{"id":5641,"date":"2019-08-23T18:33:55","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T02:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5641"},"modified":"2019-08-23T18:33:57","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T02:33:57","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-215","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/08\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-215","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 215"},"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><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pulitzercenter.org\/sites\/default\/files\/full_issue_of_the_1619_project.pdf\">The 1619 Project<\/a> (many authors, New York Times Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201c\u2026[many believe] that 1776 is the year of our nation\u2019s birth. What if, how\u00adev\u00ader, we were to tell you that this fact, which is taught in our schools and unan\u00adi\u00admous\u00adly cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00aded every Fourth of July, is wrong, and that the country\u2019s true birth date, the moment that its defin\u00ading con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adtions first came into the world, was in late August of 1619? Though the exact date has been lost to his\u00adto\u00adry (it has come to be observed on Aug. 20), that was when a ship arrived at Point Com\u00adfort in the British colony of Vir\u00adginia, bear\u00ading a car\u00adgo of 20 to 30 enslaved Africans. Their arrival inau\u00adgu\u00adrat\u00aded a bar\u00adbar\u00adic sys\u00adtem of chat\u00adtel slav\u00adery that would last for the next 250 years. This is some\u00adtimes referred to as the country\u2019s orig\u00adi\u00adnal sin, but it is more than that: It is the country\u2019s very ori\u00adgin.\u201d The link is to a PDF of the entire issue.\n<ul>\n<li>A pos\u00adi\u00adtive lib\u00ader\u00adal reac\u00adtion: <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2019\/08\/1619-project-conservative-backlash-history-wars.html\">A Brief His\u00adto\u00adry of the His\u00adto\u00adry Wars<\/a> (Rebec\u00adca Onion, Slate): \u201cFor the sake of our col\u00adlec\u00adtive car\u00addio\u00advas\u00adcu\u00adlar health, we would do bet\u00adter to rec\u00adog\u00adnize these skir\u00admish\u00ades over Amer\u00adi\u00adcan history\u2014in which con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives demand that a pos\u00adi\u00adtive vision of our nation\u2019s past, stud\u00added with suc\u00adcess\u00ades, inven\u00adtions, and \u2018great men,\u2019 take pride of place in our pub\u00adlic culture\u2014as recur\u00adrent episodes in a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar decades-old front of the cul\u00adture wars. That way, we could stop wast\u00ading our good faith on old, dead-end con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A neg\u00ada\u00adtive lib\u00ader\u00adal reac\u00adtion: <a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/859776\/new-york-times-surrenders-left-race\">The New York Times sur\u00adren\u00adders to the left on race<\/a> (Damon Link\u00ader, The Week): \u201cThrough\u00adout the issue of the <em>NYTM<\/em>, head\u00adlines make, with just slight vari\u00ada\u00adtions, the same rhetor\u00adi\u00adcal move over and over again: \u2018Here is some\u00adthing unpleas\u00adant, unjust, or even down\u00adright evil about life in the present-day Unit\u00aded States. Bet you did\u00adn\u2019t real\u00adize that slav\u00adery is ulti\u00admate\u00adly to blame.\u2019 Lack of uni\u00adver\u00adsal access to health care? High rates of sug\u00adar con\u00adsump\u00adtion? Cal\u00adlous treat\u00adment of incar\u00adcer\u00adat\u00aded pris\u00adon\u00aders? White record\u00ading artists \u2018steal\u00ading\u2019 black music? Harsh labor prac\u00adtices? That\u2019s right \u2014 all of it, and far more, fol\u00adlows from slav\u00adery.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive reac\u00adtion: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/how-slavery-doomed-limited-government-in-america\">How slav\u00adery doomed lim\u00adit\u00aded gov\u00adern\u00adment in Amer\u00adi\u00adca<\/a> (Philip Klein, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Exam\u00adin\u00ader): \u201cA num\u00adber of con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives react\u00aded to the project by brand\u00ading it as anti-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan. But I don\u2019t think that\u2019s fair, at least based on the lead essay I read from Nikole Han\u00adnah-Jones. In fact, her piece is quite the oppo\u00adsite. Sure, it chron\u00adi\u00adcles the bru\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty of the insti\u00adtu\u00adtion of slav\u00adery and the cen\u00adtu\u00adry of oppres\u00adsion, insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adized dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, and racist ter\u00adror\u00adism that fol\u00adlowed. Yet the piece is ulti\u00admate\u00adly about how she rec\u00adon\u00adciles that his\u00adto\u00adry with her patri\u00ado\u00adtism and comes to under\u00adstand her own father\u2019s love of a coun\u00adtry that treat\u00aded him so poor\u00adly.