{"id":5439,"date":"2019-05-17T18:57:55","date_gmt":"2019-05-18T02:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5439"},"modified":"2019-05-17T18:57:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-18T02:57:56","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-203","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/05\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-203","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 203"},"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 wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2019\/may-web-only\/elusive-presence-1-heart-of-evangelical-crisis.html?utm_campaign=The%20Path%20Before%20Us&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\">The Heart of the Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Cri\u00adsis<\/a> (Mark Gal\u00adli, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cMy next thought was, \u2018Well, if I call myself a Chris\u00adt\u00adian, I should have greater love and desire to know God more deeply. Per\u00adhaps I should pray for that.\u2019 And that\u2019s when some\u00adthing occurred to me with great force: I wasn\u2019t sure I want\u00aded that. I rec\u00adog\u00adnize that was an odd admis\u00adsion for a per\u00adson who claimed to be a good Chris\u00adt\u00adian. But there it was. I didn\u2019t think I real\u00adly want\u00aded to love God more. The rea\u00adsons for that are com\u00adplex and will be touched on lat\u00ader, but the bot\u00adtom line was: I real\u00adly didn\u2019t want to love God.\u201d First essay in a series.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/5\/16\/18628002\/abortion-ohio-alabama-georgia-law-bill-details\">Abor\u00adtion in Amer\u00adi\u00adca, explained in 10 facts<\/a> (Anna North, Vox): \u201cEven though the abor\u00adtion rate has declined, the pro\u00adce\u00addure remains com\u00admon\u00adplace. Accord\u00ading to a 2017 analy\u00adsis by the Guttmach\u00ader Insti\u00adtute, 23.7 per\u00adcent of women in the Unit\u00aded States will have an abor\u00adtion by the age of 45. Nine\u00adteen per\u00adcent will have one by age 30, and 4.6 per\u00adcent will have one by age 20.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/debunking-9-myths-alabama-abortion-law\/\">Debunk\u00ading 9 Myths Sur\u00adround\u00ading Alabama\u2019s Abor\u00adtion Law<\/a> (Car\u00adole Noviel\u00adli, Live Action): \u201cThis bill, HB314, was spon\u00adsored by a female law\u00admak\u00ader, Rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive Ter\u00adri Collins, and was signed into law by female Gov\u00ader\u00adnor Kay Ivey. Pro-life orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions are led by women. The <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em> Supreme Court deci\u00adsion, on the oth\u00ader hand, was imposed by all men.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/05\/alabama-and-georgia-are-throwing-down-the-gauntlet-against-roe-good-2\/\">Alaba\u00adma and Geor\u00adgia Are Throw\u00ading Down the Gaunt\u00adlet against <em>Roe<\/em>. Good.<\/a> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to excerpt. A good sum\u00adma\u00adry of the legal strat\u00ade\u00adgy the south\u00adern states are pur\u00adsu\u00ading.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/first-person\/2019\/5\/17\/18629233\/alabama-missouri-abortion-ban-2019\">I\u2019m an anti-abor\u00adtion Chris\u00adt\u00adian. But Alabama\u2019s ban will do more harm than good.<\/a> (Kather\u00adine Kelaidis, Vox): \u201cDra\u00adcon\u00adian bans on abor\u00adtion \u2014 and frankly any\u00adthing oth\u00ader than lib\u00ader\u00adal access to abor\u00adtions along with com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive sex edu\u00adca\u00adtion and access to con\u00adtra\u00adcep\u00adtion \u2014 fail to pro\u00adtect human life, both in the womb and out\u00adside of it. This, in itself, should be intol\u00ader\u00ada\u00adble to any Chris\u00adt\u00adian, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly one who views abor\u00adtion as moral\u00adly sus\u00adpect.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2019\/5\/17\/18627968\/pro-life-alabama-law-abortion-supreme-court-public-opinion\">Why some anti-abor\u00adtion con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives think Alabama\u2019s abor\u00adtion law goes too far<\/a> (Jane Coas\u00adton, Vox): \u201cA 2018 Gallup poll found that just 29 per\u00adcent of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans believe abor\u00adtion should be legal in all cir\u00adcum\u00adstances, but that out\u00adweighs the 18 per\u00adcent of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans who believe abor\u00adtion should be ille\u00adgal in all cir\u00adcum\u00adstances. The vast major\u00adi\u00adty of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans think abor\u00adtion should be legal, with restric\u00adtions of some kind (abor\u00adtions being per\u00admit\u00adted only with\u00adin the first three months of preg\u00adnan\u00adcy, for exam\u00adple).