{"id":4882,"date":"2018-03-09T20:59:07","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T04:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4882"},"modified":"2018-03-09T20:59:07","modified_gmt":"2018-03-10T04:59:07","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-142","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/03\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-142","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 142"},"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. A Qui\u00adet Exo\u00addus: Why Black Wor\u00adshipers Are Leav\u00ading White Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Church\u00ades<\/a> (Camp\u00adbell Robert\u00adson, NY Times): \u201c<\/span>As the head\u00adlines of the out\u00adside world turned to police shoot\u00adings and protest, lit\u00adtle changed inside major\u00adi\u00adty-white church\u00ades. Black con\u00adgre\u00adgants said that beyond the occa\u00adsion\u00adal vague prayer for heal\u00ading a divid\u00aded coun\u00adtry, or a dona\u00adtion dri\u00adve for law enforce\u00adment, they heard noth\u00ading.\u201d<\/span> The dynam\u00adic described is real and one I have per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly wit\u00adnessed.  All in all a pret\u00adty good arti\u00adcle although it has a few glar\u00ading blind spots, most\u00adly because it focus\u00ades almost exclu\u00adsive\u00adly on those who chose to leave and does\u00adn\u2019t tell the sto\u00adry of those who chose to stay.<\/li>\n
  2. And while we\u2019re talk\u00ading about race: \u201cI Hope We Have No Crack\u00aders Here\u201d: EBF Staff Sanc\u00adtion Racial Slur<\/span><\/a> (Anna Mitchell & Philip Clark, Stan\u00adford Review): \u201cYou would think that res\u00adi\u00addents of a sup\u00adpos\u00aded\u00adly pro\u00adgres\u00adsive and racial\u00adly con\u00adscious house would jump to remove a racial epi\u00adthet from house prop\u00ader\u00adty.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. This is also rel\u00ade\u00advant to the first arti\u00adcle: In Don\u00adald Trump, Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals Have Found Their Pres\u00adi\u00addent<\/a> (David Brody, New York Times): \u201cIn fact, evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals take the long view on Mr. Trump; they afford him grace when he doesn\u2019t deserve it. Few dis\u00adpute that Mr. Trump may need a lit\u00adtle more grace than oth\u00aders. But evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals tru\u00adly do believe that all peo\u00adple are flawed, and yet Christ offers them grace. Shouldn\u2019t they do the same for the pres\u00adi\u00addent?\u201d<\/li>\n
  4. This Is How To Pay Col\u00adlege Ath\u00adletes<\/span><\/a> (Patrick Hru\u00adby, Dead\u00adspin): \u201cBecause here\u2019s the thing: nobody asks <\/span>how\u2019s it going to work<\/span><\/i> when it comes to, say, pay\u00ading den\u00adtists. Or invest\u00adment bankers. Or pro\u00adgram\u00admers. Or pro\u00adfes\u00adsors. Or for that mat\u00adter col\u00adlege coach\u00ades, ath\u00adlet\u00adic direc\u00adtors, and school pres\u00adi\u00addents. There are no mas\u00adter com\u00adpen\u00adsa\u00adtion plans for those and hun\u00addreds of oth\u00ader lines of work because <\/span>there\u2019s no need for a plan<\/span><\/i>. The very notion of com\u00ading up with a com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded, cen\u00adtral\u00adized set of rules dic\u00adtat\u00ading how much plumbers can earn and under what cir\u00adcum\u00adstances they can earn it would be un-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan\u2026\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Was the apos\u00adtle Paul mar\u00adried? Yes, he was. Here\u2019s how we know.<\/span><\/a> (Den\u00adny Burk, Per\u00adson\u00adal Blog):  \u201cIt may be that Paul\u2019s words have impli\u00adca\u00adtions for all who are unmar\u00adried, but I think Paul\u2019s ref\u00ader\u00adence to the unmar\u00adried refers to wid\u00adow\u00aders specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly. There are a num\u00adber of rea\u00adsons for this. Not the least of which is the fact that the Greek word for \u2018wid\u00adow\u00ader\u2019 was rarely used in ancient Greek and was nev\u00ader used in the Koine peri\u00adod\u2026. Paul uses the term \u2018unmar\u00adried\u2019 two oth\u00ader times in this chap\u00adter to refer to those who were pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly mar\u00adried.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Bib\u00adli\u00adcal stud\u00adies. <\/span><\/li>\n
