{"id":5009,"date":"2018-06-22T16:54:06","date_gmt":"2018-06-23T00:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5009"},"modified":"2018-06-22T16:54:06","modified_gmt":"2018-06-23T00:54:06","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-157","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/06\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-157","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 157"},"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:\/\/nypost.com\/2018\/06\/16\/these-harvard-kids-got-the-lesson-of-their-life-in-the-heartland\/\">These Har\u00advard Kids Got the Les\u00adson of Their Lives in the Heart\u00adland<\/a> (Sale\u00adna Zito, NY Post): \u201cI have been a nation\u00adal polit\u00adi\u00adcal jour\u00adnal\u00adist for near\u00adly 15 years. When\u00adev\u00ader and wher\u00adev\u00ader I trav\u00adel in this coun\u00adtry, I abide by a few sim\u00adple rules: No planes, no inter\u00adstates and no hotels. And def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly no chain restau\u00adrants\u2026. Those sim\u00adple rules are what intrigued stu\u00addents at the Har\u00advard Insti\u00adtute of Pol\u00adi\u00adtics (IOP) after hear\u00ading me speak at a Piz\u00adza and Pol\u00adi\u00adtics event on the school\u2019s cam\u00adpus last fall.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/time.com\/5320162\/republican-party-steve-schmidt-quit\/\">Don\u2019t Quit the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Par\u00adty. Stay and Fight<\/a> (Michael Wear, Time Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cThe prob\u00adlem is that pol\u00adi\u00adtics is not an indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adis\u00adtic endeav\u00ador. Inde\u00adpen\u00addents tend to spurn insti\u00adtu\u00adtions gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly, and then feel vin\u00addi\u00adcat\u00aded when our insti\u00adtu\u00adtions do not reflect their views. But while Inde\u00adpen\u00addents think they are send\u00ading polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adties a mes\u00adsage, polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adties do not hear them\u2026. In essence, Inde\u00adpen\u00addents active\u00adly min\u00adi\u00admize their impact on elec\u00adtions and par\u00adty posi\u00adtions. When peo\u00adple leave (or fail to join) par\u00adties in protest, they starve those par\u00adties of ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal diver\u00adsi\u00adty, dri\u00adving them to their extremes.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>On Twit\u00adter the author (a for\u00admer Oba\u00adma White House staffer) says \u201cThe head\u00adline is mis\u00adlead\u00ading. My argu\u00adment is a cau\u00adtion against becom\u00ading an indy. If you read the arti\u00adcle, I explic\u00adit\u00adly argue that if you believe the Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic Par\u00adty more close\u00adly aligns with your vision of what is best for our nation\u2019s pol\u00adi\u00adtics, you should become a Demo\u00adc\u00adrat.\u201d In case you didn\u2019t know, authors rarely choose their head\u00adlines (or even the titles of their books).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2018\/07\/when-a-child-says-shes-trans\/561749\/\">When Chil\u00addren Say They\u2019re Trans<\/a> (Jesse Sin\u00adgal, The Atlantic): \u201c \u2026to deny the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of a con\u00adnec\u00adtion between social influ\u00adences and gen\u00adder-iden\u00adti\u00adty explo\u00adration among ado\u00adles\u00adcents would require ignor\u00ading a lot of what we know about the devel\u00adop\u00ading teenage brain\u2014which is more sus\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble to peer influ\u00adence, more impul\u00adsive, and less adept at weigh\u00ading long-term out\u00adcomes and con\u00adse\u00adquences than ful\u00adly devel\u00adoped adult brains\u2014as well as indi\u00advid\u00adual sto\u00adries like Delta\u2019s.\u201d This is a long and bal\u00adanced piece which has gar\u00adnered out\u00adrage in some online cir\u00adcles.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/posteverything\/wp\/2018\/05\/31\/feature\/the-epidemic-of-denial-about-sexual-abuse-in-the-evangelical-church\/?