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A neg\u00ada\u00adtive con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive reac\u00adtion: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/how-to-delegitimize-a-nation-canada\/\">How To Dele\u00adgit\u00adimize A Nation<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cBut who we imag\u00adine our\u00adselves to be today shapes who we will become tomor\u00adrow. If The 1619 Project were mere\u00adly about expand\u00ading our com\u00admon under\u00adstand\u00ading of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan ori\u00adgins, who could object? It arrives, though, in the midst of an epic cul\u00adture war over who we are, and who we are going to be.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2019\/08\/black-american-history-should-give-evangelicals-perspective-hope\/\">Black Amer\u00adi\u00adcan His\u00adto\u00adry Should Give Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals a Sense of Per\u00adspec\u00adtive \u2014 and Hope<\/a> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cIf men and women have the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to speak and pos\u00adsess the courage to tell the truth, they have hope that they can trans\u00adform a nation. What was true for black Amer\u00adi\u00adcans (includ\u00ading the black Amer\u00adi\u00adcan church) in the most dire of cir\u00adcum\u00adstances is still true for con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Chris\u00adtians in far less try\u00ading times\u201d<\/li>\n<li>In response: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/in-defense-of-evangelical-cultural-pessimism\/\">In Defense Of Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Pes\u00adsimism<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cThis, I think, is a dis\u00adtinc\u00adtion that makes a big dif\u00adfer\u00adence re: French\u2019s argu\u00adment. You can\u2019t cease to be black; you can cease to be Chris\u00adt\u00adian, or at least mean\u00ading\u00adful\u00adly Chris\u00adt\u00adian.\u201d This piece is way too long but makes some good points.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2019\/08\/free-speech-cliches-media-should-stop-using\/596506\/?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=atlantic-daily-newsletter&amp;utm_content=20190822&amp;silverid-ref=MzQzMTE1ODcwNzI1S0\">Don\u2019t Use These Free-Speech Argu\u00adments Ever Again<\/a> (Ken White, The Atlantic): \u201cIf you\u2019ve read op-eds about free speech in Amer\u00adi\u00adca, or lis\u00adtened to talk\u00ading heads on the news, you\u2019ve almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly encoun\u00adtered emp\u00adty, mis\u00adlead\u00ading, or sim\u00adply false tropes about the First Amend\u00adment. Those tired tropes are bar\u00adri\u00aders to seri\u00adous dis\u00adcus\u00adsions about free speech. Any use\u00adful dis\u00adcus\u00adsion of what the law <em>should be<\/em> must be informed by an accu\u00adrate view of what the law <em>is<\/em>.\u201d White is best known under his inter\u00adnet alias Pope\u00adhat. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded to me by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/palladiummag.com\/2019\/08\/05\/the-real-problem-at-yale-is-not-free-speech\/\">The Real Prob\u00adlem at Yale Is Not Free Speech<\/a> (Natalia Dashan, Pal\u00adla\u00addi\u00adum): \u201cThe cam\u00adpus \u2018free speech\u2019 debate is just a side-effect. So are debates about \u2018diver\u00adsi\u00adty\u2019 and \u2018inclu\u00adsion.\u2019 The real prob\u00adlems run much deep\u00ader. The real prob\u00adlems start with Mar\u00adcus and me, and the masks we wear for each oth\u00ader\u2026. In a world of masks and fa\u00e7ades, it is hard to con\u00advey the truth. And this is how I end\u00aded up offer\u00ading a sand\u00adwich to a man with hun\u00addreds of mil\u00adlions in a for\u00adeign bank account.\u201d I liked this one a lot.