{"id":5731,"date":"2019-10-04T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5731"},"modified":"2019-10-04T10:38:19","modified_gmt":"2019-10-04T18:38:19","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-221","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/10\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-221","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 221"},"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>     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, so 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=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/tammy-kemp-brandt-jean-the-black-church-after-christendom\/\">The Black Church After Chris\u00adten\u00addom<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know about you, but I can\u00adnot recall the last time I wit\u00adnessed more pow\u00ader\u00adful pub\u00adlic expres\u00adsions of what it means to be a Chris\u00adt\u00adian than what Brandt Jean and Judge Tam\u00admy Kemp did in that court\u00adroom. Guyger \u00e2\u20ac\u201d again, a white woman \u00e2\u20ac\u201d is going to prison to do time for her crime \u00e2\u20ac\u201d but both Mr. Jean and Judge Kemp want\u00aded her to know that there is hope for her, and redemption.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\n<ul>\n<li>There are lots of news sources that fea\u00adture the video clip of Brandt Jean. I chose Dreher\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s piece because he also focus\u00ades on the judge. Both of their actions inspire me.<\/li>\n<li>I first saw video clips of Brandt Jean\u2019s mov\u00ading words surg\u00ading on social media, and I almost imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly after\u00adwards saw a back\u00adlash which I found per\u00adplex\u00ading. Some com\u00admenters even sug\u00adgest\u00aded that there is some\u00adthing racist about lik\u00ading this video. I think the truth is much more whole\u00adsome \u2014 Chris\u00adtians love see\u00ading cost\u00adly acts of obe\u00addi\u00adence to Christ. Wit\u00adness the sim\u00adi\u00adlar reac\u00adtions Chris\u00adtians had to the gospel-fueled tes\u00adti\u00admo\u00adny of Rachael Den\u00adhol\u00adlan\u00adder against Lar\u00adry Nas\u00adsar and to the Amish community\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s for\u00adgive\u00adness of a school shoot\u00ader years ago. There were dif\u00adfer\u00adent racial dynam\u00adics but sim\u00adi\u00adlar respons\u00ades from Chris\u00adtians.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2019\/09\/28\/us\/child-sex-abuse.html\">The Inter\u00adnet Is Over\u00adrun With Images of Child Sex\u00adu\u00adal Abuse. What Went Wrong?<\/a> (Michael Keller and Gabriel Dance, The New York Times): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Pictures of child sex\u00adu\u00adal abuse have long been pro\u00adduced and shared to sat\u00adis\u00adfy twist\u00aded adult obses\u00adsions. But it has nev\u00ader been like this: Tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy com\u00adpa\u00adnies report\u00aded a record 45 mil\u00adlion online pho\u00adtos and videos of the abuse last year\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. the prob\u00adlem of child sex\u00adu\u00adal abuse imagery faces a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar hur\u00addle: It gets scant atten\u00adtion because few peo\u00adple want to con\u00adfront the enor\u00admi\u00adty and hor\u00adror of the con\u00adtent, or they wrong\u00adly dis\u00admiss it as pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly teenagers send\u00ading inap\u00adpro\u00adpri\u00adate selfies.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d WARNING \u2014 this is very dis\u00adturb\u00ading. The reporters non-gra\u00adtu\u00aditous\u00adly describe some of the con\u00adtent. If you sus\u00adpect that the scene pre\u00adced\u00ading \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The pre\u00addom\u00adi\u00adnant sound is the child scream\u00ading and cry\u00ading\u00e2\u20ac\u009d will both\u00ader you, it will.\n<ul>\n<li>I know some of our alum\u00adni who work in tech and in pol\u00adi\u00adcy still receive my Fri\u00adday emails. If that is you, you need to read the pre\u00adced\u00ading arti\u00adcle.<\/li>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2019\/10\/porn-culture-and-political-courage\">Porn Cul\u00adture and Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Courage<\/a> (Ter\u00adry Schelling, First Things): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The uncom\u00adfort\u00adable truth is that the rapid growth in child pornog\u00adra\u00adphy is con\u00adnect\u00aded to the cul\u00adtur\u00adal nor\u00admal\u00adiza\u00adtion of online pornog\u00adra\u00adphy as a whole.