{"id":6039,"date":"2020-05-22T19:35:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-23T03:35:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6039"},"modified":"2020-05-22T19:38:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-23T03:38:36","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-251","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/05\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-251","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 251"},"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:\/\/news.harvard.edu\/gazette\/story\/2020\/05\/religious-services-may-lower-risk-of-deaths-of-despair\/\">Reli\u00adgious ser\u00advices may low\u00ader risk of \u2018deaths of despair\u2019<\/a> (Chris Sweeney, Har\u00advard Gazette): \u201cAfter adjust\u00ading for numer\u00adous vari\u00adables, the study showed that women who attend\u00aded ser\u00advices at least once per week had a 68 per\u00adcent low\u00ader risk of death from despair com\u00adpared to those nev\u00ader attend\u00ading ser\u00advices. Men who attend\u00aded ser\u00advices at least once per week had a 33 per\u00adcent low\u00ader risk of death from despair.\u201d Those are HUGE reduc\u00adtions!<\/li>\n<li>Pan\u00addem\u00adic Per\u00adspec\u00adtives\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/science\/medical-dispatch\/amid-the-coronavirus-crisis-a-regimen-for-reentry\">Amid the Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Cri\u00adsis, a Reg\u00adi\u00admen for Re\u00ebn\u00adtry<\/a> (Atul Gawande, The New York\u00ader): \u201cBut, in the face of enor\u00admous risks, Amer\u00adi\u00adcan hos\u00adpi\u00adtals have learned how to avoid becom\u00ading sites of spread. When the time is right to light\u00aden up on the lock\u00addown and bring peo\u00adple back to work, there are wider lessons to be learned from places that nev\u00ader locked down in the first place.\u201d This was quite good.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/what-african-nations-are-teaching-the-west-about-fighting-the-coronavirus\">What African Nations Are Teach\u00ading the West About Fight\u00ading the Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus<\/a> (Jina Moore, The New York\u00ader): \u201cMuch of what Ger\u00adca\u00adma encoun\u00adtered at the air\u00adport had been designed to pre\u00advent Ebo\u00adla. Since 2018, the Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic Repub\u00adlic of the Con\u00adgo, South Sudan\u2019s neigh\u00adbor to the south\u00adwest, has been strug\u00adgling with the dis\u00adease. But local pub\u00adlic-health offi\u00adcials\u2019 quick repur\u00adpos\u00ading of Ebo\u00adla pro\u00adto\u00adcols and infra\u00adstruc\u00adture impressed Ger\u00adca\u00adma, as did the work of rapid-response teams, whom she twice wit\u00adnessed respond to sus\u00adpect\u00aded coro\u00adn\u00adavirus cas\u00ades dur\u00ading the week she spent in the coun\u00adtry.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/daringfireball.net\/2020\/05\/washington_post_exposure_notification_story\">A Spec\u00adtac\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly Bad Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post Sto\u00adry on Apple and Google\u2019s Expo\u00adsure Noti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion Project<\/a> (John Gru\u00adber, blog): \u201cA Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post sto\u00adry today on Apple and Google\u2019s joint effort on COVID-19 expo\u00adsure noti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion project, from reporters Reed Alber\u00adgot\u00adti and Drew Har\u00adwell, is the worst sto\u00adry I\u2019ve seen in the Post in mem\u00ado\u00adry. It\u2019s so atro\u00adcious\u00adly bad\u2009\u2014\u2009fac\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly wrong and one-sided in opin\u00adion\u2009\u2014\u2009that it should be retract\u00aded.\u201d Ouch. Gru\u00adber backs it up.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/05\/coronavirus-crisis-ron-desantis-florida-covid-19-strategy\/\">Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Cri\u00adsis: Ron DeSan\u00adtis Got Flori\u00adda\u2019s COVID-19 Strat\u00ade\u00adgy Right<\/a> (Rich Lowry, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cA cou\u00adple of months ago, the media, almost as one, decid\u00aded that Gov\u00ader\u00adnor Ron DeSan\u00adtis was a pub\u00adlic men\u00adace who was going to get Florid\u00adi\u00adans killed with his lax response to the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus cri\u00adsis\u2026. The con\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal wis\u00addom has begun to change about Flori\u00adda, as the dis\u00adas\u00adter so wide\u00adly pre\u00addict\u00aded hasn\u2019t mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adized.