\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2019\/5\/16\/concerning-latest-wild-pat-robertson-quote-journalists-may-want-to-note-this-interesting-fact\">That lat\u00adest Pat Robert\u00adson juridi\u00adcal quote: Jour\u00adnal\u00adists may want to note these inter\u00adest\u00ading facts<\/a> (Ter\u00adry Mat\u00adting\u00adly, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201cRobert\u00adson is (a) mak\u00ading a com\u00adment about legal ques\u00adtions linked to this Alaba\u00adma law and, (b) also about the polit\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adi\u00adties sur\u00adround\u00ading it. Thus, I am ask\u00ading: Should jour\u00adnal\u00adists con\u00adsid\u00ader adding one or two sen\u00adtences to their reports not\u00ading that Robert\u00adson is (a) a grad\u00adu\u00adate of Yale Law School and (b) some\u00adone who grew up in Wash\u00ading\u00adton, D.C., as the son of a U.S. Sen\u00ada\u00adtor? How many read\u00aders know these two facts about this famous reli\u00adgious leader?\u201d Wait. What? I had no idea.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/women-abortions-devious-murderers\/\">Most Abor\u00adtion-Mind\u00aded Women Aren\u2019t Cal\u00adcu\u00adlat\u00ading Killers. They\u2019re Afraid<\/a> (Maria Baer, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): the whole thing is worth read\u00ading \u2014 this bit caught my atten\u00adtion but isn\u2019t real\u00adly close to her main point: \u201cEvil often begets more evil. While many who sup\u00adport so-called abor\u00adtion rights believe they\u2019re serv\u00ading needy women, they\u2019re over\u00adlook\u00ading one crit\u00adi\u00adcal real\u00adi\u00adty: Women are often brought\u2014reluctantly\u2014to the abor\u00adtion doc\u00adtor. These women are com\u00adpelled toward abor\u00adtion not by their own empow\u00ader\u00ading, my-body-is-my-own sense of auton\u00ado\u00admy, but by anoth\u00ader per\u00adson seek\u00ading con\u00adtrol. Angry boyfriends, angry hus\u00adbands, angry moth\u00aders, angry employers\u2014these are so often the wind at the back of an abor\u00adtion-mind\u00aded woman.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/post-magazine\/long-reads\/article\/2142658\/too-many-men-china-and-india-battle-consequences\">Too many men: Chi\u00adna and India bat\u00adtle with the con\u00adse\u00adquences of gen\u00adder imbal\u00adance<\/a> (Simon Deny\u00ader &amp; Annie Gowen,South Chi\u00adna Morn\u00ading Post): this arti\u00adcle is a year old, it\u2019s long but good. \u201cNoth\u00ading like this has hap\u00adpened in human his\u00adto\u00adry. A com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of cul\u00adtur\u00adal pref\u00ader\u00adences, gov\u00adern\u00adment decree and mod\u00adern med\u00adical tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy in the world\u2019s two largest coun\u00adtries has cre\u00adat\u00aded a gen\u00adder imbal\u00adance on a con\u00adti\u00adnen\u00adtal scale. Men out\u00adnum\u00adber women by 70 mil\u00adlion in Chi\u00adna and India\u2026. In any giv\u00aden age group, a pro\u00adpor\u00adtion of men will fail to find brides, but they will stay in the mar\u00adriage mar\u00adket, com\u00adpet\u00ading with younger men to mar\u00adry younger women. The dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion keeps grow\u00ading. By 2050, French demog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader Christophe Guil\u00admo\u00adto esti\u00admates, there could be between 150 to 190 men for every 100 women in China\u2019s mar\u00adriage mar\u00adket.\u201d<\/li><li>A few brief obser\u00adva\u00adtions about think\u00ading clear\u00adly:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/worthwhile.typepad.com\/worthwhile_canadian_initi\/2019\/05\/accounting-identities-and-the-implicit-theory-of-inertia.html\">Account\u00ading Iden\u00adti\u00adties and the Implic\u00adit The\u00ado\u00adry of Iner\u00adtia<\/a> (Nick Rowe, Worth\u00adwhile Cana\u00addi\u00adan Ini\u00adtia\u00adtive): \u201cAni\u00admals can be divid\u00aded into Car\u00adni\u00advores and Non-Car\u00adni\u00advores: A = C + NC. There\u00adfore, if we add some wolves to an island of sheep, the num\u00adber of ani\u00admals on that island will increase. It\u2019s easy to see why that argu\u00adment might not be right. Wolves kill sheep. But if you did\u00adn\u2019t know that fact about wolves and sheep, the argu\u00adment looks very appeal\u00ading. But the equa\u00adtion A = C + NC tells us absolute\u00adly noth\u00ading about the world; it\u2019s an account\u00ading iden\u00adti\u00adty that is true by def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion. The only thing it tells you is how I have cho\u00adsen to divide up the world into parts. And I can choose an infi\u00adnite num\u00adber of dif\u00adfer\u00adent ways to divide the world up into parts.