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.a715501c338a\">The Sin Of Silence<\/a> (Joshua Pease, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cWith\u00adout a cen\u00adtral\u00adized the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal body, evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal poli\u00adcies and cul\u00adtures vary rad\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, and while some church lead\u00aders have worked to pre\u00advent abuse and harass\u00adment, many have not. The caus\u00ades are man\u00adi\u00adfold: author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan lead\u00ader\u00adship, twist\u00aded the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy, insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal pro\u00adtec\u00adtion, obliv\u00adi\u00adous\u00adness about the prob\u00adlem and, per\u00adhaps most shock\u00ading, a dimin\u00adish\u00adment of the trau\u00adma sex\u00adu\u00adal abuse cre\u00adates \u2014 espe\u00adcial\u00adly sur\u00adpris\u00ading in a church cul\u00adture that believes strong\u00adly in the sanc\u00adti\u00adty of sex\u2026. Roger Canaff, a for\u00admer New York state pros\u00ade\u00adcu\u00adtor who spe\u00adcial\u00adized in child sex\u00adu\u00adal abuse, tells me that many wor\u00adshipers he encoun\u00adtered felt per\u00adse\u00adcut\u00aded by the sec\u00adu\u00adlar cul\u00adture around them \u2014 and dis\u00adin\u00adclined to reach out to their per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtors for help in solv\u00ading prob\u00adlems.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2018\/06\/19\/contra-caplan-on-arbitrary-deploring\/\">Con\u00adtra Caplan On Arbi\u00adtrary Deplor\u00ading<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cThis is my long-wind\u00aded answer to a ques\u00adtion sev\u00ader\u00adal peo\u00adple asked on the last links post \u2013 why should we pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adtize respond\u00ading to China\u2019s mass incar\u00adcer\u00ada\u00adtion of the Uighurs? Aren\u2019t there oth\u00ader equal\u00adly bad things going on else\u00adwhere in the world, like malar\u00adia? Yes. But I had opti\u00admisti\u00adcal\u00adly thought we had most\u00adly estab\u00adlished a strong norm around \u2018don\u2019t put minori\u00adties in con\u00adcen\u00adtra\u00adtion camps\u2019. Resources devot\u00aded to enforc\u00ading that norm won\u2019t just solve the imme\u00addi\u00adate prob\u00adlem in Chi\u00adna, they\u2019ll also help main\u00adtain a cred\u00adi\u00adble taboo against this kind of thing so it\u2019s less like\u00adly to hap\u00adpen the next time.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/20\/opinion\/feminism-capitalism.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hand\u00admaids of Cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cFem\u00adi\u00adnists were divid\u00aded over sur\u00adro\u00adga\u00adcy and com\u00admer\u00adcial\u00adized fer\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty, but the oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion to both prac\u00adtices grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly dis\u00adsolved, and now only&nbsp;eccen\u00adtric con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives&nbsp;notice the weird resem\u00adblances between Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia-style sur\u00adro\u00adga\u00adcy prac\u00adtices and the hand\u00admaids and econowives of Gilead. They were divid\u00aded over pornog\u00adra\u00adphy, often bit\u00adter\u00adly \u2014 but over time the sex-pos\u00adi\u00adtive side increas\u00ading\u00adly won out over the Andrea Dworkin\u00adish dis\u00adsenters, even as the online realm was over\u00adrun with images and videos that more than jus\u00adti\u00adfied her argu\u00adments. They were, and are, divid\u00aded over pros\u00adti\u00adtu\u00adtion, but it\u2019s pret\u00adty clear that the ver\u00adsion of fem\u00adi\u00adnism that sup\u00adports the rights of sex work\u00aders to sell their bod\u00adies in the mar\u00adket\u00adplace has the intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal momen\u00adtum.\u201d <\/span><\/li>\n<li>More on bor\u00adder fam\u00adi\u00adly sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtions, a pol\u00adi\u00adcy that has been stopped by exec\u00adu\u00adtive order after mas\u00adsive pub\u00adlic out\u00adcry.