{"id":6431,"date":"2020-12-18T15:40:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T23:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6431"},"modified":"2020-12-18T15:40:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T23:40:48","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-280","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/12\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-280","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 280"},"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\"><strong>Next Fri\u00adday is<\/strong> <strong>Christ\u00admas and a week lat\u00ader is New Year\u2019s Day, so I\u2019ll prob\u00ada\u00adbly either skip the next two weeks or send some\u00adthing out on Thursday\/Saturday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/kevin-deyoung\/is-christmas-a-pagan-rip-off\/\">Is Christ\u00admas a Pagan Rip-off?<\/a> (Kevin DeY\u00adoung, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153\u2026whatever the Christ\u00admas hol\u00adi\u00adday has become today, it start\u00aded as a copy\u00adcat of well-estab\u00adlished pagan hol\u00adi\u00addays. If you like Christ\u00admas, you have Sat\u00adur\u00adna\u00adlia and Sol Invic\u00adtus to thank. That\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the sto\u00adry, and every\u00adone from lib\u00ader\u00adal Chris\u00adtians to con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adtians to non-Chris\u00adtians seem to agree that it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s true. Except that it isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/what-i-saw-at-the-jericho-march\/\">What I Saw At The Jeri\u00adcho March<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Let me repeat this: a black Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal pas\u00adtor denounced witch\u00ades and Marx\u00adists and blew a sho\u00adfar to defend Don\u00adald Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adcy. If you had gone back in his\u00adto\u00adry a decade and told the world that this would hap\u00adpen one day on the Nation\u00adal Mall, they would have put you in an asy\u00adlum. Now you would be for\u00adgiv\u00aden for think\u00ading that our coun\u00adtry has become an asylum.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This is long and engross\u00ading.\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/the-dangerous-idolatry-of-christian\">The Dan\u00adger\u00adous Idol\u00ada\u00adtry of Chris\u00adt\u00adian Trump\u00adism<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153A sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant seg\u00adment of the Chris\u00adt\u00adian pub\u00adlic has fall\u00aden for con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy the\u00ado\u00adries, has mixed nation\u00adal\u00adism with the Chris\u00adt\u00adian gospel, has sub\u00adsti\u00adtut\u00aded a bizarre mys\u00adti\u00adcism for rea\u00adson and evi\u00addence, and rages in fear and anger against their polit\u00adi\u00adcal opponents\u00e2\u20ac\u201dall in the name of pre\u00adserv\u00ading Don\u00adald Trump\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s power.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/cult-christian-trumpism\/\">The Cult of Chris\u00adt\u00adian Trump\u00adism<\/a> (Michael Hor\u00adton, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153My pub\u00adlic call\u00ading is not to bind Chris\u00adt\u00adian con\u00adsciences to my own polit\u00adi\u00adcal posi\u00adtions. Rather, as a min\u00adis\u00adter of the Word, I am join\u00ading oth\u00aders in sound\u00ading the alarm that a line has been crossed into rank spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal adultery.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/defense-of-jericho-march-criticism\/\">A Defense Of Jeri\u00adcho March Crit\u00adi\u00adcism<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The kind of crazy talk at the Jeri\u00adcho March ral\u00adly is going to get us all tar\u00adget\u00aded by the state, and by woke\u00adsters in insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, but will not advance our cause one bit. Besides, as a con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive and a Chris\u00adt\u00adian whose writ\u00ading in recent years has been dom\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded by anger and anx\u00adi\u00adety over the loss of reli\u00adgious and civ\u00adil lib\u00ader\u00adties in the face of wok\u00ade\u00adness, I can say with\u00adout a doubt that I would not want to live in a coun\u00adtry gov\u00aderned by the rad\u00adi\u00adcal nation\u00adal\u00adism and emo\u00adtivist Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty of the Jeri\u00adcho Marchers.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d A fol\u00adlow-up to the long and engross\u00ading piece atop this sec\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2020\/12\/18\/doctor-accessibility-barriers-covid-vaccine\/\">Why the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus vac\u00adcine may not be acces\u00adsi\u00adble for the peo\u00adple who need it most<\/a> (Rebekah Fen\u00adton, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Government author\u00adi\u00adties should keep this in mind. The most respect\u00aded mem\u00adbers of a com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty may not be those with the most edu\u00adca\u00adtion or the fan\u00adci\u00adest titles. Church\u00ades, com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions and health-out\u00adreach pro\u00adgrams often know the needs of the peo\u00adple they serve, have long records of meet\u00ading them, and have estab\u00adlished strong bonds of trust\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6.. Pub\u00adlic health offi\u00adcials should respect these lead\u00ader\u00ads\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 com\u00admit\u00adment to ser\u00advice and involve them at the plan\u00adning stages, instead of just rely\u00ading on them to spread the word after deci\u00adsions are made.