{"id":4837,"date":"2018-01-26T17:57:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T01:57:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4837"},"modified":"2018-01-26T17:57:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-27T01:57:18","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-136","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/01\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-136","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 136"},"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>Trump has been pres\u00adi\u00addent for about a year now. Here are some per\u00adspec\u00adtives (if you only read one, read the one you think you\u2019ll dis\u00adagree with most):\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/trumps-first-year-was-even-worse-than-feared\/2017\/12\/25\/b0991572-e753-11e7-ab50-621fe0588340_story.html?utm_term=.d9b1919badbd\">Trump\u2019s first year was even worse than feared<\/a> (Eugene Robin\u00adson, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): &nbsp;\u201cMany of us began 2017 with the con\u00adsol\u00ading thought that the Don\u00adald Trump pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcy couldn\u2019t pos\u00adsi\u00adbly be as bad as we feared. It turned out to be worse.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/i-wasnt-a-trump-supporter-i-am-now\/2018\/01\/19\/58abd43a-fca2-11e7-a46b-a3614530bd87_story.html?utm_term=.1817eb50ad3c\">I wasn\u2019t a Trump sup\u00adport\u00ader. I am now.<\/a> (Mol\u00adlie Hem\u00ading\u00adway, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cMy expec\u00adta\u00adtions were low \u2014 so low that he could have met them by sim\u00adply not being Pres\u00adi\u00addent Hillary Clin\u00adton. But a year into this pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcy, he\u2019s exceed\u00aded those expec\u00adta\u00adtions by quite a bit. I\u2019m thrilled.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/17\/opinion\/trump-voters-supporters.html?_r=1\">\u2018Vision, Chutz\u00adpah and Some Testos\u00adterone\u2019<\/a> (New York Times): \u201cGrant\u00aded we have the most unpres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial pres\u00adi\u00addent of our time. Crude, rude, clue\u00adless dude \u2014 but I believe, with the help of his friends, he\u2019s stum\u00adbling through one of the most effec\u00adtive pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcies in mem\u00ado\u00adry.\u201d This is from a col\u00adlec\u00adtion of let\u00adters to the NY Times by Trump sup\u00adport\u00aders.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/posteverything\/wp\/2018\/01\/24\/this-one-trick-explains-the-conservative-assessments-of-trumps-first-year\/?utm_term=.0573b0f92d08\">This one trick explains the pat\u00adtern of con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive praise for Trump\u2019s first year<\/a> (Dan Drezn\u00ader, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cAll of this is con\u00adsis\u00adtent with assess\u00adments that Trump\u2019s first year, even from a con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive per\u00adspec\u00adtive, has been pret\u00adty mediocre.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/01\/20\/opinion\/sunday\/trump-so-far-is-more-farce-than-tragedy.html\">Trump So Far Is More Farce Than Tragedy<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cA vast gulf between the things Trump says he wants \u2014 which are, indeed, often author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan \u2014 and the things that actu\u00adal\u00adly hap\u00adpen is the essen\u00adtial char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic of his presidency\u2019s first year.\u2026 his cab\u00adi\u00adnet looks a lot like a gener\u00adic Repub\u00adli\u00adcan admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion, whose efforts lib\u00ader\u00adals under\u00adstand\u00adably oppose and some\u00adtimes deplore, but which are not remote\u00adly like the work\u00adings of a fas\u00adcist cabal cir\u00adca 1935.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2018-01-22\/president-trump-s-first-year-in-14-metrics?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_term=180122&amp;utm_campaign=sharetheview\">Pres\u00adi\u00addent Trump\u2019s First Year, in 14 Met\u00adrics<\/a> (Mike Niz\u00adza, Blomberg View): \u201cLast year our colum\u00adnists select\u00aded a range of con\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal and whim\u00adsi\u00adcal met\u00adrics by which to judge the suc\u00adcess of the new pres\u00adi\u00addent. We revis\u00adit them here. Bot\u00adtom line: By these mea\u00adsures, he\u2019s doing bet\u00adter than his oppo\u00adnents will admit and worse than his sup\u00adport\u00aders believe.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2018\/jan\/07\/is-everything-you-think-you-know-about-depression-wrong-johann-hari-lost-connections\">Is every\u00adthing you think you know about depres\u00adsion wrong? <\/a>(Johann Hari, The Guardian): \u201cOnce you set\u00adtle into a sto\u00adry about your pain, you are extreme\u00adly reluc\u00adtant to chal\u00adlenge it. It was like a leash I had put on my dis\u00adtress to keep it under some con\u00adtrol. I feared that if I messed with the sto\u00adry I had lived with for so long, the pain would run wild, like an unchained ani\u00admal. Yet the sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic evi\u00addence was show\u00ading me some\u00adthing clear, and I couldn\u2019t ignore it.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>This reminds me of an arti\u00adcle that made an impres\u00adsion upon me back in 2003: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2003\/08\/the-pursuit-of-happiness\/303096\/\">The Pur\u00adsuit of Hap\u00adpi\u00adness<\/a> (Ben\u00adjamin Healy inter\u00adview\u00ading Carl Elliott, The Atlantic): \u201cOn Prozac, Sisy\u00adphus might well push the boul\u00adder back up the moun\u00adtain with more enthu\u00adsi\u00adasm and more cre\u00adativ\u00adi\u00adty. I do not want to deny the ben\u00ade\u00adfits of psy\u00adchoac\u00adtive med\u00adica\u00adtion. I just want to point out that Sisy\u00adphus is not a patient with a men\u00adtal health prob\u00adlem. To see him as a patient with a men\u00adtal health prob\u00adlem is to ignore cer\u00adtain larg\u00ader aspects of his predica\u00adment con\u00adnect\u00aded to boul\u00adders, moun\u00adtains, and eter\u00adni\u00adty.