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/16\/opinion\/sunday\/family-separation-immigration-trump.html\">The Less\u00ader Cru\u00adel\u00adty On Immi\u00adgra\u00adtion<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cit would be use\u00adful for every\u00adone if the Trump White House just admit\u00adted that this pol\u00adi\u00adcy was con\u00adceived as a deter\u00adrent \u2014 trau\u00adma\u00adtiz\u00ading a cer\u00adtain num\u00adber of fam\u00adi\u00adlies in the hopes of bring\u00ading greater order to the bor\u00adder in the long run. That admis\u00adsion would get us clos\u00ader to the hard prob\u00adlem in migra\u00adtion pol\u00adi\u00adcy. Some harsh\u00adness, some deter\u00adrence, real\u00adly is unavoid\u00adable in any immi\u00adgra\u00adtion sys\u00adtem that doesn\u2019t sim\u00adply dis\u00adsolve bor\u00adders. So pol\u00adi\u00adcy\u00admak\u00aders are there\u00adfore oblig\u00aded to choose tol\u00ader\u00ada\u00adble cru\u00adel\u00adties over the intol\u00ader\u00ada\u00adble one that we\u2019re wit\u00adness\u00ading in action right now.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bruceashford.net\/2018\/immigration-was-a-g-sessions-right-to-quote-the-bible-in-defense-of-family-separation\/\">Immi\u00adgra\u00adtion: Was A.G. Ses\u00adsions Right to Quote the Bible in Defense of Fam\u00adi\u00adly Sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion?<\/a> (Bruce Ash\u00adford, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cPaul is say\u00ading, in effect, \u2018Look, it\u2019s true that Jesus is the ulti\u00admate Ruler of a cos\u00admic King\u00addom while Cae\u00adsar is only the tem\u00adpo\u00adrary ruler of a lim\u00adit\u00aded earth\u00adly king\u00addom. But that doesn\u2019t mean you\u2019re above the law. You should be a good cit\u00adi\u00adzen and obey the law except, of course, when God\u2019s law con\u00adflicts with Caesar\u2019s law.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/a-case-study-in-the-proper-role-of-christians-in-politics\/2018\/06\/21\/39acd0bc-7578-11e8-b4b7-308400242c2e_story.html?noredirect=on&amp;utm_term=.f7fc32225545\">A case study in the prop\u00ader role of Chris\u00adtians in pol\u00adi\u00adtics<\/a> (Michael J. Ger\u00adson, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cIn the case of child sep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adtion, some of the most effec\u00adtive resis\u00adtance has come from reli\u00adgious lead\u00aders \u2014 Catholic, Protes\u00adtant main\u00adline and even some evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Chris\u00adt\u00adian (see Car\u00addi\u00adnal Tim\u00ado\u00adthy Dolan and Franklin Gra\u00adham). It was a case study in the prop\u00ader and pos\u00adi\u00adtive role that reli\u00adgion can play in our com\u00admon life.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2018\/06\/need-for-immigration-control\/563261\/\">Enforce the Bor\u00adder \u2014 Humane\u00adly<\/a> (David Frum, The Atlantic): \u201cIlle\u00adgal immi\u00adgrants are com\u00admit\u00adting no moral wrong. They are doing what we might do in their place\u2014as we, by defend\u00ading bor\u00adders, are doing what they would do if they were in ours. Like so many human insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, bor\u00adders are both arbi\u00adtrary and indis\u00adpens\u00adable. With\u00adout them, there are no nations. With\u00adout nations, there can be no democ\u00adra\u00adcy and no lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism. John Lennon may imag\u00adine that with\u00adout nations there will be only human\u00adi\u00adty. More like\u00adly, with\u00adout nations there will only be tribes.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2018\/06\/19\/illegal-immigration-debate-disaster\/\">Our Debate On Ille\u00adgal Immi\u00adgra\u00adtion Is A Nation\u00adal Dis\u00adas\u00adter<\/a> (David Harsanyi, The Fed\u00ader\u00adal\u00adist): \u201cThe major\u00adi\u00adty of kids in care of the U.S. Depart\u00adment of Health and Human Ser\u00advices, most often teenagers, are appre\u00adhend\u00aded because they\u2019re here with\u00adout any par\u00adents. It\u2019s a grow\u00ading prob\u00adlem. In 2013, a lit\u00adtle few\u00ader than 40,000 unac\u00adcom\u00adpa\u00adnied minors were appre\u00adhend\u00aded by the Bor\u00adder Patrol. That was a his\u00adtoric high. In 2016 there were near\u00adly 60,000. This year there are like\u00adly to be more than 80,000.