{"id":5203,"date":"2018-10-26T18:25:22","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T02:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5203"},"modified":"2018-10-26T18:25:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T02:25:22","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-175","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/10\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-175","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 175"},"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.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2018\/10\/sexual-partners-and-marital-happiness\/573493\/?utm_source=twb\">Few\u00ader Sex Part\u00adners Means a Hap\u00adpi\u00ader Mar\u00adriage<\/a> (Olga Khaz\u00adan, The Atlantic): \u201cNicholas Wolfin\u00adger, a soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Utah, has found that Amer\u00adi\u00adcans who have only ever slept with their spous\u00ades are most like\u00adly to report being in a \u2018very hap\u00adpy\u2019 mar\u00adriage. Mean\u00adwhile, the low\u00adest odds of mar\u00adi\u00adtal happiness\u2014about 13 per\u00adcent\u00adage points low\u00ader than the one-part\u00adner women\u2014belong to women who have had six to 10 sex\u00adu\u00adal part\u00adners in their lives.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>This arti\u00adcle was inspired by the longer and even more fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading <a href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/does-sexual-history-affect-marital-happiness\">Does Sex\u00adu\u00adal His\u00adto\u00adry Affect Mar\u00adi\u00adtal Hap\u00adpi\u00adness?<\/a> (Nicholas Wolfin\u00adger, Insti\u00adtute for Fam\u00adi\u00adly Stud\u00adies): \u201cFor a com\u00adbined sam\u00adple of men and women, spous\u00ades report\u00ading only one life\u00adtime sex\u00adu\u00adal part\u00adner are 7% more like\u00adly to be hap\u00adpy than are those with oth\u00ader part\u00adners in their past. This is larg\u00ader than the five-per\u00adcent\u00adage-point dif\u00adfer\u00adence asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with a four-year col\u00adlege degree, larg\u00ader than the six-point dif\u00adfer\u00adence that comes with attend\u00ading reli\u00adgious ser\u00advices sev\u00ader\u00adal times a month or more, and larg\u00ader than the boost that comes with hav\u00ading an income above the nation\u00adal medi\u00adan.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2018\/october\/sqlite-benedict-rule-code-ethics-hipp-developer-christian.html\">Eat, Pray, Code: Rule of St. Bene\u00addict Becomes Tech Developer\u2019s Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty Guide\u00adlines<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnutt, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cSQLite\u2014a data\u00adbase man\u00adage\u00adment engine used in most major browsers, smart phones, Adobe prod\u00aducts, and Skype\u2014adopted a code of ethics pulled direct\u00adly from the bib\u00adli\u00adcal pre\u00adcepts set by the ven\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded sixth-cen\u00adtu\u00adry monk.\u201d This arti\u00adcle blew my mind.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2018\/10\/25\/660375278\/finding-common-good-among-evangelicals-in-the-political-season?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&amp;utm_campaign=637003b47d-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_10_25_01_49&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_3e953b9b70-637003b47d-399975297\">Find\u00ading \u2018Com\u00admon Good\u2019 Among Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals In The Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Sea\u00adson<\/a> (Sarah McCam\u00admon, NPR): \u201cOn a recent evening in Hous\u00adton, under the heavy branch\u00ades of live oak trees, Doug Pagitt stood before a cou\u00adple dozen peo\u00adple gath\u00adered on blue fold\u00ading chairs on the Rice Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty cam\u00adpus. \u2018You\u2019ve heard it said that to be a true Chris\u00adt\u00adian, you must vote like a Repub\u00adli\u00adcan,\u2019 he said. \u2018But we are here to be remind\u00aded that just ain\u2019t so.\u2019\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2018\/10\/24\/cory-booker-fashions-himself-as-a-candidate-for-the-religious-left\/\">Cory Book\u00ader could be a can\u00addi\u00addate for the \u2018reli\u00adgious left\u2019<\/a> (Jack Jenk\u00adins, Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice): \u201cQues\u00adtions about reli\u00adgion can par\u00ada\u00adlyze some politi\u00adcians, but not [Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic Sen\u00ada\u00adtor] Cory Book\u00ader. If any\u00adthing, the top\u00adic seems to relax him. Sit\u00adting in his spa\u00adcious but spar\u00adtan office on Capi\u00adtol Hill in ear\u00adly Octo\u00adber, the sen\u00ada\u00adtor propped his sneak\u00adered feet up on his desk and waxed poet\u00adic about spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal mat\u00adters, bounc\u00ading between dis\u00adcus\u00adsions of Jesus\u2019 dis\u00adci\u00adples, hous\u00ading pol\u00adi\u00adcy and his own reli\u00adgious prac\u00adtices.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/view\/articles\/2018-10-24\/white-house-is-right-to-treat-socialism-as-a-threat\">The White House Says Social\u00adism Is a Threat. It\u2019s Right.<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Opin\u00adion): \u201cWho would have thought that an attack on social\u00adism would be so con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial? But these days it is. The White House\u2019s Coun\u00adcil of Eco\u00adnom\u00adic Advis\u00aders issued a report called \u2018The Oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty Costs of Social\u00adism\u2019 to a scathing recep\u00adtion on social media: \u2018dreck,\u2019 said the econ\u00ado\u00admist Justin Wolfers, while Paul Krug\u00adman referred to it as \u2018amaz\u00ading\u00adly dis\u00adhon\u00adest.