\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/17\/luxury-beliefs-are-the-latest-status-symbol-for-rich-americans\/?utm_source=NYPTwitter&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\">\u2018Lux\u00adu\u00adry beliefs\u2019 are the lat\u00adest sta\u00adtus sym\u00adbol for rich Amer\u00adi\u00adcans<\/a> (Rob Hen\u00adder\u00adson, New York Post): \u201c\u2026as trendy clothes and oth\u00ader prod\u00aducts become more acces\u00adsi\u00adble and afford\u00adable, there is increas\u00ading\u00adly less sta\u00adtus attached to lux\u00adu\u00adry goods. The upper class\u00ades have found a clever solu\u00adtion to this prob\u00adlem: lux\u00adu\u00adry beliefs. These are ideas and opin\u00adions that con\u00adfer sta\u00adtus on the rich at very lit\u00adtle cost, while tak\u00ading a toll on the low\u00ader class.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2019\/09\/meritocracys-miserable-winners\/594760\/\">How Life Became an End\u00adless, Ter\u00adri\u00adble Com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion<\/a> (Daniel Markovits, The Atlantic): \u201cEscap\u00ading the mer\u00adi\u00adtoc\u00adra\u00adcy trap will not be easy. Elites nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly resist poli\u00adcies that threat\u00aden to under\u00admine their advan\u00adtages. But it is sim\u00adply not pos\u00adsi\u00adble to get rich off your own human cap\u00adi\u00adtal with\u00adout exploit\u00ading your\u00adself and impov\u00ader\u00adish\u00ading your inner life, and mer\u00adi\u00adto\u00adcrats who hope to have their cake and eat it too deceive them\u00adselves.\u201d The author is a Yale law pro\u00adfes\u00adsor. I found his diag\u00adno\u00adsis more per\u00adsua\u00adsive than his prog\u00adno\u00adsis.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2019\/08\/26\/the-coming-migration-out-of-sub-saharan-africa\/\">The Com\u00ading Migra\u00adtion out of Sub-Saha\u00adran Africa<\/a> (Christo\u00adpher Cald\u00adwell, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cThe pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion pres\u00adsures ema\u00adnat\u00ading from the Mid\u00addle East in recent decades, already suf\u00adfi\u00adcient to dri\u00adve the Euro\u00adpean polit\u00adi\u00adcal sys\u00adtem into con\u00advul\u00adsions, are going to pale beside those from sub-Saha\u00adran Africa in decades to come.\u201d Fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/women\/2019\/august\/virtue-vice-why-niceness-weakens-our-witness.html?utm_source=gallireport&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_term=29040200&amp;utm_content=667661499&amp;utm_campaign=email\">Why Nice\u00adness Weak\u00adens Our Wit\u00adness<\/a> (Sharon Hodde Miller, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cWe exist in a world that swings between sweet\u00adness and out\u00adrage, two behav\u00adiors that seem to be at odds with one anoth\u00ader. In real\u00adi\u00adty, they are two sides of the same coin: a lack of spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal for\u00adma\u00adtion. When our civil\u00adi\u00adty isn\u2019t root\u00aded in some\u00adthing stur\u00addy and deep, when our good behav\u00adior isn\u2019t spring\u00ading from the core of who we are but is instead mere\u00adly a mask we put on, it is only a mat\u00adter of time before the fa\u00e7ade crum\u00adbles away and our true state is revealed: an entire gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of peo\u00adple who are real\u00adly good at look\u00ading good.\u201d I agree with the sub\u00adstance of this arti\u00adcle, but the title both\u00aders me.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/articles\/2019\/07\/31\/fact-checking_satire_--_is_snopes_serious_140893.html\">Fact-Check\u00ading Satire \u2014 Is Snopes Seri\u00adous?<\/a> (Bill Zeis\u00ader, Real\u00adClear\u00adPol\u00adi\u00adtics): \u201cthe Bee\u2019s founder and minor\u00adi\u00adty own\u00ader, Adam Ford, took par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar excep\u00adtion to the tone of the Snopes assess\u00adment. In a lengthy Twit\u00adter thread, he called Snopes\u2019 han\u00addling of the piece on Thomas \u2018par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly egre\u00adgious\u2019 and \u2018dis\u00adturb\u00ading.\u2019 He point\u00aded to a sub\u00adti\u00adtle that cas\u00adti\u00adgat\u00aded the Bee for \u2018fan\u00adning the flames of con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsy\u2019 and \u2018mud\u00addy\u00ading the details of a news sto\u00adry\u2019 to the point that it was unclear if the piece qual\u00adi\u00adfied as satire. Ford com\u00adplained that through\u00adout the Snopes sto\u00adry, sup\u00adpos\u00aded\u00adly an \u2018objec\u00adtive fact check,\u2019 the assess\u00adment \u2018veered towards pro\u00adnounc\u00ading a moral judg\u00adment,\u2019 seem\u00ading\u00adly accus\u00ading the satir\u00adi\u00adcal site of will\u00adful decep\u00adtion. It is cer\u00adtain\u00adly under\u00adstand\u00adable how Ford could feel this way: Snopes referred to the Bee\u2019s \u2018ruse\u2019 and offered that \u2018the Baby\u00adlon Bee has man\u00adaged to fool read\u00aders with its brand of satire in the past.