{"id":5950,"date":"2020-04-10T17:44:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-11T01:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5950"},"modified":"2020-04-10T17:44:02","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T01:44:02","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-245","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/04\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-245","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 245"},"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\"><li>Some East\u00ader thoughts:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scriptoriumdaily.com\/godforsaken-for-us\/?utm_campaign=The%20Path%20Before%20Us&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\">God\u00adfor\u00adsak\u00aden For Us<\/a> (Fred Sanders, The Scrip\u00adto\u00adri\u00adum Dai\u00adly): \u201cThe words of Jesus here make promi\u00adnent the name God (Eli, Eli). Jesus cries the name of God human\u00adly from a human place. One rea\u00adson he does [not call God Father], I think, is that what is being enact\u00aded here on the cross is the Divine-Human encounter over sin. The one who has tak\u00aden the place of the sin\u00adner is being pun\u00adished by exile, pre\u00adcise\u00adly as a human, pre\u00adcise\u00adly by God. To put this in the back\u00adground and reach out instead for Father-Son lan\u00adguage in the para\u00adphrased telling of this sto\u00adry is to tac\u00adit\u00adly accept the propo\u00adsi\u00adtion that what is hap\u00adpen\u00ading on the cross reveals more about the Trin\u00adi\u00adty (God in him\u00adself) than about the incar\u00adna\u00adtion (God meet\u00ading man) or the atone\u00adment (sin meet\u00ading jus\u00adtice).\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2020\/april-web-only\/matthew-emerson-descended-dead-holy-saturday.html\">Christ Suf\u00adfered for Our Sins, but He Did\u00adn\u2019t Go to Hell for Them<\/a> (Brad East inter\u00adview\u00ading Matthew Emer\u00adson, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThe biggest [mis\u00adcon\u00adcep\u00adtion about what hap\u00adpened when Jesus died] is prob\u00ada\u00adbly the idea that Christ, dur\u00ading his descent, went to hell and was tor\u00adment\u00aded there.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li>Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty and Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2020\/04\/uncertainty-and-the-christian\">Uncer\u00adtain\u00adty and the Chris\u00adt\u00adian<\/a> (Ephraim Rad\u00adner, First Things): \u201cUncer\u00adtain\u00adty is at the cen\u00adter of the Chris\u00adt\u00adian voca\u00adtion. Uncer\u00adtain\u00adty may not com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive\u00adly describe that voca\u00adtion, but it defines it in an essen\u00adtial way. Many Chris\u00adtians will and do reject this claim, I real\u00adize. \u2018We know with cer\u00adtain\u00adty all that is impor\u00adtant to know!\u2019 they will say. God is in con\u00adtrol; God is good; God rewards the faith\u00adful; Jesus is Lord, and in him death and sin are defeat\u00aded; the gates of Hell will not pre\u00advail against the church, and heav\u00aden awaits us. These are indeed Big Pic\u00adture cer\u00adtain\u00adties. But the Big Pic\u00adture isn\u2019t all there is to God\u2019s real\u00adi\u00adty or to the Christian\u2019s life. Small pic\u00adtures are the bits that make up the Big Picture\u2019s mosa\u00adic.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy at Wycliffe Col\u00adlege in Cana\u00adda.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/april\/coronavirus-searches-online-converts-pray-cru-bgea-wmo.html\">Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Search\u00ades Lead Mil\u00adlions to Hear About Jesus<\/a> (David Roach, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cMil\u00adlions of wor\u00adried peo\u00adple who have turned to Google with their anx\u00adi\u00adety over COVID-19 have end\u00aded up con\u00adnect\u00ading with Chris\u00adt\u00adian evan\u00adge\u00adlists in their search results\u2014leading to a spike in online con\u00adver\u00adsions in March.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/03\/opinion\/coronavirus-hospitals-chaplains.html#click=https:\/\/t.co\/dBfoyCJ894\">The Men and Women Who Run Toward the Dying<\/a> (Bari Weiss, New York Times): \u201cBefore the plague hit, the pri\u00adma\u00adry job of hos\u00adpi\u00adtal chap\u00adlains was tend\u00ading to patients and their fam\u00adi\u00adlies. Now the empha\u00adsis has shift\u00aded to car\u00ading for their own col\u00adleagues.