{"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 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>The gun debate has flared up again in the wake of a school shoot\u00ading.\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriSchulman\/status\/964614619523362816\">an excel\u00adlent Twit\u00adter thread on school shoot\u00adings<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by jour\u00adnal\u00adist Ari Schul\u00adman: \u201cStrate\u00adgies with a chance of doing any\u00adthing must, like past efforts to stop hijack\u00ading, ter\u00adror\u00adism, and assas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adtions, under\u00adstand mass shoot\u00adings as a dis\u00adtinct form of self-per\u00adpet\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading vio\u00adlence, and strate\u00adgi\u00adcal\u00adly tar\u00adget them as 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-Con\u00adtrol Mea\u00adsure Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives Should Con\u00adsid\u00ader<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just since 2015, the Charleston church shoot\u00ader, the Orlan\u00addo night\u00adclub shoot\u00ader, the Suther\u00adland Springs church shoot\u00ader, and the Park\u00adland school shoot\u00ader each hap\u00adpened after fed\u00ader\u00adal author\u00adi\u00adties missed chances to stop them. For those keep\u00ading score, that\u2019s four hor\u00adrif\u00adic mass shoot\u00adings in four years where fed\u00ader\u00adal sys\u00adtems failed, at a cost of more than 100 lives. In oth\u00ader words, prop\u00ader appli\u00adca\u00adtion of exist\u00ading poli\u00adcies and pro\u00adce\u00addures could have saved lives, but the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">peo\u00adple<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment failed. And they keep fail\u00ading. So let\u2019s empow\u00ader dif\u00adfer\u00adent peo\u00adple. Let\u2019s empow\u00ader the peo\u00adple who have the most to lose, and let\u2019s place account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty on the low\u00adest pos\u00adsi\u00adble lev\u00adel of gov\u00adern\u00adment: the local judges who con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly and reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly adju\u00addi\u00adcate sim\u00adi\u00adlar claims in the con\u00adtext of fam\u00adi\u00adly and crim\u00adi\u00adnal law.\u201d This arti\u00adcle 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 read\u00ading what\u00adev\u00ader you think about the fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal issues about guns.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Guns are some\u00adthing 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 hand\u00adful of facts which tak\u00aden togeth\u00ader make both sides uncom\u00adfort\u00adable:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2016\/06\/fbi-homicide-data-by-weapon.html\">FBI homi\u00adcide data by weapon<\/a>, &nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/hate-crimes-against-lgbt-people-are-sadly-common\/\">vio\u00adlence against gay peo\u00adple is com\u00admon<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2016\/06\/17\/the-history-of-lgbt-gun-rights-litigation\/\">guns deter vio\u00adlence against gay peo\u00adple<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/2\/29\/11120184\/gun-control-study-international-evidence\">some gun con\u00adtrol 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\/\">civil\u00adians with guns some\u00adtimes stop mass shoot\u00adings<\/a>, and the lead\u00ading caus\u00ades of gun deaths are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States\">sui\u00adcide fol\u00adlowed by homi\u00adcide<\/a> with&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/investigative\/2015\/12\/26\/a-year-of-reckoning-police-fatally-shoot-nearly-1000\/\">police shoot\u00adings<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States\">acci\u00adden\u00adtal shoot\u00adings<\/a>&nbsp;com\u00ading in way behind (shock\u00ading\u00adly far behind if you extrap\u00ado\u00adlate from what you see on the news). Also, I found clips of two come\u00addi\u00adans tak\u00ading oppo\u00adsite views. Both are vul\u00adgar, hilar\u00adi\u00adous, and infor\u00adma\u00adtive \u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x9iYvyffAh4\">Bill Burr buys a shot\u00adgun<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0rR9IaXH1M0\">Jim Jef\u00adfries on why Amer\u00adi\u00adcans 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 Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtors Should\u00adn\u2019t Be a Crime<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Stephen Carter, Bloomberg View): \u201cPros\u00ade\u00adcu\u00adtors want to catch you in a lie because, when they can\u2019t prove an under\u00adly\u00ading crime, it\u2019s often easy to prove that you lied to them. That\u2019s where the prob\u00adlem aris\u00ades. I\u2019ve been telling my aston\u00adished law stu\u00addents for decades that except in cer\u00adtain well-defined cir\u00adcum\u00adstances, lying to inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtors shouldn\u2019t be a crime.