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<\/a>\n\n On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. A Million People Are Jailed at China\u2019s Gulags. I Managed to Escape. Here\u2019s What Really Goes on Inside<\/a> (David Stavrou, Ha Aretz): \u201cTorture \u2013 metal nails, fingernails pulled out, electric shocks \u2013 takes place in the \u2018black room.\u2019 Punishment is a constant. The prisoners are forced to take pills and get injections. It\u2019s for disease prevention, the staff tell them, but in reality they are the human subjects of medical experiments. Many of the inmates suffer from cognitive decline. Some of the men become sterile. Women are routinely raped.\u201d This is one of the worst things happening in the world right now, and that is saying something since \u2018global horrors\u2019 is a frighteningly competitive category.<\/li>
  2. Stanford fails its Jewish community<\/a> (Sarah Myers, Stanford Daily): \u201cThis year, classes were held on both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. These holidays are the High Holy Days of Judaism, so-called because they are the holiest days of the year for Judaism. Rosh Hashanah lasts two days and Yom Kippur one. Many Jews attend services for most of the day on these holidays. Fasting is considered a key part of observing Yom Kippur. Yet, Stanford decided that classes would be held, and professors would be free to create assignments with no regard for students observing these days.\u201d<\/li>
  3. Black Baptist church shaped Cummings\u2019 commitment<\/a> (Jeff Karoub, AP News): \u201cTo many black clergy, Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings was more than a formidable orator, civil rights champion and passionate public servant, he was also one of them \u2014 in practice, if not profession.\u201d<\/li>
  4. How To Ask Your Mentors For Help<\/a> (Derek Sivers): this is super-short and very good. Excerpting it would ruin it. Read the whole thing.<\/li>
  5. The Codevilla Tapes<\/a> (David Samuels, Tablet Magazine): \u201cSamuels: \u2018Please remove me from temptation, said no one, ever.\u2019 \u201cCodevilla: \u2018Well as a matter of fact, Christians do \u201clead us not into temptation\u201d all the time.\u2019 Samuels: \u2018You do say \u201clead us not into temptation,\u201d but I am not aware of the Christian prayer that says \u201cplease take away the chocolate cake while I\u2019m in the middle of eating it.\u201d\u2019 Codevilla: \u2018Well, St. Augustine said exactly that, you know, \u201cLord make me pure, but not yet.\u201d\u2019 This is a super-long, wide-ranging interview. It is full of fascinating tidbits and will reward skimming.<\/li>
  6. On Mexican State Collapse<\/a> (El Anti-Pozolero, a personal blog): \u201cIt\u2019s an absolutely extraordinary episode even by the grim and bizarre annals of what we mistakenly call the post-2006 Mexican Drug War. The Battle of Culiac\u00e1n stands on a level above, say, the Ayotzinapa massacre, or the Zetas\u2019 expulsion of the entire population of Ciudad Mier. Killing scores of innocents and brutalizing small towns is one thing: seizing regional capital cities and crushing the national armed forces in open fighting in broad daylight is something else.\u201d 
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