{"id":6300,"date":"2020-09-18T20:52:01","date_gmt":"2020-09-19T04:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6300"},"modified":"2020-09-18T20:52:01","modified_gmt":"2020-09-19T04:52:01","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-268","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/09\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-268","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 268"},"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\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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 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>     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<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After large\u00adly fin\u00adish\u00ading this email I learned that Supreme Court Jus\u00adtice Ruth Bad\u00ader Gins\u00adburg died. I expect a TON of ink to be spilled on this and on what\u00adev\u00ader devel\u00adops polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly next week. Keep an eye out for thought\u00adful com\u00admen\u00adtary and send it my way. Please do pray for her fam\u00adi\u00adly and for our nation \u2014 an already tense elec\u00adtion sea\u00adson just became even more fraught. <\/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:\/\/j.hn\/bible-bechdel-test-women-scripture\/\">Does the Bible Pass the Bechdel Test? A Data-Dri\u00adven Look at Women in the Sto\u00adry of Scrip\u00adture<\/a> (John Dyer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cSo does the Bible pass the Bechdel test? This short answer is: yes, there are scenes where two named women have a con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion not about a man. The longer answer is more com\u00adplex, but also, I think, rich\u00ader.\u201d This is REALLY well done.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2020\/september-web-only\/seven-deadly-sins-one-presidential-election.html\">Sev\u00aden Dead\u00adly Sins, One Pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial Elec\u00adtion<\/a> (Bon\u00adnie Kris\u00adt\u00adian, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThe sev\u00aden dead\u00adly sins\u2014wrath, sloth, pride, envy, greed, glut\u00adtony, and lust\u2014as we now list them came to us in the West\u00adern church through Thomas Aquinas in the 13th cen\u00adtu\u00adry, Pope Gre\u00adgo\u00adry the Great sev\u00aden cen\u00adturies pri\u00ador, and a mys\u00adtic named Eva\u00adgrius two cen\u00adturies before that\u2026. The 2020 elec\u00adtion gives occa\u00adsion to deal with them all.\u201d<\/li><li>Eco\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal insights ignored:\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/they-know-how-to-prevent-megafires-why-wont-anybody-listen\">They Know How to Pre\u00advent Megafires. Why Won\u2019t Any\u00adbody Lis\u00adten?<\/a> (Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Weil, ProP\u00adub\u00adli\u00adca): \u201cAca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics believe that between 4.4 mil\u00adlion and 11.8 mil\u00adlion acres burned each year in pre\u00adhis\u00adtoric Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia\u2026. We live with a death\u00adly back\u00adlog. In Feb\u00adru\u00adary 2020, Nature Sus\u00adtain\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty pub\u00adlished this ter\u00adri\u00adfy\u00ading con\u00adclu\u00adsion: Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia would need to burn 20 mil\u00adlion acres \u2014 an area about the size of Maine \u2014 to resta\u00adbi\u00adlize in terms of fire.\u201d <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/09\/11\/897692090\/how-big-oil-misled-the-public-into-believing-plastic-would-be-recycled\">Is Plas\u00adtic Recy\u00adcling A Lie? Oil Com\u00adpa\u00adnies Tout\u00aded Recy\u00adcling To Sell More Plas\u00adtic<\/a> (Lau\u00adra Sul\u00adli\u00advan, NPR): \u201cAll of these prob\u00adlems [with recy\u00adcling] have exist\u00aded for decades, no mat\u00adter what new recy\u00adcling tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy or expen\u00adsive machin\u00adery has been devel\u00adoped. In all that time, less than 10 per\u00adcent of plas\u00adtic has ever been recy\u00adcled. But the pub\u00adlic has known lit\u00adtle about these dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Nei\u00adther arti\u00adcle is giv\u00ading us much new infor\u00adma\u00adtion \u2014 I have heard knowl\u00adedge\u00adable peo\u00adple say sim\u00adi\u00adlar things for quite some time now. The fact that we have not changed is dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00ading but not sur\u00adpris\u00ading: politi\u00adcians (like most peo\u00adple) \u201clis\u00adten to sci\u00adence\u201d when the find\u00adings of sci\u00aden\u00adtists align with their self-inter\u00adest. The con\u00adtin\u00adued exis\u00adtence of these and oth\u00ader glar\u00ading prob\u00adlems in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan life make me sad.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/exclusive-education-department-opens-investigation-into-princeton-university-after-president-deems-racism-embedded-in-the-school\">EXCLUSIVE: Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Depart\u00adment opens inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion into Prince\u00adton Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty after pres\u00adi\u00addent deems racism \u2019embed\u00added\u2019 in the school<\/a> (Tiana Lowe, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Exam\u00adin\u00ader): \u201cThe Depart\u00adment of Edu\u00adca\u00adtion has informed Prince\u00adton Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty that it is under inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion fol\u00adlow\u00ading the school pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adt\u2019s dec\u00adla\u00adra\u00adtion that racism was \u2018embed\u00added\u2019 in the insti\u00adtu\u00adtion.