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catapult.co\/stories\/i-spent-years-searching-for-magici-found-god-instead-tara-isabella-burton?utm_campaign=Mere%20Orthodoxy%20Email%20List&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\">I Spent Years Search\u00ading for Magic\u00e2\u20ac\u201dI Found God Instead<\/a> (Tara Isabel\u00adla Bur\u00adton, Cat\u00ada\u00adpult): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I want\u00aded mag\u00adic. I didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t think too much about mean\u00ading. Or at least, as long as every\u00adthing meant some\u00adthing, the specifics didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t seem to mat\u00adter. Basil could mean love. Thurs\u00addays could mean pow\u00ader. The full moon puri\u00adty. Why not? The alter\u00adna\u00adtive was that noth\u00ading meant any\u00adthing at all.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This is won\u00adder\u00adful\u00adly writ\u00adten. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/09\/29\/opinion\/sunday\/christians-politics-belief.html\">How Do Chris\u00adtians Fit Into the Two-Par\u00adty Sys\u00adtem? They Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t<\/a> (Tim Keller, New York Times): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I know of a man from Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi who was a con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Repub\u00adli\u00adcan and a tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal Pres\u00adby\u00adter\u00adian. He vis\u00adit\u00aded the Scot\u00adtish High\u00adlands and found the church\u00ades there as strict and as ortho\u00addox as he had hoped. No one so much as turned on a tele\u00advi\u00adsion on a Sun\u00adday. Every\u00adone mem\u00ado\u00adrized cat\u00ade\u00adchisms and Scrip\u00adture. But one day he dis\u00adcov\u00adered that the Scot\u00adtish Chris\u00adt\u00adian friends he admired were (in his view) social\u00adists. Their under\u00adstand\u00ading of gov\u00adern\u00adment eco\u00adnom\u00adic pol\u00adi\u00adcy and the state\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties was by his lights very left-wing, yet also ground\u00aded in their Chris\u00adt\u00adian con\u00advic\u00adtions. He returned to the Unit\u00aded States not more polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly lib\u00ader\u00adal but, in his words, \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchumbled and chastened.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 He real\u00adized that thought\u00adful Chris\u00adtians, all try\u00ading to obey God\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s call, could rea\u00adson\u00adably appear at dif\u00adfer\u00adent places on the polit\u00adi\u00adcal spec\u00adtrum, with loy\u00adal\u00adties to dif\u00adfer\u00adent polit\u00adi\u00adcal strategies.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justin-taylor\/basic-primer-rights-obligations\/\">A Basic Primer on Rights and Oblig\u00ada\u00adtions<\/a> (Justin Tay\u00adlor, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u2026the Bible doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t say much about rights. It does, how\u00adev\u00ader, fre\u00adquent\u00adly address oblig\u00ada\u00adtions, so the key to for\u00admu\u00adlat\u00ading a bib\u00adli\u00adcal doc\u00adtrine of rights is to flip the doc\u00adtrine of obligation.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordsphere.com\/2019\/10\/01\/how-stanford-hides-conflicts-of-interest\/\">How Stan\u00adford Hides Con\u00adflicts of Inter\u00adest<\/a> (Daniel \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Bob\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Fer\u00adreira, Stan\u00adford Sphere): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153We start\u00aded by going through all 127 full-time, non-cour\u00adtesy pro\u00adfes\u00adsors in Biol\u00ado\u00adgy, Chem\u00adistry, Bio\u00adengi\u00adneer\u00ading, and Chem\u00adi\u00adcal Engi\u00adneer\u00ading, and we checked what Bloomberg, Crunch\u00adbase, and the SEC had on them. Then, we went on to ver\u00adi\u00adfy whether this infor\u00adma\u00adtion was current\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthrough com\u00adpa\u00adny web\u00adsites, men\u00adtions on their own pub\u00adlic CVs, or media cov\u00ader\u00adage. Final\u00adly, we removed fac\u00adul\u00adty whose links to busi\u00adness\u00ades had noth\u00ading to do with biotech.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/09\/28\/hong-kong-first-line-of-defence-against-a-rising-fascist-power\/\">Hong Kong: First Line of Defence against a Ris\u00ading Fas\u00adcist Pow\u00ader<\/a> (Aaron Sarin, Quil\u00adlette): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153China\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gov\u00adern\u00adment has only retained the name \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcCommunist Par\u00adty\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 because to do oth\u00ader\u00adwise would be a first step towards admit\u00adting the atroc\u00adi\u00adties of the past. The sev\u00ader\u00ading of the link between Xi and Mao would make it pos\u00adsi\u00adble to acknowl\u00adedge that Mao was one of history\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s