{"id":5609,"date":"2019-08-09T15:33:41","date_gmt":"2019-08-09T23:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5609"},"modified":"2019-08-09T15:33:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-09T23:33:42","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-213","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/08\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-213","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 213"},"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>\nSev\u00ader\u00adal arti\u00adcles relat\u00aded to the mass shoot\u00adings:<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/world-nation\/story\/2019-08-06\/el-paso-shooting-pastor-daughter-faith\">As his daugh\u00adter lay in a pool of blood in an El Paso Wal\u00admart, a pas\u00adtor held fast to his faith<\/a> (David Mon\u00adtero, Los Ange\u00adles Times): \u201cThe pas\u00adtor had nev\u00ader prayed so fer\u00advent\u00adly. Michael Grady had just learned that his 33-year-old daugh\u00adter was lying in a pool of blood at Wal\u00admart.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2019\/august-web-only\/dayton-el-paso-mass-shooting-thoughts-prayers.html\">I\u2019m a Shoot\u00ading Sur\u00advivor. If You\u2019re Going to Pray for Us, Here\u2019s How.<\/a> (Tay\u00adlor Schu\u00admann, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cAs a shoot\u00ading sur\u00advivor, I believe in action. At the same time, I believe in the pow\u00ader of prayer. I know first\u00adhand what liv\u00ading through a shoot\u00ading does to a mind and what a bul\u00adlet does to a body, and I believe that my recov\u00adery and heal\u00ading is a direct result of prayers that were prayed for me.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/why-do-we-have-mass-killers\/\">Why Do We Have Mass Killers?<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cMy point is that peo\u00adple love to take these hor\u00adri\u00adble events as val\u00adi\u00addat\u00ading the polit\u00adi\u00adcal nar\u00adra\u00adtive they pre\u00adfer, but these nar\u00adra\u00adtives can keep us from under\u00adstand\u00ading what real\u00adly hap\u00adpened.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theregreview.org\/2018\/11\/09\/gun-regulation-costly-not-only-option\/\">Gun Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion Is Costly\u2014and Not the Only Option<\/a> (Jen\u00adnifer Doleac, The Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adto\u00adry Review): \u201cEvery mass shoot\u00ading in the Unit\u00aded States gen\u00ader\u00adates fresh calls to restrict access to guns, under the the\u00ado\u00adry that few\u00ader guns mean few\u00ader shoot\u00adings. But if the goal is to reduce gun fatal\u00adi\u00adties, gun reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions ar3e not the only option. In fact, the fight over gun con\u00adtrol is dis\u00adtract\u00ading pol\u00adi\u00adcy\u00admak\u00aders from oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to save more lives by oth\u00ader means.\u201d The author is an econ pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Texas A &amp; M, the arti\u00adcle is a few months old.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>This is some\u00adthing I\u2019ve shared links on before. Back in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/06\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-54\">issue 54<\/a> I gave a hand\u00adful of facts which tak\u00aden togeth\u00ader make both sides uncom\u00adfort\u00adable: <a href=\"http:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2016\/06\/fbi-homicide-data-by-weapon.html\">FBI homi\u00adcide data by weapon<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/hate-crimes-against-lgbt-people-are-sadly-common\/\">vio\u00adlence against gay peo\u00adple is com\u00admon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2016\/06\/17\/the-history-of-lgbt-gun-rights-litigation\/\">guns deter vio\u00adlence against gay peo\u00adple<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/2\/29\/11120184\/gun-control-study-international-evidence\">some gun con\u00adtrol laws do seem to reduce gun deaths<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/volokh-conspiracy\/wp\/2015\/10\/03\/do-civilians-with-guns-ever-stop-mass-shootings\/\">civil\u00adians with guns some\u00adtimes stop mass shoot\u00adings<\/a>, and the lead\u00ading caus\u00ades of gun deaths are <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States\">sui\u00adcide fol\u00adlowed by homi\u00adcide<\/a> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sf\/investigative\/2015\/12\/26\/a-year-of-reckoning-police-fatally-shoot-nearly-1000\/\">police shoot\u00adings<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States\">acci\u00adden\u00adtal shoot\u00adings<\/a> com\u00ading in way behind (shock\u00ading\u00adly far behind if you extrap\u00ado\u00adlate from what you see on the news). I lat\u00ader stum\u00adbled upon the fact that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/ed\/2018\/08\/27\/640323347\/the-school-shootings-that-werent\">there are not near\u00adly as many school shoot\u00adings as is some\u00adtimes report\u00aded<\/a>. Also, I found clips of two come\u00addi\u00adans tak\u00ading oppo\u00adsite views. Both are vul\u00adgar, hilar\u00adi\u00adous, and infor\u00adma\u00adtive \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=x9iYvyffAh4\">Bill Burr buys a shot\u00adgun<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0rR9IaXH1M0\">Jim Jef\u00adfries