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2020\/04\/03\/supernatural-healing-christian-faith-coronavirus-pandemic\/\">Charis\u00admat\u00adic Chris\u00adtians who believe in the pow\u00ader of faith heal\u00adings are try\u00ading them over the phone <\/a>&nbsp;(Michelle Boorstein, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201c\u2018I pray for peo\u00adple on the phone, and there is no dif\u00adfer\u00adence in the spir\u00adit realm,\u2019 he said. \u2018It doesn\u2019t mat\u00adter if you\u2019re touch\u00ading or not. It\u2019s not about me, it\u2019s about God and releas\u00ading his spir\u00adit to take con\u00adtrol over the ele\u00adments of the body and speak life into them and to the dis\u00adease.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/05\/opinion\/coronavirus-church-religion.html\">Dur\u00ading the Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Out\u00adbreak, I Miss Singing at Church<\/a> (Tish Har\u00adri\u00adson War\u00adren, New York Times): \u201cWe must embrace social dis\u00adtanc\u00ading, for as long is as need\u00aded, to pro\u00adtect our health care sys\u00adtem and the very real, fleshy bod\u00adies of mil\u00adlions of people.But we also need to col\u00adlec\u00adtive\u00adly notice that some\u00adthing pro\u00adfound is lost by hav\u00ading to inter\u00adact with the world and our neigh\u00adbors in most\u00adly dis\u00adem\u00adbod\u00adied, dig\u00adi\u00adtal ways. This is some\u00adthing to lament and to grieve. And like all grief, it expos\u00ades the val\u00adue and glo\u00adry of the thing that was lost.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li>Gen\u00ader\u00adal Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marker.medium.com\/what-everyones-getting-wrong-about-the-toilet-paper-shortage-c812e1358fe0\">What Every\u00adone\u2019s Get\u00adting Wrong About the Toi\u00adlet Paper Short\u00adage<\/a> (Will Ore\u00admus, Medi\u00adum): \u201cIn short, the toi\u00adlet paper indus\u00adtry is split into two, large\u00adly sep\u00ada\u00adrate mar\u00adkets: com\u00admer\u00adcial and con\u00adsumer. The pan\u00addem\u00adic has shift\u00aded the lion\u2019s share of demand to the lat\u00adter. Peo\u00adple actu\u00adal\u00adly do need to buy sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant\u00adly more toi\u00adlet paper dur\u00ading the pan\u00addem\u00adic \u2014 not because they\u2019re mak\u00ading more trips to the bath\u00adroom, but because they\u2019re mak\u00ading more of them at home. With some 75% of the U.S. pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion under stay-at-home orders, Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are no longer using the restrooms at their work\u00adplace, in schools, at restau\u00adrants, at hotels, or in air\u00adports.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/04\/california-scales-back-rights-defendants\/609433\/\">Even Now, Crim\u00adi\u00adnal Defen\u00addants Have Rights<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201cCon\u00adsid\u00ader a poor per\u00adson arrest\u00aded on sus\u00adpi\u00adcion of drunk dri\u00adving. Nor\u00admal\u00adly he would be arraigned and receive a pub\u00adlic defend\u00ader with\u00adin 48 hours of arrest. Now he could sit in jail for a week with\u00adout an attor\u00adney before get\u00adting the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to tell his side of things to a judge.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/2020\/4\/10\/21216675\/apple-google-covid-coronavirus-contact-tracing-app\">Apple and Google will make track\u00ading tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy to fight coro\u00adn\u00adavirus<\/a> (Adam Clark Estes and Shirin Ghaf\u00adfary, Vox): \u201cApple and Google plan to build con\u00adtact-trac\u00ading func\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty into the oper\u00adat\u00ading sys\u00adtems of the phones them\u00adselves, which might sound a lit\u00adtle tricky for folks who wor\u00adry about being tracked with\u00adout their con\u00adsent. As the New York Times points out, by build\u00ading the tool direct\u00adly into the oper\u00adat\u00ading sys\u00adtem, Apple and Google effec\u00adtive\u00adly ensure that the con\u00adtact-trac\u00ading sys\u00adtem can run 24 hours a day, rather than only when a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar app is open.