{"id":5419,"date":"2019-04-26T17:05:01","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T01:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5419"},"modified":"2019-04-26T17:05:02","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T01:05:02","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-200","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/04\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-200","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 200"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><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>\n\n    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\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li>The big news this week is the hor\u00adrif\u00adic attacks in Sri Lan\u00adka on East\u00ader Sun\u00adday. Here are some of the respons\u00ades that caught my inter\u00adest:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/april\/sri-lanka-easter-isis-zion-sunday-school-sebastian-funerals.html\">Sri Lankan Sun\u00adday School Was \u2018Will\u00ading to Die for Christ\u2019 on East\u00ader. Half Did.<\/a> (Jayson Casper, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cDur\u00ading Sun\u00adday School, [Prab\u00adha] had talked to the chil\u00addren about the impor\u00adtance of repen\u00adtance and receiv\u00ading Jesus as Lord. Because a recent vehi\u00adcle acci\u00addent had claimed the lives of six Zion Church mem\u00adbers, he had referred to that event and chal\u00adlenged the chil\u00addren, ask\u00ading them if they would be will\u00ading to even die for Jesus. All the chil\u00addren had respond\u00aded by putting their hands up and sig\u00adnalled their fresh ded\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtion to Jesus by light\u00ading a sym\u00adbol\u00adic can\u00addle. For so many of those chil\u00addren it would be their final act of wor\u00adship (2 Tim\u00ado\u00adthy 6:6\u20138).\u201d WOW<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/23\/opinion\/sri-lanka-bombing-christians.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">Are Chris\u00adtians Priv\u00adi\u00adleged or Per\u00adse\u00adcut\u00aded?<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cBut if the equa\u00adtion of tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty with priv\u00adi\u00adlege has some rel\u00ade\u00advance to the actu\u00adal Euro-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion, when applied glob\u00adal\u00adly it\u2019s a gross cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry error\u2026. One of the basic facts of con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary reli\u00adgious his\u00adto\u00adry is that Chris\u00adtians around the world are per\u00adse\u00adcut\u00aded on an extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary scale \u2014 by mobs and pogroms in India, jihadists and Unit\u00aded States-allied gov\u00adern\u00adments in the Mus\u00adlim world, sec\u00adu\u00adlar total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adans in Chi\u00adna and North Korea. Yet as an era-defin\u00ading real\u00adi\u00adty rather than an episod\u00adic phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnon this real\u00adi\u00adty is bare\u00adly vis\u00adi\u00adble in the West\u00adern media, and rarely called by name and addressed head-on by West\u00adern gov\u00adern\u00adments and human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan insti\u00adtu\u00adtions. (\u2018Islam\u00ado\u00adpho\u00adbia\u2019 looms large; talk of \u2018Christo\u00adpho\u00adbia\u2019 is almost nonex\u00adis\u00adtent.)\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2019\/04\/22\/when-christians-are-under-attack-muslims-and-the-left-need-to-defend-them\/\">When Chris\u00adtians Are Under Attack, Mus\u00adlims and the Left Need to Defend Them<\/a> (Meh\u00addi Hasan): \u201cI am a Mus\u00adlim, and I con\u00adsid\u00ader myself to be on the left, but I\u2019m embar\u00adrassed to admit that in both Mus\u00adlim and left cir\u00adcles, the issue of Chris\u00adt\u00adian per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion has been down\u00adplayed and even ignored for far too long.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/human-interest\/2019\/04\/easter-worshippers-obama-hillary-conservative-backlash.html\">Why Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives Are So Angry About Obama\u2019s Ref\u00ader\u00adence to \u201cEast\u00ader Wor\u00adship\u00adpers\u201d<\/a> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, Slate): \u201cI would argue that it takes a true savant of exquis\u00adite\u00adly attuned griev\u00adance col\u00adlec\u00adtion to read an indi\u00advid\u00adual ref\u00ader\u00adence to \u2018East\u00ader wor\u00adship\u00adpers\u2019 as an attempt to avoid acknowl\u00adedg\u00ading Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty. East\u00ader is the most impor\u00adtant hol\u00adi\u00adday in the Chris\u00adt\u00adian cal\u00aden\u00addar. \u2018East\u00ader\u2019 has no oth\u00ader mean\u00ading.