{"id":5462,"date":"2019-06-14T17:35:09","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T01:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5462"},"modified":"2019-06-14T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T01:35:10","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-207","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/06\/14\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-207","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 207"},"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.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/law-and-crime\/article\/3014395\/police-fired-150-rounds-tear-gas-during-hong-kongs\">Eleven arrests, dou\u00adble the tear gas fired dur\u00ading Occu\u00adpy move\u00adment and 81 injured: police chief paints dis\u00adturb\u00ading pic\u00adture of Hong Kong extra\u00addi\u00adtion bill protests<\/a> (Ng Kang-chung &amp; Christy Leung, South Chi\u00adna Morn\u00ading Post): \u201cIn a post\u00admortem on Thurs\u00adday of the clash\u00ades between offi\u00adcers and pro\u00adtest\u00aders who had sur\u00adround\u00aded the Leg\u00adisla\u00adtive Coun\u00adcil build\u00ading and admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive head\u00adquar\u00adters the day before, Com\u00admis\u00adsion\u00ader of Police Stephen Lo Wai-chung said more than 150 rounds of tear gas had been fired \u2013 almost dou\u00adble that on the first day of the Occu\u00adpy demon\u00adstra\u00adtions \u2013 and about 20 bean\u00adbag rounds, as well as \u2018sev\u00ader\u00adal\u2019 rounds of rub\u00adber bul\u00adlets.\u201d See also these <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/afs:Content:5677160003\">relat\u00aded pho\u00adtos<\/a> from AP.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2019-06-12\/hong-kong-protests-show-the-limits-of-economic-freedom\">What Hong Kong\u2019s Free\u00addom Means to the World<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Opin\u00adion): \u201cCir\u00adca 2019, Hong Kong is a study in the creep\u00ading pow\u00ader and increas\u00ading sophis\u00adti\u00adca\u00adtion of autoc\u00adra\u00adcy. While it is pos\u00adsi\u00adble there could be a Tianan\u00admen-like mas\u00adsacre in the streets of Hong Kong, it is more like\u00adly that its main\u00adland over\u00adlords will opt for more sub\u00adtle ways of chok\u00ading off Hong Kong\u2019s remain\u00ading auton\u00ado\u00admy and free\u00addoms.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/13\/opinion\/hong-kong-protests-trump.html\">Hong Kong and the Future of Free\u00addom<\/a> (Bret Stephens, New York Times): \u201cWhen Ronald Rea\u00adgan called the Sovi\u00adet Union \u2018the focus of evil in the mod\u00adern world,\u2019 one promi\u00adnent lib\u00ader\u00adal writer denounced him as \u2018prim\u00adi\u00adtive.\u2019 But it was such rhetoric that gave courage to dis\u00adsi\u00addents and dream\u00aders on the oth\u00ader side of the wall. What\u2019s real\u00adly prim\u00adi\u00adtive is to look upon the oppres\u00adsion of oth\u00aders and, whether out of defi\u00adcient sym\u00adpa\u00adthy or exces\u00adsive sophis\u00adti\u00adca\u00adtion, remain silent.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/08\/opinion\/euthanasia-netherlands-noa-pothoven.html\">The Pol\u00adi\u00adtics of Dystopia<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cLib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism has nev\u00ader done as well as it thinks at resolv\u00ading its own crises. America\u2019s gravest moral evil, chat\u00adtel slav\u00adery, was defeat\u00aded by an author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan pres\u00adi\u00addent in a reli\u00adgious civ\u00adil war, not by pro\u00adce\u00addu\u00adral\u00adism or con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal debate. The cri\u00adsis of the 1930s end\u00aded hap\u00adpi\u00adly for lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism because a reac\u00adtionary impe\u00adri\u00adal\u00adist with\u00adstood Adolf Hitler and a rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary Bol\u00adshe\u00advik crushed him. The lib\u00ader\u00adal peace that fol\u00adlowed may depend on fear of the atom\u00adic bomb.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/06\/high-school-porn-stars-cry-help\/590986\/\">A High-School Porn Star\u2019s Cry for Help<\/a> (Cait\u00adlyn Flana\u00adgan, The Atlantic): \u201cThe prob\u00adlem is that there are some very old human impuls\u00ades that must now con\u00adtend with porn. One of them is the ten\u00adden\u00adcy of deeply trou\u00adbled teenage girls to act out sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly as a kind of dis\u00adtress sig\u00adnal, an attempt to get the atten\u00adtion of adults who may not be get\u00adting the mes\u00adsage that they\u2019re in a cri\u00adsis.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Relat\u00aded? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iQkMJgaHAkY\">JON STEWART Goes OFF On Con\u00adgress<\/a> (YouTube): a remark\u00adable nine-minute clip. The next day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/house-panel-passes-911-victims-fund-bill-a-day-after-jon-stewarts-emotional-testimony\/\">the bill was passed<\/a> in com\u00admit\u00adtee and now awaits a full vote.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thehustle.co\/botto-bistro-1-star-yelp\/\">The restau\u00adrant own\u00ader who asked for 1\u2011star Yelp reviews<\/a> (Zachary Crock\u00adett, The Hus\u00adtle): \u201cIn 2014, chef Davide Cer\u00adre\u00adti\u00adni adver\u00adtised a spe\u00adcial that would for\u00adev\u00ader change his fate: Any\u00adone who left his restau\u00adrant a 1\u2011star review on Yelp would get 25% off a piz\u00adza.\u201d This is fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/06\/10\/us\/southern-baptist-convention-sex-abuse.html\">Her Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Megachurch Was Her World. Then Her Daugh\u00adter Said She Was Molest\u00aded by a Min\u00adis\u00adter.<\/a> (Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Dias, New York Times): \u201cMs. Bragg said that all she want\u00aded was a church home that would care for her fam\u00adi\u00adly. Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals in Dal\u00adlas are enam\u00adored with the Vil\u00adlage, with Mr. Chan\u00addler and with all the church rep\u00adre\u00adsents, she said recent\u00adly. She start\u00aded to cry.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2019\/6\/11\/that-strong-new-york-times-churchtoo-horror-story-with-clues-pointing-to-big-sbc-issues\">That strong New York Times #Church\u00adToo hor\u00adror sto\u00adry \u2013 with clues point\u00ading to big SBC issues<\/a> (Ter\u00adry Mat\u00adting\u00adly, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201cThe auton\u00ado\u00admy of the local con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtion is a con\u00adcept at the very heart of what Bap\u00adtists (and oth\u00ader \u201cfree church\u201d bod\u00adies) believe about <em>THE CHURCH<\/em>, as in the New Tes\u00adta\u00adment Body of Christ. Ask\u00ading Bap\u00adtists to tweak that doc\u00adtrine \u2014 cre\u00adat\u00ading an author\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtive insti\u00adtu\u00adtion to han\u00addle this cri\u00adsis \u2014 would be like ask\u00ading Catholics to knock the pope off the Throne of St. Peter.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2019\/6\/14\/matt-chandlers-southern-baptist-convention-interview-shows-how-not-to-deal-with-bad-press\">Matt Chan\u00addler\u2019s South\u00adern Bap\u00adtist Con\u00adven\u00adtion \u2018inter\u00adview\u2019 shows how not to deal with bad press<\/a> (Julia Duin, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201cUntil these pas\u00adtors wise up and decide to take abuse seri\u00adous\u00adly \u2014 don\u2019t assign a junior staff mem\u00adber to the prob\u00adlem \u2014 we\u2019re going to keep on report\u00ading more of these cas\u00ades. To para\u00adphrase a George San\u00adtayana quote, Bap\u00adtists who do not learn his\u00adto\u00adry are doomed to repeat it again and again and again.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/q-and-a\/a-sociologist-of-religion-on-protestants-porn-and-the-purity-industrial-complex\">A Soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist of Reli\u00adgion on Protes\u00adtants, Porn, and the \u201cPuri\u00adty Indus\u00adtri\u00adal Com\u00adplex\u201d<\/a> (Isaac Chotin\u00ader, The New York\u00ader): \u201cWhat I found is that, what\u00adev\u00ader we think pornog\u00adra\u00adphy is doing, those effects tend to be ampli\u00adfied when we\u2019re talk\u00ading about con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Protes\u00adtants. It seems to be unique\u00adly harm\u00adful to con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Protes\u00adtants\u2019 men\u00adtal health, their sense of self, their own identities\u2014certainly their inti\u00admate relationships\u2014in ways that don\u2019t tend to be as harm\u00adful for peo\u00adple who don\u2019t have that kind of moral prob\u00adlem with it.\u201d Chotin\u00ader is inter\u00adview\u00ading Samuel Per\u00adry, a soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Okla\u00adhoma.