{"id":5716,"date":"2019-09-27T17:07:06","date_gmt":"2019-09-28T01:07:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5716"},"modified":"2019-09-27T17:07:07","modified_gmt":"2019-09-28T01:07:07","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-220","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/09\/27\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-220","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 220"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a> On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues. My hope is that every\u00adone will find at least one link intrigu\u00ading enough to click through for more. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions, so if you read some\u00adthing fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Does a Reli\u00adgious Upbring\u00ading Pro\u00admote Gen\u00aderos\u00adi\u00adty or Not?<\/a> (Tyler J. Van\u00adder\u00adWeele, Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy Today): \u201cIn 2015, a paper by Jean Dece\u00adty and co-authors report\u00aded that chil\u00addren who were brought up reli\u00adgious\u00adly were less gen\u00ader\u00adous. The paper received a great deal of atten\u00adtion, and was cov\u00adered by over 80 media out\u00adlets includ\u00ading The Econ\u00ado\u00admist, the Boston Globe, the Los Ange\u00adles Times, and Sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic Amer\u00adi\u00adcan. As it turned out, how\u00adev\u00ader, the paper by Dece\u00adty was wrong.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus who not\u00aded, \u201cit seemed up your alley.\u201d A sto\u00adry which touch\u00ades on reli\u00adgion, fea\u00adtures a sta\u00adtis\u00adti\u00adcal screwup, and high\u00adlights media bias? Indeed it is! The author is an epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at Har\u00advard whose writ\u00ading I have high\u00adlight\u00aded before<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  2. Is Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty on Its Last Legs? The Data Say Oth\u00ader\u00adwise.<\/a> (Bradley Wright, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201c\u2026evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty is doing rather well for itself. Where it is not increas\u00ading, it is hold\u00ading steady. As Stan\u00adton writes, \u2018Church\u00ades that are faith\u00adful\u00adly preach\u00ading, teach\u00ading, and prac\u00adtic\u00ading Bib\u00adli\u00adcal truths and con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy are hold\u00ading sta\u00adble over\u00adall. In some areas, they are see\u00ading growth.\u2019 In con\u00adtrast, the for\u00adtunes of main\u00adline Protes\u00adtantism in Amer\u00adi\u00adca are falling fast. Its long decline has been doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded before, and Stan\u00adton updates our under\u00adstand\u00ading of it. As he puts it, \u2018peo\u00adple are leav\u00ading those church\u00ades like the build\u00adings are on fire.\u2019\u201d The author is a soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgist at U Conn whose writ\u00ading I have high\u00adlight\u00aded before<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  3. Look\u00ading back at the Snow\u00adden rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtions<\/a> (Matthew Green, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cOne of the most impor\u00adtant lessons we learned from the Snow\u00adden leaks was that the NSA very much pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adtizes its sur\u00adveil\u00adlance mis\u00adsion, to the point where it is will\u00ading to active\u00adly insert vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties into encryp\u00adtion prod\u00aducts and stan\u00addards used on U.S. net\u00adworks\u2026. This kind of sab\u00ado\u00adtage is, need\u00adless to say, some\u00adthing that not even the most para\u00adnoid secu\u00adri\u00adty researchers would have pre\u00addict\u00aded from our own intel\u00adli\u00adgence agen\u00adcies. Agen\u00adcies that, osten\u00adsi\u00adbly have a mis\u00adsion to pro\u00adtect U.S. net\u00adworks.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Johns Hop\u00adkins.<\/li>\n
  4. Harvard\u2019s Lega\u00adcies Are Noth\u00ading to Be Proud Of<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Opin\u00adion): \u201cIf you are won\u00adder\u00ading why Amer\u00adi\u00adcans do not trust the cur\u00adrent estab\u00adlish\u00adment, or why Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are not so con\u00advinced that the Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic Par\u00adty actu\u00adal\u00adly will reverse income inequal\u00adi\u00adty, look no fur\u00adther than the Har\u00advard admis\u00adsions case.\u201d<\/li>\n
  5. Inside Stanford\u2019s Last Fall\u00adout Shel\u00adter: a time cap\u00adsule to Cold War pol\u00adi\u00adtics and protests<\/a> (Patrick Mon\u00adre\u00adal, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cAt the height of the Cold War, Stan\u00adford and the Office of Civ\u00adil Defense, a fed\u00ader\u00adal agency estab\u00adlished by Franklin D. Roo\u00adsevelt, des\u00adig\u00adnat\u00aded as many as 56 fall\u00adout shel\u00adters on cam\u00adpus. The Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty man\u00adaged these shel\u00adters, which col\u00adlec\u00adtive\u00adly had a max\u00adi\u00admum occu\u00adpan\u00adcy of 49,269 peo\u00adple, as a part of emer\u00adgency plans in the event of a nuclear strike or nat\u00adur\u00adal dis\u00adas\u00adter.\u201d<\/li>\n
  6. Some diverse per\u00adspec\u00adtives on max\u00adi\u00admiz\u00ading your time at Stan\u00adford.\n