{"id":5320,"date":"2019-02-01T19:18:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-02T03:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5320"},"modified":"2019-02-01T19:18:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-02T03:18:54","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-188","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/02\/01\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-188","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 188"},"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.newyorker.com\/news\/our-columnists\/assessing-betsy-devos-proposed-rules-on-title-ix-and-sexual-assault\">Assess\u00ading Bet\u00adsy DeVos\u2019s Pro\u00adposed Rules on Title IX and Sex\u00adu\u00adal Assault<\/a> (Jean\u00adnie Suk Ger\u00adson, New York\u00ader): \u201cThe truth is that there is much to crit\u00adi\u00adcize in DeVos\u2019s pro\u00adpos\u00adal but also much that would help to make schools\u2019 process\u00ades for han\u00addling sex\u00adu\u00adal mis\u00adcon\u00adduct fair\u00ader to all par\u00adties.\u201d Ger\u00adson, a Har\u00advard law prof, con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly offers insight\u00adful per\u00adspec\u00adtive on issues sur\u00adround\u00ading cam\u00adpus sex\u00adu\u00adal assault.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/2019\/02\/cruel-and-unusual-punishment-2\/\">Cru\u00adel and Unusu\u00adal Pun\u00adish\u00adment<\/a> (Lionel Shriv\u00ader, Harpers): \u201cThe con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary impulse to rebuke dis\u00adgraced cre\u00adators by van\u00adish\u00ading their work from the cul\u00adtur\u00adal mar\u00adket\u00adplace exhibits a mean-\u00adspirit\u00aded\u00adness, a venge\u00adful\u00adness even, as well as an illog\u00adic. Why, if you catch some\u00adone doing some\u00adthing bad, would you nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly rub out what they\u2019ve done that\u2019s good? If you\u2019re con\u00advict\u00aded of break\u00ading and enter\u00ading, the judge won\u2019t send bailiffs around to tear down the tree house you built for your daugh\u00adter and to pour bleach on your home\u00admade pie.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicseminar.org\/2019\/01\/how-i-knew-the-covingtonboys-video-was-click-bait\/\">How I Knew the #Cov\u00ading\u00adton\u00adBoys Video Was Click\u00adbait<\/a> (Clair Pot\u00adter, Pub\u00adlic Sem\u00adi\u00adnar): \u201cI think the most under\u00adre\u00adport\u00aded sto\u00adry about #Cov\u00ading\u00adton\u00adBoys is how it got to us in the first place. It orig\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded with a piece of click\u00adbait that was cho\u00adsen and edit\u00aded, by per\u00adsons unknown, to pro\u00adduce out\u00adrage on the right and the left. Orig\u00adi\u00adnat\u00ading in a fake account, and pro\u00adlif\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded by oth\u00ader fake accounts, it was part of a pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal social media cam\u00adpaign intend\u00aded to dis\u00adrupt.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2019\/02\/11\/bad-press\/\">Bad, Press<\/a> (Charles Cooke, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cFor a neat illus\u00adtra\u00adtion of how far\u00adci\u00adcal things have become, take a look at the <em>Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post<\/em>\u2019s most recent \u2018fact check,\u2019 which help\u00adful\u00adly informs its read\u00aders that the claimed \u2018one thou\u00adsand burg\u00aders\u2019 Pres\u00adi\u00addent Trump bought for the Clem\u00adson foot\u00adball team were not, in fact, \u2018piled up a mile high\u2019 because, \u2018at two inch\u00ades each, a thou\u00adsand burg\u00aders would not reach one mile high.\u2019 Democ\u00adra\u00adcy dies in dark\u00adness, indeed.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/providencemag.com\/2019\/01\/imagine-nations-selfless-no-paradise\/\">Imag\u00adine Nations Were Selfless\u2014It\u2019s No Par\u00adadise<\/a> (Brad Lit\u00adtle\u00adjohn, Prov\u00adi\u00addence): \u201cWe hear often today about how we live in \u201ca glob\u00adal soci\u00adety\u201d and have to take up the respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties of \u201cglob\u00adal cit\u00adi\u00adzen\u00adship.