{"id":4919,"date":"2018-04-20T17:51:56","date_gmt":"2018-04-21T01:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=4919"},"modified":"2018-04-20T17:51:56","modified_gmt":"2018-04-21T01:51:56","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-148","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/04\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-148","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 148"},"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 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/soloish\/wp\/2018\/04\/16\/this-college-professor-gives-her-students-extra-credit-for-going-on-dates\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.baf0bd26f9bb\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This col\u00adlege pro\u00adfes\u00adsor gives her stu\u00addents extra cred\u00adit for going on dates<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Lisa Bonos, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cShe sees con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions about dat\u00ading as part of the big ques\u00adtions her class\u00ades tack\u00adle, such as: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How should I live my life? What kinds of rela\u00adtion\u00adships help me to become the kind of per\u00adson I want to be? <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If stu\u00addents don\u2019t learn how to date while they\u2019re in col\u00adlege, while sur\u00adround\u00aded by thou\u00adsands of peers all in a sim\u00adi\u00adlar stage in life, Cronin says, it only gets hard\u00ader to build those skills after grad\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion.\u201d The pro\u00adfes\u00adsor in ques\u00adtion, Ker\u00adry Cronin, is a philoso\u00adpher at Boston Col\u00adlege. <\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She has these rules for a first date: \u201cThe stu\u00addent has to ask in per\u00adson (\u201ctex\u00adting is the dev\u00adil; stop it,\u201d she says in one of her YouTube videos), and the recip\u00adi\u00adent has to know it\u2019s a date. And if they say they\u2019re busy and to check back with them lat\u00ader, don\u2019t. Just move on. \u2018That\u2019s a great skill to build, so that you can have a thick\u00ader skin,\u2019 Cronin says. She believes that the per\u00adson who asks, pays. And the first date shouldn\u2019t cost more than $10, include drugs or alco\u00adhol, or last longer than 90 min\u00adutes\u2026\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those are good guide\u00adlines. Read them again. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think the fol\u00adlow\u00ading two arti\u00adcles will prove to be among the most con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial I\u2019ve ever shared. I also think they both con\u00adtain much prac\u00adti\u00adcal wis\u00addom that will prove rel\u00ade\u00advant as the weath\u00ader warms:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the gents: <a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/books\/dealing-with-nuisance-lust.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deal\u00ading With Nui\u00adsance Lust<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Dou\u00adglas Wil\u00adson, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cMin\u00adi\u00admize the seri\u00adous\u00adness of this, but not so that you can feel good about indulging your\u00adself. Min\u00adi\u00admize the seri\u00adous\u00adness of it so that you can walk away from a cou\u00adple of big boobs with\u00adout feel\u00ading like you have just fought a cos\u00admic bat\u00adtle with prin\u00adci\u00adpal\u00adi\u00adties and pow\u00aders in the heav\u00aden\u00adly places, for cry\u00ading out loud. Or, if you like, in anoth\u00ader strat\u00ade\u00adgy of see\u00ading things right\u00adly, you could nick\u00adname these breasts of oth\u00ader woman as the \u2018prin\u00adci\u00adpal\u00adi\u00adties and pow\u00aders.\u2019 What\u00adev\u00ader you do, take this part of life in stride like a grown-up. Stop react\u00ading like a horny and con\u00adflict\u00aded twelve-year-old boy.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the ladies: <a href=\"http:\/\/teampyro.blogspot.com\/2006\/05\/sister-show-mercy.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sis\u00adter\u2026 Show Mer\u00adcy!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Dan Phillips, Team Pyro): \u201cSis\u00adter, if there\u2019s one thing you and I can cer\u00adtain\u00adly agree on, it\u2019s this: I don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to be a woman, and you don\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to be a man. We\u2019re both prob\u00ada\u00adbly wrong where we\u2019re sure we\u2019re right, try as we might. So let me try to dart a telegram from my camp over to the distaff side.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li>I am aware that these two arti\u00adcles only deal with things from a male per\u00adspec\u00adtive. Sad\u00adly, I haven\u2019t come across any insight\u00adful arti\u00adcles that help ladies deal with their own lust or give gen\u00adtle\u00admen advice on how to be help\u00adful to them. Ladies, if you\u2019ve read some\u00adthing you found tru\u00adly help\u00adful, let me know.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2018\/april\/southwest-pilot-tammie-jo-shults-flying-christian-ministry.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jesus, Take the Con\u00adtrol Wheel: South\u00adwest Pilot Saw Fly\u00ading as Min\u00adistry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (David Roach, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cTam\u00admie Jo Shults\u2014the pilot who guid\u00aded Flight 1380 to the ground April 17 after a mid\u00adflight engine fail\u00adure shot debris through a win\u00addow, killing one passenger\u2014is a rec\u00adog\u00adniz\u00adable fig\u00adure at the Texas Hill Coun\u00adtry church, which aver\u00adages 900 in wor\u00adship\u2026. Mul\u00adti\u00adple media reports have cit\u00aded a blog post in which Shults stat\u00aded being a pilot gave her \u2018the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to wit\u00adness for Christ on almost every flight.\u2019\u201d You can glo\u00adri\u00adfy God in almost any pro\u00adfes\u00adsion \u2014 make it your ambi\u00adtion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/evangelical-history\/five-great-books-african-american-evangelical-history\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five Great Books on African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal His\u00adto\u00adry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Thomas Kidd, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If I had to pick one African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan church leader I wish more Chris\u00adtians knew about, it would prob\u00ada\u00adbly be [Lemuel] Haynes. A Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary War sol\u00addier, Haynes went on to become a pas\u00adtor of a large\u00adly white church in New Eng\u00adland, a crit\u00adic of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan slav\u00adery, and an advo\u00adcate of the New Divin\u00adi\u00adty the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy of Jonathan Edwards\u2019s suc\u00adces\u00adsors.