for what door I\u2019d left open for all this to go wrong.\u2019\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Glen\u2019s take:<\/strong> Read\u00ading these arti\u00adcles makes me think I would like Paula White. Then again, I\u2019m par\u00adtial to Paulas. \ud83d\ude42<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/science-and-health\/2017\/11\/17\/16585982\/psychology-memory-polls-trump\">Repub\u00adli\u00adcans\u2019 beliefs are bend\u00ading to Trump. Here\u2019s why they might not even notice.<\/a> (Bri\u00adan Resnick, Vox): \u201c\u2026when peo\u00adple change their mind on a sub\u00adject, they have a hard time recall\u00ading that they ever felt anoth\u00ader way. It\u2019s an intrigu\u00ading find\u00ading in part because it affirms that peo\u00adple think their beliefs are more sta\u00adble than they actu\u00adal\u00adly are.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Glen\u2019s take:<\/strong> As a pas\u00adtor I observe this all the time. We are all less ratio\u00adnal than we believe. \u201cWho\u00adev\u00ader trusts in his own mind is a fool\u201d (Proverbs 28:26a, ESV).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.economist.com\/news\/special-report\/21731497-marriage-it-turns-out-still-best-place-children-why-would-be-parents-should\">Why would-be par\u00adents should choose to get mar\u00adried<\/a> (The Econ\u00ado\u00admist): \u201cYou could make enough con\u00adfet\u00adti for a sum\u00admer of wed\u00addings with all the aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic papers that show how much chil\u00addren gain from being brought up in sta\u00adble, lov\u00ading fam\u00adi\u00adlies, and how much they suf\u00adfer when those fam\u00adi\u00adlies break down\u2026. And one strong claim that can be made for mar\u00adriage is that it appears to glue par\u00adents togeth\u00ader more tight\u00adly than any oth\u00ader arrange\u00adment.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Glen\u2019s take:<\/strong> It\u2019s enough to make you think God\u2019s plan is wise. Shock\u00ading. Also, in case you\u2019ve ever won\u00addered: the Econ\u00ado\u00admist does\u00adn\u2019t iden\u00adti\u00adfy which authors wrote which arti\u00adcles. It\u2019s a phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy of theirs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecut.com\/2017\/11\/rebecca-traister-ross-douthat-post-weinstein-lessons.html\">What Are the Lessons of the Post-Wein\u00adstein Moment?<\/a> (Rebec\u00adca Trais\u00adter and Ross Douthat, The Cut): \u201cI do think porn has had some sort of weird effect on the male imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion. And that mas\u00adtur\u00adba\u00adtion plus a moral\u00adi\u00adty of con\u00adsent con\u00advinces some men to think, <i>Okay, I accept that the rules say, I can\u2019t actu\u00adal\u00adly rape you but under the rules of con\u00adsent, I\u2019m just stand\u00ading over here, you know, doing my own thing.<\/i>\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Glen\u2019s take: <\/strong>Wow. A civ\u00adil and intel\u00adli\u00adgent con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion between two very dif\u00adfer\u00adent peo\u00adple who find com\u00admon ground amidst their dif\u00adfer\u00adences (where they dif\u00adfer I large\u00adly agree with Douthat). A hun\u00addred mil\u00adlion more con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions like this and our cul\u00adture might get health\u00adi\u00ader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Amusing<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/facebook-can-now-translate-your-friends-intentionally-vague-status-updates\/\">Face\u00adbook Can Now Trans\u00adlate Your Friends\u2019 Inten\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly Vague Sta\u00adtus Updates<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/blackmagicfuckery\/comments\/7dcby5\/i_thought_my_eyes_were_good\/\">An opti\u00adcal illu\u00adsion \u2014 it hurts me that I can be so mis\u00adtak\u00aden<\/a> (red\u00addit)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gfycat.com\/LightheartedDefiniteIndianringneckparakeet\">A crazy orange carv\u00ading<\/a> (gfy\u00adcat)<\/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 the hilar\u00adi\u00adous <a href=\"http:\/\/the-toast.net\/2016\/05\/05\/everything-thats-wrong-of-raccoons\/\">Every\u00adthing That\u2019s Wrong Of Rac\u00adcoons<\/a> (Mal\u00adlo\u00adry Ort\u00adberg, The Toast): \u201cOnce when my dog died a pas\u00adsel of rac\u00adcoons showed up in the back\u00adyard as if to say \u2018Now that he\u2019s gone, we own the night,\u2019 and they didn\u2019t flinch when I yelled at them, and I found it dis\u00adre\u00adspect\u00adful to 1) me per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly and 2) the entire flow of the food chain. Don\u2019t dis\u00adre\u00adspect me if you can\u2019t eat me, you false-night-dogs.\u201d (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/04\/21\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-97\">vol\u00adume 97<\/a>)<\/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. Since this is issue 128 and that\u2019s an impor\u00adtant num\u00adber in base 2 and I\u2019m a nerd, I\u2019m going to tweak this issue slight\u00adly by giv\u00ading my actu\u00adal opin\u00adion (or at least \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/11\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-128\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 128\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":"","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":[112,117,138,147],"class_list":["post-4776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-marriage","tag-politics","tag-religious-freedom","tag-sexual-assault"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1f2","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776","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=4776"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4782,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4776\/revisions\/4782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}