{"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><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>I was sick last week and didn\u2019t have a chance to post. It was refreshing to take a break from the information deluge that is the modern 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 Coronavirus Is More Than a Disease. 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 liberal-globalist imagination: an overzealous \u2018remain calm\u2019 spirit in the face of the real risks of a hyper-connected world.\u201d.&nbsp;<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/the-pandemic-is-coming-coronavirus\/\">The Pandemic Is Coming<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The American Conservative): Dreher has been posting lots of great information on this. Worth following on this topic generally.<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sixthtone.com\/news\/1005252\">China\u2019s Bookstores Band Together To Survive the Epidemic<\/a> (Kenrick Davis, Sixth Tone): unexpectedly interesting with striking pictures.<\/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 Supply Chain?<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg Opinion): \u201cGlobal supply chains have yet to come apart mostly because trade and prosperity generally have been rising. But now, for the first time since World War II, the global economy faces the possibility of a true decoupling of many trade connections. It is not sufficiently well understood how rapid that process could be. A complex international supply chain is fragile precisely for the same reasons it is valuable \u2014 namely, it is hard to construct and maintain because it involves so many interdependencies.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/stories-51332811\">The boss who put everyone on 70K<\/a> (Stephanie Hegarty, BBC): \u2018\u201cBefore the $70,000 minimum wage, we were having between zero and two babies born per year amongst the team,\u2019 he says. \u2018And since the announcement \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 Terror\u2019 uproots families, leaked data shows<\/a> (Dake Kang, Associated Press): \u201cReasons listed for internment include \u2018minor religious infection,\u2019 \u2018disturbs other persons by visiting them without reasons,\u2019 \u2018relatives abroad,\u2019 \u2018thinking is hard to grasp\u2019 and \u2018untrustworthy person born in a certain decade.\u2019 The last seems to refer to younger men; about 31 percent of people considered \u2018untrustworthy\u2019 were in the age bracket of 25 to 29 years, according to an analysis of the data by&nbsp;Zenz.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/are-we-living-out-romans-1\">Are We Living Out Romans 1?<\/a> (Rosario Butterfield, Desiring God): \u201cRomans 1:26 tells us that people give themselves over to homosexuality because they worship and serve the creation. Therefore, from God\u2019s point of view, homosexual practice is the sexual display of false worship. Well-heeled Gay Pride marches, with big-money corporate sponsors smiling in solidarity with the LGBTQ machine, give us a modern-day picture of what worshiping the creature looks&nbsp;like.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/chesa-boudin-san-franciscos-lawless-revolutionary\/\">Chesa Boudin: San Francisco\u2019s Lawless Revolutionary<\/a> (Maxwell Meyer, The Stanford Review) \u201cIn Comrade Gringo\u2019s new San Francisco, a naked prostitute on heroin can defecate in a grocery store aisle, take up to $950 of goods, walk back to their tent on a city sidewalk, steal a handgun and drop some needles along the way, and then solicit sex or drugs\u201a or both, to pedestrians outside a local business, with just a citation (if that). But God forbid that prostitute should offer those pedestrians a plastic straw, for hell hath no fury like San Francisco officials when \u2018The Planet\u2019 is threatened.\u201d<ul><li>This rant in a student paper reads like professional punditry in a national-level publication. I wish to acknowledge the author\u2019s excellent writing skills.<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/rise-triumph-modern-self-church\/\">The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self<\/a> (Carl Trueman, The Gospel Coalition): \u201cEvery age has its maladies, and I for one have no wish to have lived my life in an era when children worked as chimney sweeps or, like my father, grew up in the shadow of the Luftwaffe. We do not choose our time, and we must not waste energy lamenting our time. We need first and foremost to understand our time and then to respond to it with informed wisdom.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3538269\">The Value of Study Abroad Experience in the Labor Market: Findings from a Resume Audit Experiment<\/a> (Cheng &amp; Florick, SSRN): \u201cCompared to resumes that list no study abroad experience, resumes that list study abroad experience in Asia regardless of length are about 20 percent more likely to receive a callback for an interview if the resume studied. The differences in rates increases to 25 percent when comparing resumes without study abroad experience to those that list two-week programs in Asia. Resumes that list study abroad experience in Europe for one year are 20 percent less likely to receive any callback and 35 percent less likely to receiving [sic] a call back for an interview, relative to resumes that do not list study abroad experience.\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 minutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jtItWX4FKrM\">Claudia Winkleman\u2019s playground parenting tips<\/a> (Would I Lie To You?, YouTube): three and a half minutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=crdb3Isjoyc\">Does Lee Mack make his wife cut his fingernails while he is asleep?<\/a> (Would I Lie To You?, YouTube): three and a half minutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=16WIwgW_fuY\">Did Greg Davies get in trouble for firing a creme egg with a catapult into a friend\u2019s mouth?<\/a> (Would I Like To You?, YouTube): four minutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2274\/\">Stargazing<\/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 Survive The Dreaded Post-Holiday Phone Call<\/a> (Basic Instructions)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/02\/18\">Bless You<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine): apropos given Coronavirus<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/popular-new-noah-diet-has-you-eat-two-of-every-animal-at-every-meal\">Popular New \u2018Noah Diet\u2019 Has You Eat Two Of Every Animal At Every Meal<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/genius-church-introvert-wears-mask-so-people-will-think-he-has-coronavirus\">Genius: Church Introvert Wears Mask So People Will Think He Has Coronavirus<\/a> (Babylon Bee)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/facebook-adds-new-just-focusing-on-god-right-now-relationship-status\">Facebook Adds New \u2018Just Focusing On God Right Now\u2019 Relationship Status<\/a> (Babylon Bee)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/russians-decide-election-too-chaotic-for-them-to-successfully-interfere\">Russians Declare Election Too Chaotic For Them To Successfully Interfere<\/a> (Babylon Bee)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/disney-to-introduce-new-lgbtq-superhero-whose-superpower-is-turning-invisible-in-international-markets\">Disney To Introduce New LGBTQ Superhero Whose Superpower Is Turning Invisible In International Markets<\/a> (Babylon Bee): sometimes the Bee\u2019s humor is savagely spot-on. Often with the Bee reading the headline is enough, but this one is solid gold all the way through. Read it&nbsp;all.<\/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 some thoughts about slavery and the Bible \u2013 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethinking.org\/bible\/does-the-bible-support-slavery\">Does The Bible Support Slavery?<\/a> (a lecture given by the warden of Tyndale House at Cambridge University, the link is to the video with notes) and <a href=\"http:\/\/christianthinktank.com\/qnoslave.html\">Does God Condone Slavery In The Bible? (Part One \u2013 Old Testament)<\/a> and also <a href=\"http:\/\/christianthinktank.com\/qnoslavent.html\">Part Two \u2013 New Testament<\/a> (longer pieces from Glenn Miller at Christian Thinktank). All three are quite helpful. (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/11\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-76\">volume 76<\/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. I was sick last week and didn\u2019t have a chance to post. It was refreshing to take a break \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/02\/28\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-239\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Interesting, Volume 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_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":"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,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"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}]}}