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/as-more-states-reopen-georgia-defies-predictions-of-coronavirus-resurgence-whats-the-lesson-for-the-rest-of-the-country-164734815.htm\">As more states reopen, Geor\u00adgia defies pre\u00addic\u00adtions of coro\u00adn\u00adavirus resur\u00adgence. What\u2019s the les\u00adson for the rest of the coun\u00adtry?<\/a> (Andrew Romano, Yahoo News): \u201cThat\u2019s the bal\u00adance reopen\u00ading needs to strike if it\u2019s going to work: few\u00ader offi\u00adcial restric\u00adtions in exchange for more indi\u00advid\u00adual and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>A con\u00adtrary per\u00adspec\u00adtive: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cracked.com\/article_27790_it-sure-seems-like-florida-georgia-lied-about-their-infection-rates.html\">It Sure Seems Like Flori\u00adda And Geor\u00adgia Lied About Their Infec\u00adtion Rates<\/a> (Luis Pra\u00adda, Cracked): \u201cFlori\u00adda and Geor\u00adgia are petu\u00adlant, enti\u00adtled quar\u00adan\u00adtine pro\u00adtest\u00aders embod\u00adied as states. Since this all start\u00aded, both states have been fran\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly search\u00ading for an excuse to end their quar\u00adan\u00adtines as fast as pos\u00adsi\u00adble and get back to life as usu\u00adal despite a ram\u00adpag\u00ading virus that\u2019s killing peo\u00adple.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlbt.com\/2020\/05\/20\/mississippi-church-destroyed-by-arson-was-suing-city-holly-springs-over-safer-at-home-order\/\">Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi church destroyed by arson was suing city over safer-at-home order<\/a> (Ari\u00adan\u00adna Poindex\u00adter, WLBT TV): \u201cA Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi church at the cen\u00adter of an arson inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion is the same church cur\u00adrent\u00adly in a bat\u00adtle with city lead\u00aders over a COVID-19 safer-at-home order. First Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal Church in Hol\u00adly Springs was destroyed by what inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtors believe is an arson\u00adist. Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtors found graf\u00adfi\u00adti on pave\u00adment in the church park\u00ading lot that reads, \u2018Bet you stay home now you hypokrits (sic).\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/may\/coronavirus-gangs-pastor-cape-town-south-africa-hillsong.html\">Meet the \u2018Gang Pas\u00adtor\u2019 Behind Cape Town\u2019s Viral Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion<\/a> (Jayson Casper, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cWe reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly stop while we are work\u00ading to invite peo\u00adple to fol\u00adlow Jesus. I\u2019ve lost track, but maybe 5,000 to 10,000 have told us they\u2019ve repent\u00aded and are turn\u00ading to fol\u00adlow Jesus. But I don\u2019t call this suc\u00adcess, it is just a small piece in the over\u00adall cause of what we Chris\u00adtians are called to do.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/19\/opinion\/coronavirus-trump-orban.html\">Don\u00adald Trump Does\u00adn\u2019t Want Author\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cGreat men and bad men alike seek atten\u00adtion as a means of get\u00adting pow\u00ader, but our pres\u00adi\u00addent is inter\u00adest\u00aded in pow\u00ader only as a means of get\u00adting atten\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oaktreecapital.com\/docs\/default-source\/memos\/uncertainty.pdf\">Uncer\u00adtain\u00adty<\/a> (Howard Marks, Oak\u00adtree Cap\u00adi\u00adtal): \u201cThe peo\u00adple who are always sure are no more help\u00adful than the peo\u00adple who are nev\u00ader sure. The real expert\u2019s con\u00adfi\u00addence is rea\u00adson-based and pro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adal to the weight of the evi\u00addence.\u201d Shared by an alum\u00adnus\u2019 father.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/china-plans-global-order\">China\u2019s Plans to Win Con\u00adtrol of the Glob\u00adal Order<\/a> (Tan\u00adner Greer, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cAs Bei\u00adjing sees it, China\u2019s suc\u00adcess depends on dis\u00adcred\u00adit\u00ading the tenets of lib\u00ader\u00adal cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism so that notions like indi\u00advid\u00adual free\u00addom and con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal democ\u00adra\u00adcy come to be seen as the relics of an obso\u00adlete sys\u00adtem.