on why Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are nuts<\/a>. Less vul\u00adgar and even more infor\u00adma\u00adtive is this debate between two pas\u00adtors on guns that I shared back in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/05\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-48\">vol\u00adume 48<\/a> (you have to click through to see it since it\u2019s mul\u00adti\u00adple links)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2019\/08\/06\/conservative-christians-have-a-porn-problem-studies-show\/\">Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adtians have a porn prob\u00adlem, stud\u00adies show, but not the one you think<\/a> (Jana Riess, Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice): \u201cDraw\u00ading on numer\u00adous stud\u00adies, Per\u00adry finds that, despite the sta\u00adtis\u00adti\u00adcal find\u00ading that con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adtians are less like\u00adly to use porn, the <em>per\u00adcep\u00adtion<\/em> with\u00adin evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal church\u00ades is that this has become an enor\u00admous prob\u00adlem for the faith\u00adful.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/08\/what-if-left-was-right-race\/595777\/?utm_source=feed\">What Ails the Right Isn\u2019t (Just) Racism<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201cPut anoth\u00ader way, the right is cor\u00adrect that cry\u00ading wolf mat\u00adters. And the left is cor\u00adrect that The Boy Who Cried Wolf ends with a wolf feast\u00ading on folks who con\u00adclud\u00aded that they shouldn\u2019t wor\u00adry about wolves because one kid fibbed.\u201d I found this far more inter\u00adest\u00ading than the title led me to antic\u00adi\u00adpate.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2019\/07\/29\/against-against-billionaire-philanthropy\/\">Against Against Bil\u00adlion\u00adaire Phil\u00adan\u00adthropy<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cI wor\u00adry the move\u00adment against bil\u00adlion\u00adaire char\u00adi\u00adty is on track to dam\u00adage char\u00adi\u00adty a whole lot more than it dam\u00adages bil\u00adlion\u00adaires.\u201d This is a very inter\u00adest\u00ading essay, and he has a fol\u00adlow-up, <a href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2019\/08\/07\/highlights-from-the-comments-on-billionaire-philanthropy\/\">High\u00adlights From The Com\u00adments on Bil\u00adlion\u00adaire Phil\u00adan\u00adthropy<\/a>, which thought\u00adful\u00adly responds to crit\u00adi\u00adcisms. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/08\/06\/how-and-why-to-kissass\/\">How (and Why) to KISSASS<\/a> (Kevin Mims, Quil\u00adlette): \u201c\u2026if you\u2019re not a mem\u00adber of the pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal class, the key to get\u00adting your per\u00adson\u00adal essays pub\u00adlished in promi\u00adnent pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions is KISSASS\u2014Keep It Short, Sad, And Sim\u00adple, Stu\u00adpid.\u201d This is a fol\u00adlow-up to an arti\u00adcle I shared pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly and I found it fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/july\/carol-swain-vanderbilt-nashville-mayor-christian-faith.html\">Car\u00adol Swain Worked to Hold Politi\u00adcians Account\u00adable. Then She Felt God Call Her to Run.<\/a> (David Roach, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cFor Swain, change has been a recur\u00adring theme in her life. She went from low-income sin\u00adgle moth\u00ader to Ivy League aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic, from Demo\u00adc\u00adrat to Repub\u00adli\u00adcan media com\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtor, and from Jehovah\u2019s Wit\u00adness turned non-church\u00adgo\u00ader to com\u00admit\u00adted fol\u00adlow\u00ader of Christ.\u201d What a fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading lady.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2019\/08\/26\/why-im-not-a-liberal\/\">Why I\u2019m Not A Lib\u00ader\u00adal<\/a> (Michael Bren\u00addan Dougher\u00adty, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cBecause lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism is based on indi\u00advid\u00adual rights, it nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly favors the indi\u00advid\u00adual assert\u00ading his rights against tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal social sub\u00adjects, whether they be the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty, the fam\u00adi\u00adly, or even his own mar\u00adriage. If a clas\u00adsi\u00adcal\u00adly lib\u00ader\u00adal sys\u00adtem has no effect on the val\u00adues of soci\u00adety, it is an aston\u00adish\u00ading coin\u00adci\u00addence that wher\u00adev\u00ader lib\u00ader\u00adal polit\u00adi\u00adcal arrange\u00adments emerge, a new lib\u00ader\u00adal under\u00adstand\u00ading of mar\u00adriage even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly replaces the pre\u00advi\u00adous Chris\u00adt\u00adian under\u00adstand\u00adings as the legal and social real\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d This essay cov\u00aders a lot of ground.<\/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>Wow \u2014 there are a lot of amus\u00ading links this week. In my defense, I try to lim\u00adit the seri\u00adous links above to sev\u00aden major bul\u00adlet points but I let this sec\u00adtion grow with\u00adout lim\u00adit, and I\u2019ve got two weeks\u2019 worth of mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal here. Enjoy!