{"id":5868,"date":"2020-02-28T21:37:22","date_gmt":"2020-02-29T05:37:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5868"},"modified":"2020-02-28T21:37:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-29T05:37:23","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-239","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/02\/28\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-239","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 239"},"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\" 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 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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I was sick last week and did\u00adn\u2019t have a chance to post. It was refresh\u00ading to take a break from the infor\u00adma\u00adtion del\u00aduge that is the mod\u00adern age!<\/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.nytimes.com\/2020\/02\/25\/opinion\/coronavirus-cases-spread.html\">The Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Is More Than a Dis\u00adease. It\u2019s a Test.<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cSo already, the virus has exposed a clear weak spot in what you might call the lib\u00ader\u00adal-glob\u00adal\u00adist imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion: an overzeal\u00adous \u2018remain calm\u2019 spir\u00adit in the face of the real risks of a hyper-con\u00adnect\u00aded world.\u201d.&nbsp;\n<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/the-pandemic-is-coming-coronavirus\/\">The Pan\u00addem\u00adic Is Com\u00ading<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): Dreher has been post\u00ading lots of great infor\u00adma\u00adtion on this. Worth fol\u00adlow\u00ading on this top\u00adic gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixthtone.com\/news\/1005252\">China\u2019s Book\u00adstores Band Togeth\u00ader To Sur\u00advive the Epi\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Ken\u00adrick Davis, Sixth Tone): unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00ading with strik\u00ading pic\u00adtures.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/opinion\/articles\/2020-02-25\/coronavirus-could-cause-sudden-collapse-of-global-supply-chains?utm_content=view&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&amp;cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-view\">How Fast Can a Virus Destroy a Sup\u00adply Chain?<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Opin\u00adion): \u201cGlob\u00adal sup\u00adply chains have yet to come apart most\u00adly because trade and pros\u00adper\u00adi\u00adty gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly have been ris\u00ading. But now, for the first time since World War II, the glob\u00adal econ\u00ado\u00admy faces the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of a true decou\u00adpling of many trade con\u00adnec\u00adtions. It is not suf\u00adfi\u00adcient\u00adly well under\u00adstood how rapid that process could be. A com\u00adplex inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal sup\u00adply chain is frag\u00adile pre\u00adcise\u00adly for the same rea\u00adsons it is valu\u00adable \u2014 name\u00adly, it is hard to con\u00adstruct and main\u00adtain because it involves so many inter\u00adde\u00adpen\u00adden\u00adcies.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/stories-51332811\">The boss who put every\u00adone on 70K<\/a> (Stephanie Hegar\u00adty, BBC): \u2018\u201cBefore the $70,000 min\u00adi\u00admum wage, we were hav\u00ading between zero and two babies born per year amongst the team,\u2019 he says. \u2018And since the announce\u00adment \u2014 and it\u2019s been only about four-and-a-half years \u2014 we\u2019ve had more than 40 babies.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/890b79866c9eb1451ddf67b121272ee2\">China\u2019s \u2018War on Ter\u00adror\u2019 uproots fam\u00adi\u00adlies, leaked data shows<\/a> (Dake Kang, Asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded Press): \u201cRea\u00adsons list\u00aded for intern\u00adment include \u2018minor reli\u00adgious infec\u00adtion,\u2019 \u2018dis\u00adturbs oth\u00ader per\u00adsons by vis\u00adit\u00ading them with\u00adout rea\u00adsons,\u2019 \u2018rel\u00ada\u00adtives abroad,\u2019 \u2018think\u00ading is hard to grasp\u2019 and \u2018untrust\u00adwor\u00adthy per\u00adson born in a cer\u00adtain decade.\u2019 The last seems to refer to younger men; about 31 per\u00adcent of peo\u00adple con\u00adsid\u00adered \u2018untrust\u00adwor\u00adthy\u2019 were in the age brack\u00adet of 25 to 29 years, accord\u00ading to an analy\u00adsis of the data by Zenz.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/are-we-living-out-romans-1\">Are We Liv\u00ading Out Romans 1?<\/a> (Rosario But\u00adter\u00adfield, Desir\u00ading God): \u201cRomans 1:26 tells us that peo\u00adple give them\u00adselves over to homo\u00adsex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty because they wor\u00adship and serve the cre\u00adation. There\u00adfore, from God\u2019s point of view, homo\u00adsex\u00adu\u00adal prac\u00adtice is the sex\u00adu\u00adal dis\u00adplay of false wor\u00adship. Well-heeled Gay Pride march\u00ades, with big-mon\u00adey cor\u00adpo\u00adrate spon\u00adsors smil\u00ading in sol\u00adi\u00addar\u00adi\u00adty with the LGBTQ machine, give us a mod\u00adern-day pic\u00adture of what wor\u00adship\u00ading the crea\u00adture looks like.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/chesa-boudin-san-franciscos-lawless-revolutionary\/\">Chesa Boudin: San Francisco\u2019s Law\u00adless Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary<\/a> (Maxwell Mey\u00ader, The Stan\u00adford Review) \u201cIn Com\u00adrade Gringo\u2019s new San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco, a naked pros\u00adti\u00adtute on hero\u00adin can defe\u00adcate in a gro\u00adcery store aisle, take up to $950 of goods, walk back to their tent on a city side\u00adwalk, steal a hand\u00adgun and drop some nee\u00addles along the way, and then solic\u00adit sex or drugs\u201a or both, to pedes\u00adtri\u00adans out\u00adside a local busi\u00adness, with just a cita\u00adtion (if that). But God for\u00adbid that pros\u00adti\u00adtute should offer those pedes\u00adtri\u00adans a plas\u00adtic straw, for hell hath no fury like San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco offi\u00adcials when \u2018The Plan\u00adet\u2019 is threat\u00adened.