{"id":5939,"date":"2020-04-03T16:35:25","date_gmt":"2020-04-04T00:35:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5939"},"modified":"2020-04-03T16:35:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-04T00:35:26","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-244","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/04\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-244","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 244"},"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<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li>Chris\u00adt\u00adian Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Per\u00adspec\u00adtives\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5808495\/coronavirus-christianity\/\">Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Offers No Answers About the Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus<\/a> (N.T. Wright, Time): \u201cSup\u00adpos\u00ading real human wis\u00addom doesn\u2019t mean being able to string togeth\u00ader some dodgy spec\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions and say, \u2018So that\u2019s all right then?\u2019 What if, after all, there are moments such as T. S. Eliot rec\u00adog\u00adnized in the ear\u00adly 1940s, when the only advice is to wait with\u00adout hope, because we\u2019d be hop\u00ading for the wrong thing? Ratio\u00adnal\u00adists (includ\u00ading Chris\u00adt\u00adian ratio\u00adnal\u00adists) want expla\u00adna\u00adtions; Roman\u00adtics (includ\u00ading Chris\u00adt\u00adian roman\u00adtics) want to be giv\u00aden a sigh of relief. But per\u00adhaps what we need more than either is to recov\u00ader the bib\u00adli\u00adcal tra\u00addi\u00adtion of <em>lament<\/em>.\u201d<ul><li>Please remem\u00adber that authors do not usu\u00adal\u00adly pick the head\u00adlines for their arti\u00adcles. In this case espe\u00adcial\u00adly the lev\u00adel of mis\u00admatch between the title and the arti\u00adcle is strik\u00ading.<\/li><\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/coronavirus-response-to-nt-wright\/\">Sur\u00adprised by Hope\u00adless\u00adness: A Response to NT Wright<\/a> (Andy Davis, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cDespite what T. S. Eliot says, Chris\u00adtians know exact\u00adly what to hope for. We\u2019ve been clear\u00adly instruct\u00aded by God\u2019s prophet\u00adic Word, and there\u00adfore, we should be radi\u00adant with hope\u2014an unshak\u00adable con\u00advic\u00adtion that the future is inde\u00adscrib\u00adably bright. The world is \u2018with\u00adout hope and with\u00adout God\u2019 (Eph. 2:14); so when Chris\u00adtians radi\u00adate hope, the world notices and is moved to ask us to give a rea\u00adson for the hope with\u00adin us (1 Pet. 3:15).\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/books-and-culture\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/like-the-merchants-of-babylon.html\">Like the Mer\u00adchants of Baby\u00adlon<\/a> (Dou\u00adglas Wil\u00adson, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cThe Bible tells us that God\u2019s deal\u00adings with mankind are often mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous, and so we should nev\u00ader rush to glib expla\u00adna\u00adtions. But His works are not <em>absolute\u00adly<\/em> inscrutable. When Jesus rebuked the peo\u00adple for mis\u00adread\u00ading the col\u00adlapse of the tow\u00ader of Siloam, and for the inci\u00addent where Pilate killed the men of Galilee (Luke 13:1\u20135), He rebuked them, <em>not for read\u00ading mean\u00ading into the sto\u00adry<\/em>, but for hav\u00ading read the <em>wrong<\/em> mean\u00ading into the sto\u00adry.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/how-an-evil-virus-points-to-the-crushing\">How An Evil Virus Points to the Crush\u00ading Weight of the Fall<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cLast night, my wife and I were walk\u00ading through our neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood and saw a pas\u00adtor friend in his back\u00adyard. We stopped him and had a love\u00adly con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion while main\u00adtain\u00ading prop\u00ader social dis\u00adtanc\u00ading from the side\u00adwalk. As we shared our own bur\u00addens and stress\u00ades, he made an impor\u00adtant obser\u00adva\u00adtion \u2013 this moment demon\u00adstrates so clear\u00adly our need for a sav\u00adior. By that, he meant far, far more than the idea that we need some of that \u2018old-time reli\u00adgion\u2019 before we meet our mak\u00ader. No, he meant that a bro\u00adken world eager\u00adly awaits the redemp\u00adtion declared in Rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtions 21, when the Lord declares, \u2018Behold, I make all things new.