\u201d I found this piece to be very insight\u00adful. <br>\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/20\/world\/asia\/coronavirus-china-xi-jinping.html\">In China\u2019s Cri\u00adsis, Xi Sees a Cru\u00adcible to Strength\u00aden His Rule<\/a> (Steven Lee Myers and Chris Buck\u00adley, New York Times): \u201cMr. Xi, shaped by his years of adver\u00adsi\u00adty as a young man, has seized on the pan\u00addem\u00adic as an oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty in dis\u00adguise \u2014 a chance to redeem the par\u00adty after ear\u00adly mis\u00adtakes let infec\u00adtions slip out of con\u00adtrol, and to ral\u00adly nation\u00adal pride in the face of inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal ire over those mis\u00adtakes. And the state pro\u00adpa\u00adgan\u00adda machine is aggres\u00adsive\u00adly back\u00ading him up, tout\u00ading his lead\u00ader\u00adship in fight\u00ading the pan\u00addem\u00adic.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/providencemag.com\/2020\/05\/xi-jinping-regime-recasts-china-good-samaritan-covid-19-pandemic\/\">Xi\u2019s Regime Recasts Chi\u00adna as the Good Samar\u00adi\u00adtan dur\u00ading Pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Alan Dowd, Prov\u00adi\u00addence): \u201cAdd it all up\u2014the PR spin, the pro\u00adpa\u00adgan\u00adda push, the pal\u00adlets of aid, the preening\u2014and in a very real sense, Xi Jinping\u2019s regime is offer\u00ading a new, twist\u00aded ver\u00adsion of the Para\u00adble of the Good Samar\u00adi\u00adtan. In Xi\u2019s retelling, the road\u00adside rob\u00adbers who assault the trav\u00adel\u00ader lat\u00ader return to res\u00adcue him\u2014and some\u00adhow expect to be hailed as heroes.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/an-explosive-summer-of-discontent-is-brewing-in-hong-kong\/2020\/05\/20\/4252f026-98de-11ea-ad79-eef7cd734641_story.html?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;wpisrc=nl_most\">An explo\u00adsive sum\u00admer of dis\u00adcon\u00adtent is brew\u00ading in Hong Kong<\/a> (Shibani Mah\u00adtani, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cOn Tues\u00adday, Hong Kong author\u00adi\u00adties extend\u00aded pan\u00addem\u00adic-relat\u00aded rules lim\u00adit\u00ading pub\u00adlic gath\u00ader\u00adings to effec\u00adtive\u00adly ban, for the first time, a June 4 vig\u00adil mark\u00ading the anniver\u00adsary of Chi\u00adna\u2019s mas\u00adsacre of stu\u00addent demon\u00adstra\u00adtors in Tianan\u00admen Square in 1989.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/05\/21\/world\/asia\/hong-kong-china-security-law.html\">Chi\u00adna Push\u00ades for New Hong Kong Secu\u00adri\u00adty Law<\/a> (Kei\u00adth Brad\u00adsh\u00ader and Austin Ramzy, New York Times): \u201cThe leg\u00adisla\u00adtive push in Bei\u00adjing marks the most aggres\u00adsive step by the par\u00adty to exert its influ\u00adence over the for\u00admer British colony since it was reclaimed by Chi\u00adna in 1997.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Seri\u00adous\u00adly \u2014 pray for Hong Kong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/arts-entertainment\/2020\/05\/20\/voice-finale-todd-tilghman-winner\/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;wpisrc=nl_most\">A Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi pas\u00adtor with eight kids and no pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal music back\u00adground won \u2018The Voice\u2019 \u2014 and made show his\u00adto\u00adry<\/a> (Emi\u00adly Yahr, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201c\u201c\u2018I\u2019ve lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly nev\u00ader per\u00adformed. I just sing at church,\u2019 Tilgh\u00adman explained, intro\u00adduc\u00ading him\u00adself as a pas\u00adtor. This sparked an attempt to prove who was the biggest church fan; Leg\u00adend revealed his grand\u00adfa\u00adther was a pas\u00adtor, and Jonas one-upped him by boast\u00ading his <em>father<\/em> was a pas\u00adtor.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2020\/06\/under-the-rainbow-banner\">Under the Rain\u00adbow Ban\u00adner<\/a> (Darel Paul, First Things): \u201cIn June 1999, Pres\u00adi\u00addent Bill Clin\u00adton declared the first nation\u00adal Pride Month. Twen\u00adty years lat\u00ader, June is as teem\u00ading with rain\u00adbows as Decem\u00adber is with rein\u00addeer. The Pride flag flies above embassies, state capi\u00adtols, and sta\u00addi\u00adums. Rain\u00adbow stripes adorn city cross\u00adwalks.