\u201d Carter is a law pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Yale. I strong\u00adly endorse this 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 Tru\u00adant, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cWhen we apply for a grant or want to pub\u00adlish our sci\u00adence, we secret\u00adly get the work reviewed by our peers, some of which are com\u00adpet\u00ading with us for pre\u00adcious fund\u00ading, or a bizarre ver\u00adsion of fame. Under the veil of anonymi\u00adty, a review\u00ader can write any\u00adthing, includ\u00aded false state\u00adments, or incor\u00adrect state\u00adments to jus\u00adti\u00adfy a deci\u00adsion. The deci\u00adsion is most often, \u2018do not fund\u2019 or \u2018reject\u2019, even if the review is based off of inac\u00adcu\u00adra\u00adcies, lack of exper\u00adtise, or even bla\u00adtant slan\u00adder. There are no rules, there are no reper\u00adcus\u00adsions.\u201d Tru\u00adant is a bio\u00adchemist at McMas\u00adter Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in Cana\u00adda.<\/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 Stan\u00adford, stanford.edu): A stu\u00addent had to read this for a class a while back, and was struck by how selec\u00adtive\u00adly it is quot\u00aded by the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. 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;\">orig\u00adi\u00adnal doc\u00adu\u00adment<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is thor\u00adough\u00adly reli\u00adgious. \u201cAn impres\u00adsion has gone forth that we were indif\u00adfer\u00adent to reli\u00adgious influ\u00adences and instruc\u00adtions being taught here. I am quite sure that if all could be made to under\u00adstand that this project was born from a great sor\u00adrow, the great\u00adest that par\u00adents can endure, that the Cre\u00adator has led us through the deep waters out into the sun\u00adshine of faith and and belief in a future life; that we have whol\u00adly and entire\u00adly as far as pos\u00adsi\u00adble giv\u00aden 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 build\u00adings of this Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty but num\u00adbers the prayers that have been offered up to our Heav\u00aden\u00adly Father for strength, guid\u00adance, and help. That we should for\u00adget His love and mer\u00adcy and be indif\u00adfer\u00adent as to the Chris\u00adt\u00adian influ\u00adence to be used among the stu\u00addents, it would be an impos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecrimson.com\/article\/2018\/2\/22\/hcfa-on-probation\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[Har\u00advard] Places HCFA On \u2018Pro\u00adba\u00adtion\u2019 After Group Barred Stu\u00addent in Same-Sex Rela\u00adtion\u00adship from Lead\u00ader\u00adship<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Car\u00ado\u00adline Engel\u00admay\u00ader &amp; Michael Xie, Har\u00advard Crim\u00adson): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Office of Stu\u00addent Life has placed reli\u00adgious group Har\u00advard Col\u00adlege Faith and Action on \u2018admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive pro\u00adba\u00adtion\u2019 for a year after the orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion pres\u00adsured a female mem\u00adber of its stu\u00addent lead\u00ader\u00adship to resign in Sep\u00adtem\u00adber fol\u00adlow\u00ading her deci\u00adsion to date a woman.\u2026 Col\u00adlege admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors told them HCFA is the first-ever cam\u00adpus group to be placed on admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive pro\u00adba\u00adtion.