{"id":4826,"date":"2018-01-12T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-01-12T17:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4826"},"modified":"2018-01-12T08:36:39","modified_gmt":"2018-01-12T16:36:39","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-134","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/01\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-134","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 134"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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. \u2018Walk\u00ading a line\u2019: The shrewd tac\u00adtics of the White House\u2019s evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal gate\u00adkeep\u00ader<\/span><\/a> (Michelle Boorstein & Sarah Pul\u00adliam Bai\u00adley, The Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post):  \u201cThe Sen\u00adate race in Alaba\u00adma and Chris\u00adt\u00adian nation\u00adal\u00adist Roy Moore? \u2018I\u2019m not involved.\u2019 Trump\u2019s pen\u00adchant for lying? \u2018I don\u2019t want to get into it. Because I don\u2019t focus on those things.\u2019 The GOP tax law that bit\u00adter\u00adly divid\u00aded reli\u00adgious lead\u00aders? \u2018I don\u2019t think there\u2019s an answer.\u2019 \u2018For me, that\u2019s all noise,\u2019 he said. \u2018It\u2019s not that it isn\u2019t impor\u00adtant, but I don\u2019t have time for all that\u2026 If I did dig into it, I might have stronger opin\u00adions, and that would be a dis\u00adtrac\u00adtion for me.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. The Top 50 Coun\u00adtries Where It\u2019s Most Dan\u00adger\u00adous to Fol\u00adlow Jesus<\/span><\/a> (Sarah Zyl\u00adstra, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cFor decades, North Korea has clear\u00adly been the world\u2019s worst per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtor of Chris\u00adtians. But now, anoth\u00ader nation near\u00adly match\u00ades it.\u201d Spoil\u00ader alert: Afghanistan.<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Clas\u00adsi\u00adcal Lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism Strikes Out<\/span><\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201c<\/span>Thus, the irony: indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adism and sta\u00adtism are not oppo\u00adsites, but grow togeth\u00ader in tan\u00addem. In our dai\u00adly par\u00adti\u00adsan pol\u00adi\u00adtics, we have tend\u00aded to pit indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adism against sta\u00adtism \u2013 Ayn Rand against Karl Marx \u2013 with con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives claim\u00ading to be indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adists and pro\u00adgres\u00adsives claim\u00ading to sup\u00adport an expan\u00adsive state. But what we have wit\u00adnessed is the simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous growth of both the state and the rise of indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adism, not as oppo\u00adsites, but as nec\u00ades\u00adsary part\u00adners. The world has nev\u00ader seen a more indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adis\u00adtic soci\u00adety nor a more encom\u00adpass\u00ading state. The state has empow\u00adered itself by claim\u00ading to empow\u00ader the indi\u00advid\u00adual.\u201d This is a very stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading inter\u00adview with Notre Dame pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Patrick Deneen. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. High\u00ader Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Is Drown\u00ading In BS<\/span><\/a> (Chris\u00adt\u00adian Smith, Chron\u00adi\u00adcle of High\u00ader Edu\u00adca\u00adtion): \u201cIdeas and their accom\u00adpa\u00adny\u00ading prac\u00adtices have con\u00adse\u00adquences. What is formed in col\u00adleges and uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties over decades shows up for bet\u00adter or worse in the char\u00adac\u00adter and qual\u00adi\u00adty of our pub\u00adlic ser\u00advants, polit\u00adi\u00adcal cam\u00adpaigns, pub\u00adlic-pol\u00adi\u00adcy debates, cit\u00adi\u00adzen par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion, social cap\u00adi\u00adtal, media pro\u00adgram\u00adming, low\u00ader school edu\u00adca\u00adtion, con\u00adsumer pref\u00ader\u00adences, busi\u00adness ethics, enter\u00adtain\u00adments, and much more. And the long-term cor\u00adro\u00adsive effects on pol\u00adi\u00adtics and cul\u00adture can also be repaired only over the long term, if ever. There are no quick fix\u00ades here.\u201d Side note: I\u2019ve met Dr. Smith, who is a soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at Notre Dame, before. He\u2019s a smart cook\u00adie. <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Oprah: Prophet, Priest\u00adess \u2026 Queen?<\/span><\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times):  \u201cAmer\u00adi\u00adcan cul\u00adture is divid\u00aded between three broad approach\u00ades to reli\u00adgious ques\u00adtions: one tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal, one spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal and one sec\u00adu\u00adlar. The tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal approach takes var\u00adi\u00adous forms (Catholic and Protes\u00adtant, Mus\u00adlim and Ortho\u00addox Jew\u00adish) but its instincts are creedal, con\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal, dog\u00admat\u00adic; it believes in a spe\u00adcif\u00adic rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion, a spe\u00adcif\u00adic author\u00adi\u00adty and a spe\u00adcif\u00adic holy book, and seeks to con\u00adform itself to teach\u00adings hand\u00aded down from the reli\u00adgious past. The sec\u00adu\u00adlar approach is post-reli\u00adgious, sci\u00aden\u00adtis\u00adtic, con\u00advinced that the lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry and the micro\u00adscope will ulti\u00admate\u00adly account for every\u00adthing that mat\u00adters, while hope\u00adful\u00adly jus\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading a lib\u00ader\u00adal society\u2019s still-some\u00adwhat-Chris\u00adt\u00adian moral com\u00admit\u00adments along the way. But in between sec\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adism and tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adism lies the most Amer\u00adi\u00adcan approach to mat\u00adters of faith\u2026.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Can We Teach Our\u00adselves to Believe?<\/span><\/a> (Agnes Callard, New York Times): <\/span>\u201cPas\u00adcal seems to con\u00adcede that <\/span>try\u00ading to believe<\/span><\/i> is a mat\u00adter of wish\u00adful think\u00ading, self-decep\u00adtion or self-manip\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion. He thinks we should do it any\u00adway. But I think our hope of becom\u00ading bet\u00adter peo\u00adple \u2014 whether in respect of reli\u00adgion, friend\u00adship or jus\u00adtice, or in any num\u00adber of dif\u00adfer\u00adent ways \u2014 rests on the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty that there is a more straight\u00adfor\u00adward and less self-abas\u00ading way to try to believe.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Chica\u00adgo. <\/span><\/li>\n
  7. The Legion Lone\u00adly<\/span><\/a> (Steven Thomas, Hazlitt): \u201cFriend\u00adship in adult\u00adhood is a chal\u00adlenge for a lot of peo\u00adple. On aver\u00adage, both men and women start to lose friends around age 25, and con\u00adtin\u00adue to lose friends steadi\u00adly for the rest of our lives.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n