{"id":4886,"date":"2018-03-16T20:02:23","date_gmt":"2018-03-17T04:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4886"},"modified":"2018-03-16T20:02:23","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T04:02:23","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-143","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/03\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-143","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 143"},"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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/first-person\/2018\/3\/12\/17109306\/prosperity-gospel-good-evil-cancer-fate-theology-theodicy\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m a schol\u00adar of the \u201cpros\u00adper\u00adi\u00adty gospel.\u201d It took can\u00adcer to show me I was in its grip.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Kate Bowler, Vox): \u201cEvery day I pray the same prayer: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">God, save me. Save me. Save me. Oh, God, remem\u00adber my baby boy. Remem\u00adber my son and my hus\u00adband before you return me to ash\u00ades. Before they walk this earth alone.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I plead with a God of Maybe, who may or may not let me col\u00adlect more years. It is a God I love, and a God that breaks my heart.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Duke Divin\u00adi\u00adty School.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two intrigu\u00ading arti\u00adcles on the trans\u00adgen\u00adder move\u00adment in Amer\u00adi\u00adca:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commentarymagazine.com\/articles\/the-disappearance-of-desire\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Dis\u00adap\u00adpear\u00adance of Desire<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Sohrab Ahmari, Com\u00admen\u00adtary Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): &nbsp;\u201cSex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty is a bod\u00adi\u00adly expe\u00adri\u00adence. It stretch\u00ades creduli\u00adty to sug\u00adgest that a trans person\u2019s deci\u00adsion to alter his or her sexed body has noth\u00ading to do with what he or she wish\u00ades to do with that body\u2014and whom he or she wish\u00ades to attract. Yet, as with gen\u00adder itself, the trans activists treat sex\u00adu\u00adal desire as an abstract and dis\u00adem\u00adbod\u00adied thing.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/scroll\/257446\/divorcing-the-transgender-community\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Divorc\u00ading The Trans\u00adgen\u00adder Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Gretchen Rachel Ham\u00admond, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): the lan\u00adguage in this one is uncouth. \u201cIt was then that I began to notice that those trans\u00adgen\u00adder peo\u00adple who start\u00aded to speak out as an activist, jour\u00adnal\u00adist, celebri\u00adty, orga\u00adniz\u00ader, com\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtor or even via a social media post were com\u00ading under attack, not just from the usu\u00adal crowd of Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive hys\u00adter\u00adics, but increas\u00ading\u00adly and unnerv\u00ading\u00adly from their own com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the lawyers:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3136750\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dis\u00adagree\u00adment is Not Always Dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion: On Mas\u00adter\u00adpiece Cakeshop and the Anal\u00ado\u00adgy to Inter\u00adra\u00adcial Mar\u00adriage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ryan Ander\u00adson, George\u00adtown Jour\u00adnal of Law and Pub\u00adlic Pol\u00adi\u00adcy): \u201cCol\u00adorado is part of a larg\u00ader nation\u00adal trend in which author\u00adi\u00adties are using antidis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion statutes as swords to pun\u00adish already mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adized peo\u00adple (such as sup\u00adport\u00aders of the con\u00adju\u00adgal under\u00adstand\u00ading of mar\u00adriage), rather than as shields to pro\u00adtect peo\u00adple from unjust dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion (such as African Amer\u00adi\u00adcans in the wake of Jim Crow and today).\u2026 sup\u00adport for mar\u00adriage as the union of hus\u00adband and wife is essen\u00adtial\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent from oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion to inter\u00adra\u00adcial mar\u00adriage, and that the sta\u00adtus of African Amer\u00adi\u00adcans is impor\u00adtant\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent from that of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans who iden\u00adti\u00adfy as gay. As a result, First Amend\u00adment pro\u00adtec\u00adtions for peo\u00adple who act on the belief that mar\u00adriage unites hus\u00adband and wife dif\u00adfer in crit\u00adi\u00adcal ways from hypoth\u00ade\u00adsized First Amend\u00adment pro\u00adtec\u00adtions for racists\u2014and the courts can dis\u00adtin\u00adguish the two cas\u00ades\u2026. pro\u00adtec\u00adtions for cit\u00adi\u00adzens who sup\u00adport the con\u00adju\u00adgal under\u00adstand\u00ading of mar\u00adriage bear much more sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty to pro\u00adtec\u00adtions for pro-life cit\u00adi\u00adzens.