{"id":5191,"date":"2018-10-12T15:56:04","date_gmt":"2018-10-12T23:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5191"},"modified":"2018-10-12T15:56:04","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T23:56:04","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-173","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/10\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-173","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 173"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n
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  1. Nobel Peace Prize Goes to Chris\u00adt\u00adian Doc\u00adtor Who Heals Rape Vic\u00adtims<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnutt, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201c[Dr. Denis] Muk\u00adwege is the son of a Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal min\u00adis\u00adter and was inspired to pur\u00adsue med\u00adi\u00adcine after trav\u00adel\u00ading with his father to pray for the sick. Panzi Hos\u00adpi\u00adtal, which he found\u00aded in 1999, is man\u00adaged by the Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal Church\u00ades in Cen\u00adtral Africa (CEPAC).\u201d<\/li>\n
  2. Turk\u00adish court orders release of U.S. pas\u00adtor Andrew Brun\u00adson<\/a> (Erin Cun\u00adning\u00adham, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cIn his final state\u00adment to the court just before the ver\u00addict was issued, Brun\u00adson said: \u2018I\u2019m an inno\u00adcent man. I love Jesus. I love this coun\u00adtry,\u2019 and broke down in tears.\u201d<\/li>\n
  3. So many peo\u00adple have had their DNA sequenced that they\u2019ve put oth\u00ader peo\u00adple\u2019s pri\u00adva\u00adcy in jeop\u00adardy<\/a> (Deb\u00ado\u00adrah Net\u00adburn, Los Ange\u00adles Times): \u201c\u2026once 3 mil\u00adlion Amer\u00adi\u00adcans have uploaded their genomes to pub\u00adlic geneal\u00ado\u00adgy web\u00adsites, near\u00adly every\u00adone in the U.S. would be iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adable by their DNA alone and just a few addi\u00adtion\u00adal clues. More than 1 mil\u00adlion Amer\u00adi\u00adcans have already pub\u00adlished their genet\u00adic infor\u00adma\u00adtion, and dozens more do so every day.\u201d The under\u00adly\u00ading research: Iden\u00adti\u00adty infer\u00adence of genom\u00adic data using long-range famil\u00adial search\u00ades<\/a> (Erlich, Shor, Pe\u2019er, and Car\u00admi, Sci\u00adence)<\/li>\n
  4. Pol\u00adi\u00adtics as the New Reli\u00adgion for Pro\u00adgres\u00adsive Democ\u00adrats<\/a> (Emma Green, The Atlantic): \u201cReli\u00adgious\u00adly unaf\u00adfil\u00adi\u00adat\u00aded vot\u00aders, who may or may not be asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with oth\u00ader civic insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, seem most excit\u00aded about sup\u00adport\u00ading or donat\u00ading to caus\u00ades, going to ral\u00adlies, and express\u00ading opin\u00adions online, among oth\u00ader activ\u00adi\u00adties. Polit\u00adi\u00adcal engage\u00adment may be pro\u00advid\u00ading these Amer\u00adi\u00adcans with a new form of iden\u00adti\u00adty.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. I Left Same-Sex Romance for Love<\/a> (Rachel Gilson, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cIf giv\u00ading free rein to my desires was the key to life, why had it only some\u00adtimes brought me hap\u00adpi\u00adness? Just as often, I reaped medi\u00adoc\u00adrity or pain. Con\u00adtrary to what I believed, pur\u00adsu\u00ading my nat\u00adur\u00adal desires did not cre\u00adate ful\u00adfill\u00adment, nor were my desires ful\u00adly trust\u00adwor\u00adthy just because they were, and are, \u2018real.\u2019 An itch can be very real, yelling out to be scratched. But for some ail\u00adments, scratch\u00ading just deep\u00adens the wound. A dif\u00adfer\u00adent cure must be found.\u201d The author is a cam\u00adpus min\u00adis\u00adter and a Yale grad. If you find this arti\u00adcle intrigu\u00ading, she also has a per\u00adson\u00adal web\u00adsite: <\/span>https:\/\/rachelgilson.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Strong\u00adly Dis\u00adlike PC Cul\u00adture<\/a> (Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic): \u201cAmong the gen\u00ader\u00adal pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion, a full 80 per\u00adcent believe that \u201cpolit\u00adi\u00adcal cor\u00adrect\u00adness is a prob\u00adlem in our coun\u00adtry.\u201d Even young peo\u00adple are uncom\u00adfort\u00adable with it, includ\u00ading 74 per\u00adcent ages 24 to 29, and 79 per\u00adcent under age 24. On this par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar issue, the woke are in a clear minor\u00adi\u00adty across all <\/em>ages. Youth isn\u2019t a good proxy for sup\u00adport of polit\u00adi\u00adcal correctness\u2014and it turns out race isn\u2019t, either. Whites are ever so slight\u00adly less <\/em>like\u00adly than aver\u00adage to believe that polit\u00adi\u00adcal cor\u00adrect\u00adness is a prob\u00adlem in the coun\u00adtry: 79 per\u00adcent of them share this sen\u00adti\u00adment. Instead, it is Asians (82 per\u00adcent), His\u00adpan\u00adics (87 per\u00adcent), and Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Indi\u00adans (88 per\u00adcent) who are most like\u00adly to oppose polit\u00adi\u00adcal cor\u00adrect\u00adness\u2026. Three quar\u00adters of African Amer\u00adi\u00adcans oppose polit\u00adi\u00adcal cor\u00adrect\u00adness.\u201d The author is a lec\u00adtur\u00ader on gov\u00adern\u00adment at Har\u00advard.<\/li>\n
  7. Mak\u00ading What Har\u00advard Is About Trans\u00adpar\u00adent<\/a> (Raz\u00adib Khan, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201c\u2026a few years ago the pres\u00adi\u00addent of Har\u00advard declared that the insti\u00adtu\u00adtion was all about inclu\u00adsion. On the face of it that is just a bald-faced lie<\/strong>, and every\u00adone knows it. Har\u00advard is about exclu\u00adsion, selec\u00adtion, and cura\u00adtion. \u2018Inclu\u00adsion\u2019 actu\u00adal\u00adly meant that there are cer\u00adtain views and back\u00adgrounds that Har\u00advard is going to curate and encour\u00adage. Which is fine. But an insti\u00adtu\u00adtion which excludes >95% of those who apply for admis\u00adsion is by def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion not inclu\u00adsive and open.\u201d The essay is about Har\u00advard but also applies to schools like it (look\u00ading at you, Stan\u00adford). You won\u2019t agree with every\u00adthing, but a lot will ring true.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n