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2018-06-18\/family-separation-goes-beyond-trump-s-immigration-plan\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Fam\u00adi\u00adlies Should\u00adn\u2019t Be Sep\u00ada\u00adrat\u00aded, Either<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg View): \u201cObvi\u00adous\u00adly, a case can be made for enforc\u00ading the bor\u00adder, but delib\u00ader\u00adate cru\u00adel\u00adty is nev\u00ader a good idea. Those chil\u00addren \u2014 inno\u00adcent vic\u00adtims all of them \u2014 will like\u00adly be trau\u00adma\u00adtized for life\u2026. If you agree with me on this, I\u2019d like to push you one step fur\u00adther. It\u2019s hor\u00adri\u00adble to forcibly sep\u00ada\u00adrate law\u00adbreak\u00ading par\u00adents from their young chil\u00addren, but we do that to Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cit\u00adi\u00adzens, too. Accord\u00ading to one 2010 study, more than 1.1 mil\u00adlion men and 120,000 women in U.S. jails and pris\u00adons have chil\u00addren under the age of 17.\u201d This is one of the most intrigu\u00ading things I read this week.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/06\/18\/opinion\/amnesty-deportation-immigration-family-separation.html\">The Rise of the Amnesty Thugs<\/a> (David Brooks, New York Times): \u201cFor cen\u00adturies, con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives have repeat\u00aded a spe\u00adcif\u00adic cri\u00adtique against state pow\u00ader. Sta\u00adtism, con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives have argued, has a ten\u00adden\u00adcy to become bru\u00adtal\u00adist and inhu\u00admane because a bureau\u00adcra\u00adcy can\u2019t see or account for the com\u00adplex\u00adi\u00adty of real\u00adi\u00adty. It tries to impose uni\u00adform rules on the organ\u00adic intri\u00adca\u00adcy of human rela\u00adtion\u00adships. Sta\u00adtist social engi\u00adneer\u00ading projects cause hor\u00adrif\u00adic suf\u00adfer\u00ading because in the mind of sta\u00adtists, the abstract rule is more impor\u00adtant than the human being in front of them. The per\u00adson must be crushed for the sake of the abstrac\u00adtion.\u201d Astute insights in this op-ed. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. Also, the title is slight\u00adly mis\u00adlead\u00ading.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImmCivilRights\/status\/1008902662828511232\">A Twit\u00adter thread from an immi\u00adgra\u00adtion attor\u00adney explain\u00ading how long\u00adstand\u00ading this prob\u00adlem has been<\/a><\/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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/report-democrats-republicans-deeply-divided-on-exactly-how-to-misinterpret-the-bible\/\">Report: Democ\u00adrats, Repub\u00adli\u00adcans Deeply Divid\u00aded On Exact\u00adly How To Mis\u00adin\u00adter\u00adpret The Bible<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/opinion-its-important-to-hear-blatant-lies-from-both-sides-before-forming-your-opinion-on-any-political-issue\/\">Opin\u00adion: It\u2019s Impor\u00adtant To Hear Bla\u00adtant Lies From Both Sides Before Form\u00ading Your Opin\u00adion On Any Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Issue <\/a>(Baby\u00adlon Bee<\/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.texasmonthly.com\/the-culture\/the-alcohol-blackout\/?utm_source=nextdraft&amp;utm_medium=email\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alco\u00adhol, Black\u00adouts, and Cam\u00adpus Sex\u00adu\u00adal Assault<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Texas Month\u00adly, Sarah Hep\u00ado\u00adla): I think this is the most thought\u00adful sec\u00adu\u00adlar piece I\u2019ve read on the issue. \u201cCon\u00adsent and alco\u00adhol make tricky bed\u00adfel\u00adlows. The rea\u00adson I liked get\u00adting drunk was because it altered my con\u00adsent: it changed what I would say yes to. Not just in the bed\u00adroom but in every room and cor\u00adri\u00addor that led into the squint\u00ading light. Say yes to adven\u00adture, say yes to risk, say yes to karaoke and pool par\u00adties and argu\u00adments with men, say yes to a life with\u00adout fear, even though such a life is nev\u00ader pos\u00adsi\u00adble\u2026 We drink because it feels good. We drink because it makes us feel hap\u00adpy, safe, pow\u00ader\u00adful. That it often makes us the oppo\u00adsite is one of alcohol\u2019s das\u00adtard\u00adly tricks.\u201d (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/11\/13\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-25\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vol\u00adume 25<\/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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