{"id":6422,"date":"2020-12-04T14:09:05","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T22:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6422"},"modified":"2020-12-04T14:09:05","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T22:09:05","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-278","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/12\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-278","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 278"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/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

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
  1. Why Oba\u00adma Fears for Our Democ\u00adra\u00adcy<\/a> (Jef\u00adfrey Gold\u00adberg inter\u00adview\u00ading Barack Oba\u00adma, The Atlantic) \u201cYou men\u00adtioned ear\u00adli\u00ader that I\u2019m in some ways a nev\u00ader-Trump con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive. That\u2019s not quite right, but what is true is that tem\u00adpera\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly I am sym\u00adpa\u00adthet\u00adic to a cer\u00adtain strain of con\u00adser\u00advatism in the sense that I\u2019m not just a mate\u00adri\u00adal\u00adist. I\u2019m not an eco\u00adnom\u00adic deter\u00admin\u00adist. I think it\u2019s impor\u00adtant, but I think there are things oth\u00ader than stuff and mon\u00adey and income\u2014the reli\u00adgious cri\u00adtique of mod\u00adern soci\u00adety, that we\u2019ve lost that sense of com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty.\u201d There is an absurd\u00adly lengthy intro\u00adduc\u00adtion. Skip down to \u201cOur con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion has been edit\u00aded for clar\u00adi\u00adty and con\u00adci\u00adsion\u201d about a fifth of the way down the page.<\/li>
  2. The Chil\u00addren of Porn\u00adhub<\/a> (Nicholas Kristof, New York Times): \u201cThe world has often been obliv\u00adi\u00adous to child sex\u00adu\u00adal abuse, from the Catholic Church to the Boy Scouts. Too late, we pros\u00ade\u00adcute indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals like Jef\u00adfrey Epstein or R. Kel\u00adly. But we should also stand up to cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtions that sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly exploit chil\u00addren. With Porn\u00adhub, we have Jef\u00adfrey Epstein times 1,000.\u201d Kristof goes out of his way to make it clear that he is not con\u00addemn\u00ading pornog\u00adra\u00adphy itself, just abuse. I\u2019ll go far\u00adther: pornog\u00adra\u00adphy is vile and I think it is a nation\u00adal shame. If you watch porn, know that for\u00adgive\u00adness and free\u00addom are avail\u00adable in Christ and I a hap\u00adpy to talk with you about it. <\/li>
  3. The Mass Mur\u00adder of Niger\u00adian Chris\u00adtians<\/a> (Rab\u00adbi Abra\u00adham Coop\u00ader and Rev. John\u00adnie Moore, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cOffi\u00adcials\u2019 ini\u00adtial refusal to attribute the attack in Kaduna to Islamists\u2014in any form\u2014reflects a black hole of denial that is pro\u00adnounced in Niger\u00adian pol\u00adi\u00adtics. This endem\u00adic self-cen\u00adsor\u00adship has now been absorbed by many pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adals in the for\u00adeign pol\u00adi\u00adcy estab\u00adlish\u00adment who have adopt\u00aded a pol\u00adi\u00adcy of not men\u00adtion\u00ading the reli\u00adgious com\u00adpo\u00adnents of these out\u00adrages at any cost, in order to pre\u00advent being accused of politi\u00adciz\u00ading reli\u00adgion. This denial serves as an accel\u00ader\u00adant of reli\u00adgion-fueled conflict\u2014until the facts and blood on the ground can no longer be denied.\u201d<\/li>