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-48011886\">Sri Lan\u00adka attacks: St Antho\u00adny\u2019s \u2018church of mir\u00ada\u00adcles\u2019 a sym\u00adbol of hope <\/a>(Ayeshea Per\u00adara, BBC): \u201cAmong those gath\u00adered out\u00adside the church is Pra\u00adbath Bud\u00addhi\u00adka. Although Mr Bud\u00addhi\u00adka is Bud\u00addhist by reli\u00adgion, like many oth\u00aders, he is a strong believ\u00ader in the pow\u00ader of St Antho\u00adny. \u2018My house is right here,\u2019 he said, adding that he\u2019d been attend\u00ading the church since he was a child and gone along with his fam\u00adi\u00adly many times.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/04\/were-sri-lanka-bombings-retaliation-christchurch\/587836\/\">Why Sri Lan\u00adka Was Prob\u00ada\u00adbly Not Retal\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion for Christchurch<\/a> (Graeme Wood, The Atlantic): \u201cThe bomb\u00adings in Sri Lan\u00adka were among the more spec\u00adtac\u00adu\u00adlar in the his\u00adto\u00adry of ter\u00adror\u00adism, and they almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly took more plan\u00adning than would have been pos\u00adsi\u00adble in the past five weeks. (It may seem easy to get sev\u00ader\u00adal guys to push det\u00ado\u00adna\u00adtor but\u00adtons all at once, in sev\u00ader\u00adal dif\u00adfer\u00adent loca\u00adtions. But ter\u00adror\u00adists are often bum\u00adblers, and the more com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded the plan, the greater the chance of dis\u00adrup\u00adtion.)\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.epm.org\/blog\/2019\/Apr\/26\/capitalizing-pronouns-god\">What About Cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adiz\u00ading Pro\u00adnouns Refer\u00adring to God?<\/a> (Randy Alcorn, Eter\u00adnal Per\u00adspec\u00adtives Min\u00adistries): \u201cI have had to fight to get Heav\u00aden cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adized in my books, argu\u00ading that it is a prop\u00ader noun, and just as real a place as Sat\u00adurn or France. I argue the same for cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adiz\u00ading the New Earth\u2014if we cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adize New Eng\u00adland, why not the redeemed cre\u00adation that Scrip\u00adture calls the \u2018New Earth\u2019?\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>This is a very thought\u00adful per\u00adspec\u00adtive on hon\u00ador\u00ading God with your writ\u00adten words.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/04\/17\/magazine\/prison-abolition-ruth-wilson-gilmore.html\">Is Prison Nec\u00ades\u00adsary? Ruth Wil\u00adson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind<\/a> (Rachel Kush\u00adn\u00ader, New York Times): \u201cIf prison, in its philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal ori\u00adgin, was meant as a humane alter\u00adna\u00adtive to beat\u00adings or tor\u00adture or death, it has trans\u00adformed into a fixed fea\u00adture of mod\u00adern life, one that is not known, even by its sup\u00adport\u00aders and admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors, for its human\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/On-Easter-Sunday-Louisiana-church-looks-to-13784284.php\">On East\u00ader Sun\u00adday, Louisiana church looks to rebuild from fires<\/a> (Ash\u00adley Cusick, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post via SF Gate): \u201cWe got $1,000 from an athe\u00adist,\u201d Tou\u00ads\u00adsaint said with a laugh. \u2018He said he did\u00adn\u2019t believe in God, but he don\u2019t believe in burn\u00ading build\u00adings down, either.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/Frustrated-pilots-got-Navy-to-stop-dismissing-UFO-13793183.php?ipid=dontmisssfghp\">How angry pilots got the Navy to stop dis\u00admiss\u00ading UFO sight\u00adings<\/a> (Dean\u00adna Paul, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post via SF Gate): \u201cA recent uptick in sight\u00adings of uniden\u00adti\u00adfied fly\u00ading objects \u2014 or as the mil\u00adi\u00adtary calls them, \u2018unex\u00adplained aer\u00adi\u00adal phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adna\u2019 \u2014 prompt\u00aded the Navy to draft for\u00admal pro\u00adce\u00addures for pilots to doc\u00adu\u00adment encoun\u00adters, a cor\u00adrec\u00adtive mea\u00adsure that for\u00admer offi\u00adcials say is long over\u00addue.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>This being 2019, this is some\u00adhow not the most inter\u00adest\u00ading sto\u00adry in the news.