{"id":6450,"date":"2021-01-02T20:29:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-03T04:29:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6450"},"modified":"2021-01-02T20:32:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-03T04:32:04","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-282","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/02\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-282","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 282"},"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>On <s>Fri\u00addays<\/s> (Sat\u00adur\u00adday this week) 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 rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/blog.supplysideliberal.com\/post\/2020\/12\/31\/how-perfectionism-has-made-the-pandemic-worse\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.supplysideliberal.com\/post\/2020\/12\/31\/how-perfectionism-has-made-the-pandemic-worse\" target=\"_blank\">How Per\u00adfec\u00adtion\u00adism Has Made the Pan\u00addem\u00adic Worse<\/a> (Miles Kim\u00adball, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cI\u2019ve noticed one reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adi\u00adty in how the US (and many oth\u00ader coun\u00adtries) have han\u00addled the pan\u00addem\u00adic: per\u00adfec\u00adtion\u00adism has been get\u00adting in the way of a quick and pow\u00ader\u00adful response. Every lit\u00adtle bit would have helped reduce the repro\u00adduc\u00adtion ratio of the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus, but only things that were big bits were allowed.\u201d The author is an econ\u00ado\u00admist at UC Boul\u00adder. <ul><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/public-health-bodies-may-be-talking-at-us-but-theyre-actually-talking-to-each-other\/2020\/12\/27\/2c5064a2-4626-11eb-975c-d17b8815a66d_story.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/public-health-bodies-may-be-talking-at-us-but-theyre-actually-talking-to-each-other\/2020\/12\/27\/2c5064a2-4626-11eb-975c-d17b8815a66d_story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Pub\u00adlic health bod\u00adies may be talk\u00ading at us, but they\u2019re actu\u00adal\u00adly talk\u00ading to each oth\u00ader<\/a> (Megan McAr\u00addle, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201c\u2026when a large group acts as though a com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded prob\u00adlem is a no-brain\u00ader, that doesn\u2019t mean the solu\u00adtion is obvi\u00adous; it means some\u00adthing has gone bad\u00adly wrong.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.scottaaronson.com\/blog\/?p=5224\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scottaaronson.com\/blog\/?p=5224\" target=\"_blank\">My vac\u00adcine crack\u00adpot\u00adtery: a con\u00adfes\u00adsion<\/a> (Scott Aaron\u00adson, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cI think [our fail\u00adure] will be clear to future gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions, who\u2019ll write PhD the\u00adses explor\u00ading how it was pos\u00adsi\u00adble that we invent\u00aded mul\u00adti\u00adple effec\u00adtive covid vac\u00adcines in mere days or weeks, but then sim\u00adply sat on those vac\u00adcines for a year, tick\u00ading off box\u00ades called \u2018Phase I,\u2019 \u2018Phase II,\u2019 etc. while civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion hung in the bal\u00adance.\u201d The author is a CS prof at UT Austin.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/28\/health\/covid-psychosis-mental.html\">Small Num\u00adber of Covid Patients Devel\u00adop Severe Psy\u00adchot\u00adic Symp\u00adtoms<\/a> (Pam Bel\u00adluck, New York Times): \u201c[she] had become infect\u00aded with the coro\u00adn\u00adavirus in the spring. She had expe\u00adri\u00adenced only mild phys\u00adi\u00adcal symp\u00adtoms from the virus, but, months lat\u00ader, she heard a voice that first told her to kill her\u00adself and then told her to kill her chil\u00addren.\u201d Shared with me by a stu\u00addent who not\u00aded it is both inter\u00adest\u00ading and freaky. This real\u00adly high\u00adlights what a bul\u00adlet we dodged with this pan\u00addem\u00adic \u2014 can you imag\u00adine a plague whose main effect was to make peo\u00adple vio\u00adlent\u00adly psy\u00adchot\u00adic? Soci\u00adety would end. Full-on zom\u00adbie apoc\u00ada\u00adlypse. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.relevantmagazine.com\/faith\/church\/rick-warren-on-the-year-we-had\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.relevantmagazine.com\/faith\/church\/rick-warren-on-the-year-we-had\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rick War\u00adren On The Year We Had<\/a> (Cameron Strang, Rel\u00ade\u00advant Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cWe have led over 16,000 peo\u00adple to Christ since March. We\u2019re in revival. We\u2019re aver\u00adag\u00ading about 80 peo\u00adple a day com\u00ading to Christ\u201480 peo\u00adple a day.\u2026 Of those 16,000 peo\u00adple who have come to Christ, over 12,000 of them have come through per\u00adson\u00adal, one-on-one wit\u00adness\u00ading by my mem\u00adbers. Not led to Christ by my ser\u00admons. By one on one evan\u00adge\u00adliz\u00ading.