{"id":4865,"date":"2018-02-23T10:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-02-23T18:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4865"},"modified":"2018-02-23T00:44:27","modified_gmt":"2018-02-23T08:44:27","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-140","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/02\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-140","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 140"},"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 Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li>The gun debate has flared up again in the wake of a school shooting.&nbsp;<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriSchulman\/status\/964614619523362816\">an excellent Twitter thread on school shootings<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by journalist Ari Schulman: \u201cStrategies with a chance of doing anything must, like past efforts to stop hijacking, terrorism, and assassinations, understand mass shootings as a distinct form of self-perpetuating violence, and strategically target them as&nbsp;such.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/02\/gun-control-republicans-consider-grvo\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Gun-Control Measure Conservatives Should Consider<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (David French, National Review): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just since 2015, the Charleston church shooter, the Orlando nightclub shooter, the Sutherland Springs church shooter, and the Parkland school shooter each happened after federal authorities missed chances to stop them. For those keeping score, that\u2019s four horrific mass shootings in four years where federal systems failed, at a cost of more than 100 lives. In other words, proper application of existing policies and procedures could have saved lives, but the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">people<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the federal government failed. And they keep failing. So let\u2019s empower different people. Let\u2019s empower the people who have the most to lose, and let\u2019s place accountability on the lowest possible level of government: the local judges who consistently and regularly adjudicate similar claims in the context of family and criminal law.\u201d This article has received notice from places like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/02\/19\/587025021\/politics-in-the-news-gun-violence-restraining-order\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NPR<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2018\/02\/david-french-doesnt-think-the-parkland-kids-are-convincing-anyone.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Slate<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is worth reading whatever you think about the fundamental issues about&nbsp;guns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Guns are something I\u2019ve shared links on before. Back in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/06\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-54\">issue 54<\/a> I gave a handful of facts which taken together make both sides uncomfortable:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2016\/06\/fbi-homicide-data-by-weapon.html\">FBI homicide data by weapon<\/a>, &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/hate-crimes-against-lgbt-people-are-sadly-common\/\">violence against gay people is common<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2016\/06\/17\/the-history-of-lgbt-gun-rights-litigation\/\">guns deter violence against gay people<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/2\/29\/11120184\/gun-control-study-international-evidence\">some gun control laws do seem to reduce gun deaths<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2015\/10\/03\/do-civilians-with-guns-ever-stop-mass-shootings\/\">civilians with guns sometimes stop mass shootings<\/a>, and the leading causes of gun deaths are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States\">suicide followed by homicide<\/a> with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/investigative\/2015\/12\/26\/a-year-of-reckoning-police-fatally-shoot-nearly-1000\/\">police shootings<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States\">accidental shootings<\/a>&nbsp;coming in way behind (shockingly far behind if you extrapolate from what you see on the news). Also, I found clips of two comedians taking opposite views. Both are vulgar, hilarious, and informative \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x9iYvyffAh4\">Bill Burr buys a shotgun<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0rR9IaXH1M0\">Jim Jeffries on why Americans are nuts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2018-02-16\/even-for-trump-and-mueller-lying-to-investigators-shouldn-t-be-a-crime?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_term=180216&amp;utm_campaign=sharetheview\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lying to Investigators Shouldn\u2019t Be a Crime<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Stephen Carter, Bloomberg View): \u201cProsecutors want to catch you in a lie because, when they can\u2019t prove an underlying crime, it\u2019s often easy to prove that you lied to them. That\u2019s where the problem arises. I\u2019ve been telling my astonished law students for decades that except in certain well-defined circumstances, lying to investigators shouldn\u2019t be a crime.\u201d Carter is a law professor at Yale. I strongly endorse this&nbsp;view.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/raytruantlab.wordpress.com\/2018\/02\/14\/lets-fix-peer-review\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s Fix Peer Review<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ray Truant, personal blog): \u201cWhen we apply for a grant or want to publish our science, we secretly get the work reviewed by our peers, some of which are competing with us for precious funding, or a bizarre version of fame. Under the veil of anonymity, a reviewer can write anything, included false statements, or incorrect statements to justify a decision. The decision is most often, \u2018do not fund\u2019 or \u2018reject\u2019, even if the review is based off of inaccuracies, lack of expertise, or even blatant slander. There are no rules, there are no repercussions.\u201d Truant is a biochemist at McMaster University in Canada.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/125.stanford.edu\/jane-stanfords-speech\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jane Stanford\u2019s Speech<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Jane Stanford, stanford.edu): A student had to read this for a class a while back, and was struck by how selectively it is quoted by the university. The<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/sdr.stanford.edu\/uploads\/rr\/050\/nb\/1367\/rr050nb1367\/content\/sc0033b_s5_b2_f04.pdf\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">original document<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is thoroughly religious. \u201cAn impression has gone forth that we were indifferent to religious influences and instructions being taught here. I am quite sure that if all could be made to understand that this project was born from a great sorrow, the greatest that parents can endure, that the Creator has led us through the deep waters out into the sunshine of faith and and belief in a future life; that we have wholly and entirely as far as possible given our lives to Him; and only ask that He will guide us to do His will; that every stone that has been laid into the buildings of this University but numbers the prayers that have been offered up to our Heavenly Father for strength, guidance, and help. That we should forget His love and mercy and be indifferent as to the Christian influence to be used among the students, it would be an impossibility.