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2018\/04\/the-ignoble-lie\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Igno\u00adble Lie<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Patrick Deneen, First Things): \u201cThis helps explain the strange and often hys\u00adter\u00adi\u00adcal insis\u00adtence upon equal\u00adi\u00adty ema\u00adnat\u00ading from our nation\u2019s most elite and exclu\u00adsive insti\u00adtu\u00adtions. The most absurd recent instance was Har\u00advard University\u2019s offi\u00adcial effort to elim\u00adi\u00adnate social clubs due to their role in \u2018enact\u00ading forms of priv\u00adi\u00adlege and exclu\u00adsion at odds with our deep\u00adest val\u00adues,\u2019 in the words of its pres\u00adi\u00addent. Harvard\u2019s oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion to exclu\u00adsion sits com\u00adfort\u00adably with its admis\u00adsions rate of 5 per\u00adcent (2,056 out of 40,000 appli\u00adcants in 2017). The denial of priv\u00adi\u00adlege and exclu\u00adsion seems to increase in pro\u00adpor\u00adtion to an institution\u2019s exclu\u00adsiv\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal Stud\u00adies at Notre Dame.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/providencemag.com\/2017\/12\/sex-lies-spies\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sex, Lies, and Spies<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Dar\u00adrell Cole, Prov\u00adi\u00addence): \u201cOnce the case for employ\u00ading a spy in the first place has been made, the ques\u00adtion of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to spy comes into focus, and thus one of the major moral prob\u00adlems for spies is try\u00ading to make a case that lying and sex are just (com\u00adbat) tac\u00adtics\u2026. We can make a clear and con\u00advinc\u00ading case that the Chris\u00adt\u00adian tra\u00addi\u00adtion may sup\u00adport the idea that lies told for the pub\u00adlic good are jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adable. When spies tell such lies in the line of duty, their decep\u00adtions fall into that cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry and, so, are jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adable. Can the same be said for sex in the line of duty? Can manip\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtive sex for the pub\u00adlic good be jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adable?\u201d A fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading dis\u00adcus\u00adsion of a ques\u00adtion that had nev\u00ader crossed my mind. The author is an ethics pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Drew Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2018\/04\/the-last-temptation\/554066\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Last Temp\u00adta\u00adtion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Michael Ger\u00adson, The Atlantic): \u201cIn a remark\u00adably free coun\u00adtry, many evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals view their rights as frag\u00adile, their insti\u00adtu\u00adtions as threat\u00adened, and their dig\u00adni\u00adty as assailed. The sin\u00adgle largest reli\u00adgious demo\u00adgraph\u00adic in the Unit\u00aded States\u2014representing about half the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan polit\u00adi\u00adcal coalition\u2014sees itself as a besieged and dis\u00adre\u00adspect\u00aded minor\u00adi\u00adty. In this way, evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals have become simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly more engaged and more alien\u00adat\u00aded\u2026. It is true that inso\u00adfar as Chris\u00adt\u00adian hos\u00adpi\u00adtals or col\u00adleges have their reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty threat\u00adened by hos\u00adtile lit\u00adi\u00adga\u00adtion or gov\u00adern\u00adment agen\u00adcies, they have every right to defend their insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal identities\u2014to advo\u00adcate for a prin\u00adci\u00adpled plu\u00adral\u00adism. But this is dif\u00adfer\u00adent from evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals regard\u00ading them\u00adselves, hys\u00adter\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly and with self-pity, as an oppressed minor\u00adi\u00adty that requires a strong\u00adman to res\u00adcue it. This is how Trump has invit\u00aded evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals to view them\u00adselves.