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>See also <a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/2018\/wake-therapy-depression\">Stay\u00ading Awake Is A Sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly Effec\u00adtive Way To Treat Depres\u00adsion<\/a> (Lin\u00adda Ged\u00addes, Digg): &nbsp;\u201c\u2018Sleep depri\u00adva\u00adtion real\u00adly has oppo\u00adsite effects in healthy peo\u00adple and those with depres\u00adsion,\u2019 says Benedet\u00adti. If you\u2019re healthy and you don\u2019t sleep, you\u2019ll feel in a bad mood. But if you\u2019re depressed, it can prompt an imme\u00addi\u00adate improve\u00adment in mood, and in cog\u00adni\u00adtive abil\u00adi\u00adties.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Fol\u00adlow up to last week: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2018\/january\/bolivia-evo-morales-revokes-evangelism-ban-criminal-code.html\">Bolivia\u2019s Pres\u00adi\u00addent Revokes Evan\u00adge\u00adlism Restric\u00adtions <\/a>(Mor\u00adgan Lee, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cPres\u00adi\u00addent Evo Morales Ayma announced that he will tell the South Amer\u00adi\u00adcan nation\u2019s Leg\u00adisla\u00adtive Assem\u00adbly to repeal the entire penal code in the wake of recent changes that, among oth\u00ader tweaks, intro\u00adduced severe restric\u00adtions on reli\u00adgious free\u00addom.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/how-did-usury-stop-being-a-sin-and-become-respectable-finance\">Of Mon\u00adey and Morals<\/a> (Alex Mayyasi, Aeon): \u201cToday, a banker lis\u00adten\u00ading to a the\u00adolo\u00adgian seems like a curios\u00adi\u00adty, a cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry error. But for most of his\u00adto\u00adry, this kind of dia\u00adlogue was the norm.\u201d I was reluc\u00adtant to read this piece because I\u2019ve read oth\u00aders that were off-putting\u00adly ill-informed, but I was pleas\u00adant\u00adly sur\u00adprised.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/free-speech-issue-tech-turmoil-new-censorship\/\">It\u2019s the (Democ\u00adra\u00adcy-Poi\u00adson\u00ading) Gold\u00aden Age of Free Speech<\/a> (Zeynep Tufek\u00adci, Wired): \u201cThe most effec\u00adtive forms of cen\u00adsor\u00adship today involve med\u00addling with trust and atten\u00adtion, not muz\u00adzling speech itself. As a result, they don\u2019t look much like the old forms of cen\u00adsor\u00adship at all. They look like viral or coor\u00addi\u00adnat\u00aded harass\u00adment cam\u00adpaigns, which har\u00adness the dynam\u00adics of viral out\u00adrage to impose an unbear\u00adable and dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate cost on the act of speak\u00ading out.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/tx6DyU3\">How to turn a bal\u00adloon into a lid<\/a> (ani\u00admat\u00aded gif)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/russian-orthodox-church-accused-interfering-doctrine-election\/\">Russ\u00adian Ortho\u00addox Church Accused Of Inter\u00adfer\u00ading With Doc\u00adtrine of Elec\u00adtion<\/a> &nbsp;(Baby\u00adlon Bee): this is a genius head\u00adline<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/tfJeQ\">What Men Are Real\u00adly Think\u00ading<\/a> (ani\u00admat\u00aded gif)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2018\/01\/21\">The Six Stages of Mar\u00adriage<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/yz57QPQ\">I Would Watch This Show<\/a> (image)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/confirmed-missing-fbi-text-messages-either-huge-scandal-nothing-depending-political-leanings\/\">Con\u00adfirmed: Miss\u00ading FBI Text Mes\u00adsages Either Huge Scan\u00addal Or Noth\u00ading At All, Depend\u00ading On Your Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Lean\u00adings<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_25258_5-movie-stunts-that-looked-even-crazier-behind-scenes.html\">5 Movie Stunts That Looked Even Cra\u00adzier Behind The Scenes<\/a> (Jim Avery, Cracked)<\/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 <a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2015\/08\/21\/christian-missions-and-the-spread-of-democracy\/\">Chris\u00adt\u00adian Mis\u00adsions and the Spread of Democ\u00adra\u00adcy<\/a> (Greg Scan\u00addlen, The Fed\u00ader\u00adal\u00adist): This is a sum\u00adma\u00adry of some rather won\u00adder\u00adful research Robert Wood\u00adber\u00adry pub\u00adlished in The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Sci\u00adence Review back in 2012: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/2128659\/The_Missionary_Roots_of_Liberal_Democracy\">The Mis\u00adsion\u00adary Roots of Lib\u00ader\u00adal Democ\u00adra\u00adcy<\/a>. If it looks famil\u00adiar it\u2019s because I allude to it from time to time in my ser\u00admons and con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions. (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/08\/28\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-14\">vol\u00adume 14<\/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. 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 Trump has been pres\u00adi\u00addent for about a year now. Here are some per\u00adspec\u00adtives (if \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/01\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-136\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 136\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":[128,152,161,126,117,183],"class_list":["post-4837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-economics","tag-free-speech","tag-global-christianity","tag-persecution","tag-politics","tag-psychology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1g1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837","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=4837"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4840,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4837\/revisions\/4840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}