\u201d But what these exhor\u00adta\u00adtions miss is that the expo\u00adnen\u00adtial growth in human <em>knowl\u00adedge <\/em>over the past cen\u00adtu\u00adry has not been matched by near\u00adly as rapid growth in human <em>agency<\/em>. It is now pos\u00adsi\u00adble for a house\u00adwife in Ten\u00adnessee to be aware of a rape in Bangladesh with\u00adin hours or min\u00adutes, but she is only mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adly more able to <em>do any\u00adthing about it<\/em> now than she was 100 years ago.\u201d The arti\u00adcle as a whole is not great, but it makes a very inter\u00adest\u00ading argu\u00adment: patri\u00ado\u00adtism is a nec\u00ades\u00adsary way to make our empa\u00adthy pro\u00adduc\u00adtive.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/01\/29\/in-polarized-washington-a-democrat-anchors-bipartisan-friendships-in-faith\/\">In polar\u00adized Wash\u00ading\u00adton, a Demo\u00adc\u00adrat anchors bipar\u00adti\u00adsan friend\u00adships in faith<\/a> (Jack Jenk\u00adins, Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice): \u201cA bridge builder with Repub\u00adli\u00adcans, Coons is known for help\u00ading cre\u00adate rare flick\u00aders of bipar\u00adti\u00adsan agree\u00adment. Part of his secret, it seems, is reli\u00adgion\u2026. Coons, who grew up attend\u00ading Red Clay Creek Pres\u00adby\u00adter\u00adian Church in Hockessin, Del., explained that his faith has not only pro\u00advid\u00aded ground\u00ading for his own life but has also emerged as a point of con\u00adnec\u00adtion with Repub\u00adli\u00adcans, with whom he has forged last\u00ading rela\u00adtion\u00adships \u2014 and leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/what-the-establishment-right-doesnt-get-vox-spain\/\">What The Estab\u00adlish\u00adment Right Doesn\u2019t Get<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): this essay, a large part of which is actu\u00adal\u00adly com\u00admen\u00adtary from a read\u00ader, is like a flamethrow\u00ader. \u201c\u2026those who preach the bour\u00adgeois virtues can\u2019t get a hear\u00ading if there is no sta\u00adble employ\u00adment for peo\u00adple who do the right thing. And, if those who do the right thing (by which I mean play by the rules: live lives of hard work, fair play, and self-dis\u00adci\u00adpline) can find every\u00adthing kicked out from under them all of a sud\u00adden, it desta\u00adbi\u00adlizes the entire soci\u00adety.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>The fol\u00adlow-up, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/liberty-equality-fraternity-matt-in-va-dickens\/\">Lib\u00ader\u00adty, Equal\u00adi\u00adty \u2014 But Where\u2019s The Fra\u00adter\u00adni\u00adty?<\/a> is also stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading.<\/li>\n<li>Read\u00ading the lat\u00adter one brought to my atten\u00adtion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uow.edu.au\/~nillsen\/Chesterton_on_Dickens_full.pdf\">a very short essay by G.K. Chester\u00adton<\/a>. I high\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend it. \u201cThe Eng\u00adlish peo\u00adple as a body went blind, as the say\u00ading is, for inter\u00adpret\u00ading democ\u00adra\u00adcy entire\u00adly in terms of lib\u00ader\u00adty. They said in sub\u00adstance that if they had more and more lib\u00ader\u00adty it did not mat\u00adter whether they had any equal\u00adi\u00adty or any fra\u00adter\u00adni\u00adty. But this was vio\u00adlat\u00ading the sacred trin\u00adi\u00adty of true pol\u00adi\u00adtics; they con\u00adfound\u00aded the per\u00adsons and they divid\u00aded the sub\u00adstance.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/4-facts-every-american-should-know-about-third-trimester-abortions\/\">4 Facts Every Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Should Know About Third-Trimester Abor\u00adtions<\/a> (Joe Carter, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cAs I not\u00aded in an arti\u00adcle last week, Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtors in places like New York and Vir\u00adginia are mov\u00ading to cod\u00adi\u00adfy abor\u00adtion rights in state law to pre\u00adpare for the day when <em>Roe<\/em> and <em>Doe <\/em>are over\u00adturned. When the Supreme Court throws the abor\u00adtion issue back to the indi\u00advid\u00adual states, third-trimester abor\u00adtions will still be pro\u00adtect\u00aded in states that reit\u00ader\u00adate <em>Doe<\/em>\u2019s stan\u00addards for \u2018via\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty\u2019 or \u2018health.