{"id":6442,"date":"2020-12-26T19:10:59","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T03:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6442"},"modified":"2020-12-26T19:10:59","modified_gmt":"2020-12-27T03:10:59","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-281","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/12\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-281","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 281"},"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\">As fore\u00adtold, slight\u00adly delayed this week and will like\u00adly be a day off next week as well.<\/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 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/vilayvann.wordpress.com\/2020\/12\/24\/applying-biblical-principles-in-the-workplace\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/vilayvann.wordpress.com\/2020\/12\/24\/applying-biblical-principles-in-the-workplace\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apply\u00ading Bib\u00adli\u00adcal prin\u00adci\u00adples in the work\u00adplace<\/a> (Vann Ky, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cThese prin\u00adci\u00adples have helped me devel\u00adop work ethics and make an impact, not just at my cur\u00adrent com\u00adpa\u00adny but also when I was a col\u00adlege stu\u00addent.\u201d Vann is an alum\u00adna.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/19\/opinion\/sunday\/coronavirus-science.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/19\/opinion\/sunday\/coronavirus-science.html\" target=\"_blank\">When You Can\u2019t Just \u2018Trust the Sci\u00adence\u2019<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cLast month [the CDC\u2019s] Advi\u00adso\u00adry Com\u00admit\u00adtee on Immu\u00adniza\u00adtion Prac\u00adtices pro\u00adduced a work\u00ading doc\u00adu\u00adment that\u2019s a mas\u00adter\u00adpiece of para-sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic effort, in which ques\u00adtions that are legit\u00adi\u00admate\u00adly med\u00adical and sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic (who will the vac\u00adcine help the most), ques\u00adtions that are more logis\u00adti\u00adcal and soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal (which pat\u00adtern of dis\u00adtri\u00adb\u00adu\u00adtion will be eas\u00adi\u00ader to put in place) and moral ques\u00adtions about who <em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">deserves <\/em>a vac\u00adcine are all jum\u00adbled up, assessed with a form of pseu\u00addo-rig\u00ador that resem\u00adbles some\u00adone bluff\u00ading the way through a McK\u00adin\u00adsey job inter\u00adview and then used to jus\u00adti\u00adfy the con\u00adclu\u00adsion that we should vac\u00adci\u00adnate essen\u00adtial work\u00aders before seniors \u2026 because seniors are more like\u00adly to be priv\u00adi\u00adleged and white.\u201d <ul><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/history\/articles\/fernandes-doctors-who-became-nazis\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/history\/articles\/fernandes-doctors-who-became-nazis\" target=\"_blank\">Why Did So Many Doc\u00adtors Become Nazis?<\/a> (Ash\u00adley K. Fer\u00adnades, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cIt is wor\u00adthy of empha\u00adsis that although many pro\u00adfes\u00adsions (includ\u00ading law) were \u2018tak\u00aden in\u2019 by Nazi phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy, doc\u00adtors and nurs\u00ades had a pecu\u00adliar\u00adly strong attrac\u00adtion to it. Robert N. Proc\u00adtor (1988) notes that physi\u00adcians joined the Nazi par\u00adty in droves (near\u00adly 50% by 1945), much high\u00ader than any oth\u00ader pro\u00adfes\u00adsion. Physi\u00adcians were sev\u00aden times more like\u00adly to join the SS than oth\u00ader employed Ger\u00adman males.\u201d The author is a physi\u00adcian and a bioethi\u00adcist at The Ohio State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.&nbsp;<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/12\/21\/946292119\/oregon-hospitals-didnt-have-shortages-so-why-were-disabled-people-denied-care?utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=npr&amp;utm_term=nprnews&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;fbclid=IwAR3o6EBTTSw1J_vzueBqu13zrggUH16OOkWXpfCvA5bi9WP2UFjN7UaXsa4\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/12\/21\/946292119\/oregon-hospitals-didnt-have-shortages-so-why-were-disabled-people-denied-care?utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=npr&amp;utm_term=nprnews&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;fbclid=IwAR3o6EBTTSw1J_vzueBqu13zrggUH16OOkWXpfCvA5bi9WP2UFjN7UaXsa4\" target=\"_blank\">Ore\u00adgon Hos\u00adpi\u00adtals Did\u00adn\u2019t Have Short\u00adages. So Why Were Dis\u00adabled Peo\u00adple Denied Care?<\/a> (Joseph Shapiro, NPR): \u201cThere\u2019s no rea\u00adson that these exam\u00adples would occur more fre\u00adquent\u00adly in Ore\u00adgon than in oth\u00ader states. But the fight for that anony\u00admous woman with an intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal dis\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty peeled back the cur\u00adtain on health care deci\u00adsion-mak\u00ading in Ore\u00adgon in a way that did not hap\u00adpen in oth\u00ader states. That activism led to change in Ore\u00adgon \u2014 includ\u00ading&nbsp;anti-dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion leg\u00adis\u00adla\u00adtion&nbsp;and new&nbsp;statewide poli\u00adcies.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/24\/health\/herd-immunity-covid-coronavirus.html\">How Much Herd Immu\u00adni\u00adty Is Enough?