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2018\/2\/22\/hcfa-on-probation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Harvard] Places HCFA On \u2018Probation\u2019 After Group Barred Student in Same-Sex Relationship from Leadership<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Caroline Engelmayer &amp; Michael Xie, Harvard Crimson): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office of Student Life has placed religious group Harvard College Faith and Action on \u2018administrative probation\u2019 for a year after the organization pressured a female member of its student leadership to resign in September following her decision to date a woman.\u2026 College administrators told them HCFA is the first-ever campus group to be placed on administrative probation.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile on the Farm, <a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/lonely-men-and-women-of-faith-the-experience-of-religious-students-at-stanford\/\">Lonely Men and Women of Faith: The Experience of Religious Students at Stanford<\/a> (Ben Simon, Stanford Review): \u201cIt may be unreasonable to expect a secular institution like Stanford to fully accommodate each student\u2019s religious needs. With that said, Stanford goes far beyond the letter of the law when it comes to ethnic or racial diversity, but it does little to go out of its way to help religious students.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2018\/2\/21\/as-more-media-report-on-the-icelandcircumcision-saga-the-country-gets-a-rabbi\"><span>As more journalists report on Iceland\u2019s circumcision saga, the country gets a rabbi<\/span><\/a><span> (Julia Duin, GetReligion): \u201c<\/span><span>As Robert George of Princeton University \u2013 former chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom \u2013 noted in a series of tweets recently, a country banning circumcision effectively bans Jews from living there. Ditto for Muslims\u2026. [However] Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir told the newspaper she \u2018didn\u2019t think it was necessary to consult\u2019 with the island\u2019s small Jewish and Muslim population before proposing the anti-circumcision bill, adding \u2018I didn\u2019t see it as a religious matter.\u2019\u201d That last detail is telling. Religious illiteracy causes real&nbsp;harms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/read-my-lips-no-new-administrators\/\"><span>Read My Lips: No New Administrators<\/span><\/a><span> (Berber Jin, Stanford Review): \u201cThough administrative offices are obviously necessary for the university\u2019s operation, their self-serving incentives should make us wary of their expansion. Unlike faculty, who gain prestige through quality teaching and innovative research, administrators move up the career ladder by expanding bureaucracy.\u201d The Review has been on fire lately.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-serving-sound-booth-avoid-greeting-time\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Man Only Serving In Church Sound Booth To Avoid Greeting Time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Babylon Bee): with the Bee the headline is usually sufficient. With this one, the full text is worth a&nbsp;read.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2018-02-23\">Dilbert Listens to a Millenial<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 unfair, but&nbsp;funny<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have a debate between two pastors on guns I shared back in&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/05\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-48\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">volume 48<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;\u2013 both are very thoughtful and are skillful debaters. &nbsp;Here is the conversation so far. All the posts are pretty short.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/q-denver.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Q Denver<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug Wilson)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theologyintheraw\/2016\/04\/the-bible-on-self-defense-a-response-to-doug-wilson\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bible On Self-Defense: A Response To Doug Wilson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Preston Sprinkle)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/apostle-peter-open-carry.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Apostle Peter and Open Carry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theologyintheraw\/2016\/04\/the-only-way-to-stop-a-bad-guy-with-a-gun-is-a-good-guy-with-a-gun\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Only Way To Stop A Bad Guy With A Gun Is A Good Guy With A Gun<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Preston)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/who-you-gonna-call.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who You Gonna Call?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theologyintheraw\/2016\/04\/the-only-way-to-stop-a-bad-guy-with-a-statistic-is-a-good-guy-with-a-statistic\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Only Way To Stop A Bad Guy With A Statistic Is a Good Guy With A Statistic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Preston)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/ring-up-the-devil.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ring Up The Devil?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theologyintheraw\/2016\/05\/the-killer-at-the-door\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Killer At The Door<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Preston)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/guns-and-covenants.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guns and Covenants<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theologyintheraw\/2016\/05\/nonviolence-in-brief\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nonviolence: In Brief<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Preston)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/2-npr-voice.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your 2am NPR Voice<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it).<\/p>\n<p>Also, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about&nbsp;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 Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way. Things Glen Found Interesting The gun debate has flared up again in the wake of a school shooting.&nbsp; Here \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/02\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-140\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 140\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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Guns, Harvard being intolerant, and why you should be able to lie to detectives.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[131,144,159,138,135],"class_list":["post-4865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-academia","tag-guns","tag-justice","tag-religious-freedom","tag-stanford"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1gt","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865","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=4865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4867,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4865\/revisions\/4867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}