\u2019\u201d<\/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-americans-totally-unable-to-remember-what-they-were-upset-about-last-week\">Report: Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Total\u00adly Unable To Remem\u00adber What They Were Out\u00adraged About Last Week<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theglendavis\/status\/1090998956585189376\">An amus\u00ading scene from the old Bat\u00adman show<\/a> (Twit\u00adter)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JeremyMcLellan\/status\/1091143197613584389\">Should CHILDREN be allowed in CHURCH? I\u2019m here to help.<\/a> (Jere\u00admy McLel\u00adlan, Twit\u00adter): this is a short, snarky video. Cranky Catholics make for enter\u00adtain\u00ading the\u00adolo\u00adgians.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kottke.org\/19\/01\/the-lure-of-the-spider-tailed-horned-viper\">The Lure of the Spi\u00adder-Tailed Horned Viper<\/a> (Jason Kot\u00adtke, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cIf an ani\u00admal with ven\u00adomous snake jaws on one end and a spi\u00adder on the oth\u00ader isn\u2019t everyone\u2019s idea of a night\u00admare ani\u00admal, I don\u2019t know what is.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/extremist-pastor-attacks-cafe-with-super-soaker-dozens-baptized\">Extrem\u00adist Pas\u00adtor Attacks Cafe With Super Soak\u00ader, Dozens Bap\u00adtized<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aTKdYIs_7gQ\">Was Alex Jones\u2019 bag hijacked by a one-armed mon\u00adkey in the zoo?<\/a> (Would I Lie To You?, YouTube)<\/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.washingtonpost.com\/lifestyle\/food\/no-food-is-healthy-not-even-kale\/2016\/01\/15\/4a5c2d24-ba52-11e5-829c-26ffb874a18d_story.html?tid=pm_pop_b\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No Food Is Healthy. Not Even Kale.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Michael Ruhlman, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): Peo\u00adple can be healthy. Food can be nutri\u00adtious. This is a won\u00adder\u00adful essay about how we mis\u00aduse lan\u00adguage to our detri\u00adment. If you\u2019re sur\u00adprised I includ\u00aded this, I believe that our cul\u00adture has a qua\u00adsi-reli\u00adgious rela\u00adtion\u00adship to health and to food, and I also believe that the use of lan\u00adguage is pro\u00adfound\u00adly moral and that our cul\u00adture is a lin\u00adguis\u00adtic mess (to which I know of no fin\u00ader guide than <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcetext.com\/grammarian\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Under\u00adground Gram\u00admar\u00adi\u00adan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/01\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-33\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vol\u00adume 33<\/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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Assess\u00ading Bet\u00adsy DeVos\u2019s Pro\u00adposed Rules on Title IX and Sex\u00adu\u00adal Assault (Jean\u00adnie Suk Ger\u00adson, \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/02\/01\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-188\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 188\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":"","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":[121,120,221,177,169,117,147],"class_list":["post-5320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abortion","tag-famous-christians","tag-journalism","tag-media","tag-patriotism","tag-politics","tag-sexual-assault"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1nO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320","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=5320"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5325,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5320\/revisions\/5325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}