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>In response: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2020\/05\/queer-times\">Queer Times<\/a> (Carl True\u00adman, First Things): \u201cThe debate over LGBTQ issues is not a debate about sex\u00adu\u00adal behav\u00adior. I sus\u00adpect it is not real\u00adly at this point a debate with the L, the G, or the B. It is the T and the Q that are car\u00adry\u00ading the day, and we need to under\u00adstand that the debate is about the rad\u00adi\u00adcal abo\u00adli\u00adtion of meta\u00adphysics and meta\u00adnar\u00adra\u00adtives and any notion of cul\u00adtur\u00adal sta\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty that might rest there\u00adupon.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2020\/06\/edward-snowden-operation-firstfruits\/610573\/\">Since I Met Edward Snow\u00adden, I\u2019ve Nev\u00ader Stopped Watch\u00ading My Back<\/a> (Bar\u00adton Gell\u00adman, The Atlantic): \u201cSome\u00adone had tak\u00aden con\u00adtrol of my iPad, blast\u00ading through Apple\u2019s secu\u00adri\u00adty restric\u00adtions and acquir\u00ading the pow\u00ader to rewrite any\u00adthing that the oper\u00adat\u00ading sys\u00adtem could touch. I dropped the tablet on the seat next to me as if it were con\u00adta\u00adgiou\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. Grip\u00adping and dis\u00adturb\u00ading.<\/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\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-leaves-the-99-bible-verses-that-disagree-with-him-to-go-find-the-one-that-doesnt\">Man Leaves The 99 Bible Vers\u00ades That Con\u00adtra\u00addict Him To Go Find The One That Does\u00adn\u2019t<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee) \u2014 the best Bee head\u00adline in some time<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=yKf9aUIxdb4\">The Mir\u00ada\u00adcle Sudoku<\/a> (Crack\u00ading The Cryp\u00adtic, YouTube): you\u2019re going to spend 26 min\u00adutes watch\u00ading a seem\u00ading\u00adly impos\u00adsi\u00adble puz\u00adzle get solved. Way more sat\u00adis\u00adfy\u00ading than I expect\u00aded.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/social\">Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty Reopen\u00ading<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/05\/18\/new-study-finds-vaccine-designed-to-protect-against-disease-may-actually-protect-against-disease\/\">New study finds vac\u00adcine designed to pro\u00adtect against dis\u00adease may actu\u00adal\u00adly pro\u00adtect against dis\u00adease<\/a> (Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): satire<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/study-finds-anyone-who-makes-a-different-decision-to-wear-a-mask-than-you-is-a-sheep\">Study Finds Any\u00adone Who Makes A Dif\u00adfer\u00adent Deci\u00adsion To Wear A Mask Than You Is A Brain\u00adwashed Sheep<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2020-05-21\">Masks Have Advan\u00adtages<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Unexpected\/comments\/gogiit\/what_a_gamer_move\/\">What A Gamer Move<\/a> (Red\u00addit)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/05\/21\/858155045\/she-gets-calls-and-texts-meant-for-elon-musk-some-are-pretty-weird\">She Gets Calls And Texts Meant For Elon Musk. Some Are Pret\u00adty Weird<\/a> (NPR)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/pupu_tintin\/status\/1263575309447815170\">What A Real Smoke\u00adscreen Looks Like<\/a> (Twit\u00adter)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/theneedling.com\/2020\/05\/16\/new-study-confirms-cats-cant-spread-covid-19-but-would-if-given-option\/\">New Study Con\u00adfirms Cats Can\u2019t Spread COVID-19, But Would If Giv\u00aden Option<\/a> (The Needling)&nbsp;<\/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.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/2018\/05\/06\/ian-mcewan-dubious-schools-studying-books-helped-son-essay-got\/\">Ian McE\u00adwan \u2018dubi\u00adous\u2019 about schools study\u00ading his books, after he helped son with essay and got a C+<\/a> (Han\u00adnah Fur\u00adness, The Tele\u00adgraph): this is a real arti\u00adcle. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/05\/11\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-151\">vol\u00adume 151.<\/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>Con\u00adcern\u00ading the ben\u00ade\u00adfits of reli\u00adgion, the virtue of intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal humil\u00adi\u00adty, per\u00adspec\u00adtives on the pan\u00addem\u00adic, the glob\u00adal strat\u00ade\u00adgy of the Chi\u00adnese Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty, and an unset\u00adtling account of gov\u00adern\u00admen\u00adtal sur\u00adveil\u00adlance. <\/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":"Concerning the benefits of religion, the virtue of intellectual humility, perspectives on the pandemic, the global strategy of the Chinese Communist Party, and an unsettling account of governmental surveillance. 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