{"id":5960,"date":"2020-04-17T16:49:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-18T00:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5960"},"modified":"2020-04-17T16:49:58","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T00:49:58","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-246","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/04\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-246","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 246"},"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><a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/t7n9f\/\">The Small World Net\u00adwork of Col\u00adlege Class\u00ades: Impli\u00adca\u00adtions for Epi\u00addem\u00adic Spread on a Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty Cam\u00adpus<\/a> (Wee\u00adden &amp; Corn\u00adwell, pre\u00adpub): \u201cIf one chose a giv\u00aden stu\u00addent at ran\u00addom, that stu\u00addent is like\u00adly to attend class with a stu\u00addent who, in turn, attends class with any oth\u00ader ran\u00addom\u00adly cho\u00adsen stu\u00addent. Put dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly, although it is unlike\u00adly that any two ran\u00addom\u00adly cho\u00adsen stu\u00addents would be enrolled in the same course, it is high\u00adly like\u00adly that they would be enrolled in dif\u00adfer\u00adent cours\u00ades that both include the same third par\u00adty.\u201c\n<ul>\n<li>The authors, pro\u00adfes\u00adsors at Cor\u00adnell, were curi\u00adous about the poten\u00adtial for dis\u00adease spread among under\u00adgrads at their school. Tak\u00ading this in a com\u00adplete\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent direc\u00adtion: the aver\u00adage stu\u00addent at Stan\u00adford is like\u00adly only one or two steps away from Chi Alpha. WOW! Invite your friends!<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li>Gen\u00ader\u00adal Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fivethirtyeight.com\/features\/a-comic-strip-tour-of-the-wild-world-of-pandemic-modeling\/\">A Com\u00adic Strip Tour Of The Wild World Of Pan\u00addem\u00adic Mod\u00adel\u00ading<\/a> (Zach Wein\u00ader\u00adsmith, Mag\u00adgie Koerth, Lau\u00adra Bron\u00adner and Jas\u00admine Mithani, FiveThir\u00adtyEight): dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to excerpt. It\u2019s a com\u00adic strip.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/908468\/why-cant-fishing-during-pandemic\">Why can\u2019t you go fish\u00ading dur\u00ading the pan\u00addem\u00adic?<\/a> (Matthew Wal\u00adter, The Week): \u201cCom\u00admon sense is exact\u00adly what has been lack\u00ading through\u00adout this pan\u00addem\u00adic. This has been true of near\u00adly every\u00adone in a posi\u00adtion of author\u00adi\u00adty. Telling peo\u00adple that they can\u00adnot engage in ordi\u00adnary, whole\u00adsome, total\u00adly risk-free activ\u00adi\u00adties is not, as Whit\u00admer recent\u00adly put it, \u2018the best sci\u00adence.\u2019 It is not any kind of sci\u00adence.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/14\/opinion\/coronavirus-lockdowns.html\">When Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Lock\u00addowns Go Too Far<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201c\u2026offi\u00adcials micro\u00admanag\u00ading out\u00addoor time and exer\u00adcise \u2014 chivvy\u00ading peo\u00adple out of parks if they\u2019re doing the wrong thing (read\u00ading qui\u00adet\u00adly instead of exer\u00adcis\u00ading, say) or clos\u00ading an entire state\u2019s worth of parks, as New Jersey\u2019s gov\u00ader\u00adnor chose to do last week \u2014 are crack\u00ading down on exact\u00adly the kind of cre\u00adative and adap\u00adtive behav\u00adiors that a social\u00adly dis\u00adtanced soci\u00adety ought to be encour\u00adag\u00ading.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2020\/04\/when-will-the-riots-begin.html\">When Will The Riots Begin?<\/a> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cFrom the point of view of the non-elites, the elites with their mod\u00adels and data and pro\u00adjec\u00adtions have shut the econ\u00ado\u00admy down. The news is full of pleas for New York, which always seemed like a sus\u00adpi\u00adcious den of urban inequity, but their home\u00adtown is doing fine. The church is closed, the bar is closed, the local plant is closed. Mon\u00adey is tight. Mean\u00adwhile the elites are laugh\u00ading about bing\u00ading Tiger King on Net\u00adflix.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2020\/04\/what-does-this-economist-think-of-epidemiology.html\">What does this econ\u00ado\u00admist think of epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgists?