{"id":4902,"date":"2018-04-06T18:49:19","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T02:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4902"},"modified":"2018-04-06T18:49:19","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T02:49:19","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-146","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/04\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-146","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 146"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/entry\/noor-salman-pulse-massacre-wrong_us_5ac29ebae4b04646b6454dc2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every\u00adone Got The Pulse Mas\u00adsacre Sto\u00adry Com\u00adplete\u00adly Wrong<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Melis\u00adsa Jelt\u00adsen, Huff\u00adin\u00adg\u00adton Post): \u201c\u2026in acquit\u00adting Salman, 31, on Fri\u00adday, a jury also deliv\u00adered a ver\u00addict on the sto\u00adry we\u2019d told our\u00adselves about the killings: We\u2019d got\u00adten it wrong. In the wake of the shoot\u00ading, the media and pub\u00adlic focused on cer\u00adtain details, many of which were lat\u00ader deter\u00admined to be unfound\u00aded, and dis\u00adcount\u00aded oth\u00aders, like Mateen\u2019s own expla\u00adna\u00adtion for his actions.\u201d This is a must-read. It\u2019s amaz\u00ading how wrong the cul\u00adtur\u00adal con\u00adsen\u00adsus is.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ajp.psychiatryonline.org\/doi\/10.1176\/appi.ajp.2017.17040469\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Altered Brain Devel\u00adop\u00admen\u00adtal Tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adries in Ado\u00adles\u00adcents After Ini\u00adti\u00adat\u00ading Drink\u00ading<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Adolf Pfef\u00adfer\u00adbaum, et al, Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Jour\u00adnal of Psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtry): <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ini\u00adti\u00ada\u00adtion of drink\u00ading dur\u00ading ado\u00adles\u00adcence, with or with\u00adout mar\u00adi\u00adjua\u00adna co-use, dis\u00ador\u00addered nor\u00admal brain growth tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adries.\u201d Ado\u00adles\u00adcence is defined as up to 21 in this study, which means most col\u00adlege stu\u00addents should be far more leery of alco\u00adhol than they are.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theroadhome\/2018\/03\/engaging-the-culture-doesnt-work-because-christian-beliefs-are-a-mark-of-low-status\/\">\u201cEngag\u00ading the Cul\u00adture\u201d Doesn\u2019t Work Because Chris\u00adt\u00adian Beliefs Are a Mark of Low Sta\u00adtus<\/a> (Dean Abbot, Patheos): \u201cEvan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals sought to engage the cul\u00adture by being rel\u00ade\u00advant, by cre\u00adat\u00ading works of art, by offer\u00ading good argu\u00adments for their posi\u00adtions. None of these addressed the real prob\u00adlem: that Chris\u00adt\u00adian belief sim\u00adply isn\u2019t cool, and that very few peo\u00adple want to low\u00ader their social sta\u00adtus by iden\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading pub\u00adlicly with it.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See also his fol\u00adlow-up&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theroadhome\/2018\/03\/traditional-christian-belief-and-low-social-status-four-responses\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chris\u00adt\u00adian Belief and Low Social Sta\u00adtus: Four Respons\u00ades<\/span><\/a>: \u201cThe cul\u00adtur\u00adal shift that dis\u00adlodged tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty from its place as the foun\u00adda\u00adtion of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cul\u00adture has pro\u00advoked a num\u00adber of respons\u00ades among believ\u00aders. Though these respons\u00ades may seem infi\u00adnite\u00adly var\u00adied on the sur\u00adface, the bulk of them can actu\u00adal\u00adly be cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adrized under four head\u00adings: accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adtion, appease\u00adment, accep\u00adtance and aggres\u00adsion.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>And the sequel to that,&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/theroadhome\/2018\/04\/the-low-social-status-of-christian-belief-is-part-of-a-larger-problem\/\">The Low Social Sta\u00adtus of Chris\u00adt\u00adian Belief Is Part of a Larg\u00ader Prob\u00adlem<\/a>: \u201cIn Christianity\u2019s place, a new default reli\u00adgion stands. In this sys\u00adtem, the human prob\u00adlem is lack of lib\u00ader\u00adty, specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly the lack of lib\u00ader\u00adty for each indi\u00advid\u00adual to deter\u00admine his own val\u00adues, pur\u00adpose and morals. The solu\u00adtion is to lib\u00ader\u00adate oth\u00aders by advo\u00adcat\u00ading, even in an abstract and risk-free way, for \u2018social jus\u00adtice.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/tonywoodlief.com\/2018\/04\/06\/plumbers-and-priests\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plumbers and Priests<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Tony Wood\u00adlief, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cI don\u2019t know how I got to the point where I\u2019m inclined to dis\u00adbe\u00adlieve any\u00adthing an aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic claims. I\u2019m not anti-intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal. I read stuff. I even hold a PhD, and a Mas\u00adter of Fine Arts on top of that. I can show you math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly why a sin\u00adgle-mem\u00adber plu\u00adral\u00adi\u00adty vot\u00ading sys\u00adtem tends to yield two major par\u00adties, and for the chas\u00ader I can hit you with an expli\u00adca\u00adtion of the roots of lit\u00ader\u00adary mod\u00adernism.