<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n\n<li>And now for some stuff about the major Amer\u00adi\u00adcan polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adties, with par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar atten\u00adtion to reli\u00adgious dynam\u00adics:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/04\/franklin-graham-and-the-high-cost-of-the-lost-evangelical-witness\/\">Franklin Gra\u00adham and the High Cost of the Lost Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Wit\u00adness<\/a> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cThe prop\u00ader Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal posi\u00adtion toward any pres\u00adi\u00addent is not hard to artic\u00adu\u00adlate, though it is exceed\u00ading\u00adly dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to hold to, espe\u00adcial\u00adly in polar\u00adized times when one par\u00adty seems set on lim\u00adit\u00ading reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty and zeal\u00adous\u00adly defend\u00ading abor\u00adtion: We should pray for pres\u00adi\u00addents, cri\u00adtique them when they\u2019re wrong, praise them when they\u2019re right, and nev\u00ader, ever impose par\u00adti\u00adsan dou\u00adble stan\u00addards.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/religioninpublic.blog\/2019\/04\/25\/the-religious-composition-of-the-two-major-parties\/\">The Reli\u00adgious Com\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion of the Two Major Par\u00adties<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Reli\u00adgion in Pub\u00adlic): \u201c\u2026nei\u00adther of the two major par\u00adties in the Unit\u00aded States are dom\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded by one spe\u00adcif\u00adic reli\u00adgious group. I know that tons of arti\u00adcles are writ\u00adten the link between evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals and Repub\u00adli\u00adcans, but the data indi\u00adcates that over two thirds of Repub\u00adli\u00adcans today are not evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals. The same is essen\u00adtial\u00adly true for Democ\u00adrats as well. The largest group for them (the nones) make up just three in ten Democ\u00adrats today.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2019\/04\/the-devout-and-the-nones\">The Devout And The Nones<\/a> (Mark Movs\u00adesian, First Things): \u201cCon\u00adsid\u00ader, for exam\u00adple, the per\u00adcent\u00adage of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans who report that their reli\u00adgious affil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion is \u2018Strong.\u2019 This per\u00adcent\u00adage has fluc\u00adtu\u00adat\u00aded a bit over the decades, but the most recent sur\u00advey puts it at 34 per\u00adcent, a num\u00adber that has remained basi\u00adcal\u00adly unchanged since 1975, when 35 per\u00adcent of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans report\u00aded a strong reli\u00adgious affil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion. Appar\u00adent\u00adly, the rise of the Nones is not attrib\u00adut\u00adable to a decline in reli\u00adgious enthu\u00adsi\u00adasm among the most strong\u00adly com\u00admit\u00adted.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordmag.org\/contents\/meet-stanford-s-congressional-freshmen\">Meet Stanford\u2019s Con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal Fresh\u00admen<\/a> (Jean Yung, Dave Sloane, &amp; Tim\u00ado\u00adthy Weath\u00ader\u00adhead, Stan\u00adford Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): inter\u00adest\u00ading brief pro\u00adfiles of the five Stan\u00adford alum\u00adni who were recent\u00adly elect\u00aded to the nation\u00adal leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adture. Two Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives, two Repub\u00adli\u00adcan rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives, and one Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Sen\u00ada\u00adtor.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/motherboard.vice.com\/en_us\/article\/a3xgq5\/why-wont-twitter-treat-white-supremacy-like-isis-because-it-would-mean-banning-some-republican-politicians-too\">Why Won\u2019t Twit\u00adter Treat White Suprema\u00adcy Like ISIS? Because It Would Mean Ban\u00adning Some Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Politi\u00adcians Too.<\/a> (Joseph Cox and Jason Koe\u00adbler, Moth\u00ader\u00adboard): \u201cWhen a plat\u00adform aggres\u00adsive\u00adly enforces against ISIS con\u00adtent, for instance, it can also flag inno\u00adcent accounts as well, such as Ara\u00adbic lan\u00adguage broad\u00adcast\u00aders. Soci\u00adety, in gen\u00ader\u00adal, accepts the ben\u00ade\u00adfit of ban\u00adning ISIS for incon\u00adve\u00adnienc\u00ading some oth\u00aders, he said.