{"id":5972,"date":"2020-04-24T16:03:28","date_gmt":"2020-04-25T00:03:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=5972"},"modified":"2020-04-24T16:03:38","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T00:03:38","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-247","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/04\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-247","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 247"},"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\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2020\/04\/20\/the-amish-health-care-system\/\">The Amish Health Care Sys\u00adtem<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cI\u2019m fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded by how many of today\u2019s biggest eco\u00adnom\u00adic prob\u00adlems just mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous\u00adly failed to exist in the past. Our grand\u00adpar\u00adents eas\u00adi\u00adly paid for col\u00adlege with sum\u00admer jobs, raised three or four kids on a sin\u00adgle income, and bought hous\u00ades in their 20s or 30s and nev\u00ader wor\u00adried about rent or evic\u00adtion again. And yes, they got med\u00adical care with\u00adout health insur\u00adance, and avoid\u00aded the kind of med\u00adical bank\u00adrupt\u00adcies we see too fre\u00adquent\u00adly today. How did this work so well? Are there ways to make it work today?\u201d\n<ul>\n<li> I would say unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading except near\u00adly every\u00adthing on Slate Star Codex is fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading; in fact, the more eso\u00adteric the top\u00adic the bet\u00adter.<\/li>\n<li>Fol\u00adlow-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2020\/04\/24\/employer-provided-health-insurance-delenda-est\/\">Employ\u00ader Pro\u00advid\u00aded Health Insur\u00adance Delen\u00adda Est<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cMost of my patients have insur\u00adance; most of them are well-off; most of them are intel\u00adli\u00adgent enough that they should be able to nav\u00adi\u00adgate the bureau\u00adcra\u00adcy. Lis\u00adten to the usu\u00adal debate around insur\u00adance, and you would expect them to be the win\u00adners of our sys\u00adtem; the rich peo\u00adple who can turn their finan\u00adcial advan\u00adtage into bet\u00adter care. And yet bare\u00adly a day goes by with\u00adout a reminder that it doesn\u2019t work this way.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li>Gen\u00ader\u00adal Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus News and Com\u00admen\u00adtary&nbsp;\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/18\/world\/asia\/hong-kong-arrests.html\">Amid Pan\u00addem\u00adic, Hong Kong Arrests Major Pro-Democ\u00adra\u00adcy Fig\u00adures<\/a> (Elaine Yu and Austin Ramzy, NY Times): \u201cThe virus has halt\u00aded protests around the world, forc\u00ading peo\u00adple to stay home and giv\u00ading the author\u00adi\u00adties new laws for lim\u00adit\u00ading pub\u00adlic gath\u00ader\u00adings and detain\u00ading peo\u00adple with less fear of pub\u00adlic blow\u00adback while many res\u00adi\u00addents remained under lock\u00addowns or observ\u00ading lim\u00adits on their move\u00adment. But the arrests on Sat\u00adur\u00adday in Hong Kong, along with a renewed push for nation\u00adal secu\u00adri\u00adty leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtion in the city, could anger pro\u00adtest\u00aders and rein\u00advig\u00ado\u00adrate mass demon\u00adstra\u00adtions that had tapered off.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2020\/04\/62572\/\">Lock\u00addowns Don\u2019t Work<\/a> (Lyman Stone, The Pub\u00adlic Dis\u00adcourse): \u201cLock\u00addowns don\u2019t work. These oth\u00ader policies\u2014travel restric\u00adtions, large-assem\u00adbly lim\u00adits, cen\u00adtral\u00adized quar\u00adan\u00adtine, mask require\u00adments, and school cancellations\u2014do work. Because COVID is an extreme\u00adly severe dis\u00adease that, if left unchecked, will kill hun\u00addreds of thou\u00adsands of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans, it is vital\u00adly impor\u00adtant that pol\u00adi\u00adcy\u00admak\u00aders focus their efforts on poli\u00adcies that do work (masks, cen\u00adtral quar\u00adan\u00adtines, trav\u00adel restric\u00adtions, school can\u00adcel\u00adla\u00adtions, large-assem\u00adbly lim\u00adits), and avoid imple\u00adment\u00ading dra\u00adcon\u00adian, unpop\u00adu\u00adlar poli\u00adcies that don\u2019t work (lock\u00addowns).