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/experimentaltheology.blogspot.com\/2020\/04\/the-book-of-common-prayer-prayers-for.html\">The Book of Com\u00admon Prayer: Prayers for Plagues and Times of Great Sick\u00adness<\/a> (Richard Beck, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cHave pity upon us mis\u00ader\u00adable sin\u00adners, who now are vis\u00adit\u00aded with great sick\u00adness and mor\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty; that like as thou didst then accept of an atone\u00adment, and didst com\u00admand the destroy\u00ading Angel to cease from pun\u00adish\u00ading, so it may now please thee to with\u00addraw from us this plague and griev\u00adous sick\u00adness; through Jesus Christ our Lord.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/02\/us\/coronavirus-apocalypse-religion.html\">The Apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse as an \u2018Unveil\u00ading\u2019: What Reli\u00adgion Teach\u00ades Us About the End Times<\/a> (Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Dias, New York Times): \u201cFor peo\u00adple of many faiths, and even none at all, it can feel late\u00adly like the end of the world is near. Not only is there a plague, but hun\u00addreds of bil\u00adlions of locusts are swarm\u00ading East Africa. Wild\u00adfires have rav\u00adaged Aus\u00adtralia, killing an untold num\u00adber of ani\u00admals. A recent earth\u00adquake in Utah even shook the Salt Lake Tem\u00adple to the top of its icon\u00adic spire, caus\u00ading the gold\u00aden trum\u00adpet to fall from the angel Moroni\u2019s right hand.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li>Gen\u00ader\u00adal Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Com\u00admen\u00adtary\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mprnews.org\/story\/2020\/04\/01\/npr-tips-from-someone-with-50-years-of-social-distancing-experience\">Tips from some\u00adone with 50 years of social dis\u00adtanc\u00ading expe\u00adri\u00adence<\/a> (Rae Ellen Bichell, Min\u00adneso\u00adta Pub\u00adlic Radio): \u201cKeep track of some\u00adthing\u2026. In the era of COVID-19, he sug\u00adgests track\u00ading what you can \u2014 or can\u2019t \u2014 find at the gro\u00adcery store. Or, bet\u00adter yet, par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00ading in some cit\u00adi\u00adzen sci\u00adence, like a project called CoCo\u00adRaHS that tracks rain\u00adfall across the coun\u00adtry.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/its-time-to-face-facts-america-masks-work\/\">It\u2019s Time to Face Facts, Amer\u00adi\u00adca: Masks Work<\/a> (Fer\u00adris Jabr, Wired): \u201cThe col\u00adlec\u00adtive evi\u00addence makes a strong case for uni\u00adver\u00adsal mask wear\u00ading dur\u00ading a pan\u00addem\u00adic. Masks are not a sub\u00adsti\u00adtute for oth\u00ader inter\u00adven\u00adtions; they must always be used in com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion with social dis\u00adtanc\u00ading and hand hygiene.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/03\/31\/opinion\/covid-conservatism.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">The Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus and the Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Mind<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201c\u2026the sup\u00adposed con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive mind is more attuned to exter\u00adnal threat and inter\u00adnal con\u00adt\u00ada\u00adm\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, more inclined to sup\u00adport author\u00adi\u00adty and hier\u00adar\u00adchy, and fear sub\u00adver\u00adsion and dis\u00adsent. And so the polit\u00adi\u00adcal respons\u00ades to the pan\u00addem\u00adic have put these psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal the\u00ado\u00adries to a very inter\u00adest\u00ading test.\u201d This is an angle that nev\u00ader would have occurred to me but which is obvi\u00adous\u00adly worth explor\u00ading.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/coronavirus-in-charts-covid-19-symptoms-spread-deaths-warnings-2020-2\">Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus maps and charts show COVID-19 symp\u00adtoms, spread, death rate<\/a> (Busi\u00adness Insid\u00ader): \u201cThese 22 charts and graph\u00adics lay out what you need to know as the out\u00adbreak con\u00adtin\u00adues to progress.