\u201d<ul><li>This rant in a stu\u00addent paper reads like pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal pun\u00addit\u00adry in a nation\u00adal-lev\u00adel pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion. I wish to acknowl\u00adedge the author\u2019s excel\u00adlent writ\u00ading skills.<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/rise-triumph-modern-self-church\/\">The Rise and Tri\u00adumph of the Mod\u00adern Self<\/a> (Carl True\u00adman, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cEvery age has its mal\u00adadies, and I for one have no wish to have lived my life in an era when chil\u00addren worked as chim\u00adney sweeps or, like my father, grew up in the shad\u00adow of the Luft\u00adwaffe. We do not choose our time, and we must not waste ener\u00adgy lament\u00ading our time. We need first and fore\u00admost to under\u00adstand our time and then to respond to it with informed wis\u00addom.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3538269\">The Val\u00adue of Study Abroad Expe\u00adri\u00adence in the Labor Mar\u00adket: Find\u00adings from a Resume Audit Exper\u00adi\u00adment<\/a> (Cheng &amp; Florick, SSRN): \u201cCom\u00adpared to resumes that list no study abroad expe\u00adri\u00adence, resumes that list study abroad expe\u00adri\u00adence in Asia regard\u00adless of length are about 20 per\u00adcent more like\u00adly to receive a call\u00adback for an inter\u00adview if the resume stud\u00adied. The dif\u00adfer\u00adences in rates increas\u00ades to 25 per\u00adcent when com\u00adpar\u00ading resumes with\u00adout study abroad expe\u00adri\u00adence to those that list two-week pro\u00adgrams in Asia. Resumes that list study abroad expe\u00adri\u00adence in Europe for one year are 20 per\u00adcent less like\u00adly to receive any call\u00adback and 35 per\u00adcent less like\u00adly to receiv\u00ading [sic] a call back for an inter\u00adview, rel\u00ada\u00adtive to resumes that do not list study abroad expe\u00adri\u00adence.\u201d<\/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=H-DOpEPkrqg\">Lee Mack vs the Mitchells<\/a> (Would I Lie To You?, YouTube): six and half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jtItWX4FKrM\">Clau\u00addia Winkleman\u2019s play\u00adground par\u00adent\u00ading tips<\/a> (Would I Lie To You?, YouTube): three and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=crdb3Isjoyc\">Does Lee Mack make his wife cut his fin\u00adger\u00adnails while he is asleep?<\/a> (Would I Lie To You?, YouTube): three and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=16WIwgW_fuY\">Did Greg Davies get in trou\u00adble for fir\u00ading a creme egg with a cat\u00ada\u00adpult into a friend\u2019s mouth?<\/a> (Would I Like To You?, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2274\/\">Stargaz\u00ading<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basicinstructions.net\/basic-instructions\/2020\/2\/20\/how-to-survive-the-dreaded-post-holiday-phone-call-1\">How To Sur\u00advive The Dread\u00aded Post-Hol\u00adi\u00adday Phone Call<\/a> (Basic Instruc\u00adtions)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/02\/18\">Bless You<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine): apro\u00adpos giv\u00aden Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/popular-new-noah-diet-has-you-eat-two-of-every-animal-at-every-meal\">Pop\u00adu\u00adlar New \u2018Noah Diet\u2019 Has You Eat Two Of Every Ani\u00admal At Every Meal<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/genius-church-introvert-wears-mask-so-people-will-think-he-has-coronavirus\">Genius: Church Intro\u00advert Wears Mask So Peo\u00adple Will Think He Has Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/facebook-adds-new-just-focusing-on-god-right-now-relationship-status\">Face\u00adbook Adds New \u2018Just Focus\u00ading On God Right Now\u2019 Rela\u00adtion\u00adship Sta\u00adtus<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/russians-decide-election-too-chaotic-for-them-to-successfully-interfere\">Rus\u00adsians Declare Elec\u00adtion Too Chaot\u00adic For Them To Suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly Inter\u00adfere<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/disney-to-introduce-new-lgbtq-superhero-whose-superpower-is-turning-invisible-in-international-markets\">Dis\u00adney To Intro\u00adduce New LGBTQ Super\u00adhero Whose Super\u00adpow\u00ader Is Turn\u00ading Invis\u00adi\u00adble In Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Mar\u00adkets<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): some\u00adtimes the Bee\u2019s humor is sav\u00adage\u00adly spot-on. Often with the Bee read\u00ading the head\u00adline is enough, but this one is sol\u00adid gold all the way through. Read it all.<\/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 some thoughts about slav\u00adery and the Bible \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethinking.org\/bible\/does-the-bible-support-slavery\">Does The Bible Sup\u00adport Slav\u00adery?<\/a> (a lec\u00adture giv\u00aden by the war\u00adden of Tyn\u00addale House at Cam\u00adbridge Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, the link is to the video with notes) and <a href=\"http:\/\/christianthinktank.com\/qnoslave.html\">Does God Con\u00addone Slav\u00adery In The Bible? (Part One \u2013 Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment)<\/a> and also <a href=\"http:\/\/christianthinktank.com\/qnoslavent.html\">Part Two \u2013 New Tes\u00adta\u00adment<\/a> (longer pieces from Glenn Miller at Chris\u00adt\u00adian Think\u00adtank). All three are quite help\u00adful. (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/11\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-76\">vol\u00adume 76<\/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. I was sick last week and did\u00adn\u2019t have a chance to post. It was refresh\u00ading to take a \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/02\/28\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-239\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 239\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":"You know this is the content you come to Twitter for...","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":[218,125,113],"class_list":["post-5868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-california","tag-china","tag-lgbtq"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1wE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5868","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=5868"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5882,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5868\/revisions\/5882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}