\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arnoldkling.com\/blog\/lockdown-socialism-will-collapse\/\">Lock\u00addown Social\u00adism will col\u00adlapse<\/a> (Arnold Kling, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cyou can stay in your res\u00adi\u00addence, but pay\u00ading rent or pay\u00ading your mort\u00adgage is option\u00adal\u2026. you can obtain gro\u00adceries and shop on line, but hav\u00ading a job is option\u00adal\u2026. if you own a small busi\u00adness, you don\u2019t need rev\u00adenue, because the gov\u00adern\u00adment will keep send\u00ading checks.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2020\/04\/andrew-sullivan-we-cant-go-on-like-this-much-longer.html\">We Can\u2019t Go on Like This Much Longer<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, New York Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201c\u2026protests against our total shut\u00addown, while puny now, will doubt\u00adless grow. The psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal dam\u00adage \u2014 not count\u00ading the phys\u00adi\u00adcal toll \u2014 caused by this deeply unnat\u00adur\u00adal way of life is going to inten\u00adsi\u00adfy. We remain human beings, a quin\u00adtes\u00adsen\u00adtial\u00adly social mam\u00admal, and we ori\u00adent our\u00adselves in time, look\u00ading for\u00adward to the future. When that future has been sus\u00adpend\u00aded, humans come undone.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/04\/17\/how-not-say-wrong-thing-health-care-workers\/?utm_campaign=wp_week_in_ideas&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;wpisrc=nl_ideas\">How not to say the wrong thing to health-care work\u00aders<\/a> (Dorothy R. Novick, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201c\u2026a per\u00adson in any giv\u00aden cir\u00adcle should send love and com\u00adpas\u00adsion inward, to those in small\u00ader cir\u00adcles, and process per\u00adson\u00adal grief out\u00adward, to those in larg\u00ader cir\u00adcles\u2026. Com\u00adfort in, grief out.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/a16z.com\/2020\/04\/18\/its-time-to-build\/\">It\u2019s Time To Build<\/a> (Marc Andreesen, blog): \u201cThe things we build in huge quan\u00adti\u00adties, like com\u00adput\u00aders and TVs, drop rapid\u00adly in price. The things we don\u2019t, like hous\u00ading, schools, and hos\u00adpi\u00adtals, sky\u00adrock\u00adet in price. What\u2019s the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan dream? The oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to have a home of your own, and a fam\u00adi\u00adly you can pro\u00advide for. We need to break the rapid\u00adly esca\u00adlat\u00ading price curves for hous\u00ading, edu\u00adca\u00adtion, and health\u00adcare, to make sure that every Amer\u00adi\u00adcan can real\u00adize the dream, and the only way to do that is to build.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>In response: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/4\/22\/21228469\/marc-andreessen-build-government-coronavirus\">Why We Can\u2019t Build<\/a> (Ezra Klein, Vox): \u201cThe insti\u00adtu\u00adtions through which Amer\u00adi\u00adcans build have become biased against action rather than toward it. They\u2019ve become, in polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00aden\u00adtist Fran\u00adcis Fukuyama\u2019s term, \u2018vetoc\u00adra\u00adcies,\u2019 in which too many actors have veto rights over what gets built. That\u2019s true in the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment. It\u2019s true in state and local gov\u00adern\u00adments. It\u2019s even true in the pri\u00advate sec\u00adtor.