{"id":5786,"date":"2019-11-15T19:00:40","date_gmt":"2019-11-16T03:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5786"},"modified":"2019-11-15T19:00:42","modified_gmt":"2019-11-16T03:00:42","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-227","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/11\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-227","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 227"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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 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 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&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In case you were wondering, so far I have found the impeachment hearings and the commentary on them uninteresting. Let me know if you read something fascinating about them, though.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2019\/12\/the-things-we-cant-face\/600769\/?utm_campaign=Mere%20Orthodoxy%20Email%20List&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\">The Dishonesty of the Abortion Debate<\/a> (Caitlin Flanagan, The Atlantic): \u201cThe argument for abortion, if made honestly, requires many words: It must evoke the recent past, the dire consequences to women of making a very simple medical procedure illegal. The argument against it doesn\u2019t take even a single word. The argument against it is a picture\u2026. The truth is that the best argument on each side is a damn good one, and until you acknowledge that fact, you aren\u2019t speaking or even thinking honestly about the issue. You certainly aren\u2019t going to convince anybody. Only the truth has the power to&nbsp;move.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>This article has received praise from across the ideological spectrum. There is an interesting <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CCamosy\/status\/1194298065999585280\">Twitter response thread<\/a> by Charlie Camosy, a professor of ethics at Fordham.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2019\/10\/17\/tech\/india-facial-recognition-intl-hnk\/index.html\">India is trying to build the world\u2019s biggest facial recognition system<\/a> (Julie Zaugg, CNN): \u201c\u2018We were able to match 10,561 missing children with those living in institutions,\u2019 he told CNN. \u2018They are currently in the process of being reunited with their families.\u2019 Most of them were victims of trafficking, forced to work in the fields, in garment factories or in brothels, according to Ribhu. This momentous undertaking was made possible by facial recognition technology provided by New Delhi\u2019s police. \u2018There are over 300,000 missing children in India and over 100,000 living in institutions,\u2019 he explained. \u2018We couldn\u2019t possibly have matched them all manually.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>That\u2019s a really wonderful use of the technology and it makes me very afraid, because the obvious positive uses are likely to prevent us from building in adequate legal safeguards against the outlandish tyrannical power this technology makes possible.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/news\/2019\/11\/14\/phd-student-poll-finds-mental-health-bullying-and-career-uncertainty-are-top?mc_cid=e500c9d4ce&amp;mc_eid=495c6bd417\">Mental Health, Bullying, Career Uncertainty<\/a> (Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed): \u201cMore than a third of Ph.D. students have sought help for anxiety or depression caused by Ph.D. study, according to results of a global survey of 6,300 students from <em>Nature<\/em>. Thirty-six percent is a very large share, considering that many students who suffer don\u2019t reach out for help. Still, the figure parallels those found by other studies on the topic. A 2018 study of mostly Ph.D. students, for instance, found that 39 percent of respondents scored in the moderate-to-severe depression range. That\u2019s compared to 6 percent of the general population measured with the same&nbsp;scale.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/rift-in-chasten-buttigiegs-family-mirrors-americas-divides-are-you-willing-to-surrender-to-god\/2019\/11\/12\/3e059504-974b-11e9-8d0a-5edd7e2025b1_story.html\">Pete Buttigieg wants to build a bridge to the religious right. But tension within his in-laws\u2019 family highlights how difficult that may be.<\/a> (Amy B. Wang, Washington Post): \u201cThree days after Christmas 2017, Rhyan Glezman got a text from his youngest brother, Chasten, saying he was engaged to his boyfriend of 2\u00bd years \u2014 Pete Buttigieg, mayor of South Bend, Ind. Rhyan, an evangelical Christian pastor, texted back: \u2018I love you and is the only reason I\u2019m going to share this one question to you. Are you willing to surrender to God \u2018the one who created you and I\u2019 to whatever he says? I love you beyond what you will ever think or know. I think the world of you and Pete, you need to know that. Have a great day brother!!!\u2019\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/11\/09\/why-my-college-pals-went-to-yale-while-my-high-school-friends-went-to-jail\/\">Why my college pals went to Yale while my high school friends went to jail<\/a> (Rob Henderson, NY Post): \u201cIt is fascinating to hear affluent people discuss the reasons for upward mobility. They suggest solutions like \u2018opportunity\u2019 and \u2018education.\u2019 Seldom do they mention \u2018parents\u2019 or \u2018family.\u2019 This is why: Affluent people take their families for granted. They\u2019re so used to having stable families, it doesn\u2019t occur to them what it would be like to go without. It\u2019s like asking a fish about the importance of&nbsp;water.