{"id":6126,"date":"2020-07-03T21:12:03","date_gmt":"2020-07-04T05:12:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6126"},"modified":"2020-07-03T21:12:04","modified_gmt":"2020-07-04T05:12:04","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-257","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/07\/03\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-257","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 257"},"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:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2020\/06\/stop-firing-innocent\/613615\/\">Stop Fir\u00ading the Inno\u00adcent<\/a> (Yascha Mounk, The Atlantic): \u201cCaf\u00adfer\u00adty was pun\u00adished for an offense he insists he did not com\u00admit. Shor was pun\u00adished for doing some\u00adthing that most wouldn\u2019t even con\u00adsid\u00ader objec\u00adtion\u00adable. Wadi was pun\u00adished for the sins of his daugh\u00adter. What all of these rather dif\u00adfer\u00adent cas\u00ades have in com\u00admon is that none of the peo\u00adple who were deprived of a liveli\u00adhood in the name of fight\u00ading racism appear to have been guilty of actu\u00adal\u00adly per\u00adpet\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading racism.\u201d The author is a polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Johns Hop\u00adkins.&nbsp;\n<ul>\n<li>This is an essen\u00adtial fol\u00adlow-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.ayjay.org\/punishing-the-innocent\/\">pun\u00adish\u00ading the inno\u00adcent<\/a> (Alan Jacobs, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201c\u2026for those who want to effect social change by expo\u00adsure and sham\u00ading, pun\u00adish\u00ading the inno\u00adcent is a fea\u00adture of their sys\u00adtem, not a bug. It increas\u00ades fear, which increas\u00ades dis\u00adci\u00adpline, not only of one\u00adself but of oth\u00aders. And every employ\u00ader who fires an employ\u00adee because they\u2019re afraid of a social-media mob draws us clos\u00ader to a ful\u00adly Panop\u00adtic soci\u00adety, a social tyran\u00adny with an effi\u00adcien\u00adcy beyond the dreams of total\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan soci\u00adeties of the past.\u201d This reminds me of the clas\u00adsic post <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@jesse.singal\/planet-of-cops-50889004904d\">Plan\u00adet of Cops<\/a> by Fred\u00addy deBoer.<\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/human-interest\/2020\/06\/george-floyd-street-corner-christian-revivalist-site-evangelicals.amp\">The Min\u00adneapo\u00adlis street cor\u00adner where George Floyd was killed has become a Chris\u00adt\u00adian revival\u00adist site.<\/a> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, Slate): \u201c\u2018I would describe this as revival and awak\u00aden\u00ading,\u2019 said Joshua Giles, a local pas\u00adtor who has been com\u00ading to the site to pray and preach for sev\u00ader\u00adal weeks. Giles, who is Black, said he has tak\u00aden part in con\u00adver\u00adsions and spon\u00adta\u00adneous bap\u00adtisms there, and that at least one woman had been mirac\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly healed of per\u00adsis\u00adtent pain in her arm.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>I found the way Gra\u00adham framed one min\u00adis\u00adter\u2019s crit\u00adi\u00adcism of the Black Lives Mat\u00adter orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion inter\u00adest\u00ading. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s an unusu\u00adal per\u00adspec\u00adtive \u2014 it was pre\u00adsent\u00aded on Tues\u00adday by sports anchor (and Colum\u00adbia grad) Mar\u00adcel\u00adlus Wiley: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFY\/status\/1278064470435090438\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFY\/status\/1278064470435090438<\/a> (three minute video)<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s also inter\u00adest\u00ading to com\u00adpare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charismanews.com\/us\/81592-worshippers-continue-unity-revival-at-george-floyd-memorial-despite-pushback\">Wor\u00adship\u00adpers Con\u00adtin\u00adue \u2018Uni\u00adty Revival\u2019 at George Floyd Memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Despite Push\u00adback<\/a> (Tay\u00adlor Berglund, Charis\u00adma News). The reports large\u00adly align, I\u2019m just fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded by how reporters\u2019 inter\u00adests and con\u00adtexts shape the ques\u00adtions they ask and the answers they empha\u00adsize. I am pret\u00adty sure both reporters are Chris\u00adt\u00adian, although I sus\u00adpect they grav\u00adi\u00adtate to dif\u00adfer\u00adent church\u00ades.<\/li>\n  <\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/p\/tim-scott-didnt-ask-for-this\">Is Tim Scott the Most Influ\u00aden\u00adtial Leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtor in Con\u00adgress?<\/a> (Declan Gar\u00advey, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cTo Scott, his black\u00adness and his par\u00adti\u00adsan affil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion makes per\u00adfect sense: He\u2019s lived the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan dream, ris\u00ading from pover\u00adty to build a series of suc\u00adcess\u00adful busi\u00adness\u00ades. He\u2019s a devout Chris\u00adt\u00adian com\u00admit\u00adted to the preser\u00adva\u00adtion of reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty. But to inter\u00adlop\u00aders pro\u00adject\u00ading their own expe\u00adri\u00adences and beliefs onto him, two of his three core iden\u00adti\u00adties are in direct con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adtion with one anoth\u00ader. Lean\u00ading too hard into one elic\u00adits accu\u00adsa\u00adtions of being trai\u00adtor\u00adous to the oth\u00ader.\u2019\u201d Utter\u00adly fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foreignaffairs.com\/articles\/russia-fsu\/2020-06-30\/how-great-power-falls-apart\">How a Great Pow\u00ader Falls Apart<\/a> (Charles King, For\u00adeign Affairs): \u201cFaced with a series of exter\u00adnal shocks and inter\u00adnal crises, and pur\u00adsued by more dynam\u00adic and adapt\u00adable com\u00adpeti\u00adtors abroad, his coun\u00adtry had far less life in it than any\u00adone at the time could see. All coun\u00adtries end. Every soci\u00adety has its own rock bot\u00adtom, obscured by dark\u00adness until impact is immi\u00adnent. Already in the sixth cen\u00adtu\u00adry, Amal\u00adrik wrote, goats were graz\u00ading in the Roman Forum.