<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/opinions\">Why study sci\u00adence?<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2019\/07\/28\">We killed jour\u00adnal\u00adism<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/critical\">Mass<\/a> (SMBC)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2019-08-03\">When Can You Meet?<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert) I relate to this too much<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/vMdjpmG\">Intrigu\u00ading<\/a> (Imgur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/local-christian-would-do-anything-for-jesus-except-believe-things-that-are-unpopular\">Local Chris\u00adt\u00adian Would Do Any\u00adthing For Jesus Except Believe Things That Are Unpop\u00adu\u00adlar<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2184\/\">Unpop\u00adu\u00adlar Opin\u00adions<\/a> (xkcd) \u2014 this is a real\u00adly good point<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-legislation-targeting-violent-gun-wielding-groups-accidentally-bans-government\">New Leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtion Out\u00adlaw\u00ading Vio\u00adlent Gun-Wield\u00ading Groups Acci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly Bans Fed\u00ader\u00adal Gov\u00adern\u00adment<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee) \u2014 ouch<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2F1vzt-60fw\">Eric Chien Coin Mag\u00adic<\/a> (America\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): six min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-Z7OsTUbdr4\">&nbsp;Xulio Meri\u00adno Sponge Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-FaPe3U9DXE\">Mar\u00adcus Eddie Not A Card Trick<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): six min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9linAyhf2Cc\">Robert Ramirez iPhone Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=g72vllm7kv4\">Blake &amp; Jana Crush\u00ading Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eight and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZN97snpLIys\">Mon\u00adgo\u00adlian Strong Man<\/a> (Australia\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): eight min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kWIVWiAd8ME\">Lioz Shem Tov Fun\u00adny Magi\u00adcian<\/a> (Australia\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): eight min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xLyEDe43WE4\">Zoe Lafleur, Sixth-Grade Magi\u00adcian<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): sev\u00aden and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/video\/magician-visual-illusion-tricks\">Clever Visu\u00adal Illu\u00adsions<\/a> (Digg)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2019\/jul\/29\/trump-straws-plastic-sales-2020-campaign-fundraising\">Trump re-elec\u00adtion cam\u00adpaign rais\u00ades $460,000 from sell\u00ading plas\u00adtic straws<\/a> (Adam Gab\u00adbat, The Guardian): this is real news, albeit amus\u00ading<\/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=\"http:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2018\/07\/03\/ssc-journal-club-dissolving-the-fermi-paradox\/\">Dis\u00adsolv\u00ading the Fer\u00admi Para\u00addox<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cImag\u00adine we knew God flipped a coin. If it came up heads, He made 10 bil\u00adlion alien civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion. If it came up tails, He made none besides Earth. Using our one para\u00adme\u00adter Drake Equa\u00adtion, we deter\u00admine that on aver\u00adage there should be 5 bil\u00adlion alien civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtions. Since we see zero, that\u2019s quite the para\u00addox, isn\u2019t it? No. In this case the mean is mean\u00ading\u00adless. It\u2019s not at all sur\u00adpris\u00ading that we see zero alien civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtions, it just means the coin must have land\u00aded tails. SDO say that rely\u00ading on the Drake Equa\u00adtion is the same kind of error.\u201d&nbsp; First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/07\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-159\">vol\u00adume 159<\/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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Sev\u00ader\u00adal arti\u00adcles relat\u00aded to the mass shoot\u00adings: As his daugh\u00adter lay in a pool \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/08\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-213\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 213\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":"Articles about gun violence, racism, pornography, and other casual dinner-table topics. Plus magic videos. Lots of magic videos.","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":[119,120,144,117,136,172],"class_list":["post-5609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-charity","tag-famous-christians","tag-guns","tag-politics","tag-pornography","tag-racism"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1st","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609","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=5609"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5620,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5609\/revisions\/5620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}