\u201d The author worked in the Bush White House and describes him\u00adself as an evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/03\/evangelicals-support-donald-trump-political-realities-2016-election\/\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The True Sin of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals in the Age of Trump<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cit mat\u00adters exact\u00adly how Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals arrived where they are today. It wasn\u2019t the hys\u00adter\u00adi\u00adcal reac\u00adtion of a self-pity\u00ading peo\u00adple. For most it was the sad result of a series of tough choic\u00ades \u2014 made in response to dif\u00adfi\u00adcult and unrea\u00adson\u00adable chal\u00adlenges. Even today there are mil\u00adlions of Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals \u2014 peo\u00adple who still count them\u00adselves reluc\u00adtant Trump sup\u00adport\u00aders \u2014 who are deeply uneasy with the pres\u00adi\u00addent and the state of their own reli\u00adgious move\u00adment. It serves no one\u2019s inter\u00adests to min\u00adi\u00admize the legit\u00adi\u00adma\u00adcy of their deep polit\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adcern.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My take: Gerson\u2019s essay is very good and French adds a need\u00aded per\u00adspec\u00adtive.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bonus quote from Gerson\u2019s essay: \u201cThe ban\u00adish\u00adment of fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adism from the cul\u00adtur\u00adal main\u00adstream cul\u00admi\u00adnat\u00aded dra\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly in a Ten\u00adnessee cour\u00adt\u00adhouse in 1925. William Jen\u00adnings Bryan, the most promi\u00adnent Chris\u00adt\u00adian politi\u00adcian of his time, was set against Clarence Dar\u00adrow and the the\u00ado\u00adry of evo\u00adlu\u00adtion at the Scopes \u2018mon\u00adkey tri\u00adal,\u2019 in which a Ten\u00adnessee edu\u00adca\u00adtor was tried for teach\u00ading the the\u00ado\u00adry in high school. Bryan won the case but not the coun\u00adtry. The jour\u00adnal\u00adist and crit\u00adic H. L. Menck\u00aden pro\u00advid\u00aded the account accept\u00aded by his\u00adto\u00adry, dis\u00admiss\u00ading Bryan as \u2018a tin pot pope in the Coca-Cola belt and a broth\u00ader to the for\u00adlorn pas\u00adtors who bela\u00adbor half-wits in gal\u00adva\u00adnized iron taber\u00adna\u00adcles behind the rail\u00adroad yards.\u2019 Fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adists became com\u00adic fig\u00adures, sub\u00adject to world-class con\u00adde\u00adscen\u00adsion.<\/span><b> It has large\u00adly slipped the mind of his\u00adto\u00adry that Bryan was a peace activist as sec\u00adre\u00adtary of state under Woodrow Wil\u00adson and that his pol\u00adi\u00adtics fore\u00adshad\u00adowed the New Deal. And Menck\u00aden was even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly revealed as a racist, an anti-Semi\u00adte, and a eugen\u00adics advo\u00adcate.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d Empha\u00adsis mine. I con\u00adsid\u00ader myself fair\u00adly well-informed about Amer\u00adi\u00adcan reli\u00adgious his\u00adto\u00adry and found the bold\u00aded details sur\u00adpris\u00ading.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/whats-the-real-down-syndrome-problem-the-genocide\/2018\/03\/14\/3c4f8ab8-26ee-11e8-b79d-f3d931db7f68_story.html?utm_term=.14ceeb2d110c\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The real Down syn\u00addrome prob\u00adlem: Accept\u00ading geno\u00adcide<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (George Will, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cIce\u00adland must be pleased that it is close to suc\u00adcess in its pro\u00adgram of geno\u00adcide, but before con\u00adgrat\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading that nation on its final solu\u00adtion to the Down syn\u00addrome prob\u00adlem, per\u00adhaps it might answer a ques\u00adtion: What is this prob\u00adlem? To help under\u00adstand why some peo\u00adple might ask this ques\u00adtion, meet two chil\u00addren. One is Agus\u00adta, age 8, a cit\u00adi\u00adzen of Ice\u00adland. The oth\u00ader is Lucas, age 1, an Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cit\u00adi\u00adzen in Dal\u00adton, Ga., who recent\u00adly was select\u00aded to be 2018 \u2018Spokes\u00adba\u00adby\u2019 for the Ger\u00adber baby food com\u00adpa\u00adny. They are two exam\u00adples of the prob\u00adlem. Now, before Ice\u00adland becomes snip\u00adpy about the descrip\u00adtion of what it is doing, let us all try to think calm\u00adly about geno\u00adcide, with\u00adout get\u00adting judg\u00admen\u00adtal about it. It is sim\u00adply the delib\u00ader\u00adate, sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adic attempt to erase a cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry of peo\u00adple. So, what one thinks about a geno\u00adcide depends on what one thinks about the cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry involved. In Iceland\u2019s case, the cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry is peo\u00adple with Down syn\u00addrome.