{"id":5747,"date":"2019-10-11T11:43:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-11T19:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5747"},"modified":"2019-10-11T11:43:24","modified_gmt":"2019-10-11T19:43:24","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-222","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/10\/11\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-222","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 222"},"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<p>This has been a crazy week for me, so a short\u00ader list than nor\u00admal. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<ol class=\"simple-list\">\n<li>More on Both\u00adam Jean, Amber Guyger, and for\u00adgive\u00adness:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2019\/october-web-only\/botham-jean-forgiveness-amber-guyger.html\">Both\u00adam Jean\u2019s Brother\u2019s Offer of For\u00adgive\u00adness Went Viral. His Mother\u2019s Calls for Jus\u00adtice Should Too.<\/a> (Dore\u00adna Williamson, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cWhen a black per\u00adson extends rad\u00adi\u00adcal for\u00adgive\u00adness, we see the grace of the gospel. But when we ignore a black person\u2019s call for jus\u00adtice, we cheap\u00aden that grace. Both are act\u00ading like the God we serve; we need to lis\u00adten to them both.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li>\n<li>Pas\u00adtor Delonte Gholston\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/delonte.gholston\/posts\/10217737159315407\">Face\u00adbook post<\/a>. \u201cI agreed with so much of what this broth\u00ader said and did because what he did is deeply root\u00aded in the truth of the gospel. What I despise is the ways that the pow\u00aders love to use sto\u00adries like these to tell peo\u00adple who are being active\u00adly oppressed, \u2018why don\u2019t you just for\u00adgive like them?\u2019\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/04\/us\/amber-guyger-judge-tammy-kemp-hug.html\">Amber Guyger\u2019s Judge Gave Her a Bible and a Hug. Did That Cross a Line?<\/a> (Sarah Mer\u00advosh and Nicholas Bogel-Bur\u00adroughs, New York Times): Deb\u00ado\u00adrah Rhode, an expert in legal ethics and the direc\u00adtor of the Cen\u00adter on the Legal Pro\u00adfes\u00adsion at Stan\u00adford Law School, said she believed that Judge Kemp\u2019s behav\u00adior stayed with\u00adin eth\u00adi\u00adcal bounds, espe\u00adcial\u00adly because it came after the sen\u00adtenc\u00ading had end\u00aded. \u2018All the judge did is express some bonds of com\u00admon human\u00adi\u00adty, and I don\u2019t think we should be pun\u00adish\u00ading judges for that,\u2019 she said. \u2018If any\u00adthing, our legal sys\u00adtem has suf\u00adfered from an absence of ade\u00adquate com\u00adpas\u00adsion.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/10\/07\/us\/tammy-kemp-amber-guyger.html\">Why a Judge Says She Gave Amber Guyger a Bible, a Hug and Hope of Redemp\u00adtion<\/a> (Sarah Mer\u00advosh, New York Times): \u201c\u201c\u2018She asked me if I thought her life could have pur\u00adpose,\u2019 Judge Kemp recalled. \u201cI said, \u201cI know that it can.\u201d She said, \u201cI don\u2019t know where to start, I don\u2019t have a Bible.\u201d\u2019 Judge Kemp said she thought of the Bible in her cham\u00adbers. \u201cI said, \u201cWell, hold on, I\u2019ll get you a Bible.\u201d\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/brandt-jean-act-of-forgiveness-dont-misunderstand-white-christian-reaction\/\">Don\u2019t Mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand the \u2018White Chris\u00adt\u00adian\u2019 Reac\u00adtion to Brandt Jean\u2019s Act of For\u00adgive\u00adness<\/a> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cThe moment went so viral not because for\u00adgive\u00adness was expect\u00aded or white inno\u00adcence was pre\u00adsumed. The moment went viral because the guilt was so obvi\u00adous, and rage was so under\u00adstand\u00adable. The moment went so viral because it was shock\u00ading. Brandt Jean demon\u00adstrat\u00aded a lev\u00adel of grace that most Chris\u00adtians (white or oth\u00ader\u00adwise) sim\u00adply couldn\u2019t com\u00adpre\u00adhend, and they couldn\u2019t com\u00adpre\u00adhend it because the hor\u00adror inflict\u00aded on his broth\u00ader was so obvi\u00adous and so thor\u00adough\u00adly unjus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adable.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/crime\/2019\/10\/05\/man-fatally-shot-apartment-complex-near-dallas-medical-district-suspect-loose\/\">Both\u00adam Jean\u2019s neigh\u00adbor, a key wit\u00adness in Amber Guyger tri\u00adal, shot to death in Dal\u00adlas<\/a> (Dal\u00adlas News): \u201cA key wit\u00adness in Amber Guyger\u2019s mur\u00adder tri\u00adal was shot and killed Fri\u00adday evening at an apart\u00adment com\u00adplex near Dal\u00adlas\u2019 Med\u00adical Dis\u00adtrict, author\u00adi\u00adties said.\u201d \u00f0\u0178\u2018\u20ac Real\u00adi\u00adty is entire\u00adly too much like a movie script late\u00adly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>And some thoughts on Chi\u00adna, Hong Kong, and free\u00addom.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stratechery.com\/2019\/the-china-cultural-clash\/\">The Chi\u00adna Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Clash<\/a> (Ben Thomp\u00adson, Strat\u00ade\u00adch\u00adery): \u201cThe prob\u00adlem from a West\u00adern per\u00adspec\u00adtive is that the links Clin\u00adton was so sure would push in only one direc\u00adtion \u2014 towards polit\u00adi\u00adcal free\u00addom \u2014 turned out to be two-way streets: Chi\u00adna is not sim\u00adply resist\u00ading West\u00adern ideals of free\u00addom, but seek\u00ading to impose their own.