<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201c\u2026I have a few rude ques\u00adtions that nobody else seems will\u00ading to ask, and I gen\u00aduine\u00adly do not know the answers to these: As a class of sci\u00aden\u00adtists, how much are epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgists paid? Is good or bad news bet\u00adter for their salaries? How smart are they? What are their aver\u00adage GRE scores? Are they hired into thick, liq\u00aduid aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic and insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal mar\u00adkets? And how mer\u00adi\u00adto\u00adcrat\u00adic are those mar\u00adkets? What is their over\u00adall track record on pre\u00addic\u00adtions, whether before or dur\u00ading this cri\u00adsis?\u201d\n<ol>\n<li>A response: <a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2020\/04\/from-my-email-a-note-about-epidemiology.html\">From my email, a note about epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cThe quan\u00adti\u00adta\u00adtive mod\u00adel\u00aders are gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly much smarter than the peo\u00adple per\u00adform\u00ading con\u00adtact trac\u00ading or qual\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtive epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy stud\u00adies. How\u00adev\u00ader, if I\u2019m being com\u00adplete\u00adly hon\u00adest, their intel\u00adli\u00adgence is prob\u00ada\u00adbly low\u00ader than the aver\u00adage engi\u00adneer\u00ading pro\u00adfes\u00adsor \u2013 and cer\u00adtain\u00adly below that of math\u00ade\u00admati\u00adcians and sta\u00adtis\u00adti\u00adcians.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A response: <a href=\"https:\/\/observationalepidemiology.blogspot.com\/2020\/04\/a-reply-to-tyler-cowns-questions-on.html\">A reply to Tyler Cown\u2019s ques\u00adtions on Epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy<\/a>: (an anony\u00admous pro\u00adfes\u00adsor named Joseph, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cEpi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgists are typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly paid above aver\u00adage for aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics, because of their links to med\u00adical schools. Those in depart\u00adments of pub\u00adlic health are shame\u00adful\u00adly under\u00adpaid. Since peo\u00adple want good news from them, there is some pres\u00adsure to pro\u00adduce good news and most of our scan\u00addals come from over-opti\u00admistic fore\u00adcasts.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/p\/suspending-who-funding-should-be\">Sus\u00adpend\u00ading WHO Fund\u00ading Should Be Just the Begin\u00adning<\/a> (Lyman Stone, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201c\u2026the WHO is sim\u00adply not the orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion of doc\u00adtors many peo\u00adple envi\u00adsion. Of the 80 job list\u00adings cur\u00adrent\u00adly on the WHO\u2019s web\u00adsite, no more than four that I could iden\u00adti\u00adfy apply to doc\u00adtors at all. Even per\u00adma\u00adnent career posi\u00adtions on the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal payscale usu\u00adal\u00adly do not require more than a master\u2019s degree in a health-relat\u00aded field. The WHO is cur\u00adrent\u00adly hir\u00ading almost as many media and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion staffers as it is epi\u00addemi\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal staffers.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@henrysward\/cartas-covid-19-layoff-cbb80e3e8a5d\">Car\u00adta\u2019s covid-19 lay\u00adoff<\/a> (Hen\u00adry Ward, Medi\u00adum): \u201cIt is impor\u00adtant that all of you know I per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly reviewed every list and every per\u00adson. If you are one of those affect\u00aded it is because I decid\u00aded it. Your man\u00adag\u00ader did not. For the major\u00adi\u00adty of you it was quite the con\u00adtrary. Your man\u00adag\u00ader fought to keep you and I over\u00adrode them. They are blame\u00adless. If today is your last day, there is only one per\u00adson to blame and it is me.