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2018\/04\/30\/donald-trump-tragic-hero\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\u00adald Trump, Trag\u00adic Hero<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Vic\u00adtor Davis Han\u00adson, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cTrag\u00adic heroes, as they have been por\u00adtrayed from Sopho\u00adcles\u2019 plays (e.g.,<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ajax, Antigone, Oedi\u00adpus Rex, Philoctetes<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) to the mod\u00adern west\u00adern film, are not intrin\u00adsi\u00adcal\u00adly noble. Much less are they like\u00adable. Cer\u00adtain\u00adly, they can often be obnox\u00adious and pet\u00adty, if not dan\u00adger\u00adous, espe\u00adcial\u00adly to those around them.\u201d Han\u00adson is a fel\u00adlow at Stanford\u2019s Hoover Insti\u00adtu\u00adtion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2018\/04\/facebook-trials-not-data.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Face\u00adbook Tri\u00adals: It\u2019s Not \u201cOur\u201d Data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201c\u2026I have hun\u00addreds of friends on Face\u00adbook, most of whom I don\u2019t know well and have nev\u00ader met. But my Face\u00adbook friends are friends. We share com\u00admon inter\u00adests and, most of the time, I\u2019m hap\u00adpy to see what they are think\u00ading and doing and I\u2019m pleased when they show inter\u00adest in what I\u2019m up to. If, before Face\u00adbook exist\u00aded, I had been asked to list \u2018my friends,\u2019 I would have had a hard time nam\u00ading ten friends, let alone hun\u00addreds. My Face\u00adbook friends didn\u2019t exist before Face\u00adbook. My Face\u00adbook friend\u00adships are not sim\u00adply my data\u2014they are a unique co-cre\u00adation of myself, my friends, and, yes, Face\u00adbook.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.openbible.info\/blog\/2018\/04\/google-will-now-answer-your-theological-questions\/\">Google Will Now Answer Your The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Ques\u00adtions<\/a> (OpenBible.info): \u201cGoogle just announced an AI-pow\u00adered exper\u00adi\u00adment called Talk to Books, which lets you enter a query and find pas\u00adsages in books that are seman\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly sim\u00adi\u00adlar to your query, not mere\u00adly pas\u00adsages that hap\u00adpen to match the key\u00adwords you chose. For the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy- and Bible-relat\u00aded ques\u00adtions, it often presents an evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adspec\u00adtive, per\u00adhaps because U.S. evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal pub\u00adlish\u00aders have been eager for Google to index their books.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2018\/04\/15\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Divid\u00aded Coun\u00adtry<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Pearls Before Swine): this one actu\u00adal\u00adly made me laugh and not mere\u00adly chor\u00adtle sen\u00adsi\u00adbly.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/johnbcrist\/photos\/a.732000196935062.1073741828.730672763734472\/1298708640264212\/?type=3&amp;theater&amp;ifg=1\">Christ Chel\u00adla<\/a> (John Crist, Face\u00adbook): this is amaz\u00ading\u00adly detailed and the more you know the evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal cul\u00adture the fun\u00adnier it is<\/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:\/\/theamericanscholar.org\/on-political-correctness\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Cor\u00adrect\u00adness<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (William Dere\u00adsiewicz, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Schol\u00adar): a long and thought\u00adful arti\u00adcle. \u201cSelec\u00adtive pri\u00advate col\u00adleges have become reli\u00adgious schools. The reli\u00adgion in ques\u00adtion is not Method\u00adism or Catholi\u00adcism but an extreme ver\u00adsion of the belief sys\u00adtem of the lib\u00ader\u00adal elite: the lib\u00ader\u00adal pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal, man\u00adage\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal, and cre\u00adative class\u00ades, which pro\u00advide a large major\u00adi\u00adty of stu\u00addents enrolled at such places and an even larg\u00ader major\u00adi\u00adty of fac\u00adul\u00adty and admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors who work at them. To attend those insti\u00adtu\u00adtions is to be social\u00adized, and not infre\u00adquent\u00adly, indoc\u00adtri\u00adnat\u00aded into that reli\u00adgion\u2026. I say this, by the way, as an athe\u00adist, a demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic social\u00adist, a native north\u00adeast\u00adern\u00ader, a per\u00adson who believes that col\u00adleges should not have sports teams in the first place\u2014and in case it isn\u2019t obvi\u00adous by now, a card-car\u00adry\u00ading mem\u00adber of the lib\u00ader\u00adal elite.\u201d (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/03\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-92\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vol\u00adume 92<\/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 This col\u00adlege pro\u00adfes\u00adsor gives her stu\u00addents extra cred\u00adit for going on dates (Lisa Bonos, \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/04\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-148\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 148\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":"In which I share what I anticipate will be the two most controversial articles I have ever shared.","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":[222,195,223,117,136,116,164,224],"class_list":["post-4919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-dating","tag-gender","tag-lust","tag-politics","tag-pornography","tag-race","tag-relationships","tag-work"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1hl","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919","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=4919"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4928,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4919\/revisions\/4928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}