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kottke.org\/20\/04\/how-privacy-friendly-contact-tracing-can-help-stop-the-spread-of-covid-19\">How Pri\u00adva\u00adcy-Friend\u00adly Con\u00adtact Trac\u00ading Can Help Stop the Spread of Covid-19<\/a> (Jason Kot\u00adtke, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): con\u00adtains a com\u00adic that explains the idea very clear\u00adly.\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/interface\/2020\/4\/10\/21215267\/covid-19-contact-tracing-apps-bluetooth-coronavirus-flaws-public-health\">Why Blue\u00adtooth apps are bad at dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00ading new cas\u00ades of COVID-19<\/a> (Casey New\u00adton, The Verge): \u201c\u2018If I am in the wide open, my Blue\u00adtooth and your Blue\u00adtooth might ping each oth\u00ader even if you\u2019re much more than six feet away,\u2019 Mostashari said. \u2018You could be through the wall from me in an apart\u00adment, and it could ping that we\u2019re hav\u00ading a prox\u00adim\u00adi\u00adty event. You could be on <em>a dif\u00adfer\u00adent floor of the build\u00ading<\/em> and it could ping. You could be bik\u00ading by me in the open air and it could ping.\u2019\u201d This is a pret\u00adty sol\u00adid crit\u00adi\u00adcism.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/07\/opinion\/coronavirus-science-experts.html\">In the Fog of Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus, There Are No Experts<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201c[In the movie \u2018Con\u00adta\u00adgion\u2019] only insti\u00adtu\u00adtions can be trust\u00aded; out\u00adsider \u2018knowl\u00adedge\u2019 leads only to the grave. That\u2019s the movie; the real\u00adi\u00adty has been oth\u00ader\u00adwise. In our actu\u00adal pan\u00addem\u00adic, most of the insti\u00adtu\u00adtions that we asso\u00adciate with pub\u00adlic health exper\u00adtise and trust\u00aded med\u00adical author\u00adi\u00adty have failed more cat\u00ada\u00adstroph\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly than Trump has.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@rfentonmd\/im-concerned-about-us-a-black-doctor-s-plea-for-racial-covid19-data-1ad40848d18c\">I\u2019m Con\u00adcerned About \u201cUS\u201d: A Black Doc\u00adtor\u2019s Plea for Racial COVID19 Data<\/a> (Rebekah Fen\u00adton, Medi\u00adum): \u201cI noticed a trend among the obit\u00adu\u00adar\u00adies I read. They fea\u00adture high num\u00adbers of Black peo\u00adple. They look like me, like my family\u2019s friend. A fam\u00adi\u00adly in Chica\u00adgo has lost two sis\u00adters, Patri\u00adcia and Wan\u00adda Frieson, to coro\u00adn\u00adavirus at 61 and 63. Arnold Obey, an avid marathon run\u00adner and retired prin\u00adci\u00adpal in New York, died at 73. But the ages of Black and brown vic\u00adtims were also low\u00ader than I expect\u00aded. Dez-Ann Romain at 36. Dave Edwards at 48. Kious Kel\u00adly, an assis\u00adtant nurse man\u00adag\u00ader, at 48.\u201d Rebekah is an alum\u00adna of Chi Alpha.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o4PnSYAqQHU\">Flat\u00adten The Curve<\/a> (Ohio Depart\u00adment of Health, YouTube): thir\u00adty well-done sec\u00adonds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/04\/06\/s-nc-and-the-purpose-of-higher-education\/\">S\/NC and the pur\u00adpose of high\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion<\/a> (Thomas Slabon, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cAs a Ph.D. can\u00addi\u00addate in the phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy depart\u00adment, I have TA\u2019d or taught eight cours\u00ades, and I want to let you in on an open secret of post-sec\u00adondary edu\u00adca\u00adtors: We all hate grad\u00ading. Every. Sin\u00adgle. One of us. Every TA you\u2019ve ever had has con\u00adtem\u00adplat\u00aded grad\u00ading piles of prob\u00adlem sets or papers with dread \u2014 and half the rea\u00adson you had a TA in the first place was because your pro\u00adfes\u00adsor want\u00aded to grade your work even less.\u201d This is a won\u00adder\u00adful essay.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/the-situation-with-viktor-orban-hungary-emergency\/\">The Sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion With Vik\u00adtor Orban<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cI count myself an admir\u00ader of many of the things Vik\u00adtor Orban has done, espe\u00adcial\u00adly his moves to pro\u00adtect Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan sov\u00ader\u00adeign\u00adty, the par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty of its cul\u00adture, and to resist migra\u00adtion being forced upon Hun\u00adgary. This does not mean I sup\u00adport every\u00adthing he does \u2014 I hon\u00adest\u00adly don\u2019t fol\u00adlow Orban close\u00adly enough to have an informed opin\u00adion \u2014 but I think on bal\u00adance, he has been good for Hun\u00adgary, and for Europe. I would have a lot more con\u00adfi\u00addence for the future were I liv\u00ading in a coun\u00adtry gov\u00aderned by Vik\u00adtor Orban than by Angela Merkel.