\u201d This is super-classy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/our-columnists\/the-black-plague?utm_source=nextdraft&amp;utm_medium=email\">The Black Plague<\/a> (Keean\u00adga-Yamaht\u00adta Tay\u00adlor, New York\u00ader): \u201cThe old African-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan apho\u00adrism \u201cWhen white Amer\u00adi\u00adca catch\u00ades a cold, black Amer\u00adi\u00adca gets pneu\u00admo\u00adnia\u201d has a new, mor\u00adbid twist: when white Amer\u00adi\u00adca catch\u00ades the nov\u00adel coro\u00adn\u00adavirus, black Amer\u00adi\u00adcans die.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A dif\u00adfer\u00adent per\u00adspec\u00adtive: <a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2020\/04\/13\/do-covid-19-racial-disparities-matter\/\">Do COVID-19 Racial Dis\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adties Mat\u00adter?<\/a> (Cole\u00adman Hugh\u00ades, Quil\u00adlette): \u201cIn fact, blacks are more like\u00adly than whites to die of many diseases\u2014not just this one. In oth\u00ader cas\u00ades, the reverse is true. Accord\u00ading to CDC mor\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty data, whites are more like\u00adly than blacks to die of chron\u00adic low\u00ader res\u00adpi\u00adra\u00adto\u00adry dis\u00adease, Alzheimer\u2019s, Parkinson\u2019s, liv\u00ader dis\u00adease, and eight dif\u00adfer\u00adent types of can\u00adcer. The same think\u00ading that attrib\u00adut\u00ades the racial dis\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adty in COVID-19 deaths to sys\u00adtemic racism against blacks could be applied equal\u00adly to argue the exis\u00adtence of sys\u00adtemic racism against whites.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/08\/san-francisco-coronavirus-homeless-shelter#maincontent\">Wast\u00aded time: how San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco failed its home\u00adless pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion amid coro\u00adn\u00adavirus<\/a> (Vivian Ho, The Guardian): \u201c\u2026many not-for-prof\u00adit orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions that offered ser\u00advices to the unhoused were forced to close. Shel\u00adters that used to allow peo\u00adple to con\u00adgre\u00adgate dur\u00ading the day closed their doors. So did gyms with show\u00aders, busi\u00adness\u00ades with pub\u00adlic restrooms and even the pub\u00adlic library, where the unhoused can stay dry from the rain.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li>Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty &amp; Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/11\/opinion\/sunday\/coronavirus-religion.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">The Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus and the Will of God<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cBecause we are not Jesus, it is a very bad idea to walk around telling strangers how their suf\u00adfer\u00ading might dis\u00adplay the works of God. But as friends, we can par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate in oth\u00aders\u2019 dis\u00adcern\u00adment and pat\u00adtern-seek\u00ading, and we can try to dis\u00adcern pur\u00adpos\u00ades in our own life \u2014 suf\u00adfer\u00ading as pun\u00adish\u00adment, suf\u00adfer\u00ading as refine\u00adment, suf\u00adfer\u00ading as a judg\u00adment on a nation or soci\u00adety, suf\u00adfer\u00ading as an oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty, suf\u00adfer\u00ading as part of a sto\u00adry not our own.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/april\/coronavirus-immigrants-refugees-ice-detention-evangelical-l.html\">Min\u00adistry Lead\u00aders to ICE: Release Immi\u00adgrants and Let Church\u00ades Help<\/a> (Bekah McNeel, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThis week, evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal lead\u00aders from nine major orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions wrote the Trump admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion to urge offi\u00adcials to release detained immi\u00adgrants dur\u00ading the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus pan\u00addem\u00adic, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly those who are elder\u00adly or at high\u00ader risk for con\u00adtract\u00ading COVID-19.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/erlc.com\/resource-library\/articles\/a-q-and-a-for-churches-on-government-restrictions-with-a-religious-liberty-attorney\">A Q&amp;A for church\u00ades on gov\u00adern\u00adment restric\u00adtions with a reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty attor\u00adney: Nav\u00adi\u00adgat\u00ading the ten\u00adsion between church and state dur\u00ading a pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Jeff Pick\u00ader\u00ading, The Ethics and Reli\u00adgious Lib\u00ader\u00adty Com\u00admis\u00adsion): \u201cUlti\u00admate\u00adly, church\u00ades should approach reli\u00adgious free\u00addom con\u00adflicts the same way they approach COVID-19: not with fear of suf\u00adfer\u00ading but with calm con\u00adfi\u00addence in the good\u00adness of God. Nei\u00adther a glob\u00adal pan\u00addem\u00adic nor a local bureau\u00adcrat can silence the gospel.