\u201d The author is an inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal rela\u00adtions Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at George\u00adtown. Rel\u00ade\u00advant for both Amer\u00adi\u00adca and Chi\u00adna.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.9marks.org\/article\/pastors-on-social-media\/\">Pas\u00adtors on Social Media<\/a> (Jonathan Lee\u00adman, 9 Marks): \u201c\u2026 you are wrestling against prin\u00adci\u00adpal\u00adi\u00adties and pow\u00aders, and those pow\u00aders have keen eyes for your desire for a big\u00adger audi\u00adence and your church mem\u00adbers\u2019 affin\u00adi\u00adty for oth\u00ader forms of social rein\u00adforce\u00adment. They want you to believe that oth\u00ader forms of wis\u00addom are more reli\u00adable than God\u2019s Word, oth\u00ader audi\u00adences more impor\u00adtant than your hum\u00adble con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtion, oth\u00ader plat\u00adforms more pow\u00ader\u00adful for speak\u00ading, oth\u00ader kinds of impact you can make more last\u00ading and sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant. The sec\u00adond you begin to believe these things you have begun to com\u00adpro\u00admise your call\u00ading as a pas\u00adtor.\u201d This is a fire hydrant of wis\u00addom, and most of it is rel\u00ade\u00advant to every\u00adone.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2020\/06\/30\/on-behalf-of-environmentalists-i-apologize-for-the-climate-scare\/\">On Behalf Of Envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adists, I Apol\u00ado\u00adgize For The Cli\u00admate Scare<\/a> (Mike Shel\u00adlen\u00adberg\u00ader, Quil\u00adlette): \u201cCli\u00admate change is hap\u00adpen\u00ading. It\u2019s just not the end of the world. It\u2019s not even our most seri\u00adous envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal prob\u00adlem. I may seem like a strange per\u00adson to be say\u00ading all of this. I have been a cli\u00admate activist for 20 years and an envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adist for 30.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>The author\u2019s book is cur\u00adrent\u00adly the #1 best sell\u00ader in envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal sci\u00adence on Ama\u00adzon. This arti\u00adcle was orig\u00adi\u00adnal\u00adly pub\u00adlished on Forbes (where he is a reg\u00adu\u00adlar con\u00adtrib\u00adu\u00adtor) but they took it down in the ensu\u00ading con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsy. Unde\u00adni\u00adably inter\u00adest\u00ading. I don\u2019t have exper\u00adtise in this area, so if he\u2019s wrong please point me to any bet\u00adter pieces you know of.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/06\/30\/opinion\/woodrow-wilson-princeton.html?referringSource=articleShare\">The Ghost of Woodrow Wil\u00adson<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201c\u2026unless the endgame of New Haven\u2019s removal of Colum\u00adbus is the expro\u00adpri\u00ada\u00adtion of white prop\u00ader\u00adty (Yale\u2019s prop\u00ader\u00adty, I sup\u00adpose, espe\u00adcial\u00adly) and its redis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion to the Pequots and Mohe\u00adgans, then a con\u00adsis\u00adtent rejec\u00adtion of Columbus\u2019s lega\u00adcy isn\u2019t what my city is embrac\u00ading. Instead, it\u2019s just doing the same thing as Prince\u00adton: keep\u00ading the inher\u00adi\u00adtance, but repu\u00addi\u00adat\u00ading the bene\u00adfac\u00adtor. Keep\u00ading the gains, but mak\u00ading a big show of pro\u00adnounc\u00ading them ill got\u00adten.\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:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/blackmagicfuckery\/comments\/hi5iwx\/there_are_16_circles_in_this_picture\/\">There are 16 cir\u00adcles in this image. Real\u00adly.<\/a> (red\u00addit)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/christian-briefly-considers-placing-hope-in-god-after-supreme-court-lets-him-down-again\">Chris\u00adt\u00adian Briefly Con\u00adsid\u00aders Plac\u00ading Hope In God After Supreme Court Lets Him Down Again<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/i-had-to-follow-precedent-says-supreme-court-justice-of-nation-where-slavery-was-once-legal\">\u2018We Can\u2019t Just Over\u00adturn Prece\u00addent,\u2019 Says Supreme Court Jus\u00adtice Of Nation Where Slav\u00adery Was Once Legal<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/06\/28\">A Mom Sto\u00adry<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/social-media\">Social Media<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/party-game\">Par\u00adty Game For Lin\u00adguists<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/americans-prepare-to-celebrate-independence-day-while-confined-to-their-homes-by-the-government\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Excit\u00aded To Cel\u00ade\u00adbrate Their Lib\u00ader\u00adty While Con\u00adfined To Their Homes By The Gov\u00adern\u00adment<\/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.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2018\/6\/29\/are-the-satanists-of-the-ms-13-gang-an-under-covered-religion-beat-story\">Are Satanists of the MS-13 gang an under-covered sto\u00adry on the reli\u00adgion beat?<\/a> (Julia Duin, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): this is a fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading bit of news com\u00admen\u00adtary. My favorite bit: \u201cHow does one get out of MS-13? An opin\u00adion piece in the New York Times this past April gives a sur\u00adpris\u00ading response: Go to a Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal church.\u201d High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/06\/29\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-158\">vol\u00adume 158<\/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>a short\u00ader col\u00adlec\u00adtion of links than those I\u2019ve shared recent\u00adly<\/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":"This list of links is briefer than the last few I've shared. 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