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>I get the impres\u00adsion the authors think this is evi\u00addence that Repub\u00adli\u00adcans real\u00adly are white suprema\u00adcists and that the algo\u00adrithms see clear\u00adly with\u00adout the social pres\u00adsure that holds back truth-tellers. I sus\u00adpect they have the exact oppo\u00adsite approach to machine learn\u00ading when it deliv\u00aders racist results. I\u2019m spit\u00adballing here, but maybe the bet\u00adter response is dis\u00adtrust algo\u00adrithms a lit\u00adtle more when\u00adev\u00ader they con\u00adfirm your bias\u00ades. Just a thought.<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/april\/evangelicals-face-discrimination-pew-research-antisemitism.html\">Half of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Say Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals Are Dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded Against<\/a> (Grif\u00adfin Paul Jack\u00adson, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cAmer\u00adi\u00adcans\u2019 per\u00adcep\u00adtions of dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion tend to be par\u00adti\u00adsan. For instance, 7 in 10 Amer\u00adi\u00adcans on the polit\u00adi\u00adcal right say evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Chris\u00adtians are sub\u00adject to dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, while less than half as many (32%) left-lean\u00ading Amer\u00adi\u00adcans agree.\u201d<\/li>\n\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/infographic-guide-to-alternative-names-for-world-religions\">Info\u00adgraph\u00adic: Guide To Alter\u00adna\u00adtive Names For World Reli\u00adgions<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): these are genius.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/3o8BBqU\">How Home\u00adwork Is Done<\/a> (Imgur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/aiPjJl5\">Peak red\u00adneck<\/a> (Imgur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BwmNt-XF8Ci\/\">Aliens Like Spicy Food<\/a> (Strange Plan\u00adet)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/its-about-time-the-book-of-revelation-now-includes-a-spoiler-warning\">It\u2019s About Time: The Book of Rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion Now Con\u00adtains A Spoil\u00ader Warn\u00ading<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/modern-day-mlk-jr-has-dream-that-one-day-everybody-will-be-judged-by-the-color-of-their-skin\">Mod\u00adern-Day MLK Jr. Has Dream That One Day Every\u00adbody Will Be Judged By The Col\u00ador Of Their Skin<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-poll-reveals-americans-strongly-in-favor-of-legalizing-comedy\">New Poll Reveals Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Strong\u00adly In Favor Of Legal\u00adiz\u00ading Com\u00ade\u00addy<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/pastor-returns-to-find-drummer-wasnt-let-out-of-cage-last-sunday\">Hor\u00adri\u00adfied Pas\u00adtor Dis\u00adcov\u00aders He For\u00adgot To Let Drum\u00admer Out Of Cage Pre\u00advi\u00adous Sun\u00adday<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/G7X08gd\">Saint Schro\u00adding\u00ader<\/a> (Imgur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/454328-france-minister-brexit-cat\/\">French min\u00adis\u00adter forced to deny nam\u00ading her inde\u00adci\u00adsive cat \u2018Brex\u00adit\u2019<\/a> (RT News): I believe this is a Russ\u00adian state-spon\u00adsored media orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/ruins-of-first-century-cfa-discovered-near-jerusalem\">Ruins Of First-Cen\u00adtu\u00adry Chick-Fil\u2011A Dis\u00adcov\u00adered Near Jerusalem<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): in my heart I always knew this dis\u00adcov\u00adery await\u00aded us<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/im-chris-tomlin-its-who-i-am-16x---op-ed-by-chris-tomlin\">Op-Ed: I\u2019m Chris Tom\u00adlin, It\u2019s Who I Am (Repeat)<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every week I\u2019ll high\u00adlight an old\u00ader link still worth your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This week we have<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\">Let\u00adter To My Younger Self<\/a> (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 <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/05\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-99\">vol\u00adume 99<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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.\n\nAlso, 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.\n\nIf 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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