<\/a>&nbsp;(Don\u00adald G. McNeil, New York Times): \u201cIn a tele\u00adphone inter\u00adview the next day, Dr. Fau\u00adci acknowl\u00adedged that he had slow\u00adly but delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly been mov\u00ading the goal posts. He is doing so, he said, part\u00adly based on new sci\u00adence, and part\u00adly on his gut feel\u00ading that the coun\u00adtry is final\u00adly ready to hear what he real\u00adly thinks.\u201d <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/admissions\/article\/2020\/12\/14\/u-texas-will-stop-using-controversial-algorithm-evaluate-phd\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insidehighered.com\/admissions\/article\/2020\/12\/14\/u-texas-will-stop-using-controversial-algorithm-evaluate-phd\" target=\"_blank\">The Death and Life of an Admis\u00adsions Algo\u00adrithm<\/a> (Lilah Burke, Insid\u00ader High\u00ader Edu\u00adca\u00adtion): \u201cFor exam\u00adple, let\u00adters of rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtion con\u00adtain\u00ading the words \u2018best,\u2019 \u2018award,\u2019 \u2018research\u2019 or \u2018Ph.D.\u2019 are pre\u00addic\u00adtive of admis\u00adsion \u2014 and can lead to a high\u00ader score \u2014 while let\u00adters con\u00adtain\u00ading the words \u2018good,\u2019 \u2018lass,\u2019 \u2018pro\u00adgram\u00adming\u2019 or \u2018tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy\u2019 are pre\u00addic\u00adtive of rejec\u00adtion. A high\u00ader grade point aver\u00adage means an appli\u00adcant is more like\u00adly to be accept\u00aded, as does the name of an elite col\u00adlege or uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty on the r\u00e9sum\u00e9. With\u00adin the sys\u00adtem, insti\u00adtu\u00adtions were encod\u00aded into the cat\u00ade\u00adgories \u2018elite,\u2019 \u2018good\u2019 and \u2018oth\u00ader,\u2019 based on a sur\u00advey of UT com\u00adput\u00ader sci\u00adence fac\u00adul\u00adty.\u201d<ul><li>Inter\u00adest\u00ading\u00adly, the crit\u00adi\u00adcisms peo\u00adple made of the algo\u00adrithm are not actu\u00adal\u00adly crit\u00adi\u00adcisms of the algo\u00adrithm. They are crit\u00adi\u00adcisms of the admis\u00adsions com\u00admit\u00adtee itself.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/daily-comment\/an-advent-lament-in-the-pandemic?utm_sou[\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/daily-comment\/an-advent-lament-in-the-pandemic?utm_sou[\" target=\"_blank\">An Advent Lament in the Pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Michael Luo, The New York\u00ader): \u201cThe pan\u00addem\u00adic in 2020 has held a mir\u00adror to Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty, just as the epi\u00addemics of antiq\u00adui\u00adty did, but today\u2019s reflec\u00adtion car\u00adries the poten\u00adtial to repulse rather than attract.\u201d<ul><li>Curi\u00adous\u00adly, the spe\u00adcif\u00adic exam\u00adples he cites are most\u00adly pos\u00adi\u00adtive but he allows the neg\u00ada\u00adtive exam\u00adple to col\u00ador the entire piece. This is what I have seen as well \u2014 vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly all church\u00ades are act\u00ading respon\u00adsi\u00adbly but the pub\u00adlic focus is on the ones that aren\u2019t.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/kevin-deyoung\/why-does-it-matter-that-jesus-was-born-of-a-virgin\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/kevin-deyoung\/why-does-it-matter-that-jesus-was-born-of-a-virgin\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Does It Mat\u00adter that Jesus Was Born of a Vir\u00adgin?<\/a> (Kevin DeY\u00adoung, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cEven if pro\u00adfess\u00ading Chris\u00adtians accept the vir\u00adgin birth, many would have a hard time artic\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading why the doc\u00adtrine real\u00adly mat\u00adters.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/curiouserinstitute\/a-game-designers-analysis-of-qanon-580972548be5\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/curiouserinstitute\/a-game-designers-analysis-of-qanon-580972548be5\" target=\"_blank\">A Game Design\u00ader\u2019s Analy\u00adsis of QAnon <\/a><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"http:\/\/www.curiouserinstitute.com\/content\/about-director\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"http:\/\/www.curiouserinstitute.com\/content\/about-director\" target=\"_blank\">(<\/a>Reed Berkowitz, Medi\u00adum): \u201cWhen I saw QAnon, I knew exact\u00adly what it was and what it was doing. I had seen it before. I had almost built it before. It was gaming\u2019s evil twin.&nbsp;<strong data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">A game that plays peo\u00adple.\u201d <\/em><\/strong>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. Empha\u00adsis in orig\u00adi\u00adnal.<\/li><li> <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/december\/north-korea-persecution-christians-\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2020\/december\/north-korea-persecution-christians-\" target=\"_blank\">117 Wit\u00adness\u00ades Detail North Korea\u2019s Per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion of Chris\u00adtians<\/a> (Jayson Casper, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cDrawn from expe\u00adri\u00adences stretch\u00ading from 1990 to 2019, KFI\u2019s report lists scores of vio\u00adla\u00adtions. These include 36 instances of pun\u00adish\u00adment met\u00aded out to fam\u00adi\u00adly mem\u00adbers, 36 instances of tor\u00adture, and 20 exe\u00adcu\u00adtions. Women and girls rep\u00adre\u00adsent 60 per\u00adcent of the vic\u00adtims.\u2026 Chris\u00adtians total near\u00adly 80 per\u00adcent: 215 cas\u00ades.