\u2019 I\u2019m here to tell you that I have read the entire report, and many of the sources it cites, and most of it is cor\u00adrect.\u201d FYI: one of our alum\u00adni helped to write <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The-Opportunity-Costs-of-Socialism.pdf\">the report in ques\u00adtion<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2018\/10\/caravan-challenges-integrity-us-borders\/573691\/\">The Car\u00ada\u00advan Is a Chal\u00adlenge to the Integri\u00adty of U.S. Bor\u00adders<\/a> (David Frum, The Atlantic): \u201cIf lib\u00ader\u00adals insist that only fas\u00adcists will defend bor\u00adders, then vot\u00aders will hire fas\u00adcists to do the job lib\u00ader\u00adals will not do.\u201d That sen\u00adtence is one of the most hon\u00adest things I\u2019ve heard in the recent immi\u00adgra\u00adtion debate. When decid\u00ading what immi\u00adgra\u00adtion pol\u00adi\u00adcy you deem best, rec\u00adog\u00adnize that you have to fac\u00adtor in how pas\u00adsion\u00adate\u00adly oth\u00ader\u00adwise apo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal peo\u00adple feel about this.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2018\/10\/kelvin-cochran-religious-liberty-case\/\">A Chris\u00adt\u00adian Man Receives Jus\u00adtice<\/a> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cgov\u00adern\u00adment offi\u00adcials demon\u00adstrat\u00aded sub\u00adstan\u00adtial intol\u00ader\u00adance in the name of \u2018inclu\u00adsion\u2019 and rather than seek\u00ading solu\u00adtions that allowed each mem\u00adber of the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty to exer\u00adcise their lib\u00ader\u00adty (to enjoy rights to cakes <em>and<\/em> con\u00adscience, for exam\u00adple), they took sides against Chris\u00adtians, using their pow\u00ader to send a clear mes\u00adsage: Tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty is incom\u00adpat\u00adi\u00adble with the pro\u00adgres\u00adsive state. That is not a deci\u00adsion the Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion empow\u00aders them to make.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/10\/25\/18001684\/2018-midterms-hacked-russia-election-security-voting\">The midterms are already hacked. You just don\u2019t know it yet.<\/a> (Ben\u00adjamin Wof\u00adford, Vox): \u201cThe secu\u00adri\u00adty expert at a big tech cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtion, who spoke on back\u00adground in order to speak frankly about elec\u00adtion vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties, put it this way: \u2018On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being the Pentagon\u2019s [secu\u00adri\u00adty mea\u00adsures], elec\u00adtions have prob\u00ada\u00adbly moved from a 2 to a 3.\u2019\u201d Very alarm\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3>Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2018\/10\/25\">Sleep\u00ading Is Math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly Cor\u00adrect<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/bloods-crips-release-joint-statement-calling-for-more-civility-in-us-politics\">Bloods, Crips Release Joint State\u00adment Call\u00ading For More Civil\u00adi\u00adty In US Pol\u00adi\u00adtics<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/infographic-how-to-have-a-godly-halloween\">Info\u00adgraph\u00adic: How To Have A God\u00adly Hal\u00adloween<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/experts-warn-psychopaths-may-try-to-give-your-kids-candy-corn-on-halloween\">Experts Warn Psy\u00adchopaths May Try To Give Your Kids Can\u00addy Corn On Hal\u00adloween<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2018\/10\/23\">Bad Log\u00adic About Drink\u00ading<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/atheist-buying-powerball-ticket-unwilling-to-accept-chance-there-may-be-a-god\">Athe\u00adist Buy\u00ading Power\u00adball Tick\u00adet Unwill\u00ading To Accept Chance There May Be A God<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/ryan-leaf-nfl-letter-to-my-younger-self\/?utm_content=buffer55060&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u00adter To My Younger Self<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Ryan Leaf, The Player\u2019s Tri\u00adbune): \u201cCon\u00adgrat\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions. You offi\u00adcial\u00adly have it all \u2014 mon\u00adey, pow\u00ader and pres\u00adtige. All the things that are impor\u00adtant, right?\u2026 That\u2019s you, young Ryan Leaf, at his absolute finest: arro\u00adgant, boor\u00adish and nar\u00adcis\u00adsis\u00adtic. You think you\u2019re on top of the world and that you\u2019ve got all the answers. Well I\u2019m sor\u00adry to have to tell you this, but the truth is\u2026.\u201d Such a grip\u00adping let\u00adter. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/05\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-99\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vol\u00adume 99<\/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). And to the extent you can dis\u00adcern my opin\u00adions, please under\u00adstand that they are my own and not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly those of Chi Alpha or any oth\u00ader orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion I may be per\u00adceived to rep\u00adre\u00adsent.<\/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. 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