  6. Leav\u00ading Blokesworld: Why You Can\u2019t Have Your Porn and #MeToo<\/span><\/a> (Mea\u00adgan Tyler, Aus\u00adtralian Broad\u00adcast\u00ading Com\u00adpa\u00adny: Reli\u00adgion and Ethics): \u201cIn one of the few attempts to link #MeToo and porn cul\u00adture, two Dutch filmm<\/span>akers asked men to try and dif\u00adfer\u00aden\u00adti\u00adate between wom\u00aden\u2019s accounts of sex\u00adu\u00adal assault and scripts from porn films. The com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson high\u00adlights the dif\u00adfi\u00adcult\u00adly in dis\u00adcern\u00ading any dif\u00adfer\u00adence\u2026. So, for all the men who have been ask\u00ading what they can do in light of #MeToo, here\u2019s a place start: stop link\u00ading your sex\u00adu\u00adal arousal to wom\u00aden\u2019s sex\u00adu\u00adal sub\u00ador\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtion. Stop watch\u00ading porn.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  7. The Cen\u00adter Left Is On Life Sup\u00adport<\/span><\/a> (Michael Bren\u00addan Dougher\u00adty, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cAs lib\u00ader\u00adals backed away from the hard pol\u00adi\u00adtics of mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal redis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion, they found them\u00adselves try\u00ading to redis\u00adtrib\u00adute the hon\u00adorif\u00adic resources of soci\u00adety. Instead of dra\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly expand\u00ading day care, you could talk about sin\u00adgle moth\u00aders as heroes.\u201d The author is on the right and is diag\u00adnos\u00ading a prob\u00adlem he sees across the aisle. His com\u00adments about redis\u00adtrib\u00adut\u00ading hon\u00adorifics are insight\u00adful and remind me of Tyler Cowen\u2019s obser\u00adva\u00adtion that pol\u00adi\u00adtics is often more about rais\u00ading or low\u00ader\u00ading some group\u2019s social sta\u00adtus than actu\u00adal\u00adly solv\u00ading press\u00ading prob\u00adlems. <\/span><\/li>\n
  8. What\u2019s an Inclu\u00adsion Rid\u00ader? Let the Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Who Helped Invent the Con\u00adcept Explain<\/span><\/a> (Rebec\u00adca Kee\u00adgan, Van\u00adi\u00adty Fair): <\/span>\u201c<\/span>Smith said that an inclu\u00adsion rid\u00ader is a pro\u00advi\u00adsion added to actors\u2019 con\u00adtracts to ensure that cast\u00ading on pro\u00adduc\u00adtions is more rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive. \u2018It stip\u00adu\u00adlates that in small and sup\u00adport\u00ading roles, char\u00adac\u00adters should reflect the world we live in,\u2019 she said. That includes 50 per\u00adcent gen\u00adder par\u00adi\u00adty, 40 per\u00adcent inclu\u00adsion for peo\u00adple of col\u00ador, 5 per\u00adcent L.G.B.T.Q., and 20 per\u00adcent dis\u00adabled.\u201d This is a clever maneu\u00adver. Unsur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly, there does not seem to be a pro\u00advi\u00adsion for high\u00adlight\u00ading evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Chris\u00adtians accord\u00ading to our pro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adal rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion in soci\u00adety. What if in every sit\u00adcom there was a Ned Flan\u00adders char\u00adac\u00adter?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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