\u201d I don\u2019t know why I find this sub\u00adject so fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading. Maybe it\u2019s just because Dreher does and I love read\u00ading his writ\u00ading.<\/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.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/04\/08\/smart-toilet-can-detect-disease-identifies-user-with-butt-scan\/\">Smart toi\u00adlet can detect dis\u00adease, iden\u00adti\u00adfies user with butt scan<\/a> (Emma Tal\u00adley, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/04\/03\/americas\/venezuela-navy-cruise-liner-incident-intl\/index.html\">Venezue\u00adlan naval boat rams cruise lin\u00ader, dam\u00adages itself, sinks<\/a> (CNN): \u201c\u2026the RCGS Res\u00adolute is rein\u00adforced with steel plat\u00ading to help it nav\u00adi\u00adgate through ice.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded to me by a very amused stu\u00addent.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Efk_z9kg2MU\">13 Lev\u00adels of Beat\u00adbox\u00ading: Easy to Com\u00adplex<\/a> (Wired Mag\u00ada\u00adzine, YouTube): sev\u00aden\u00adteen sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00ading min\u00adutes.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/modern-day-chanukah-family-celebrates-the-miracle-of-one-roll-of-toilet-paper-lasting-eight-days\">Mod\u00adern-Day Hanukkah: Roll Of Toi\u00adlet Paper Mirac\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly Lasts Eight Days<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vulture.com\/2020\/04\/if-i-wrote-a-coronavirus-episode.html?campaign_id=49&amp;emc=edit_ca_20200404&amp;instance_id=17354&amp;nl=california-today&amp;regi_id=59635643&amp;segment_id=23874&amp;te=1&amp;user_id=82bd71d01fd70886e97df691aa12c777\">If I Wrote A Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Episode<\/a> (var\u00adi\u00adous, Vul\u00adture)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2020-04-05\">No Time Before Next Meet\u00ading<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert) \u2014 this has hap\u00adpened to many of you<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/search-for-the-two-best-possible-candidates-for-president-concludes\">Search For The Two Best Pos\u00adsi\u00adble Can\u00addi\u00addates For Pres\u00adi\u00addent Con\u00adcludes<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=a7ZJhMEWk8U\">Online Church Is the New Sun\u00adday Sport<\/a> (Cedarville Com\u00ade\u00addy, YouTube): two min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=bsXnR9dqBco\">Bless Your Rank: Girl Scout Cook\u00adies<\/a> (It\u2019s A South\u00adern Thing, YouTube): six\u00adteen mouth-water\u00ading 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:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/ryan-leaf-nfl-letter-to-my-younger-self\/?utm_content=buffer55060&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">Let\u00adter To My Younger Self<\/a> (Ryan Leaf, The Player\u2019s Tri\u00adbune): \u201cCon\u00adgrat\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions. You offi\u00adcial\u00adly have it all \u2014 mon\u00adey, pow\u00ader and pres\u00adtige. All the things that are impor\u00adtant, right?\u2026 That\u2019s you, young Ryan Leaf, at his absolute finest: arro\u00adgant, boor\u00adish and nar\u00adcis\u00adsis\u00adtic. You think you\u2019re on top of the world and that you\u2019ve got all the answers. Well I\u2019m sor\u00adry to have to tell you this, but the truth is\u2026.\u201d Such a grip\u00adping let\u00adter. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/05\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-99\">vol\u00adume 99<\/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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Some East\u00ader thoughts: God\u00adfor\u00adsak\u00aden For Us (Fred Sanders, The Scrip\u00adto\u00adri\u00adum Dai\u00adly): \u201cThe words of \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/04\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-245\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 245\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":"Happy Easter weekend! 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