\u2019\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/politicalmath\/status\/1163512407559270403\">Inter\u00adest\u00ading details about the Snopes method\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy<\/a> (Polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adMath, Twit\u00adter)<\/li>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/too-many-people-think-satirical-news-is-real-121666\">Too many peo\u00adple think satir\u00adi\u00adcal news is real<\/a> (R. Kel\u00adly Gar\u00adrett, Robert Bond, and Shan\u00adnon Poulsen, The Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion): \u201cMem\u00adbers of both par\u00adties failed to rec\u00adog\u00adnize that The Baby\u00adlon Bee is satire, but Repub\u00adli\u00adcans were con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adably more like\u00adly to do so. Of the 23 false\u00adhoods that came from The Bee, eight were con\u00adfi\u00addent\u00adly believed by at least 15% of Repub\u00adli\u00adcan respon\u00addents. One of the most wide\u00adly believed false\u00adhoods was based on a series of made-up quotes attrib\u00aduted to Rep. Ilhan Omar. A satir\u00adi\u00adcal arti\u00adcle that sug\u00adgest\u00aded that Sen. Bernie Sanders had crit\u00adi\u00adcized the bil\u00adlion\u00adaire who paid off More\u00adhouse Col\u00adlege grad\u00adu\u00adates\u2019 stu\u00addent debt was anoth\u00ader false\u00adhood that Repub\u00adli\u00adcans fell for. Our sur\u00adveys also fea\u00adtured nine false\u00adhoods that emerged from The Onion. Here, Democ\u00adrats were more often fooled, though they weren\u2019t quite as cred\u00adu\u00adlous. Nonethe\u00adless, almost 1 in 8 Democ\u00adrats was cer\u00adtain that White House coun\u00adselor Kellyanne Con\u00adway had ques\u00adtioned the val\u00adue of the rule of law.\u201d The authors are com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion researchers at The Ohio State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<li>Satire: <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/under-mounting-pressure-from-snopes-babylon-bee-writers-forced-to-admit-they-are-not-real-journalists\">Under Mount\u00ading Pres\u00adsure From Snopes, Baby\u00adlon Bee Writ\u00aders Forced To Admit They Are Not Real Jour\u00adnal\u00adists<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li>Satire: <a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/concerning-survey-finds-too-many-people-think-snopes-is-a-real-fact-checking-website\">Con\u00adcern\u00ading Sur\u00advey Finds Too Many Peo\u00adple Believe Snopes Is A Legit\u00adi\u00admate Fact-Check\u00ading Web\u00adsite<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\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:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=WJ_8ZkKjCtg\">When You Have Bap\u00adtism Envy<\/a> (Matt Falk, YouTube): five and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kLvxgmvN4Ss\">Phoenix the Mind Guy<\/a> (Australia\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): eight and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=khx5r77XEjk\">Josh Nor\u00addi\u00addo, Magi\u00adcian<\/a> (Australia\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): six and a half min\u00adutes<\/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.9marks.org\/article\/how-the-state-serves-both-salvation-and-religious-freedom\/?utm_source=eml-article&amp;utm_medium=eml-article&amp;utm_campaign=eml-article\">How the State Serves Both Sal\u00adva\u00adtion and Reli\u00adgious Free\u00addom<\/a> (Jonathan Lee\u00adman, 9 Marks): \u201cTwo basic kinds of gov\u00adern\u00adments, then, show up in the Bible: those that shel\u00adter God\u2019s peo\u00adple, and those that destroy them. Abim\u00adelech shel\u00adtered; Pharoah destroyed. The Assyr\u00adi\u00adans destroyed; the Baby\u00adlo\u00adni\u00adans and Per\u00adsians, ulti\u00admate\u00adly, shel\u00adtered. Pilate destroyed; Fes\u00adtus shel\u00adtered. And depend\u00ading on how you read Rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion, the his\u00adto\u00adry of gov\u00adern\u00adment will cul\u00admi\u00adnate in a beast\u00adly slaugh\u00adter of saint\u00adly blood. Romans 13 calls gov\u00adern\u00adments ser\u00advants; Psalm 2 calls them imposters. Most gov\u00adern\u00adments con\u00adtain both. But some are bet\u00adter than oth\u00aders.\u201d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/08\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-165\">vol\u00adume 165<\/a>.&nbsp; <\/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>. 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