{"id":6055,"date":"2020-05-29T21:45:14","date_gmt":"2020-05-30T05:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6055"},"modified":"2020-05-29T21:45:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T05:45:15","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-252","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/05\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-252","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 252"},"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>The Bible tells us to weep with those who weep, and this is a good week for that. I\u2019ve had to share arti\u00adcles about sim\u00adi\u00adlar wicked\u00adness too many times, begin\u00adning all the way back in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/06\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-4\">vol\u00adume 4<\/a>.\n<ul>\n<li>I think this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jamil.stell\/posts\/10163689717335581\">8 minute Face\u00adbook video<\/a> by my friend Jamil Stell is good. He filmed it a few hours before George Floyd\u2019s death, which is why he doesn\u2019t ref\u00ader\u00adence it. Jamil, who spoke at our fall retreat four years ago, is the Chi Alpha direc\u00adtor at Cal State Stanis\u00adlaus.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/UJlK4DR\">I Specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly Request\u00aded The Oppo\u00adsite of This<\/a> (Imgur) \u2014 if a pic\u00adture is worth 1,000 words, a pic\u00adture with a great cap\u00adtion is an entire trea\u00adtise.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desiringgod.org\/articles\/the-sorrows-of-minneapolis\">The Sor\u00adrows of Min\u00adneapo\u00adlis: A Prayer for Our City<\/a> (John Piper, Desir\u00ading God): dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to excerpt, quite good.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/p\/when-the-law-doesnt-contain-all-the\">When the Law Does\u00adn\u2019t Con\u00adtain All the Answers<\/a> (Bob Driscoll, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cThe law, even applied cor\u00adrect\u00adly, doesn\u2019t rem\u00ade\u00addy what we know is wrong. We can hope that the George Floyd killing can pro\u00advide some insight into the feel\u00ading of frus\u00adtra\u00adtion in many minor\u00adi\u00adty com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties sur\u00adround\u00ading polic\u00ading issues, because we can see, or at least sense, the depth of the prob\u00adlem. Assum\u00ading the sys\u00adtem prop\u00ader\u00adly tries and con\u00advicts the kneel\u00ading offi\u00adcer of some seri\u00adous offense, will you feel any bet\u00adter about George Floyd\u2019s death? I won\u2019t.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/may\/george-floyd-ministry-houston-third-ward-church.html\">George Floyd Left a Gospel Lega\u00adcy in Hous\u00adton<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnutt, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThe rest of the coun\u00adtry knows George Floyd from sev\u00ader\u00adal min\u00adutes of cell phone footage cap\u00adtured dur\u00ading his final hours. But in Houston\u2019s Third Ward, they know Floyd for how he lived for decades\u2014a men\u00adtor to a gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of young men and a \u2018per\u00adson of peace\u2019 ush\u00ader\u00ading min\u00adistries into the area.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/chauvin-floyd-club-employment\/\">Did George Floyd and Then-Offi\u00adcer Derek Chau\u00advin Work Togeth\u00ader in Min\u00adneapo\u00adlis?<\/a> (Snopes): \u201cSo while it\u2019s true that Floyd and Chau\u00advin worked at the club at the same time, it\u2019s unknown, and unlike\u00adly, accord\u00ading to the for\u00admer own\u00ader of the build\u00ading where the club was locat\u00aded, that the two men knew each oth\u00ader.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/opinion\/ny-oped-coopers-park-20200526-m4yhi6vkcfea3kxk3ntjc736s4-story.html\">Cooped up: A shame\u00adful Cen\u00adtral Park encounter demands all New York\u00aders be bet\u00adter peo\u00adple<\/a> (Robert A. George, NY Dai\u00adly News) : \u201cIn the lat\u00adest episode of the every\u00adday-fresh-hell that is New York City under quar\u00adan\u00adtine, one white female, Amy Coop\u00ader, was caught on video call\u00ading the cops on one black male, Chris\u00adt\u00adian Coop\u00ader. Sor\u00adry, folks, I\u2019d encour\u00adage every\u00adone to push back on the reflex\u00adive instinct to make this into a sto\u00adry about racism as it\u2019s more a mod\u00adern para\u00adble of bad behav\u00adior between two indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals.\u201d Super-inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arcdigital.media\/white-people-behaving-badly-736ec11991f3\">White Peo\u00adple Behav\u00ading Bad\u00adly<\/a> (Zaid Jilani, Arc Dig\u00adi\u00adtal): \u201cThe truth is, mea\u00adsured explic\u00adit and implic\u00adit racial bias has rapid\u00adly declined, inter\u00adra\u00adcial crimes are rare, and whites are actu\u00adal\u00adly under\u00adrep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded com\u00adpared to their share of the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion in the FBI\u2019s index of hate crimes. No racial group has a monop\u00adoly on hate, what\u00adev\u00ader anec\u00addotes ele\u00advat\u00aded to news cov\u00ader\u00adage may lead us to believe.