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Rebekah, a doc\u00adtor in Chica\u00adgo, is an alum\u00adnus of our min\u00adistry.&nbsp;\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/05\/health\/covid-vaccine-first.html\">The Elder\u00adly vs. Essen\u00adtial Work\u00aders: Who Should Get the Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Vac\u00adcine First?<\/a> (Abby Good\u00adnough and Jan Hoff\u00adman, New York Times): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Ultimately, the choice comes down to whether pre\u00advent\u00ading death or curb\u00ading the spread of the virus and return\u00ading to some sem\u00adblance of nor\u00admal\u00adcy is the high\u00adest pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adty. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIf your goal is to max\u00adi\u00admize the preser\u00adva\u00adtion of human life, then you would bias the vac\u00adcine toward old\u00ader Americans,\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Dr. Scott Got\u00adtlieb, the for\u00admer Food and Drug Admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion com\u00admis\u00adsion\u00ader, said recent\u00adly. \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcIf your goal is to reduce the rate of infec\u00adtion, then you would pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adtize essen\u00adtial workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6. The trade-off between the two is mud\u00addied by the fact that the def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion of \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcessential work\u00ader\u00ads\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 used by the C.D.C. com\u00adpris\u00ades near\u00adly 70 per\u00adcent of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan work force.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/surplustakes\/status\/1339574645180289026\">A crit\u00adi\u00adcal Twit\u00adter thread about vac\u00adcine roll\u00adout plans<\/a> (David Algo\u00adnquin, Twit\u00adter)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/full\/10.1111\/jssr.12700\">Does Reli\u00adgious Affil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion Pro\u00adtect Peo\u00adple\u2019s Well\u00e2\u20ac\u0090Being? Evi\u00addence from the Great Reces\u00adsion after Cor\u00adrect\u00ading for Selec\u00adtion Effects<\/a> (Chris\u00adtos Makridis, Byron John\u00adson\nand Harold G. Koenig, Jour\u00adnal for the Sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic Study of Reli\u00adgion): \u201cUsing Gallup\u2019s U.S. Dai\u00adly Poll between 2008 and 2017, we find that those who are engaged in their local church and view their faith as impor\u00adtant to their lives have not only high\u00ader lev\u00adels of sub\u00adjec\u00adtive well\u00e2\u20ac\u0090being, but also acycli\u00adcal lev\u00adels. We show that the acycli\u00adcal\u00adi\u00adty of sub\u00adjec\u00adtive well\u00e2\u20ac\u0090being among Chris\u00adtians is not dri\u00adven by selec\u00adtion effects or the pres\u00adence of greater social cap\u00adi\u00adtal, but rather a sense of pur\u00adpose over the busi\u00adness cycle inde\u00adpen\u00addent of finan\u00adcial cir\u00adcum\u00adstances.\u201d You should have access to the full text using your Stan\u00adford login. Chris\u00adtos is an alum\u00adnus of our min\u00adistry and is an econ\u00ado\u00admist in Wash\u00ading\u00adton, DC.&nbsp;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2020\/12\/18\/like-it-or-not-keira-bell-has-opened-up-a-real-conversation-about-gender-dysphoria\/\">Like It Or Not, Keira Bell Has Opened Up a Real Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion About Gen\u00adder Dys\u00adpho\u00adria<\/a> (Quil\u00adlette): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153In the debate about tran\u00adsi\u00adtion\u00ading chil\u00addren who expe\u00adri\u00adence gen\u00adder dys\u00adpho\u00adria, Ms. Bell\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s case rep\u00adre\u00adsents an impor\u00adtant turn\u00ading point. Ms. Bell, now 23, was 16 years old when she pre\u00adsent\u00aded to the Tavi\u00ads\u00adtock Cen\u00adtre in Lon\u00addon, which runs Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Gen\u00adder Iden\u00adti\u00adty Devel\u00adop\u00adment Ser\u00advice. In a land\u00admark rul\u00ading deliv\u00adered ear\u00adli\u00ader this month, a British court upheld her claim that she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d been rushed through gen\u00adder reas\u00adsign\u00adment with\u00adout prop\u00ader safeguards.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d The author is unlist\u00aded, although this is per\u00adhaps sim\u00adply a web\u00adsite error.