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/93201a33ee3f73017f02d273f868bfba\">Jus\u00adtice Depart\u00adment takes church\u2019s side in 1st Amend\u00adment suit<\/a> (Colleen Long, Michael Bal\u00adsamo And Emi\u00adly Wag\u00adster Pet\u00adtus, Asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded Press): \u201cThe Jus\u00adtice Depart\u00adment took the rare step on Tues\u00adday of weigh\u00ading in on the side of a Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi Chris\u00adt\u00adian church where local offi\u00adcials had tried to stop Holy Week ser\u00advices broad\u00adcast to con\u00adgre\u00adgants sit\u00adting in their cars in the park\u00ading lot.\u2026. Attor\u00adney Ryan Tuck\u00ader of the Alliance Defend\u00ading Free\u00addom, which rep\u00adre\u00adsents the church, says there\u2019s a Son\u00adic Dri\u00adve-In restau\u00adrant about 200 yards (180 meters) from the church where patrons are still allowed to roll down their win\u00addows and talk.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2020\/04\/13\/virginia-pastor-church-dies-coronavirus\/?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\">Promi\u00adnent Vir\u00adginia pas\u00adtor who said \u2018God is larg\u00ader than this dread\u00aded virus\u2019 dies of covid-19<\/a> (Michelle Boorstein, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cEar\u00adli\u00ader in the ser\u00admon, he said: \u2018If I had to deliv\u00ader my own eulo\u00adgy, I\u2019d say, \u2018God is greater than any chal\u00adlenge you and I face.\u2019 That would be my epi\u00adtaph.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/religioninpublic.blog\/2020\/04\/13\/atheists-are-the-most-politically-active-group-in-the-united-states\/\">Athe\u00adists are the Most Polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly Active Group in the Unit\u00aded States<\/a> (Ryan P Burge, Reli\u00adgion In Pub\u00adlic): \u201cAt every lev\u00adel on the edu\u00adca\u00adtion spec\u00adtrum, athe\u00adists and agnos\u00adtics are more polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly active than Protes\u00adtants or Catholics. More edu\u00adca\u00adtion leads to high\u00ader lev\u00adels of polit\u00adi\u00adcal activ\u00adi\u00adty among all reli\u00adgious groups, but the rela\u00adtion\u00adship is even stronger for athe\u00adists than oth\u00ader groups. An athe\u00adist with a grad\u00adu\u00adate degree par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded in 2.1 polit\u00adi\u00adcal activ\u00adi\u00adties in the last year. It was 1.8 activ\u00adi\u00adties for agnos\u00adtics. For Catholics and Protes\u00adtants it\u2019s between 1.3 and 1.4 activ\u00adi\u00adties. That\u2019s not a small dif\u00adfer\u00adence.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2020\/04\/13\/trump-campaign-wants-win-votes-evangelicals-color\/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;wpisrc=nl_most\">The Trump cam\u00adpaign wants to win the votes of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals of col\u00ador<\/a> (Julie Zauzmer and Michelle Boorstein , Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201c[Black and Lati\u00adno evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals] have con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive beliefs on social issues such as same-sex mar\u00adriage, which they oppose at rates just slight\u00adly low\u00ader than white evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals, and to some extent abor\u00adtion, which would put them in the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan camp. But they also tend to favor more legal\u00adized immi\u00adgra\u00adtion, gov\u00adern\u00adment sen\u00adsi\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty toward racial jus\u00adtice, and help for the poor, gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly push\u00ading them toward Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic can\u00addi\u00addates.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/spectator.us\/bloody-decade-1970s-susan-rosenberg\/\">The bloody decade: think Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s divid\u00aded now? Try the 1970s<\/a> (William Rose\u00adnau, Spec\u00adta\u00adtor): \u201cIn 1974 alone, there were 2,044 bomb\u00adings in Amer\u00adi\u00adca, with 24 peo\u00adple killed. Vio\u00adlent extrem\u00adist groups dot\u00adted the polit\u00adi\u00adcal land\u00adscape in a way they sim\u00adply do not today.