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li>This is only mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adly about the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus: <a href=\"https:\/\/nycreligion.info\/an-inside-look-at-the-hospital-going-up-in-central-park\/\">An inside look at the hos\u00adpi\u00adtal going up in Cen\u00adtral Park<\/a> (Tony Carnes, A Jour\u00adney Through NYC Reli\u00adgions): \u201cThe heart of Cen\u00adtral Park is Bethes\u00adda Foun\u00adtain, which was built to com\u00admem\u00ado\u00adrate the heal\u00ading pow\u00ader of Jesus at the Pool of Bethes\u00adda in Israel. Fred\u00ader\u00adic Law Olm\u00adst\u00aded, the park\u2019s design\u00ader, hoped that the park would pro\u00advide spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal refresh\u00adment to urban mass\u00ades from their tra\u00advails. Now, a Chris\u00adt\u00adian min\u00adistry is real\u00adiz\u00ading the sym\u00adbol\u00adism in the 21st Cen\u00adtu\u00adry by erect\u00ading a crit\u00adi\u00adcal care hos\u00adpi\u00adtal at the park\u2019s 97th Street Trans\u00adverse and Fifth Avenue\u2026. Samaritan\u2019s Purse med\u00adical per\u00adson\u00adnel use the twen\u00adty sec\u00adonds while they wash their hands to pray for each of their patients by name. It is fit\u00adting that they do that at their present loca\u00adtion.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>What a heart\u00adwarm\u00ading sto\u00adry. Who could be opposed?<\/li>\n<li>Oh, wait. <a href=\"https:\/\/gothamist.com\/news\/de-blasio-samaritans-purse-central-park-coronavirus-hospital\">De Bla\u00adsio \u201cVery Con\u00adcerned\u201d About Anti-Gay Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Group Run\u00adning Cen\u00adtral Park Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Hos\u00adpi\u00adtal<\/a> (Jake Offen\u00adhartz, The Gothamist): \u201cMay\u00ador Bill de Bla\u00adsio said the city will keep a close eye on the Chris\u00adt\u00adian fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adist group oper\u00adat\u00ading a field hos\u00adpi\u00adtal in Cen\u00adtral Park, amid grow\u00ading fears that some New York\u00aders could face dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion and sub\u00adstan\u00addard care from the reli\u00adgious orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/new-yorkers-are-right-to-be-skeptical-of-samaritans-purses-evangelical-coronavirus-ward-in-central-park\">New York\u00aders Are Right to Be Skep\u00adti\u00adcal of Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal-Run Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Ward in Cen\u00adtral Park<\/a> (Jonathan Mer\u00adrit, The Dai\u00adly Beast): \u201cThe vast major\u00adi\u00adty of New York\u00aders are not Chris\u00adt\u00adian, and if they find them\u00adselves wheez\u00ading for air due to COVID-19, they don\u2019t want to be pros\u00ade\u00adly\u00adtized while receiv\u00ading treat\u00adment. They too have rea\u00adson to be skep\u00adti\u00adcal of the organization\u2019s makeshift hos\u00adpi\u00adtal.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Some amus\u00ading com\u00adments I saw in response, \u201cI think they\u2019re actu\u00adal\u00adly afraid that the vol\u00adun\u00adteers will give away Chick-Fil\u2011A sand\u00adwich\u00ades\u201d and \u201cIf the may\u00ador had been as con\u00adcerned about the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus as he is about the Chris\u00adtians then New York would look very dif\u00adfer\u00adent today.\u201d Ouch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/04\/02\/donations-from-bribery-to-benevolence\/\">Dona\u00adtions: From Bribery to Benev\u00ado\u00adlence<\/a> (Jas\u00admine Ker\u00adber, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cA spec\u00adtrum exists between bribery and benev\u00ado\u00adlence, and dona\u00adtions fall in var\u00adi\u00adous places along that con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adum. Oper\u00ada\u00adtion Var\u00adsi\u00adty Blues high\u00adlight\u00aded the most cor\u00adrupt \u2018dona\u00adtions\u2019; for\u00admer Stan\u00adford sail\u00ading coach John Van\u00adde\u00admo\u00ader plead\u00aded guilty to accept\u00ading a bribe, not an altru\u00adis\u00adtic con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion to ath\u00adlet\u00adics.\u201d Jas\u00admine is a stu\u00addent in Chi Alpha.\n<ul>\n<li>I shared an arti\u00adcle that dis\u00adcussed phil\u00adan\u00adthropy from a dif\u00adfer\u00adent per\u00adspec\u00adtive back <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/08\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-213\">in vol\u00adume 213<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/03\/31\/at-least-the-seats-are-red-why-is-stanford-stadium-often-empty\/\">At least the seats are red: Why is Stan\u00adford Sta\u00addi\u00adum often emp\u00adty?