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ayjay.org\/i-can-see-clearly-now\/\">I Can See Clear\u00adly Now<\/a> (Alan Jacobs, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cI thought this day was com\u00ading, but I didn\u2019t expect it to come so soon. I don\u2019t believe Bei\u00adjing expect\u00aded it to come so soon either: the Chi\u00adnese author\u00adi\u00adties were play\u00ading a long game, bid\u00ading their time and build\u00ading their pow\u00ader, and I do not think they were rel\u00adish\u00ading an imme\u00addi\u00adate con\u00adfronta\u00adtion with West\u00adern cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism. But the Hong Kong protests forced their hand. Bei\u00adjing clear\u00adly per\u00adceives these protests as an exis\u00adten\u00adtial threat, and have decid\u00aded that the moment has come to go all-in. They have pushed all their chips into the cen\u00adter of the table \u2026 and the cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adists imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly fold\u00aded like a Chi\u00adnese-made lawn chair.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>In relat\u00aded news: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/10\/08\/politics\/xinjiang-visa-restrictions-state-department\/index.html\">US announces visa restric\u00adtions on Chi\u00adna for Xin\u00adjiang abus\u00ades<\/a> (Jen\u00adnifer Hansler, CNN): \u201cThe move comes as the State Depart\u00adment has increased its pub\u00adlic con\u00addem\u00adna\u00adtion of Chi\u00adna\u2019s arbi\u00adtrary deten\u00adtion of up to two mil\u00adlion Uyghurs in \u2018in intern\u00adment camps designed to erase reli\u00adgious and eth\u00adnic iden\u00adti\u00adties.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/opinion\/2019\/10\/04\/upcoming-book-leaves-scientific-possibility-existence-adam-eve-column\/3826195002\/\">Upcom\u00ading book leaves sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty for exis\u00adtence of \u2018Adam and Eve\u2019<\/a> (USA Today): \u201c\u2026a lead\u00ading pub\u00adlic schol\u00adar \u2014 Joshua Swami\u00addass, a physi\u00adcian and genome sci\u00aden\u00adtist at Wash\u00ading\u00adton Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in St. Louis, Mis\u00adsouri \u2014 is mak\u00ading a bold new attempt to rec\u00adon\u00adcile the bib\u00adli\u00adcal sto\u00adry of Adam and Eve with what we know about the genet\u00adic ances\u00adtry of the human race\u2026. [He] makes an auda\u00adcious claim: A de novo-cre\u00adat\u00aded Adam and Eve could very well be uni\u00adver\u00adsal human ances\u00adtors who lived in the Mid\u00addle East in the last 6,000\u201310,000 years. This is not the first attempt to rec\u00adon\u00adcile the Gar\u00adden of Eden sto\u00adry with sci\u00adence, but rarely does some\u00adone with Swami\u00addass\u2019 cre\u00adden\u00adtials do what most sci\u00aden\u00adtists would deem unthink\u00adable: Take the sto\u00adry seri\u00adous\u00adly. How\u00adev\u00ader, some athe\u00adist sci\u00aden\u00adtists are tak\u00ading Swami\u00addass seri\u00adous\u00adly.\u201d The author is a biol\u00ado\u00adgy pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at the City Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of New York.<\/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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/washington-post-article-on-evils-of-capitalism-hidden-behind-paywall\">Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post Arti\u00adcle on Evils of Cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism Hid\u00adden Behind Pay\u00adwall<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2019\/10\/11\">Self-Aware\u00adness and Hap\u00adpi\u00adness<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dX4qxLCuekg\">Col\u00adlege In Six Words<\/a> (Jim\u00admy Fal\u00adlon, YouTube): three and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SUgRIIQMcRk\">How To Find A Wife<\/a> (Nazareth, YouTube): five 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.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/01\/07\/the-philosopher-redefining-equality\">The Philoso\u00adpher Redefin\u00ading Equal\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Nathan Heller, New York\u00ader): \u201cWhen she was three, her moth\u00ader asked, \u2018Why do you allow your broth\u00ader to talk for you?\u2019\u2014why didn\u2019t she speak for her\u00adself? \u2018Until now, it sim\u00adply was not nec\u00ades\u00adsary,\u2019 Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth said. It was the first full sen\u00adtence that she had ever uttered.\u201d I think that\u2019s the best first sen\u00adtence I\u2019ve ever heard of. A tad long, but rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/02\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-189\">vol\u00adume 189<\/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 This has been a crazy week for me, so a short\u00ader list than nor\u00admal. \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/10\/11\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-222\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 222\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":"A shorter roundup than normal this week, fortunately the few things I found are quite good!","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":[124,125,159,172,176],"class_list":["post-5747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-china","tag-justice","tag-racism","tag-science"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1uH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747","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=5747"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5752,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5747\/revisions\/5752"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}