{"id":5359,"date":"2019-03-15T20:00:38","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T04:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5359"},"modified":"2019-03-15T20:00:39","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T04:00:39","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-194","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/03\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-194","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 194"},"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 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&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li>Related to the mosque attack in New Zealand:&nbsp;<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2019\/03\/15\/mass-murderers-crave-publicity-maybe-giving-them-less-would-be-helpful\/?utm_term=.03d4c6fa3ed5\">Mass murderers crave publicity. Maybe giving them less would be helpful.<\/a> (Megan McArdle, Washington Post): \u201cMany commentators, wondering why mass shootings became so common in the late 20th century, have pointed to various cultural and economic developments. They might better have pointed to cable news, which ensured that disaffected losers with hypertrophied egos and shriveled souls became the nonstop talk of the nation \u2014 in every nation, and most of the world\u2019s 6,500 languages. The wall-to-wall coverage teaches men who may not be able to get a job or a girlfriend that, nonetheless, in something under an hour, they can become Genghis Khan.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.csis.org\/analysis\/new-zealand-attack-and-global-challenge-far-right-extremism\">The New Zealand Attack and the Global Challenge of Far-Right Extremism<\/a> (Seth Jones, Center for Strategic and International Studies): \u201cBased on the globalization of far-right extremism, the Christchurch attack\u2014and the attacker\u2014needs to be understood as part of a growing international trend that requires more attention and greater investment from governments and the private sector.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2019\/04\/adam-serwer-madison-grant-white-nationalism\/583258\/\">White Nationalism\u2019s Deep American Roots<\/a> (Adam Serwer, The Atlantic): \u201cA popular myth of American history is that racism is the exclusive province of the South. The truth is that much of the nativist energy in the U.S. came from old-money elites in the Northeast, and was also fueled by labor struggles in the Pacific Northwest, which had stirred a wave of bigotry that led to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.\u201d (this is not directly related to the shooting but is timely)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2019\/april\/rosalind-picard-mit-professor-meets-author-knowledge.html\">An MIT Professor Meets the Author of All Knowledge<\/a> (Rosalind Picard, Christianity Today): \u201cI once thought I was too smart to believe in God. Now I know I was an arrogant fool who snubbed the greatest Mind in the cosmos\u2014the Author of all science, mathematics, art, and everything else there is to know. Today I walk humbly, having received the most undeserved grace. I walk with joy, alongside the most amazing Companion anyone could ask for, filled with desire to keep learning and exploring.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/09\/opinion\/sunday\/internet-shaming.html?utm_source=pocket&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=pockethits\">The Industrial Revolution of Shame<\/a> (Salvatore Scibona, New York Times): \u201cWe are undergoing an industrial revolution in shame. New technologies have radically expanded our ability to make and distribute a product. The product is our judgment of one another. As in past industrial revolutions, the mass manufacture and use of a product previously available to just a few or in small amounts has given us the power to do harm at a previously unthinkable scale.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/daily-comment\/the-supreme-court-is-quietly-changing-the-status-of-religion-in-american-life\">The Supreme Court Is Quietly Changing the Status of Religion in American Life<\/a> (Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker): \u201cWhat the conservatives are doing, in effect, is reading the establishment clause out of the Constitution, and turning almost every issue into a free-exercise case. In this reading, any denial of government benefits to a church can be seen as discrimination which amounts to a denial of free exercise\u2014and the conservatives are making the same move with respect to individuals.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/14\/opinion\/supreme-court-religion-first-amendment.html\">The Court and the Cross<\/a> (Linda Greenhouse, New York Times): \u201cThe appetite of the two newest justices, Mr. Kavanaugh and Mr. Gorsuch, for cases that would enlarge the constitutional playing field for religion appears nearly boundless.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2019\/04\/david-frum-how-much-immigration-is-too-much\/583252\/\">If Liberals Won\u2019t Enforce Borders, Fascists Will<\/a> (David Frum, The Atlantic): \u201cDemagogues don\u2019t rise by talking about irrelevant issues. Demagogues rise by talking about issues that matter to people, and that more conventional leaders appear unwilling or unable to address: unemployment in the 1930s, crime in the 1960s, mass immigration now. Voters get to decide what the country\u2019s problems are. Political elites have to devise solutions to those problems. If difficult issues go unaddressed by responsible leaders, they will be exploited by irresponsible ones.