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/12\/17\/nuclear-agency-hacked-officials-inform-congress-447855\">Nuclear weapons agency breached amid mas\u00adsive cyber onslaught<\/a> (Natasha Bertrand and Eric Wolff, Politi\u00adco): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153They found sus\u00adpi\u00adcious activ\u00adi\u00adty in net\u00adworks belong\u00ading to the Fed\u00ader\u00adal Ener\u00adgy Reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adto\u00adry Com\u00admis\u00adsion (FERC), San\u00addia and Los Alam\u00ados nation\u00adal lab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adto\u00adries in New Mex\u00adi\u00adco and Wash\u00ading\u00adton, the Office of Secure Trans\u00adporta\u00adtion at NNSA, and the Rich\u00adland Field Office of the DOE. The hack\u00aders have been able to do more dam\u00adage at FERC than the oth\u00ader agen\u00adcies, and offi\u00adcials there have evi\u00addence of high\u00adly mali\u00adcious activ\u00adi\u00adty, the offi\u00adcials said, but did not elaborate.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/16\/tech\/solarwinds-orion-hack-explained\/index.html\">Why the US gov\u00adern\u00adment hack is lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly keep\u00ading secu\u00adri\u00adty experts awake at night<\/a> (Bri\u00adan Fung, CNN): \u201cI woke up in the mid\u00addle of the night last night just sick to my stom\u00adach,\u201d said There\u00adsa Pay\u00adton, who served as White House Chief Infor\u00adma\u00adtion Offi\u00adcer under Pres\u00adi\u00addent George W. Bush. \u201cOn a scale of 1 to 10, I\u2019m at a 9 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d and it\u2019s not because of what I know; it\u2019s because of what we still don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/16\/opinion\/fireeye-solarwinds-russia-hack.html\">I Was the Home\u00adland Secu\u00adri\u00adty Advis\u00ader to Trump. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re Being Hacked.<\/a>(Thomas Bossart, New York Times<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/16\/opinion\/fireeye-solarwinds-russia-hack.html\">)<\/a>: \u201cThe log\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adclu\u00adsion is that we must act as if the Russ\u00adian gov\u00adern\u00adment has con\u00adtrol of all the net\u00adworks it has pen\u00ade\u00adtrat\u00aded. But it is unclear what the Rus\u00adsians intend to do next. The access the Rus\u00adsians now enjoy could be used for far more than sim\u00adply spy\u00ading.\u2026 Domes\u00adtic and geopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal ten\u00adsions could esca\u00adlate quite eas\u00adi\u00adly if they use their access for malign influ\u00adence and mis\u00adin\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion \u00e2\u20ac\u201d both hall\u00admarks of Russ\u00adian behav\u00adior.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/december\/pornhub-exodus-cry-trafficking-nick-kristof-remove-videos.html\">Porn\u00adhub Removes Major\u00adi\u00adty of Videos in a Vic\u00adto\u00adry for Exo\u00addus Cry<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnutt, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153An announce\u00adment on Porn\u00adhub claims it has bet\u00adter poli\u00adcies than oth\u00ader plat\u00adforms and blames Exo\u00addus Cry and the Nation\u00adal Cen\u00adter on Sex\u00adu\u00adal Exploita\u00adtion for tar\u00adget\u00ading the site. \u00e2\u20ac\u2122These are orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded to abol\u00adish\u00ading pornog\u00adra\u00adphy, ban\u00adning mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal they claim is obscene, and shut\u00adting down com\u00admer\u00adcial sex work.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Shared with me by an alum\u00adnus.<\/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.youtube.com\/watch?v=ldtMHFspqe0\">A Christ\u00admas EDM Playlist<\/a> (YouTube): about an hour long<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/centuries-old-debate-over-calvinism-solved-by-facebook-commenter\/\">Cen\u00adturies-Old The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Debate Solved By Face\u00adbook Argu\u00adment<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F-h9v-aS0n8\">Col\u00adin Mochrie Is Very Wit\u00adty<\/a> (Whose Line Is It Any\u00adway, YouTube): one and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/Qepgd7p\">COVID, nerds, and the cool kid<\/a> (Imgur)<\/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:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2019\/07\/29\/against-against-billionaire-philanthropy\/\">Against Against Bil\u00adlion\u00adaire Phil\u00adan\u00adthropy<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I wor\u00adry the move\u00adment against bil\u00adlion\u00adaire char\u00adi\u00adty is on track to dam\u00adage char\u00adi\u00adty a whole lot more than it dam\u00adages billionaires.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This is a very inter\u00adest\u00ading essay, and he has a follow\u00e2\u20ac\u0090up,<a href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2019\/08\/07\/highlights-from-the-comments-on-billionaire-philanthropy\/\"> High\u00adlights From The Com\u00adments on Bil\u00adlion\u00adaire Phil\u00adan\u00adthropy<\/a>, which thought\u00adful\u00adly responds to crit\u00adi\u00adcisms. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/08\/09\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-213\">vol\u00adume 213<\/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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m 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>I think this is the first time two of the arti\u00adcles are by alum\u00adni. 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