{"id":6148,"date":"2020-07-10T22:16:07","date_gmt":"2020-07-11T06:16:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6148"},"modified":"2020-07-10T22:16:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-11T06:16:09","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-258","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/07\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-258","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 258"},"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.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/08\/us\/coronavirus-churches-outbreaks.html\">Church\u00ades Emerge as Major Source of Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Cas\u00ades<\/a> (Kate Con\u00adger, Jack Healy and Lucy Tomp\u00adkins, New York Times): \u201cMore than 650 coro\u00adn\u00adavirus cas\u00ades have been linked to near\u00adly 40 church\u00ades and reli\u00adgious events across the Unit\u00aded States since the begin\u00adning of the pan\u00addem\u00adic, with many of them erupt\u00ading over the last month as Amer\u00adi\u00adcans resumed their pre-pan\u00addem\u00adic activ\u00adi\u00adties, accord\u00ading to a New York Times data\u00adbase.\u201d&nbsp;\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.challies.com\/articles\/are-churches-a-major-source-of-coronavirus-cases\/\">Are Church\u00ades \u201cA Major Source of Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Cas\u00ades?\u201d<\/a> (Tim Chal\u00adlies, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cIf I have $3,000,000 in the bank and you give me anoth\u00ader $650, you\u2019d hard\u00adly be in the posi\u00adtion to claim that you had made a major con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion to my wealth. Sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adly, adding 650 cas\u00ades to America\u2019s total case\u00adload of 3 mil\u00adlion is no more than a blip that leaves 99.98% attrib\u00adut\u00adable to oth\u00ader caus\u00ades.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/edstetzer\/2020\/july\/churches-coronavirus-new-york-times-churches-are-taking.html\">Church\u00ades, Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus, and the New York Times<\/a> (Ed Stet\u00adzer, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cIt is strange (at best) to use words like \u2018major\u2019 and \u2018erupt\u00aded\u2019 when describ\u00ading 650 cas\u00ades. On that point, the head\u00adline is mis\u00adlead\u00ading. Hav\u00ading 650 cas\u00ades in my coun\u00adty might be news, but 650 nation\u00adal\u00adly out of three mil\u00adlion cas\u00ades is a head\u00adline look\u00ading for a sto\u00adry. The real sto\u00adry is this: church\u00ades are gath\u00ader\u00ading and remark\u00adably few infec\u00adtions are tak\u00ading place.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/magazine\/2020\/07\/27\/americas-racial-progress\/\">Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s Racial Progress<\/a> (David French, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cThere are two things that I believe to be true. First, that Amer\u00adi\u00adca has a long his\u00adto\u00adry of bru\u00adtal and shame\u00adful mis\u00adtreat\u00adment of racial minori\u00adties \u2014 with black Amer\u00adi\u00adcans its chief vic\u00adtims. And sec\u00adond, that Amer\u00adi\u00adca is a great nation, and that Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cit\u00adi\u00adzens (and cit\u00adi\u00adzens of the world) should be grate\u00adful for its found\u00ading. Per\u00adhaps no nation has done more good for more peo\u00adple than the Unit\u00aded States. It was and is a bea\u00adcon of lib\u00ader\u00adty and pros\u00adper\u00adi\u00adty in a world long awash in tyran\u00adny and pover\u00adty.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/harpers.org\/a-letter-on-justice-and-open-debate\/\">A Let\u00adter on Jus\u00adtice and Open Debate<\/a> (many sig\u00adna\u00adto\u00adries, Harpers): \u201cThe restric\u00adtion of debate, whether by a repres\u00adsive gov\u00adern\u00adment or an intol\u00ader\u00adant soci\u00adety, invari\u00adably hurts those who lack pow\u00ader and makes every\u00adone less capa\u00adble of demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpa\u00adtion. The way to defeat bad ideas is by expo\u00adsure, argu\u00adment, and per\u00adsua\u00adsion, not by try\u00ading to silence or wish them away. We refuse any false choice between jus\u00adtice and free\u00addom, which can\u00adnot exist with\u00adout each oth\u00ader.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/07\/arts\/harpers-letter.html?smid=tw-share\">Promi\u00adnent Artists and Writ\u00aders Warn of an \u2018Intol\u00ader\u00adant Cli\u00admate\u2019<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/jennifer-schuessler\">Jen\u00adnifer Schuessler<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/elizabeth-a-harris\">Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth A. Har\u00adris<\/a>, New York Times): \u201c\u2018We\u2019re not just a bunch of old white guys sit\u00adting around writ\u00ading this let\u00adter,\u2019 Mr. Williams, who is African-Amer\u00adi\u00adcan, said. \u2018It includes plen\u00adty of Black thinkers, Mus\u00adlim thinkers, Jew\u00adish thinkers, peo\u00adple who are trans and gay, old and young, right wing and left wing.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fredrikdeboer.com\/2020\/07\/07\/ending-the-charade\/\">end\u00ading the cha\u00adrade<\/a> (Fred\u00addie deBoer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cPlease, think for a minute and con\u00adsid\u00ader: <strong>what does it say when a com\u00adplete\u00adly gener\u00adic endorse\u00adment of free speech and open debate is <\/strong><strong><em>in and of itself <\/em><\/strong><strong>imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly diag\u00adnosed as anti-pro\u00adgres\u00adsive, as anti-left?