\u201d This is an impor\u00adtant insight.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2019\/05\/why-do-experiments-make-people-uneasy.html\">Why Do Exper\u00adi\u00adments Make Peo\u00adple Uneasy?<\/a> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cOne fac\u00adtor which comes out of respon\u00addent com\u00adments is that the exper\u00adi\u00adment forces peo\u00adple to reck\u00adon with the idea that even experts don\u2019t know what the right thing to do is and that con\u00adfes\u00adsion of igno\u00adrance both\u00aders peo\u00adple. (This is also one rea\u00adson why peo\u00adple may pre\u00adfer pun\u00addits who always \u2018know\u2019 the right thing to do even when they man\u00adi\u00adfest\u00adly do not).\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/32e4b22e-7197-11e9-bbfb-5c68069fbd15\">Our first instinct is far too often wrong<\/a> (Tim Har\u00adford, Finan\u00adcial Times): \u201cIn a mul\u00adti\u00adple-choice test, you some\u00adtimes write down an answer and then have sec\u00adond thoughts. Is it wise to stay with your first instincts, or bet\u00adter to switch? Most peo\u00adple would advise that the ini\u00adtial answer is usu\u00adal\u00adly bet\u00adter than the doubt-plagued sec\u00adond guess\u2026. Researchers have been study\u00ading this ques\u00adtion since the 1920s. They have over\u00adwhelm\u00ading\u00adly con\u00adclud\u00aded both that indi\u00advid\u00adual answer changes are more like\u00adly to be from wrong to right, and that stu\u00addents who change their answers tend to improve their scores.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/05\/16\/opinion\/media-weave-community.html\">The Big Sto\u00adry You Don\u2019t Read About<\/a> (David Brooks, New York Times): \u201cHow did we in our busi\u00adness get in the spot where we spend 90 per\u00adcent of our cov\u00ader\u00adage on the 10 per\u00adcent of our lives influ\u00adenced by pol\u00adi\u00adtics and 10 per\u00adcent of our cov\u00ader\u00adage on the 90 per\u00adcent of our lives influ\u00adenced by rela\u00adtion\u00adship, com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty and the places we live in every day?\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thewalrus.ca\/when-male-runners-lose-to-women\/\">When Male Run\u00adners Lose to Women<\/a> (Ley\u00adland Cec\u00adco, The Wal\u00adrus): \u201cStud\u00adies are start\u00ading to show that male and female bod\u00adies respond dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly to fatigue: dur\u00ading long peri\u00adods of exer\u00adcise, the brain mon\u00adi\u00adtors and triages the body\u2019s out\u00adput, reg\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading feel\u00adings of exhaus\u00adtion to ensure the run\u00adner doesn\u2019t overex\u00adtend them\u00adselves. If the cen\u00adtral ner\u00advous sys\u00adtem sens\u00ades the activ\u00adi\u00adty is becom\u00ading too intense, it reduces the muscle\u2019s out\u00adput\u2026. \u2018It turns out women have a slight\u00adly, it seems, bet\u00adter resis\u00adtance to that kind of fatigue.\u2019\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/incompatibility-critical-theory-christianity\/\">The Incom\u00adpat\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of Crit\u00adi\u00adcal The\u00ado\u00adry and Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Neil Shen\u00advi &amp; Pat Sawyer, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cChris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty pro\u00advides us with an over\u00adar\u00adch\u00ading meta\u00adnar\u00adra\u00adtive that runs from cre\u00adation to redemp\u00adtion: We are crea\u00adtures made in God\u2019s image, who have sinned against him, who need to be res\u00adcued through the aton\u00ading work of Jesus, and who are called to love both God and neigh\u00adbor. In con\u00adtrast, crit\u00adi\u00adcal the\u00ado\u00adry is asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with a meta\u00adnar\u00adra\u00adtive that runs from oppres\u00adsion to lib\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion: We are mem\u00adbers either of a dom\u00adi\u00adnant group or of a mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adized group with respect to a giv\u00aden iden\u00adti\u00adty mark\u00ader. As such, we either need to divest our\u00adselves of pow\u00ader and seek to lib\u00ader\u00adate oth\u00aders, or we need to acquire pow\u00ader and lib\u00ader\u00adate our\u00adselves by dis\u00adman\u00adtling all struc\u00adtures and insti\u00adtu\u00adtions that sub\u00adju\u00adgate and oppress. In crit\u00adi\u00adcal the\u00ado\u00adry, the great\u00adest sin is oppres\u00adsion, and the great\u00adest virtue is the pur\u00adsuit of lib\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion.\u201d<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded (at least in my mind): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/shatteringparadigms\/2019\/05\/christians-cannot-be-mistreated\/\">Chris\u00adtians Can\u00adnot Be Mis\u00adtreat\u00aded<\/a> (George Yancey, Patheos): \u201cI believe that some indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals are unable to see anti-Chris\u00adt\u00adian dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion no mat\u00adter what evi\u00addence is pre\u00adsent\u00aded to them. For them the cul\u00adtur\u00adal nar\u00adra\u00adtive that Chris\u00adtians are the dom\u00adi\u00adnant group is sim\u00adply too pow\u00ader\u00adful for them to con\u00adsid\u00ader alter\u00adna\u00adtive infor\u00adma\u00adtion.\u201d The author, whose work I have fea\u00adtured before, is a soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of North Texas.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/story\/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world?ocid=global_future_rss\">The \u20183.5% Rule\u2019: How A Small Minor\u00adi\u00adty Can Change The World<\/a> (David Rob\u00adson, BBC): \u201cLook\u00ading at hun\u00addreds of cam\u00adpaigns over the last cen\u00adtu\u00adry, Chenoweth found that non\u00advi\u00ado\u00adlent cam\u00adpaigns are twice as like\u00adly to achieve their goals as vio\u00adlent cam\u00adpaigns. And although the exact dynam\u00adics will depend on many fac\u00adtors, she has shown it takes around 3.5% of the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion active\u00adly par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00ading in the protests to ensure seri\u00adous polit\u00adi\u00adcal change.\u201d<\/li><\/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=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/2019\/brexit-party-elections-logo\">The Brex\u00adit Par\u00adty Clev\u00ader\u00adly Designed Their Logo To Help Them Get Extra Votes<\/a> (Digg): this is actu\u00adal\u00adly bril\u00adliant<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/experts-warn-murders-will-just-occur-in-back-alleys-if-murder-outlawed\">Experts Warn Mur\u00adders Will Just Occur In Back Alleys If Mur\u00adder Out\u00adlawed<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee) \u2014 when the Bee is on, it\u2019s on<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/meditation\">Med\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/free-hugs\">Free Hugs<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NbmTbeSDW-0\">Graeme Math\u00adews Hilar\u00adi\u00adous Comedic Magi\u00adcian Full Audi\u00adtion<\/a> (Britain\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): 6 min\u00adutes long.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pz-zTAz9A6Y\">Ben Hart\u2019s MIND-BLOWING Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan mag\u00adic leaves Judges speech\u00adless<\/a> (Britain\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): 4 min\u00adutes long.<\/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 an eye-open\u00ading (and dis\u00admay\u00ading) arti\u00adcle, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2014\/11\/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story\/383262\/\">What The Media Gets Wrong About Israel<\/a> (Mat\u00adtie Fried\u00adman, The Atlantic). (first shared back in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/06\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-5\">vol\u00adume 5<\/a>): \u201cone of the most impor\u00adtant aspects of the media-sat\u00adu\u00adrat\u00aded con\u00adflict between Jews and Arabs is also the least cov\u00adered: the press itself. The West\u00adern press has become less an observ\u00ader of this con\u00adflict than an actor in it, a role with con\u00adse\u00adquences for the mil\u00adlions of peo\u00adple try\u00ading to com\u00adpre\u00adhend cur\u00adrent events, includ\u00ading pol\u00adi\u00adcy\u00admak\u00aders who depend on jour\u00adnal\u00adis\u00adtic accounts to under\u00adstand a region where they con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly seek, and fail, to pro\u00adduc\u00adtive\u00adly inter\u00advene.\u201d<\/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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