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>This is something I\u2019ve been fascinated by for years \u2014 Stanford students are far more likely to come from intact families than are the students I meet while doing retreats for other Chi Alphas. The author is a doctoral candidate in psychology at Cambridge.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medill.northwestern.edu\/news\/2019\/statement-from-dean-whitaker.html?linkId=76919948&amp;fbclid=IwAR0I_z9JFzUTVaXLVCWmoVrAUMEvuUEyMcmReKE0wL1-DavWHa10zbhvTss\">Statement from Medill Dean Charles Whitaker<\/a> (Northwestern University):\u201d\u2026I patently reject the notion that our students have no right to report on communities other than those from which they hail, and I will never affirm that students who do not come from marginalized communities cannot understand or accurately convey the struggles of those populations. And, unlike our young charges at The Daily, who in a heartfelt, though not well-considered editorial, apologized for their work on the Sessions story, I absolutely will not apologize for encouraging our students to take on the much-needed and very difficult task of reporting on our life and times at Northwestern and beyond.\u201d This is straight fire. Recommended by an alumnus.&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>The backstory: Jeff Sessions (former US Attorney General) spoke at Northwestern University. The campus paper covered the event and the protestors, and received sharp criticism from activists for so doing. The editorial board of the Daily Northwestern issued <a href=\"https:\/\/dailynorthwestern.com\/2019\/11\/10\/lateststories\/addressing-the-dailys-coverage-of-sessions-protests\/\">an apology via op-ed<\/a>. A lot of people (including high-profile professional journalists) expressed strong opinions about the coverage of the event and the apology, and this is the dean\u2019s response.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2019\/11\/58137\/\">The Place of Christian Religion in the American Founding<\/a> (Thomas Tacoma, Public Discourse): \u201cTake the notion that \u2018almost all\u2019 of the American founders were deists. Ethan Allen was the lone confirmed American deist of any influence in the founding period. Thomas Paine, who spent relatively little time in the United States\u2014and became deeply unpopular in America after writing <em>The Age of Reason\u2014<\/em>was the era\u2019s other famous deist. Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin were much quieter about their heterodox beliefs, and even they were not dyed-in-the-wool deists. Franklin, for example, often spoke of Providence, and of a God who did in fact intervene in the affairs of men.\u201d The author is a history professor at Blue Mountain College and is reviewing a book by Mark Hall, a professor of political science at George Fox University.<\/li><\/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.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/abduction\">Abduction<\/a> (SMBC): the punchline made me very&nbsp;happy<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/chick-fil-a-employee-throws-down-staff-which-turns-into-snake-eating-popeyes-employees-serpents\">Chick-Fil\u2011A Employee Throws Down Staff Which Turns Into Snake Eating Popeyes\u2019 False Serpents<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2019\/11\/13\/stanford-midterms-marginalized-by-latest-dictionary-com-word-of-the-day\/\">Stanford midterms marginalized by latest Dictionary.com \u2018Word of the Day\u2019<\/a> (Stanford Daily): brilliantly done<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanmoof.com\/blog\/tv-bike-box\">TV or not TV: The Story of our Bike Box<\/a> (Vanmoof blog): true, interesting, and amusing<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2019\/11\/15\">Social Media Unmasked<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/27538479\">On Obstinacy In Belief<\/a> (C.S. Lewis, The Sewanee Review): this is a rewarding essay from way back in 1955. (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/07\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-6\">volume 6<\/a>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about it.\n\nIf this was forwarded 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 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&nbsp;way. In case you were wondering, so far I have found the impeachment hearings and the commentary on them uninteresting. \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/11\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-227\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 227\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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Abortion, facial-recognition technology used for good, and an illustration of how being raised in a stable family really helps you out in life.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[16],"tags":[121,131,168,270,127,191,221,113],"class_list":["post-5786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abortion","tag-academia","tag-america","tag-divorce","tag-history","tag-india","tag-journalism","tag-lgbtq"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1vk","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786","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=5786"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5789,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5786\/revisions\/5789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}