\u201d The 98 page report which inspired this arti\u00adcle is <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5dc1aed040fe330ac04da331\/t\/5fa21696f982403f01aa5f36\/1604458198105\/Persecuting_Faith_Eng.pdf\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/static1.squarespace.com\/static\/5dc1aed040fe330ac04da331\/t\/5fa21696f982403f01aa5f36\/1604458198105\/Persecuting_Faith_Eng.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Per\u00adse\u00adcut\u00ading Faith:Documenting reli\u00adgious free\u00addom vio\u00adla\u00adtions in North Korea<\/a> <\/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\/bored-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/bored-2\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-2863\">Bored In Eter\u00adni\u00adty<\/a> (SMBC): Scared heav\u00aden will be bor\u00ading? You lack imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=STe570TeEXU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=STe570TeEXU\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">QI\u2019s Shock\u00ading Exper\u00adi\u00adment<\/a> (QI, YouTube): three min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l_UegL1R3X8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=l_UegL1R3X8\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Three Lit\u00adtle Pigs<\/a> (John Branyan, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes long but fun\u00adny at both the begin\u00adning and the end<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2020-12-23?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DilbertDailyStrip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2020-12-23?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DilbertDailyStrip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip%29\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">No Make\u00adup On Zoom<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5DYeAkx2IBo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=5DYeAkx2IBo\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">3D Schr\u00f6der Stair\u00adcase<\/a> (YouTube): stun\u00adning opti\u00adcal illu\u00adsion. More info at <a href=\"https:\/\/thekidshouldseethis.com\/post\/2020-best-illusion-of-the-year-kokichi-sugihara?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheKidShouldSeeThis+%28The+Kid+Should+See+This.%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/thekidshouldseethis.com\/post\/2020-best-illusion-of-the-year-kokichi-sugihara?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheKidShouldSeeThis+%28The+Kid+Should+See+This.%29\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">The Kid Should See This<\/a>)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h--vfcRc7lk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=h--vfcRc7lk\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">What\u2019s The Worst Christ\u00admas Present?<\/a> (QI, YouTube): two and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2020-12-21?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DilbertDailyStrip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2020-12-21?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DilbertDailyStrip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip%29\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Tweets Do Not Rep\u00adre\u00adsent Employ\u00ader <\/a>(Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/20\/us\/florida-pythons-eat-study-trnd\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2020\/12\/20\/us\/florida-pythons-eat-study-trnd\/index.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Pythons might become a new menu item in Flori\u00adda if sci\u00aden\u00adtists can con\u00adfirm they\u2019re safe to eat<\/a> (Alaa Elas\u00adsar, CNN): \u201c\u2026she has so far cap\u00adtured and euth\u00ada\u00adnized 473 pythons. When she catch\u00ades small\u00ader ones, about 7 feet long, she uses a mer\u00adcury test\u00ading kit she bought online to con\u00adfirm they\u2019re safe to eat. She then turns their white meat into food. First, she uses a pres\u00adsure cook\u00ader to make the meat soft and ten\u00adder. Lat\u00ader, she adds pas\u00adta sauce, chili or stir fry. She also likes turn\u00ading the snakes into jerky.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/881593\/south-korea-students-dating-courses-marriage-rate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/world\/881593\/south-korea-students-dating-courses-marriage-rate\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">South Korea stu\u00addents forced to date as des\u00adper\u00adate gov\u00adern\u00adment attempts to lift birth rate<\/a> (Simon Osborne, The Express): \u201cStu\u00addents at two South Kore\u00adan uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties are being offer\u00ading cours\u00ades that make it manda\u00adto\u00adry for them to date their class\u00admates as the coun\u00adtry bat\u00adtles to reverse one of the low\u00adest birth rates in the world.\u201d I think they should get their tuition mon\u00adey back if they don\u2019t get mar\u00adried with\u00adin a few years.<\/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.chronicle.com\/interactives\/20190807-feminist-law-profs\">The Revolt of the Fem\u00adi\u00adnist Law Profs<\/a> (Wes\u00adley Yang, Chron\u00adi\u00adcle of High\u00ader Edu\u00adca\u00adtion): \u201cThe sex bureau\u00adcra\u00adcy, in oth\u00ader words, piv\u00adot\u00aded from pun\u00adish\u00ading sex\u00adu\u00adal vio\u00adlence to impos\u00ading a nor\u00adma\u00adtive vision of ide\u00adal sex, to which stu\u00addents are held admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive\u00adly account\u00adable.\u201d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/08\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-214\">vol\u00adume 214<\/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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