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2020\/05\/anger-is-justified-riots-never-are\/\">Anger Is Jus\u00adti\u00adfied, Riots Nev\u00ader Are<\/a> (Michael Bren\u00addan Dougher\u00adty, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cRiots are bad. Riots are nev\u00ader a coher\u00adent or moral response to injus\u00adtice, they just mul\u00adti\u00adply injus\u00adtices and the riot\u00aders them\u00adselves often suf\u00adfer more in the long run\u2026. Riots dis\u00adsuade indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals, fam\u00adi\u00adlies, and busi\u00adness\u00ades from stay\u00ading in or join\u00ading a com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. Who wants to raise their kids in the neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood where the police sta\u00adtion had to be evac\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded before it was set ablaze?\u201d Some research on the effects of riots <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/40056402?seq=1\">The Eco\u00adnom\u00adic After\u00admath of the 1960s Riots in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Cities: Evi\u00addence from Prop\u00ader\u00adty Val\u00adues<\/a> (Collins &amp; Mar\u00adgo, Jour\u00adnal of Eco\u00adnom\u00adic His\u00adto\u00adry on JSTOR) and this <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/owasow\/status\/1265709670892580869\">Twit\u00adter thread by a Prince\u00adton pro\u00adfes\u00adsor<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>A dif\u00adfer\u00ading per\u00adspec\u00adtive: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/first-person\/2020\/5\/29\/21274891\/george-floyd-cop-arrested-minneapolis-breonna-taylor\">What the news does\u00adn\u2019t show about protests in Min\u00adneapo\u00adlis and Louisville<\/a> (Jason John\u00adson, Vox): \u201cNight\u00adtime cov\u00ader\u00adage will sel\u00addom show a full city map demon\u00adstrat\u00ading that, two blocks over from a street that looks like a \u2018city engulfed in flames,\u2019 there\u2019s a CVS still open for busi\u00adness. The press flock\u00ading to dra\u00admat\u00adic images as a protest metaphor is not a new phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnon.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of pol\u00adi\u00adtics and jour\u00adnal\u00adism at Mor\u00adgan State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2020\/5\/29\/21274426\/george-floyd-protests-minneapolis-louisville-denver-photos\">George Floyd protests: Pho\u00adtos show upris\u00adings across Amer\u00adi\u00adca<\/a> (Jen Kir\u00adby and Kainaz Amaria, Vox): strik\u00ading images.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li>About Chi\u00adna:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/world\/hong-kong-china-national-security-law\/\">The Infi\u00adnite Heart\u00adbreak of Lov\u00ading Hong Kong<\/a> (Wil\u00adfred Chan, The Nation): \u201cSome\u00adthing pro\u00adfound has been lost. It is not democ\u00adra\u00adcy, because Hong Kong was nev\u00ader demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic. It is not auton\u00ado\u00admy, because Hong Kong nev\u00ader enjoyed self-deter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtion. It is cer\u00adtain\u00adly not the will to resist; as I write this, activists are already plan\u00adning a <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/hongkongertimetable\/1523\">full cal\u00aden\u00addar of mass protests<\/a>, deter\u00admined to fight until the bit\u00adter end. What is lost is the feel\u00ading that Hong Kong\u2019s future could be an open ques\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/pompeo-declares-hong-kong-no-longer-autonomous-from-china\/2020\/05\/27\/2773096c-a036-11ea-9d96-c3f7c755fd6e_story.html\">Pom\u00adpeo declares Hong Kong no longer autonomous from Chi\u00adna<\/a> (Car\u00adol Morel\u00adlo, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201c\u2018Hong Kong and its dynam\u00adic, enter\u00adpris\u00ading, and free peo\u00adple have flour\u00adished for decades as a bas\u00adtion of lib\u00ader\u00adty, and this deci\u00adsion gives me no plea\u00adsure,\u2019 [Pom\u00adpeo] added. \u2018But sound pol\u00adi\u00adcy\u00admak\u00ading requires a recog\u00adni\u00adtion of real\u00adi\u00adty. While the Unit\u00aded States once hoped that free and pros\u00adper\u00adous Hong Kong would pro\u00advide a mod\u00adel for author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan Chi\u00adna, it is now clear that Chi\u00adna is mod\u00adel\u00ading Hong Kong after itself.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lawfareblog.com\/what-make-secretary-pompeo-decertifying-hong-kong-autonomy\">What to Make of Sec\u00adre\u00adtary Pom\u00adpeo Decer\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading Hong Kong Auton\u00ado\u00admy<\/a> (Julian Ku, Law\u00adfare): \u201cAlthough Pompeo\u2019s dra\u00admat\u00adic announce\u00adment drew head\u00adlines around the world, his deci\u00adsion should not have sur\u00adprised observers, giv\u00aden the new require\u00adments on any such cer\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion imposed by Con\u00adgress in Novem\u00adber 2019.