worst vil\u00adlains. This would set a prece\u00addent for crit\u00adi\u00adcis\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adty that would inevitably lead to Xi\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s own down\u00adfall. So the name stays, but in truth there is noth\u00ading \u00e2\u20ac\u02dccommunist\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 about this Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty (save its author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism). In fact, Marx\u00adist stu\u00addents, activists, and social work\u00aders have been arrest\u00aded and tor\u00adtured since Xi took pow\u00ader, and uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties have shut down Marx\u00adist societies.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2019\/september\/prophetic-voice-of-hong-kongs-protesters.html\">The Prophet\u00adic Voice of Hong Kong\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Pro\u00adtest\u00aders<\/a> (Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Many Hong Kong Chris\u00adtians, while com\u00adpris\u00ading less than 12 per\u00adcent of the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion, have played a promi\u00adnent role in the protests\u00e2\u20ac\u201dmarching, singing hymns, hold\u00ading prayer cir\u00adcles, and pro\u00advid\u00ading food and shel\u00adter to oth\u00ader demon\u00adstra\u00adtors. (The Jesus Peo\u00adple song \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcSing Hal\u00adlelu\u00adjah to the Lord\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 became an unex\u00adpect\u00aded anthem of the protests, as par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpants sang the tune to calm con\u00adfronta\u00adtions with police.) For Chris\u00adtians there, the Chi\u00adnese Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty may be the great\u00adest exis\u00adten\u00adtial threat to the Hong Kong church.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/jcs.biologists.org\/content\/121\/11\/1771?fbclid=IwAR0tM-Pa8S0-p5T1Tc-ebCsxEUGP2aUnqtk97j62gqtwWmPPIyV3E4L9JH8\">The Impor\u00adtance of Stu\u00adpid\u00adi\u00adty in Sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic Research<\/a> (Mar\u00adtin A. Schwartz, Jour\u00adnal of Cell Sci\u00adence): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153At some point, the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion turned to why she had left grad\u00adu\u00adate school. To my utter aston\u00adish\u00adment, she said it was because it made her feel stu\u00adpid. After a cou\u00adple of years of feel\u00ading stu\u00adpid every day, she was ready to do some\u00adthing else. I had thought of her as one of the bright\u00adest peo\u00adple I knew and her sub\u00adse\u00adquent career sup\u00adports that view. What she said both\u00adered me. I kept think\u00ading about it; some\u00adtime the next day, it hit me. Sci\u00adence makes me feel stu\u00adpid too. It\u2019s just that I\u2019ve got\u00adten used to it. So used to it, in fact, that I active\u00adly seek out new oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties to feel stupid.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Yale. This essay is about a decade old but I only recent\u00adly stum\u00adbled upon it.<\/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=dlOVNmY7JWY\">John Wal\u00adton\u2019s Mag\u00adic Square<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1sktVaJZ-FI\">Sang\u00adSoon Kim\u2019s Shoes Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bAPC43QSfUw\">Woody Ara\u00adgan\u2019s Cre\u00adative Card Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eight 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:\/\/twitter.com\/clayroutledge\/status\/1085205330177519616\">Amer\u00adi\u00adca in one tweet<\/a>:\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We are liv\u00ading in an era of woke cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism in which com\u00adpa\u00adnies pre\u00adtend to care about social jus\u00adtice to sell prod\u00aducts to peo\u00adple who pre\u00adtend to hate capitalism.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (Clay Rout\u00adledge, Twit\u00adter) First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/01\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-186\">vol\u00adume 186<\/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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m 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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Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading The Black Church After Chris\u00adten\u00addom (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t know \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/10\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-221\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 221\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":"Lots of interesting content this week. 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