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Mean\u00adwhile on the Farm, <a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/lonely-men-and-women-of-faith-the-experience-of-religious-students-at-stanford\/\">Lone\u00adly Men and Women of Faith: The Expe\u00adri\u00adence of Reli\u00adgious Stu\u00addents at Stan\u00adford<\/a> (Ben Simon, Stan\u00adford Review): \u201cIt may be unrea\u00adson\u00adable to expect a sec\u00adu\u00adlar insti\u00adtu\u00adtion like Stan\u00adford to ful\u00adly accom\u00admo\u00addate each student\u2019s reli\u00adgious needs. With that said, Stan\u00adford goes far beyond the let\u00adter of the law when it comes to eth\u00adnic or racial diver\u00adsi\u00adty, but it does lit\u00adtle to go out of its way to help reli\u00adgious stu\u00addents.\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 jour\u00adnal\u00adists report on Ice\u00adland\u2019s cir\u00adcum\u00adci\u00adsion saga, the coun\u00adtry gets a rab\u00adbi<\/span><\/a><span> (Julia Duin, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201c<\/span><span>As Robert George of Prince\u00adton Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty \u2013 for\u00admer chair\u00adman of the U.S. Com\u00admis\u00adsion on Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Reli\u00adgious Free\u00addom \u2013 not\u00aded in a series of tweets recent\u00adly, a coun\u00adtry ban\u00adning cir\u00adcum\u00adci\u00adsion effec\u00adtive\u00adly bans Jews from liv\u00ading there. Dit\u00adto for Mus\u00adlims\u2026. [How\u00adev\u00ader] Gun\u00adnars\u00add\u00f3t\u00adtir told the news\u00adpa\u00adper she \u2018didn\u2019t think it was nec\u00ades\u00adsary to con\u00adsult\u2019 with the island\u2019s small Jew\u00adish and Mus\u00adlim pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion before propos\u00ading the anti-cir\u00adcum\u00adci\u00adsion bill, adding \u2018I didn\u2019t see it as a reli\u00adgious mat\u00adter.\u2019\u201d That last detail is telling. Reli\u00adgious illit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adcy caus\u00ades real harms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/read-my-lips-no-new-administrators\/\"><span>Read My Lips: No New Admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors<\/span><\/a><span> (Berber Jin, Stan\u00adford Review): \u201cThough admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive offices are obvi\u00adous\u00adly nec\u00ades\u00adsary for the university\u2019s oper\u00ada\u00adtion, their self-serv\u00ading incen\u00adtives should make us wary of their expan\u00adsion. Unlike fac\u00adul\u00adty, who gain pres\u00adtige through qual\u00adi\u00adty teach\u00ading and inno\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive research, admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors move up the career lad\u00adder by expand\u00ading bureau\u00adcra\u00adcy.\u201d The Review has been on fire late\u00adly.<\/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 Serv\u00ading In Church Sound Booth To Avoid Greet\u00ading Time<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): with the Bee the head\u00adline is usu\u00adal\u00adly suf\u00adfi\u00adcient. With this one, the full text is worth a read. &nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2018-02-23\">Dil\u00adbert Lis\u00adtens to a Mil\u00adlenial<\/a>&nbsp;\u2014 unfair, but fun\u00adny<\/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 debate between two pas\u00adtors 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;\">vol\u00adume 48<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;\u2013 both are very thought\u00adful and are skill\u00adful debaters. &nbsp;Here is the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion so far. All the posts are pret\u00adty 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 Den\u00adver<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Doug Wil\u00adson)<\/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 Wil\u00adson<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Pre\u00adston Sprin\u00adkle)<\/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 Apos\u00adtle Peter and Open Car\u00adry<\/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;\">(Pre\u00adston)<\/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 Sta\u00adtis\u00adtic Is a Good Guy With A Sta\u00adtis\u00adtic<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Pre\u00adston)<\/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 Dev\u00adil?<\/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;\"> (Pre\u00adston)<\/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;\">Non\u00advi\u00ado\u00adlence: In Brief<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Pre\u00adston)<\/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 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. 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