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-american-interest.com\/2019\/06\/07\/the-rise-of-progressive-occultism\/\">The Rise Of Pro\u00adgres\u00adsive Occultism<\/a> (Tara Isabel\u00adla Bur\u00adton, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Inter\u00adest): \u201cFor an increas\u00ading num\u00adber of left-lean\u00ading millennials\u2014more and more of whom do not belong to any orga\u00adnized religion\u2014occult spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty isn\u2019t just a form of per\u00adson\u00adal prac\u00adtice, self-care with more sage. Rather, it\u2019s a meta\u00adphys\u00adi\u00adcal can\u00advas for the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cul\u00adture wars in the post-Trump era: pit\u00adting the self-iden\u00adti\u00adfied Davids of seem\u00ading\u00adly sec\u00adu\u00adlar pro\u00adgres\u00adsivism against the Goliath of nation\u00adal\u00adist evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>The arti\u00adcle ends with an amaz\u00ading quote: \u201cBack in 1992, Chris\u00adt\u00adian broad\u00adcast\u00ader Pat Robert\u00adson warned of the dan\u00adgers of fem\u00adi\u00adnism, pre\u00addict\u00ading that it would induce \u2018women to leave their husbands.\u2026practice witch\u00adcraft, destroy cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism and become les\u00adbians.\u2019 Many of today\u2019s witch\u00ades would hap\u00adpi\u00adly agree.\u201d \u00f0\u0178\u2018\u20ac<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiatimes.com\/2019\/06\/opinion\/is-christianity-losing-to-islam\/\">Is Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty los\u00ading to Islam?<\/a> (Paul Seabright, Asia Times): \u201cOn a world scale \u2013 what\u00adev\u00ader pop\u00adulists may say \u2013 Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty is not strug\u00adgling; it is in more vig\u00ador\u00adous shape than it has ever been. And the mar\u00adket\u00adplace is where most of the reli\u00adgious action is going to take place in this cen\u00adtu\u00adry. As in many oth\u00ader mar\u00adket\u00adplaces, there are large returns to economies of scale for those who can work out how to exploit them. That is why cor\u00adpo\u00adrate reli\u00adgion is here to stay \u2013 and why we should expect it to con\u00adsol\u00adi\u00addate its dom\u00adi\u00adnance.\u201d The author is an eco\u00adnom\u00adics pro\u00adfes\u00adsor in France.<\/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=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/chick-fil-a-celebrates-pride-month-by-serving-delicious-chicken-sandwiches-to-everyone-as-usual\">Chick-Fil\u2011A Cel\u00ade\u00adbrates Pride Month By Serv\u00ading Deli\u00adcious Chick\u00aden Sand\u00adwich\u00ades To Every\u00adone Just Like All The Oth\u00ader Months<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/kottke.org\/19\/06\/stone-alphabets\">Stone Alpha\u00adbets<\/a> (kottke.org): I would not have pre\u00addict\u00aded find\u00ading a nat\u00adur\u00adal alpha\u00adbet was as straight\u00adfor\u00adward and repeat\u00adable as it appears to be<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/findings\">Find\u00adings<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/5iv9Gg1\">Depends on the con\u00adtext<\/a> (Dr Who, Imgur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fLITftbcOcA\">David Blaine Shocks Eamonn and Ruth with Incred\u00adi\u00adble Card Trick<\/a> (YouTube): ten min\u00adutes, starts awk\u00adward\u00adly ends strong<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0OFpWbD2tTA\">LOL!! The Best Puns From The King Of One Lin\u00aders Kevin Schwartz<\/a> (America\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N9xQ8hDuqh0\">Chick Fil A Prime<\/a> (It\u2019s A South\u00adern Thing, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OxxVTBdtGhQ\">Michael Paul And His Hilar\u00adi\u00adous Bird Of Prey Earn A YES!<\/a> (YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bgoV-nv5G44\">The Best Burg\u00ader in the world is\u2026Whataburger<\/a> (Josh Pray, YouTube): three min\u00adutes. When I trav\u00adel, I always hope my lay\u00adover air\u00adport has a Whataburg\u00ader or a Chick Fil A.<\/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.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/21\/opinion\/foster-child-conservative.html\">Why Being a Fos\u00adter Child Made Me a Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive<\/a> (Rob Hen\u00adder\u00adson, New York Times): \u201cIndi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals have rights. But they also have respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties. For instance, when I say par\u00adents should pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adtize their chil\u00addren over their careers, there is a sense of unease among my peers. They think I want to blame indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals rather than a neb\u00adu\u00adlous foe like pover\u00adty. They are most\u00adly right.\u201d The author just grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded from Yale. Worth read\u00ading regard\u00adless of your polit\u00adi\u00adcal alle\u00adgiances. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/05\/25\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-153\">vol\u00adume 153<\/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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