\u2026 [and yet] the fact is I don\u2019t have any con\u00adfi\u00addence in those N.C. State find\u00adings.\u201d The author has a Ph.D. in polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence.&nbsp;I almost didn\u2019t include this one, but I can\u2019t stop think\u00ading about it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/03\/27\/us\/evangelical-dreamers-rodriguez.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018I Know I Will Be Crit\u00adi\u00adcized\u2019: The Lati\u00adno Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Who Advis\u00ades Trump on Immi\u00adgra\u00adtion<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Lau\u00adrie Good\u00adstein, New York Times): &nbsp;\u201cMr. Rodriguez rep\u00adre\u00adsents a grow\u00ading seg\u00adment of the evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal move\u00adment, and one that is often over\u00adlooked in all the atten\u00adtion paid to the white evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals serv\u00ading as Mr. Trump\u2019s cheer\u00adlead\u00aders. One in four evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals in the Unit\u00aded States is now an immi\u00adgrant or the child of one. In the younger gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals, there are now more His\u00adpan\u00adic peo\u00adple than non-His\u00adpan\u00adic whites.\u201d Dis\u00adclo\u00adsure: I have met Sam\u00admy but don\u2019t know him. We\u2019re in the same denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Some news from the glob\u00adal church:\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/d04acf4a138545b692ebd530d832c218?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&amp;utm_campaign=9ef79a6cb4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_04_05&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-9ef79a6cb4-399975413\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies at bor\u00adder spread Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty to North Korea<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Hyung-jin Kim And Ger\u00adry Shih, AP News): \u201cAmong the mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies and pas\u00adtors killed under mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous cir\u00adcum\u00adstances in recent years is the Rev. Han Chung-rye\u00adol, a Chi\u00adnese pas\u00adtor of Kore\u00adan descent who head\u00aded a front-line church in the Chi\u00adnese bor\u00adder town of Chang\u00adbai before he was found dead of mul\u00adti\u00adple stab wounds and a punc\u00adtured skull in April 2016, rais\u00ading sus\u00adpi\u00adcions that North Korea was involved.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2018\/april\/china-bans-bible-online-sales-amazon-taobao-jd-dang-dang.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chi\u00adna Bans Bibles from Online Sell\u00aders Like Ama\u00adzon<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Mor\u00adgan Lee, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): &nbsp;\u201cTwo days before the Bibles were banned from online pur\u00adchase, the Chi\u00adnese gov\u00adern\u00adment released a doc\u00adu\u00adment out\u00adlin\u00ading how it intends to pro\u00admote \u2018Chi\u00adnese Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty\u2019 over the next five years. Accord\u00ading to the doc\u00adu\u00adment, one of the government\u2019s key objec\u00adtives is to rein\u00adter\u00adpret and retrans\u00adlate the Bible in order to enhance \u2018Chi\u00adnese-style Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty and the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2018\/april\/colombia-presidential-race-viviane-morales-evangelical-farc.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meet the First Female Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial Can\u00addi\u00addate of Colom\u00adbia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Deann Alford, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cMy pub\u00adlic par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion fol\u00adlows a bib\u00adli\u00adcal mod\u00adel. The Bible teach\u00ades that we must be wit\u00adness\u00ades of the Lord when\u00adev\u00ader we are. In the last cen\u00adtu\u00adry, US mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies taught that pol\u00adi\u00adtics was of the dev\u00adil, and the church here was apa\u00adthet\u00adic. For\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, we\u2019re wak\u00ading up. But we must wake up prop\u00ader\u00adly, mind\u00adful to not con\u00adfuse the church with a polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adty.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2018\/april\/fabricio-alvarado-loses-costa-rica-president-evangelicals.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adt\u00adian Singer Los\u00ades Cos\u00adta Rica Pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial Race<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Mor\u00adgan Lee, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal can\u00addi\u00addate had emerged from obscu\u00adri\u00adty to take a plu\u00adral\u00adi\u00adty of the vote in the first round of the pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial race\u2026. Despite his loss, Alvara\u00addo Mu\u00f1oz\u2019s suc\u00adcess is \u2018a cul\u00adtur\u00adal game chang\u00ader,\u2019 says Dou\u00adglass Sul\u00adli\u00advan-Gonz\u00e1lez, a Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi Hon\u00adors Col\u00adlege dean who has done reli\u00adgious research in Cen\u00adtral Amer\u00adi\u00adca. \u2018[Evang\u00e9li\u00adcos] are now going to be seen a polit\u00adi\u00adcal chal\u00adlenge thanks to the suc\u00adcess of Fabri\u00adcio Alvara\u00addo, said Sul\u00adli\u00advan-Gonz\u00e1lez.