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2020\/05\/tense-india-china-standoff-himalayan-border-escalate-200527120501581.html\">\u2018All-out com\u00adbat\u2019 feared as India, Chi\u00adna engage in bor\u00adder stand\u00adoff<\/a> (Saif Khalid, Al Jazeera): \u201cA video shot by an Indi\u00adan sol\u00addier and shared on social media showed sol\u00addiers from both nations engaged in fist\u00adfights and stone-pelt\u00ading at the de fac\u00adto bor\u00adder, known as Line of Actu\u00adal Con\u00adtrol (LAC). The inci\u00addent, which con\u00adtin\u00adued until the next day, result\u00aded in 11 sol\u00addiers being injured on both sides.\u201d The head\u00adline seems a bit over-the-top. I talked with a friend who has some rel\u00ade\u00advant exper\u00adtise and he is not that con\u00adcerned. Still worth keep\u00ading an eye on.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/asia_pacific\/china-india-border-clashes-coronavirus\/2020\/05\/27\/a51545f6-9f14-11ea-be06-af5514ee0385_story.html\">Chi\u00adna-India bor\u00adder: Clash\u00ades raise fears of broad\u00ader con\u00adfronta\u00adtion as Bei\u00adjing pur\u00adsues sov\u00ader\u00adeign\u00adty claims on all fronts<\/a> (Anna Fifield and Joan\u00adna Slater, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cThe rela\u00adtion\u00adship between the two coun\u00adtries remains tense, exac\u00ader\u00adbat\u00aded by efforts from both cap\u00adi\u00adtals to stoke nation\u00adal\u00adist sen\u00adti\u00adment. The obvi\u00adous place for this to erupt is at the point where the two coun\u00adtries bump up against each oth\u00ader.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2020\/05\/26\/aka-jane-roe-and-the-humiliation-of-the-pro-life-movement\/\">\u2018AKA Jane Roe\u2019 and the humil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion of the pro-life move\u00adment<\/a> (Karen Swal\u00adlows Pri\u00ador, Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice): \u201cEven before the film aired, head\u00adline after head\u00adline heaped humil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion on pro-lif\u00aders. The Los Ange\u00adles Times report\u00aded that McCor\u00advey had been paid to change her mind. This was mis\u00adlead\u00ading: McCor\u00advey wasn\u2019t paid to change her mind \u2014 she was paid to speak at pro-life events after she claimed she had changed her posi\u00adtion.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2020\/5\/24\/fx-documentary-on-norma-mccorvey-leaves-out-key-catholic-sources-who-knew-her-best\">FX doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary on Nor\u00adma McCor\u00advey omits key Catholic sources who knew her best<\/a> (Julia Duin, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201cAlso, the doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary is coy about one impor\u00adtant thing. To get access to McCor\u00advey, sure\u00adly they had to pay up too? We call that \u2018check\u00adbook jour\u00adnal\u00adism\u2019 and eth\u00adi\u00adcal news orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions don\u2019t offer mon\u00adey to their inter\u00advie\u00adwees. When pressed by the <em>Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post<\/em>, the film\u2019s pro\u00adduc\u00ader admit\u00adted he paid her a \u2018mod\u00adest licens\u00ading fee\u2019 for use of fam\u00adi\u00adly pho\u00adtos and doc\u00adu\u00admen\u00adtary footage.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li>Pan\u00addem\u00adic Per\u00adspec\u00adtives:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/if-conservatives-want-a-less-intrusive-government-they-should-wear-masks\/2020\/05\/27\/50908ed8-9f90-11ea-b5c9-570a91917d8d_story.html\">Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives who refuse to wear masks under\u00adcut a cen\u00adtral claim of their beliefs<\/a> (Megan McAr\u00addle, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201c[Refus\u00ading to wear masks] also under\u00adcuts a more cen\u00adtral claim of con\u00adser\u00advatism: that big, coer\u00adcive gov\u00adern\u00adment pro\u00adgrams are unnec\u00ades\u00adsary because pri\u00advate insti\u00adtu\u00adtions could pro\u00advide many ben\u00ade\u00adfits that we think of as \u2018pub\u00adlic goods.\u2019 For that to be true, the civic cul\u00adture would have to be such that indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals are will\u00ading to make seri\u00adous sac\u00adri\u00adfices for the com\u00admon good, and espe\u00adcial\u00adly to pro\u00adtect the most vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble among us.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/indepth\/2020\/5\/22\/21266505\/coronavirus-utah-virginia-georgia-covid-19-church-reopen-religion-pandemic\">Reopen\u00ading church\u00ades safe\u00adly: What pas\u00adtors in Utah, Geor\u00adgia have learned<\/a> (Kelsey Dal\u00adlas, Deseret News): \u201cThe Rev. Leroy Davis wants his church to feel as safe as Cost\u00adco. The ser\u00advice will hope\u00adful\u00adly be a lit\u00adtle more per\u00adson\u00adal, he said, but the envi\u00adron\u00adment should seem just as clean.