<\/a> (Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cAs nation\u00adal Heis\u00adman vot\u00aders did not vote for Chris\u00adt\u00adian McCaf\u00adfrey \u201918 because they could not both\u00ader to watch his games, Stan\u00adford stu\u00addents would not bike over to Stan\u00adford Sta\u00addi\u00adum for [his] games. \u2018I will nev\u00ader for\u00adget this,\u2019 McCaf\u00adfrey told The Ath\u00adlet\u00adic. \u2018My sopho\u00admore year against UCLA, I had a heck of a game. I biked back to my dorm, I\u2019m kind of on a high horse. I walk in, and six or sev\u00aden peo\u00adple asked where I was! I think I had some\u00adthing like 243 yards rush\u00ading, four touch\u00addowns. And they didn\u2019t know where I was!\u2019\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/credohouse.org\/blog\/3-types-of-skeptics\">3 Types of Skep\u00adtics<\/a> (C. Michael Pat\u00adton, Cre\u00addo House): \u201c1. Those who need answers\u2026. 2. Those who don\u2019t like the answers\u2026. 3. Those who need heal\u00ading.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dbts.edu\/2020\/03\/30\/are-mormons-christians-a-review-of-the-saints-of-zion-an-introduction-to-mormon-theology\/\">Are Mor\u00admons Chris\u00adtians?: A Review of \u201cThe Saints of Zion: An Intro\u00adduc\u00adtion to Mor\u00admon The\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy\u201d <\/a>(Tim Miller, Detroit Bap\u00adtist The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Sem\u00adi\u00adnary): \u201cHe makes clear that Mor\u00admons are not Chris\u00adtians, but does so by point\u00ading out that this has been the claim of the Mor\u00admon church itself through\u00adout his\u00adto\u00adry (despite recent attempts to argue dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly).\u201d<\/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.youtube.com\/watch?v=dWxTiPglIBk\">2020 is the Worst Year<\/a> (It\u2019s A South\u00adern Thing, YouTube): four and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2020\/mar\/30\/astrophysicist-gets-magnets-stuck-up-nose-while-inventing-coronavirus-device\">Astro\u00adphysi\u00adcist gets mag\u00adnets stuck up nose while invent\u00ading coro\u00adn\u00adavirus device<\/a> (Kylie Stephens and Jonathan Chad\u00adwick, The Guardian) \u2014 I share this as a warn\u00ading mes\u00adsage to our entre\u00adpre\u00adneur\u00adial engi\u00adneer\u00ading stu\u00addents.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-zoom-filter-makes-it-look-like-youre-wearing-clothes\">New Zoom Fil\u00adter Makes It Look Like You\u2019re Wear\u00ading Clothes<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/nations-programmers-admit-they-just-know-how-to-google-things\">Nation\u2019s Pro\u00adgram\u00admers Admit They\u2019re Actu\u00adal\u00adly Just Real\u00adly Good At Googling Things<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZpTC4E2coH8\">Let\u2019s Make Anx\u00adi\u00adety Soup<\/a> (Hold\u00ader\u00adness Fam\u00adi\u00adly, YouTube): three and a half 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:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2017\/03\/16\/book-review-seeing-like-a-state\/\">Book Review: See\u00ading Like A State<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cPeas\u00adants didn\u2019t like per\u00adma\u00adnent sur\u00adnames. Their own sys\u00adtem was quite rea\u00adson\u00adable for them: John the bak\u00ader was John Bak\u00ader, John the black\u00adsmith was John Smith, John who lived under the hill was John Under\u00adhill, John who was real\u00adly short was John Short. The same per\u00adson might be John Smith and John Under\u00adhill in dif\u00adfer\u00adent con\u00adtexts, where his sta\u00adtus as a black\u00adsmith or place of ori\u00adgin was more impor\u00adtant. But the gov\u00adern\u00adment insist\u00aded on giv\u00ading every\u00adone a sin\u00adgle per\u00adma\u00adnent name, unique for the vil\u00adlage, and track\u00ading who was in the same fam\u00adi\u00adly as whom. Resis\u00adtance was intense.\u201d This is long and amaz\u00ading. (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/04\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-95\">vol\u00adume 95<\/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>The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adspec\u00adtives on the pan\u00addem\u00adic, some inter\u00adest\u00ading news tid\u00adbits, the state of Stan\u00adford ath\u00adlet\u00adic fan\u00addom, and a good reminder that Mor\u00admonism is not a Chris\u00adt\u00adian denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion. <\/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":"Theological perspectives on the pandemic, some interesting news tidbits, the state of Stanford athletic fandom, and a good reminder that Mormonism is not a Christian denomination. 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