<\/strong>\u201d(empha\u00adsis in orig\u00adi\u00adnal)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-53221035\">Lazarus Chak\u00adw\u00adera: Malaw\u00adi\u2019s pres\u00adi\u00addent who \u2018argued with God\u2019<\/a> (BBC): \u201cIn the unmis\u00adtak\u00adable cadence of a preach\u00ader, Malaw\u00adi\u2019s new Pres\u00adi\u00addent, Lazarus Chak\u00adw\u00adera, appealed for uni\u00adty in his coun\u00adtry short\u00adly after he was sworn in on Sun\u00adday. The day of the week seemed fit\u00adting as the for\u00admer head of the Malawi Assem\u00adblies of God, one of the largest Chris\u00adt\u00adian denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions in the coun\u00adtry, treat\u00aded the stage like a pul\u00adpit to inspire fer\u00advour with his words.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/annals-of-inquiry\/slate-star-codex-and-silicon-valleys-war-against-the-media\">Slate Star Codex and Sil\u00adi\u00adcon Valley\u2019s War Against the Media<\/a> (Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New York\u00ader): \u201cThe divi\u00adsion between the Grey and Blue tribes is often ren\u00addered in the sim\u00adplis\u00adtic terms of a demo\u00adgraph\u00adic encounter between white, nerdi\u00adly enti\u00adtled men in hood\u00adies on one side and diverse, effete, artis\u00adtic snobs on the oth\u00ader.\u201d Inter\u00adest\u00ading through\u00adout.&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/providencemag.com\/video\/christianitys-covert-success\/\">Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty\u2019s Covert Suc\u00adcess<\/a> (Mark Too\u00adley, Prov\u00adi\u00addence) \u201cI quote an Indi\u00adan pro\u00adfes\u00adsor who says that Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty pro\u00adceeds in two ways, through conversion\u2014which is obvi\u00adous, that\u2019s how peo\u00adple tend to think Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty precedes\u2014but he then says, through sec\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adiza\u00adtion. And I think he\u2019s absolute\u00adly right. And I think that the assump\u00adtion of peo\u00adple in the West that the sec\u00adu\u00adlar is some\u00adhow neu\u00adtral, that if you\u2019re sec\u00adu\u00adlar, you\u2019ve some\u00adhow escaped the bounds of cul\u00adtur\u00adal con\u00adtin\u00adgency, couldn\u2019t be more wrong.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/07\/09\/opinion\/supreme-court-religion.html\">On Reli\u00adgion, the Supreme Court Pro\u00adtects the Right to Be Dif\u00adfer\u00adent<\/a> (Michael McConnell, New York Times): \u201cThe court may be polit\u00adi\u00adcal, but its pol\u00adi\u00adtics is of the mid\u00addle, and of a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar kind of mid\u00addle, one that is com\u00admit\u00adted to plu\u00adral\u00adism and dif\u00adfer\u00adence rather than to the advance\u00adment of par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar moral stances.\u201d The author is a Stan\u00adford law prof.<\/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.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/human-2\">Human<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/nonsequitur\/2020\/07\/10\">Food Hell<\/a> (Non Sequitur)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/07\/10\">This Is Kin\u00adda Bril\u00adliant<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/623174028868419584\/harleybat\">Harley Quinn<\/a> (Texts From Super\u00adheroes)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/tiktoks-chinese-spies-stealing-all-americas-most-top-secret-dance-moves\/\">Report: Chi\u00adnese Spies Using Tik\u00adTok To Steal All Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s Top-Secret Dance Moves<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KI4XyqHUUMM\">Wes Iseli Head or Tails coin trick<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LUfyKkxumT8\">Caleb Wiles<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VIUJ22_EL3M\">Alana Does Fash\u00adion Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=meYQmKDyR8E\">DK Water &amp; Mag\u00adic Trick<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): ten and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6roXhzyd4g4\">Win\u00adston Con\u00adsumed By Cards<\/a> (Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/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=\"http:\/\/archive.is\/g4mfx\">Plan\u00adet of Cops<\/a> (Fred\u00addie de Boer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cThe woke world is a world of snitch\u00ades, infor\u00admants, rats. Go to any space con\u00adcerned with social jus\u00adtice and what will you find? End\u00adless sur\u00adveil\u00adlance. Every\u00adbody is to be judged. Every\u00adone is under sus\u00adpi\u00adcion. Every\u00adthing you say is to be scoured, picked over, ana\u00adlyzed for any pos\u00adsi\u00adble offense. Everyone\u2019s a detec\u00adtive in the Divi\u00adsion of Prob\u00adlem\u00adat\u00adics, and they walk the beat 24\/7\u2026. I don\u2019t know how peo\u00adple can simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly talk about prison abo\u00adli\u00adtion and restor\u00ading the idea of for\u00adgive\u00adness to lit\u00ader\u00adal crim\u00adi\u00adnal jus\u00adtice and at the same time turn the entire social world into a kan\u00adga\u00adroo court sys\u00adtem.\u201d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/07\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-161\">vol\u00adume 161<\/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>Is 650 a lot? it depends. Pen\u00adnies? 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