\u201d<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relat\u00aded: a Face\u00adbook post from one of our sopho\u00admores (shared with his per\u00admis\u00adsion): \u201cMy par\u00adents were told that I would be born with down syn\u00addrome and advised to abort me. In response my father pulled us out of the hos\u00adpi\u00adtal\u2019s manda\u00adto\u00adry coun\u00adsel\u00ading pro\u00adgram, spent a lot of time in prayer, and decid\u00aded emphat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly that I would be born. I had no say in the mat\u00adter, as I was too small to com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adcate or under\u00adstand. I could\u00adn\u2019t cry or plead for my life. I could\u00adn\u2019t even look the peo\u00adple in the eyes who want\u00aded to kill me. 20 years lat\u00ader, I have my God and my par\u00adents to thank for defend\u00ading me, defend\u00ading an unborn child wrong\u00adly accused of a crime that car\u00adried a death sen\u00adtence: a defect. My par\u00adents had no idea exact\u00adly where God want\u00aded to take me, but because of their defense, I\u2019m here, down syn\u00addrome free, sit\u00adting in a class\u00adroom at Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.\u201d (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=495837887479780&amp;id=100011607189104\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">source<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) By the way, he was was not only admit\u00adted to Stan\u00adford.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcall.com\/news\/local\/allentown\/mc-allentown-schools-senior-nathaniel-stuart-20160607-story.html\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was admit\u00adted to every sin\u00adgle Ivy League school<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BX_0-SoMDcg\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try\u00ading To Find a Church on Vaca\u00adtion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (YouTube)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/funny\/comments\/821s9r\/wise_words_from_a_purdue_university_student\/?st=jedolkho&amp;sh=1a20e6ac\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wise Words From A Pur\u00addue Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty Stu\u00addent<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Red\u00addit)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/harvard-now-offering-four-year-degree-in-feeling-oppressed\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Har\u00advard Now Offer\u00ading Four Year Degree In Feel\u00ading Oppressed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/171813693582\/batmankill\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why Bat\u00adman Doesn\u2019t Kill The Jok\u00ader<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Texts From Super\u00adheroes)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/furiously-spinning-white-house-revolving-door-causes-category-5-hurricane\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furi\u00adous\u00adly Spin\u00adning White House Door Caus\u00ades Cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry 5 Hur\u00adri\u00adcane<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Baby\u00adlon Bee) <\/span><\/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&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2016-08-12\/every-place-has-detractors-consider-where-they-re-coming-from\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every Place Has Detrac\u00adtors. Con\u00adsid\u00ader Where They\u2019re Com\u00ading From.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Megan McCar\u00addle, Bloomberg View): \u201cThere is grave dan\u00adger in judg\u00ading a neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood, or a cul\u00adture, by the accounts of those who chose to leave it. Those peo\u00adple are least like\u00adly to appre\u00adci\u00adate the good things about where they came from, and the most like\u00adly to dwell on its less attrac\u00adtive qual\u00adi\u00adties.\u201d Bear this in mind when lis\u00adten\u00ading to con\u00adver\u00adsion tes\u00adti\u00admonies (both sec\u00adu\u00adlar and reli\u00adgious). (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/08\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-62\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vol\u00adume 62<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/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>If this was for\u00adward\u00aded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/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 &nbsp; I\u2019m a schol\u00adar of the \u201cpros\u00adper\u00adi\u00adty gospel.\u201d It took can\u00adcer to show me \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/03\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-143\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 143\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":[121,131,139,113,117,162,137],"class_list":["post-4886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abortion","tag-academia","tag-law","tag-lgbtq","tag-politics","tag-theology","tag-thinking-clearly"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1gO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4886","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=4886"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4888,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4886\/revisions\/4888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}