\u201c<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/05\/the-regulatory-state-is-failing-us\/612220\/\">The Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adto\u00adry State Is Fail\u00ading Us<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201cIt is impor\u00adtant not to make this a par\u00adti\u00adsan con\u00adflict. I do not view the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive state as extra-con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal. That said, it has become far too inflex\u00adi\u00adble, and not suf\u00adfi\u00adcient\u00adly focused on out\u00adcomes. It is time we woke up and real\u00adized that we have a sys\u00adtem that sim\u00adply is not work\u00ading.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2020\/05\/29\/covid-19-has-exposed-critical-weaknesses-in-global-higher-education\/\">COVID-19 Has Exposed Crit\u00adi\u00adcal Weak\u00adness\u00ades in Glob\u00adal High\u00ader Edu\u00adca\u00adtion<\/a> (Chris\u00adtos Makridis and Soula Paras\u00adsidis): \u201cWhile pub\u00adlicly avail\u00adable data does not seem to exist to iden\u00adti\u00adfy the source of the increas\u00ading pro\u00adlif\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of degree pro\u00adgrams, many stu\u00addents have been fun\u00adneled into degree pro\u00adgrams with\u00adout an accu\u00adrate rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion of what they are going to learn and their post-grad\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion labor mar\u00adket prospects.\u201d Chris\u00adtos is an alum\u00adnus of our min\u00adistry.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/may\/holy-spirit-empowered-christian-global-pentecostal-study.html\">Have Pen\u00adte\u00adcostals Out\u00adgrown Their Name?<\/a> (Daniel Sil\u00adli\u00adman, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cNames can be tricky. What do you call a Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal who isn\u2019t called a Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal? The ques\u00adtion sounds like a rid\u00addle, but it\u2019s a real chal\u00adlenge for schol\u00adars. They have strug\u00adgled for years to set\u00adtle on the best term for the broad and diverse move\u00adment of Chris\u00adtians who empha\u00adsize the indi\u00advid\u00adual believer\u2019s rela\u00adtion\u00adship to the Holy Spir\u00adit and talk about being Spir\u00adit-filled, Spir\u00adit-bap\u00adtized, or Spir\u00adit-empow\u00adered.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/espn\/story\/_\/id\/29234386\/connecticut-transgender-policy-found-violate-title-ix\">Conn. trans\u00adgen\u00adder pol\u00adi\u00adcy found to vio\u00adlate Title IX<\/a> (ESPN): \u201cCon\u00adnecti\u00adcut\u2019s pol\u00adi\u00adcy allow\u00ading trans\u00adgen\u00adder girls to com\u00adpete as girls in high school sports vio\u00adlates the civ\u00adil rights of ath\u00adletes who have always iden\u00adti\u00adfied as female, the U.S. Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Depart\u00adment has deter\u00admined in a deci\u00adsion that could force the state to change course to keep fed\u00ader\u00adal fund\u00ading and influ\u00adence oth\u00aders to do the same.\u201d<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/jEldIUr\">The Smartest Man in the DC Uni\u00adverse<\/a> (Imgur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/calvinist-altar-call-asks-jesus-if-he-would-accept-any-of-these-people-into-his-heart\">Calvin\u00adist Giv\u00ading Altar Call Asks Jesus If He\u2019ll Accept Any Of These Peo\u00adple Into His Heart<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/619136826441121793\/zatannamagic\">David Blaine<\/a> (Texts From Super\u00adheroes)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/china-issues-stay-at-home-order-to-hong-kong-to-prevent-spread-of-democracy\">Chi\u00adna Issues Stay-At-Home Order To Hong Kong To Pre\u00advent Spread Of Democ\u00adra\u00adcy<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/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.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/21\/opinion\/foster-child-conservative.html\">Why Being a Fos\u00adter Child Made Me a Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive<\/a> (Rob Hen\u00adder\u00adson, New York Times): \u201cIndi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals have rights. But they also have respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties. For instance, when I say par\u00adents should pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adtize their chil\u00addren over their careers, there is a sense of unease among my peers. They think I want to blame indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals rather than a neb\u00adu\u00adlous foe like pover\u00adty. They are most\u00adly right.\u201d The author just grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded from Yale. Worth read\u00ading regard\u00adless of your polit\u00adi\u00adcal alle\u00adgiances. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/05\/25\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-153\">vol\u00adume 153<\/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>. 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