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/04\/civil-libertarians-coronavirus\/610624\/\">How to Pro\u00adtect Civ\u00adil Lib\u00ader\u00adties in a Pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201cIn emer\u00adgen\u00adcies, [the exec\u00adu\u00adtive direc\u00adtor of the ACLU] reflect\u00aded in an inter\u00adview ear\u00adli\u00ader this month, gov\u00adern\u00adment offi\u00adcials jus\u00adti\u00adfy new pow\u00aders by point\u00ading to the extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary chal\u00adlenges of the moment. Yet long after the emer\u00adgency pass\u00ades, they tend to assert those very same pow\u00aders as if they are the new nor\u00admal\u2026. \u2018We are still lit\u00adi\u00adgat\u00ading pow\u00aders in 2020 that were adopt\u00aded in 2001.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li>Chris\u00adt\u00adian Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus News &amp; Com\u00admen\u00adtary\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2020\/april-web-only\/covid-19-is-not-gods-judgment.html\">COVID-19 Is Not God\u2019s Judg\u00adment<\/a> (Jim Deni\u00adson, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201c\u2026bib\u00adli\u00adcal judg\u00adments through dis\u00adease are super\u00adnat\u00adur\u00adal in ori\u00adgin. When God sent \u2018boils\u2019 on Egypt, they broke out instant\u00adly \u2018on man and beast\u2019 through\u00adout the land. The \u2018pesti\u00adlence\u2019 of Rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion will come by one of the \u2018four horse\u00admen of the apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse,\u2019 not a wet mar\u00adket in Wuhan. Every\u00adthing sci\u00aden\u00adtists can tell us about COVID-19 is that the virus evolved from oth\u00ader virus\u00ades. It is nat\u00adur\u00adal, not super\u00adnat\u00adur\u00adal.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/04\/21\/opinion\/first-amendment-church-coronavirus.html?smid=tw-share\">If Liquor Stores Are Essen\u00adtial, Why Isn\u2019t Church?<\/a> (Michael McConnel &amp; Max Raskin, NY Times): \u201cIt is not for gov\u00adern\u00adment offi\u00adcials to decide whether reli\u00adgious wor\u00adship is essen\u00adtial; the First Amend\u00adment already decid\u00aded that. The ques\u00adtion is whether, and how, it may be con\u00adduct\u00aded with\u00adout undue risk to pub\u00adlic health.\u201d McConnell is a Stan\u00adford law prof.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dbts.edu\/2020\/04\/17\/pandemic-evangelism-spreading-the-gospel-not-the-virus-step-one\/\">Pan\u00addem\u00adic Evan\u00adge\u00adlism: Spread\u00ading the Gospel, not the Virus<\/a> (Peter Cush\u00adman, Detroit Bap\u00adtist The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Sem\u00adi\u00adnary): \u201cStep 1: Fer\u00advent\u00adly Pray for the Lost\u2026 Step 2: Tell the Lost You\u2019re Pray\u00ading for Them\u2026 Step 3a: Tell the Lost about Christ: Rec\u00adog\u00adniz\u00ading Oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties.\u201d This is a series of blog posts which is not yet fin\u00adished. The indi\u00advid\u00adual posts so far \u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/dbts.edu\/2020\/04\/17\/pandemic-evangelism-spreading-the-gospel-not-the-virus-step-one\/\">step one<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dbts.edu\/2020\/04\/20\/pandemic-evangelism-spreading-the-gospel-not-the-virus-step-two\/\">step two<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/dbts.edu\/2020\/04\/23\/pandemic-evangelism-step-three-a\/\">step 3a<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2020\/04\/19\/church-of-god-in-christ-pentecostal-coronavirus-kills-bishops\/\">Covid-19 has killed mul\u00adti\u00adple bish\u00adops and pas\u00adtors with\u00adin the nation\u2019s largest black Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion<\/a> (Michelle Boorstein, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cThe Church of God in Christ, the country\u2019s biggest African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, has tak\u00aden a deep and painful lead\u00ader\u00adship hit with reports of at least a dozen to up to 30 bish\u00adops and promi\u00adnent cler\u00adgy dying of covid-19\u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2020\/04\/21\/under-fire-from-many-this-new-yorker-is-a-stalwart-champion-of-samaritans-purse\/\">Under fire from many, Samaritan\u2019s Purse finds an unlike\u00adly cham\u00adpi\u00adon<\/a> (Yonat Shim\u00adron, Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice): \u201cIn the course of the past four weeks, Tilson, who is not reli\u00adgious and had nev\u00ader heard of Franklin Gra\u00adham, the con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adt\u00adian leader of Samaritan\u2019s Purse, has become one of the field hospital\u2019s most ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded vol\u00adun\u00adteers and cham\u00adpi\u00adons.