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Two relat\u00aded arti\u00adcles by the Chair\u00adman of the US Com\u00admis\u00adsion on Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Reli\u00adgious Free\u00addom (he is also a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence at Vil\u00adlano\u00adva).\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2018\/04\/21172\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reli\u00adgious Total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism, Sec\u00adu\u00adlar Total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism, and Oth\u00ader Threats to Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Reli\u00adgious Free\u00addom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Daniel Mark, The Pub\u00adlic Dis\u00adcourse): \u201cServ\u00ading on USCIRF, which mon\u00adi\u00adtors and reports on the worst reli\u00adgious free\u00addom sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtions in the world, I am acute\u00adly aware of how our chal\u00adlenges at home pale in com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson to what goes on abroad. But the les\u00adson from this is not what you think. It\u2019s not that we should feel so good as to become com\u00adpla\u00adcent about our own present cir\u00adcum\u00adstances. On the con\u00adtrary, the painful inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal scene should be an ever-present reminder to us of how rare, how pre\u00adcious, and how vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble reli\u00adgious free\u00addom is\u2014and how vig\u00adi\u00adlant we must be in defend\u00ading it.\u201d&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2018\/04\/21175\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Domes\u00adtic Chal\u00adlenges to Reli\u00adgious Lib\u00ader\u00adty From Left and Right<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Daniel Mark, The Pub\u00adlic <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dis\u00adcourse): \u201cOne cen\u00adtral con\u00adse\u00adquence of this denial of human nature is that it leads ineluctably to a denial of human rights. With\u00adout a firm view of human nature, we can\u00adnot con\u00adstruct a coher\u00adent account of human rights. I am aware, of course, that the peo\u00adple I have in mind here claim all sorts of things in the name of human rights. But the new menu of human rights is selec\u00adtive, sub\u00adjec\u00adtive, and, final\u00adly, inde\u00adfen\u00adsi\u00adble.\u201d &nbsp;<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/gfycat.com\/DisloyalCluelessAbyssiniancat\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Jesus prank<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (gfy\u00adcat): the hand motions are goofy, but I find the con\u00adcept hilar\u00adi\u00adous<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/google-pays-respect-to-jesuss-empty-tomb-with-empty-homepage\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Google Pays Respect To Jesus\u2019s Emp\u00adty Tomb With Emp\u00adty Home\u00adpage<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): \u201cWhile Chris\u00adtians have often com\u00adplained of bias in the selec\u00adtion of which days Google hon\u00adors with its \u2018Google Doo\u00addles,\u2019 believ\u00aders around the coun\u00adtry were report\u00aded\u00adly ecsta\u00adt\u00adic to find that the search and adver\u00adtis\u00ading giant chose to hon\u00ador the emp\u00adty tomb of Jesus on East\u00ader morn\u00ading with an emp\u00adty home\u00adpage.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/movement-that-demands-forceful-silencing-of-all-opposing-viewpoints-unsure-why-nation-so-divided\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Move\u00adment That Demands Force\u00adful Silenc\u00ading Of All Oppos\u00ading View\u00adpoints Unsure Why Nation So Divid\u00aded<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): read the full arti\u00adcle and not just the head\u00adline \u2014 it\u2019s extreme\u00adly enter\u00adtain\u00ading.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/scholars-jesus-spent-40-days-in-wilderness-attending-amped-up-mens-conference\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Schol\u00adars: Jesus Spent 40 Days In Wilder\u00adness Attend\u00ading Amped-Up Men\u2019s Con\u00adfer\u00adence<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): I believe this is in response to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qo8WGQg016c\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this video<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pro\u00admot\u00ading a men\u2019s con\u00adfer\u00adence in Mis\u00adsouri. The video has received some mock\u00adery, but I got\u00adta be hon\u00adest \u2014 this con\u00adfer\u00adence looks real\u00adly fun and would be way eas\u00adi\u00ader to invite some of my neigh\u00adbors to than a lot of oth\u00ader Chris\u00adt\u00adian con\u00adfer\u00adences. Dis\u00adclaimer: I know the pas\u00adtor whose church is host\u00ading this event.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2018-04-03\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bad Data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Dil\u00adbert): this also applies to aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic research<\/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=\"https:\/\/blogs.thegospelcoalition.org\/justintaylor\/2016\/09\/29\/how-to-pray-a-psalm\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How To Pray A Psalm<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Justin Tay\u00adlor, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): prayer life need a boost? Give this a try. (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/09\/30\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-69\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vol\u00adume 69<\/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>. 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