\u201d \n<ul>\n<li>I laughed out loud when I read the head\u00adline.<\/li>\n<li>In response: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.princeton.edu\/news\/2020\/09\/17\/university-statement-us-department-education-letter-regarding-nondiscrimination\">Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty state\u00adment on US Depart\u00adment of Edu\u00adca\u00adtion let\u00adter regard\u00ading nondis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion prac\u00adtices<\/a> (Prince\u00adton Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty): \u201cIt is unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate that the Depart\u00adment appears to believe that grap\u00adpling hon\u00adest\u00adly with the nation\u2019s his\u00adto\u00adry and the cur\u00adrent effects of sys\u00adtemic racism runs afoul of exist\u00ading law.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/timharford.com\/2020\/09\/statistics-lies-and-the-virus-five-lessons-from-a-pandemic\/\">Sta\u00adtis\u00adtics, lies and the virus: five lessons from a pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Tim Har\u00adford, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cYou can appre\u00adci\u00adate, I hope, my obses\u00adsion with these two con\u00adtrast\u00ading accounts of sta\u00adtis\u00adtics: one as a trick, one as a tool.\u2026 Scep\u00adti\u00adcism has its place, but eas\u00adi\u00adly cur\u00addles into cyn\u00adi\u00adcism and can be weaponised into some\u00adthing even more poi\u00adso\u00adnous than that. \u201c Very good insights from a British econ\u00ado\u00admist.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2020\/09\/71461\/\">Racism Is Real. But Is \u201cSys\u00adtemic Racism\u201d? That Time I Was Pub\u00adlished by Newsweek\u2014For Two Hours<\/a> (Matthew Franck, Pub\u00adlic Dis\u00adcourse): \u201cIf every\u00adone in gen\u00ader\u00adal but no one in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar is to blame, the few remain\u00ading actu\u00adal racists among us are let off the hook. They\u2019re no worse than the rest of us. Of course, unlike all of us who are invit\u00aded to affirm our col\u00adlec\u00adtive guilt for the \u2018sys\u00adtem,\u2019 the tru\u00adly guilty won\u2019t <em>feel<\/em> guilty.\u201d<ul><li> The author is the Asso\u00adciate Direc\u00adtor of the James Madi\u00adson Pro\u00adgram at Prince\u00adton Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. This one is includ\u00aded most\u00adly for the dra\u00adma of it being pub\u00adlished and then unpub\u00adlished by <em>Newsweek<\/em>. There is an unhealthy intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal cli\u00admate at many of our major pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/mango.pdf.zone\/finding-former-australian-prime-minister-tony-abbotts-passport-number-on-instagram\">When you browse Insta\u00adgram and find for\u00admer Aus\u00adtralian Prime Min\u00adis\u00adter Tony Abbot\u00adt\u2019s pass\u00adport num\u00adber<\/a> (Alex Hope, per\u00adson\u00adal web\u00adsite): \u201cThe point of this sto\u00adry isn\u2019t to say \u2018wow Tony Abbott got hacked, what a dum\u00admy\u2019. The point is that if some\u00adone famous can unknow\u00ading\u00adly post their board\u00ading pass, any\u00adone can.\u201d Sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly enter\u00adtain\u00ading and infor\u00adma\u00adtive.<\/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\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SoIwuRuIOZM\">Day Jobs Don\u2019t Make Any Sense<\/a> (Robert Mac, YouTube): three and a half min\u00adutes.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2020\/09\/17\/random-breakout-rooms-perfect-place-to-unearth-decade-old-never-before-discussed-traumas\/\">Ran\u00addom break\u00adout rooms per\u00adfect place to unearth decade-old, nev\u00ader-before-dis\u00adcussed trau\u00admas<\/a> (Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-netflix-movie-actually-murders-puppies-to-teach-that-murdering-puppies-is-bad\/\">New Net\u00adflix Movie Actu\u00adal\u00adly Mur\u00adders Pup\u00adpies To Teach That Mur\u00adder\u00ading Pup\u00adpies Is Bad<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee) \u2014 the arti\u00adcle is worth read\u00ading on this one, not just the head\u00adline.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/netflix-adds-warning-before-cuties-that-it-is-a-product-of-its-time-when-people-didnt-know-any-better\/\">Net\u00adflix Adds Warn\u00ading Before \u2018Cuties\u2019 That It Is A Prod\u00aduct Of Its Time When Peo\u00adple Did\u00adn\u2019t Know Any Bet\u00adter<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2020-09-17\">New Words<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/government\">Gov\u00adern\u00adment<\/a> (SMBC) \u2014 the mouseover text is what took it over the top for me \u2014 read the whole thing first then mouseover<\/li>\n<\/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:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/a-not-so-secular-saint\/#!\">A (Not So) Sec\u00adu\u00adlar Saint<\/a> (James K.A. Smith, Los Ange\u00adles Review of Books): \u201cMill\u2019s lega\u00adcy was effec\u00adtive\u00adly \u2018edit\u00aded\u2019 by his philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal and polit\u00adi\u00adcal dis\u00adci\u00adples, excis\u00ading any hint of reli\u00adgious life. One would nev\u00ader know from the canon in our phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy depart\u00adments, for exam\u00adple, that Mill wrote an appre\u00adcia\u00adtive essay on \u2018The\u00adism.\u2019\u201d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/02\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-190\">vol\u00adume 190<\/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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