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/providencemag.com\/2020\/04\/world-ignoring-christian-genocide-nigeria\/\">Is the World Ignor\u00ading a Chris\u00adt\u00adian Geno\u00adcide in Nige\u00adria?<\/a> (Lela Gilbert, Prov\u00adi\u00addence): \u201cThose of us who track reli\u00adgious free\u00addom vio\u00adla\u00adtions and Chris\u00adt\u00adian per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion agree with those who increas\u00ading\u00adly speak of anoth\u00ader geno\u00adcide. Mur\u00adder\u00adous inci\u00addents are act\u00aded out with accel\u00ader\u00adat\u00ading fre\u00adquen\u00adcy, per\u00adpe\u00adtrat\u00aded pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly by two ter\u00adror groups\u2014Boko Haram and Fulani jihadis. Tens of thou\u00adsands of Nige\u00adri\u00adans have been slaugh\u00adtered in the last decade. But their sto\u00adries rarely appear in main\u00adstream West\u00adern news reports.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Four arti\u00adcles more par\u00adti\u00adsan than those I often share:\n<ul>\n<li>On the right: <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmind.org\/essays\/end-the-globalization-gravy-train\/\">End the Glob\u00adal\u00adiza\u00adtion Gravy Train<\/a> (J.D Vance, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Mind): \u201cWest\u00adern Civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion was, in fact, built by figures\u2014one in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar whose res\u00adur\u00adrec\u00adtion we just celebrated\u2014who rec\u00adog\u00adnized that mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal con\u00adsump\u00adtion, while nec\u00ades\u00adsary and impor\u00adtant, was hard\u00adly the only good worth pur\u00adsu\u00ading.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>On the left: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/studying-fascist-propaganda-by-day-watching-trumps-coronavirus-updates-by-night\">Study\u00ading Fas\u00adcist Pro\u00adpa\u00adgan\u00adda by Day, Watch\u00ading Trump\u2019s Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Updates by Night<\/a> (Andrew Marantz, The New York\u00ader): \u201c[Yale pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Jason] Stan\u00adley isn\u2019t, or isn\u2019t main\u00adly, a schol\u00adar of pub\u00adlic pol\u00adi\u00adcy; he is a philoso\u00adpher of lan\u00adguage. When he insin\u00adu\u00adates that Trump is a fascist\u2014and you don\u2019t have to be a philoso\u00adpher of lan\u00adguage to catch the insinuation\u2014he means that Trump talks like a fas\u00adcist, not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly that he gov\u00aderns like one.\u201d Sent my way by a con\u00adcerned alum\u00adnus.<\/li>\n<li>On the right: <a href=\"https:\/\/providencemag.com\/2020\/04\/evangelicals-need-more-pragmatism-less-moralism-al-mohler\/\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals Need More Prag\u00adma\u00adtism and Less Moral\u00adism<\/a> (Daniel Strand, Prov\u00adi\u00addence): \u201cMany evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals have expressed their dis\u00adil\u00adlu\u00adsion at both polit\u00adi\u00adcal par\u00adties because nei\u00adther seems to line up with their beliefs. Democ\u00adrats seem antag\u00ado\u00adnis\u00adtic to Chris\u00adt\u00adian con\u00advic\u00adtions, and Repub\u00adli\u00adcans ral\u00adly to defend and sup\u00adport a pres\u00adi\u00addent whose char\u00adac\u00adter would not exact\u00adly line up with Chris\u00adt\u00adian stan\u00addards, let alone those of used car salesman\u2014my apolo\u00adgies to used car sales\u00admen. To all this, I say good.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of ethics at the USAF Air War Col\u00adlege.