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/04\/14\/828565428\/bloomberg-news-killed-investigation-fired-reporter-then-sought-to-silence-his-wi?utm_campaign=storyshare&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_medium=social\">Bloomberg News Killed Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion, Fired Reporter, Then Sought To Silence His Wife<\/a> (David Folken\u00adflik. NPR): \u201cSix years ago, Bloomberg News killed an inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion into the wealth of Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty elites in Chi\u00adna, fear\u00adful of reper\u00adcus\u00adsions by the Chi\u00adnese government.The com\u00adpa\u00adny suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly silenced the reporters involved. And it sought to keep the spouse of one of the reporters qui\u00adet, too.\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\">\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/04\/16\">Oth\u00ader Things Are Con\u00adta\u00adgious, Too<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ms7capx4Cb8\">Explain\u00ading the Pan\u00addem\u00adic to my Past Self<\/a> (Julie Nolke, YouTube): three min\u00adutes.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/jEnqrKj\">Truth is often stranger than fic\u00adtion<\/a> (Imgur): I had seen this before but for\u00adgot\u00adten about it. If you like read\u00ading fan\u00adta\u00adsy nov\u00adels or you are from Louisiana you\u2019ll be tick\u00adled.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/funny\/comments\/g2nb8v\/kids_getting_beaten_at_their_own_game\/\">Kids get\u00adting beat\u00aden at their own game.<\/a> (Red\u00addit)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-baby-toys-look-just-like-dangerous-objects-so-babies-will-actually-want-to-play-with-them\">Genius Idea: These New Toys Look Just Like Dan\u00adger\u00adous Objects So Babies Will Actu\u00adal\u00adly Want To Play With Them<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/church-spices-up-sermon-with-laugh-track\">Church Adds Laugh Track After Pas\u00adtor\u2019s Jokes<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/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=\"http:\/\/www.peterkreeft.com\/topics-more\/20_arguments-gods-existence.htm\">20 Argu\u00adments For God\u2019s Exis\u00adtence<\/a> (Peter Kreeft, per\u00adson\u00adal web\u00adsite): \u201cYou may be blessed with a vivid sense of God\u2019s pres\u00adence; and that is some\u00adthing for which to be pro\u00adfound\u00adly grate\u00adful. But that does not mean you have no oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to pon\u00adder these argu\u00adments. For many have not been blessed in that way. And the proofs are designed for them\u2014or some of them at least\u2014to give a kind of help they real\u00adly need. You may even be asked to pro\u00advide help.\u201d I was remind\u00aded of this by a con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion with an alum\u00adnus. The author is a phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Boston Col\u00adlege. (first shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/09\/01\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-116\">vol\u00adume 116<\/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 The Small World Net\u00adwork of Col\u00adlege Class\u00ades: Impli\u00adca\u00adtions for Epi\u00addem\u00adic Spread on a Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/04\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-246\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 246\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":"Bringing you another fresh installment of curated links from around the web which are of particular interest to academic or academic-adjacent evangelicals.","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":[204,165,125,177,275,117,116,162],"class_list":["post-5960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-atheism","tag-campus-ministry","tag-china","tag-media","tag-pandemic","tag-politics","tag-race","tag-theology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1y8","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5960","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=5960"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5968,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5960\/revisions\/5968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}