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On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my way.<\/p>\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. Love, Again: on a celibate breakup and what happened after.<\/span><\/a> (Wesley Hill, Comment Magazine): \u201cFor a long time, I found abstinence relatively easy. It\u2019s not trendy to admit this, but I didn\u2019t experience a sexless adulthood to be a fate worse than death, in part, perhaps, because I tried not to rev up my libido by seeing how close I could get to the line of intercourse without stepping over it\u2026. What I didn\u2019t realize, though, is that, for the intentionally abstinent, giving up sex is only part of the deal, and there\u2019s more than one line you can step across.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. Let\u2019s Not Forget How Wrong Our Crime Data Are<\/span><\/a> (Cathy O\u2019Neil, Bloomberg): \u201cA year after Trump was elected, the number of reported rapes among the Latino population of Houston declined by 40 percent, a strong indication that people became afraid to report the crimes. Police often don\u2019t take rape victims\u2019 reports seriously, a problem that is probably even worse for male victims. So how can we get a better understanding of the underlying rate of crime? Surveys typically don\u2019t help: People who get away with committing serious offenses aren\u2019t likely to admit it, even if they\u2019re guaranteed anonymity. The one notable exception is marijuana use, which \u2014 though still illegal in most places \u2014 is mild and socially acceptable enough that people are willing to tell the truth. Hence, if we compare the reported rate of marijuana use to the arrest data, we can gain some insight into how useful the latter really is. The picture isn\u2019t pretty. The latest government surveys, for example, suggest that black and white Americans use marijuana at about the same rate. Yet blacks get arrested about four times more often than whites \u2014 and 15 times more often in Manhattan, according to a recent New York Times analysis.\u201d The author has her Ph.D. in mathematics from Harvard University. <\/span><\/li>\n
  3. This week the US moved our embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on the 70th anniversary of Israel\u2019s modern instantiation. Violence ensued.<\/span>\n