  4. Big Gov\u00adern\u00admen\u00adt\u2019s Over\u00adlooked Amer\u00adi\u00adcans<\/a> (Nicholas Eber\u00adstadt, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cHow could Amer\u00adi\u00adcan health author\u00adi\u00adties com\u00adplete\u00adly miss a domes\u00adtic epi\u00addem\u00adic of such sever\u00adi\u00adty and dura\u00adtion? Even dur\u00ading the Cold War, remem\u00adber, U.S. researchers were quick\u00ader to spot the advent of the health cri\u00adsis for the work\u00ading-age pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion of the Sovi\u00adet Union<\/em>: and this dur\u00ading the hey\u00adday of Sovi\u00adet dis\u00adin\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion and strate\u00adgic decep\u00adtion, long before glas\u00adnost<\/em>. What\u00adev\u00ader else may be said about this sig\u00adnal U.S. fail\u00adure in dis\u00adease pre\u00adven\u00adtion and con\u00adtrol, it occa\u00adsioned remark\u00adably lit\u00adtle reflec\u00adtion, self-crit\u00adi\u00adcism, and course cor\u00adrec\u00adtion on the part of America\u2019s pub\u00adlic-health appa\u00adra\u00adtus.\u201d <\/li>
  5. The Supreme Court Was Right to Block Cuomo\u2019s Reli\u00adgious Restric\u00adtions<\/a> (Michael W. McConnell and Max Raskin, New York Times): \u201cIn the begin\u00adning of the pan\u00addem\u00adic, no one knew what worked and what didn\u2019t. Courts were under\u00adstand\u00adably reluc\u00adtant to sec\u00adond-guess. But we are now 10 months into the pan\u00addem\u00adic. Why are gov\u00adern\u00adments still pick\u00ading and choos\u00ading among con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal rights with\u00adout explain\u00ading their rea\u00adson\u00ading?\u201d McConnell is a Stan\u00adford law prof, Raskin a law prof at New York Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li>
  6. Den\u00adi\u00adgrat\u00ading Hoover<\/a> (Vic\u00adtor Davis Han\u00adson, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201c[Some Stan\u00adford stu\u00addents and fac\u00adul\u00adty com\u00adplain about Hoover, yet] Hoover schol\u00adars as a gen\u00ader\u00adal rule do not fix\u00adate on Stan\u00adford, whether the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, its stu\u00addents or its pro\u00adfes\u00adsors, for their per\u00adceived laps\u00ades in judge\u00adment or con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsies that often can arise at large cam\u00adpus\u00ades \u2014 such as the recent sen\u00adsa\u00adtion\u00adal alle\u00adga\u00adtions con\u00adcern\u00ading admis\u00adsions fraud; a recent Stan\u00adford affil\u00adi\u00adat\u00aded vis\u00adit\u00ading researcher arrest\u00aded for alleged\u00adly hid\u00ading ties with the Chi\u00adnese mil\u00adi\u00adtary; Depart\u00adment of Edu\u00adca\u00adtion alle\u00adga\u00adtions that Stan\u00adford had not prop\u00ader\u00adly and ful\u00adly dis\u00adclosed, as required, siz\u00adable gifts from Chi\u00adnese gov\u00adern\u00adment-relat\u00aded sources; sex scan\u00addal alle\u00adga\u00adtions at the busi\u00adness school; efforts to dis\u00adrupt a cam\u00adpus speak\u00ader while spread\u00ading a grotesque anti-Semit\u00adic fly\u00ader; and gen\u00ader\u00adal con\u00adcern on the cam\u00adpus con\u00adcern\u00ading a wave of anti-Semit\u00adic inci\u00addents.\u201d<\/li>
  7. Mis\u00adaligned incen\u00adtives and the scale of incar\u00adcer\u00ada\u00adtion in the Unit\u00aded States<\/a> (Aur\u00e9lie Ouss, Jour\u00adnal of Pub\u00adlic Eco\u00adnom\u00adics): \u201cTyp\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, prison is paid for at the state lev\u00adel, but coun\u00adty employ\u00adees (such as judges, pros\u00ade\u00adcu\u00adtors or pro\u00adba\u00adtion offi\u00adcers) deter\u00admine time spent in cus\u00adtody. I exploit a nat\u00adur\u00adal exper\u00adi\u00adment that shift\u00aded the cost bur\u00adden of juve\u00adnile incar\u00adcer\u00ada\u00adtion from state to coun\u00adties, keep\u00ading over\u00adall costs and respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties unchanged. This result\u00aded in a stark drop in incar\u00adcer\u00ada\u00adtion, and no increase in arrests, sug\u00adgest\u00ading an over-use of prison when costs are not inter\u00adnal\u00adized. The large mag\u00adni\u00adtude of the change sug\u00adgests that mis\u00adaligned incen\u00adtives in crim\u00adi\u00adnal jus\u00adtice may be a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant con\u00adtrib\u00adu\u00adtor to the cur\u00adrent lev\u00adels of incar\u00adcer\u00ada\u00adtion in the Unit\u00aded States.\u201d The author is a crim\u00adi\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgist at U Penn. Found via Tyler Cowen<\/a>.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Less Serious Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen<\/h3>\n\n\n\n