\u201d I highlighted a piece by Frum with a similar theme back in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/10\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-175\">issue 175<\/a>. This is a very thoughtful article.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2019\/03\/50188\/\">The Scandalous Academy: Social Science in Service of Identity Politics<\/a> (Scott Yenor, Public Discourse): \u201cLet us not ignore the most disturbing finding: that men who have sex with men are expected to live twelve years less than those who do not. This mirrors other studies conducted in British Columbia (which see an eight- to twenty-year difference) and Denmark (which sees a smaller difference of four to twelve years). M. Ryan Baker\u2019s \u2018Gay and Lesbian Health Disparities: Evidence and Recommendations\u2019 in a 2008 issue of the <em>Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice<\/em> yielded similar results. To put that in perspective, smoking decreases life expectancy only ten years.\u201d The author is a professor of political science at Boise State and the article is focused on biases and blind spots in the social sciences more than on the specific issue highlighted in the excerpt.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/03\/13\/opinion\/hate-politics.html\">No Hate Left Behind<\/a> (Thomas Edsall, New York Times): \u201cJust over 42 percent of the people in each party view the opposition as \u2018downright evil.\u2019 In real numbers, this suggests that 48.8 million voters out of the 136.7 million who cast ballots in 2016 believe that members of opposition party are in league with the&nbsp;devil.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/03\/partisan-hate-is-becoming-a-national-crisis\/\">Partisan Hate Is Becoming a National Crisis<\/a> (David French, National Review): \u201cI wonder where [partisan hatred] would be if our nation hadn\u2019t been extraordinarily lucky in the last two years. Yes, lucky. Imagine our national culture if the congressional baseball shooter hadn\u2019t been immediately confronted by two brave Capitol Police officers. Imagine a nation where the Charlottesville terrorist kept plowing through the ranks of protesters, or where the Trump superfan bomber actually succeeded in making functioning explosives.\u201d<\/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\/chick-fil-a-manager-reminds-patrons-to-examine-themselves-before-partaking-of-the-chicken-and-milkshakes\">Chick-Fil\u2011A Manager Reminds Patrons To Examine Themselves Before Partaking Of The Chicken And Milkshakes<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nm3rnWYVBpc\">Magician Eric Chien MAKES COIN PHYSICALLY DISAPPEAR!<\/a> (Asia\u2019s Got Talent, YouTube): five minutes<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XIjh_2FC6ik\">Dan White\u2019s Champagne Toast Freaks Out The Roots<\/a> (YouTube): three minutes. This felt slow to me \u2014 the payoff is worth the&nbsp;wait<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2019\/03\/12\/getting-some-mammoth\">Getting Some Mammoth<\/a> (Eugene Volokh, Reason.com): I don\u2019t know that this is actually less serious, but it\u2019s super short and I find it a little amusing. Plus by sticking it down here I free up some space above.&nbsp; Recommended by an alumnus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethinking.org\/bible\/does-the-bible-support-slavery\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does The Bible Support Slavery?<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a lecture given by the warden of Tyndale House at Cambridge University, the link is to the video with notes) and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/christianthinktank.com\/qnoslave.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does God Condone Slavery In The Bible? (Part One \u2013 Old Testament)<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and also <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/christianthinktank.com\/qnoslavent.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part Two \u2013 New Testament<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (longer pieces from Glenn Miller at Christian Thinktank). All three are quite helpful. (first shared in <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/11\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-76\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">volume 76<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n<h3><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.<\/p>\n<p>Also, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about&nbsp;it.<\/p>\n<p>If this was forwarded 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 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&nbsp;way. Things Glen Found Interesting Related to the mosque attack in New Zealand:&nbsp; Mass murderers crave publicity. Maybe giving them \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/03\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-194\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 194\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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Some reactions to the New Zealand mosque shooting, a MIT prof who loves Jesus, social media, the Supreme Court, immigration, biased academics, and cultural meltdown. 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