<\/li>\n<li>On the left: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2020\/06\/underlying-conditions\/610261\/\">We Are Liv\u00ading In A Failed State<\/a> (George Pack\u00ader, The Atlantic): \u201cWhen the virus came here, it found a coun\u00adtry with seri\u00adous under\u00adly\u00ading con\u00addi\u00adtions, and it exploit\u00aded them ruth\u00adless\u00adly. Chron\u00adic ills\u2014a cor\u00adrupt polit\u00adi\u00adcal class, a scle\u00adrot\u00adic bureau\u00adcra\u00adcy, a heart\u00adless econ\u00ado\u00admy, a divid\u00aded and dis\u00adtract\u00aded public\u2014had gone untreat\u00aded for years. We had learned to live, uncom\u00adfort\u00adably, with the symp\u00adtoms. It took the scale and inti\u00adma\u00adcy of a pan\u00addem\u00adic to expose their severity\u2014to shock Amer\u00adi\u00adcans with the recog\u00adni\u00adtion that we are in the high-risk cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2020\/04\/the-decline-of-the-jury\">The Decline of the Jury<\/a> (Peter Hitchens, First Things): \u201cFor with\u00adout a jury, any tri\u00adal is sim\u00adply a process by which the state reas\u00adsures itself that it has got the right man. A group of state employ\u00adees, none of them espe\u00adcial\u00adly dis\u00adtin\u00adguished, are asked to con\u00adfirm the views of oth\u00ader state employ\u00adees. With a jury, the gov\u00adern\u00adment can\u00adnot know the out\u00adcome and must prove its case. And so the faint, phan\u00adtas\u00admal ide\u00adal of the pre\u00adsump\u00adtion of inno\u00adcence takes on actu\u00adal flesh and bones and stands in the path of pow\u00ader.\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=ObS6AKwMpwU\">Father and Son Magi\u00adcians James and Dylan Piper<\/a> (Britain\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): five min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/coronavirus-passes-ninjas-as-top-invisible-enemy\">Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Over\u00adtakes Nin\u00adjas As Top Invis\u00adi\u00adble Ene\u00admy<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/theoatmeal.com\/comics\/plunge\">Books<\/a> (The Oat\u00admeal)&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordflipside.com\/2020\/04\/oh-no-27th-consecutive-housing-email-this-week-actually-contained-information-necessary-for-you-to-graduate\/\">Oh No! 27th Con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive Hous\u00ading Email This Week Actu\u00adal\u00adly Con\u00adtained Infor\u00adma\u00adtion Nec\u00ades\u00adsary for You to Grad\u00adu\u00adate<\/a> (Stan\u00adford Flip\u00adside)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/nonsequitur\/2020\/04\/19\">Pan\u00addem\u00adic Com\u00admerce<\/a> (Non Sequitur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/04\/20\">Real\u00adis\u00adtic Goals<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/sodomy-2\">Sodomy<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/study-finds-chick-fil-a-sauce-kills-100-of-germs\">Study Finds Chick-Fil\u2011A Sauce Kills 100% Of Germs<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee) \u2014 check\u00admate, athe\u00adists.<\/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 For an eye-open\u00ading (and dis\u00admay\u00ading) expe\u00adri\u00adence, read<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2014\/11\/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story\/383262\/\"> What The Media Gets Wrong About Israel<\/a> (Mat\u00adtie Fried\u00adman, The Atlantic). (first shared back in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/06\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-5\">vol\u00adume 5<\/a>): \u201cone of the most impor\u00adtant aspects of the media-sat\u00adu\u00adrat\u00aded con\u00adflict between Jews and Arabs is also the least cov\u00adered: the press itself. The West\u00adern press has become less an observ\u00ader of this con\u00adflict than an actor in it, a role with con\u00adse\u00adquences for the mil\u00adlions of peo\u00adple try\u00ading to com\u00adpre\u00adhend cur\u00adrent events, includ\u00ading pol\u00adi\u00adcy\u00admak\u00aders who depend on jour\u00adnal\u00adis\u00adtic accounts to under\u00adstand a region where they con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly seek, and fail, to pro\u00adduc\u00adtive\u00adly inter\u00advene.\u201d<\/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>. 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