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-55332142\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-55332142\" target=\"_blank\">East Africa fears sec\u00adond wave \u2014 of locust swarms<\/a> (Navin Singh Khad\u00adka, BBC): \u201cNew swarms of desert locusts are threat\u00aden\u00ading the liveli\u00adhoods of mil\u00adlions of peo\u00adple in the Horn of Africa and Yemen despite a year of con\u00adtrol efforts, the Unit\u00aded Nations has warned.\u201d This is the lat\u00adest news con\u00adcern\u00ading an arti\u00adcle from August an alum\u00adnus recent\u00adly shared with me: <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20200806-the-biblical-east-african-locust-plagues-of-2020\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/future\/article\/20200806-the-biblical-east-african-locust-plagues-of-2020\" target=\"_blank\">The Bib\u00adli\u00adcal locust plagues of 2020<\/a> (David Nja\u00adgi, BBC): \u201cIn 2020, locusts have swarmed in large num\u00adbers in dozens of coun\u00adtries, includ\u00ading Kenya, Ethiopia, Ugan\u00adda, Soma\u00adlia, Eritrea, India, Pak\u00adistan, Iran, Yemen, Oman and Sau\u00addi Ara\u00adbia. When swarms affect sev\u00ader\u00adal coun\u00adtries at once in very large num\u00adbers, it is known as a plague.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/24\/opinion\/zoom-church-christmas-covid-loss.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/12\/24\/opinion\/zoom-church-christmas-covid-loss.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why You Can\u2019t Meet God Over Zoom<\/a> (Esau McCaul\u00adley, New York Times): \u201cThe very inad\u00ade\u00adqua\u00adcy of church ser\u00advices, Zoom and oth\u00ader\u00adwise, is a reminder we do not come into church\u00ades to encounter a life les\u00adson on how to raise our chil\u00addren or to learn to be good Amer\u00adi\u00adcans, what\u00adev\u00ader that means. Our aim is much more auda\u00adcious. We are attempt\u00ading to encounter God and, in so doing, find our\u00adselves, pos\u00adsi\u00adbly for the first time.\u201d The author is a New Tes\u00adta\u00adment pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Wheaton Col\u00adlege. <ul><li>This isn\u2019t real\u00adly a knock on McCaul\u00adley so much as an obser\u00adva\u00adtion and a hope: many Chris\u00adtians who write for pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions like the NYT lead with the neg\u00ada\u00adtives and slow\u00adly build to their point that \u201cchurch isn\u2019t so bad real\u00adly and maybe some\u00adday you should check it out.\u201d I won\u00adder if that is a byprod\u00aduct of the edi\u00adto\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal process or if it is sim\u00adply a selec\u00adtion effect in the sort of Chris\u00adt\u00adian intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal who wants to (and is per\u00admit\u00adted to) write an op-ed for a cul\u00adtur\u00adal\u00adly influ\u00aden\u00adtial pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion.<\/li><li>Think\u00ading about this puts me in mind of Eri\u00adca Camp\u00adbel\u00adl\u2019s song <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=4G5BAQhLzMw\">I Luh God<\/a> (YouTube, three min\u00adutes). It swept through our min\u00adistry a few years ago, I think because it scratched an itch in our stu\u00addents. Our stu\u00addents had dance par\u00adties to it after our wor\u00adship ser\u00advices. She sang with con\u00adfi\u00addent joy: \u201cI luh God, you don\u2019t luh God? What\u2019s wrong with chu?\u201d<\/li><li>When we dis\u00adcuss the faith as though it were a series of syl\u00adlo\u00adgisms we\u2019re being fool\u00adish. Peo\u00adple\u2019s ques\u00adtions need answers, cer\u00adtain\u00adly. But all the answers in the world will do no good if, at some lev\u00adel, peo\u00adple don\u2019t hope Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty is true. We must kin\u00addle hope before we go to the trou\u00adble of over\u00adcom\u00ading objec\u00adtions to hope.<\/li><li>I say all that to say this: if you ever write an op-ed for the New York Times, do apolo\u00adget\u00adics with\u00adout being apolo\u00adgetic. Bring as much joy to it as you can and let your writ\u00ading be filled with win\u00adsome con\u00adfi\u00addence. We need a whole flock of Chris\u00adt\u00adian intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adals with the swag\u00adger of a G.K. Chester\u00adton. <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2020\/12\/28\/higher-education-risks-no-longer-being-worth-it-heres-how-to-change-course\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2020\/12\/28\/higher-education-risks-no-longer-being-worth-it-heres-how-to-change-course\/\" target=\"_blank\">High\u00ader Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Risks No Longer Being Worth It \u2013 Here\u2019s How to Change Course<\/a> (Chris\u00adtos Makridis, Quil\u00adlette): \u201cFor all the talk about racial equi\u00adty in col\u00adleges, you would think that fac\u00adul\u00adty would be work\u00ading with local small busi\u00adness own\u00aders, espe\u00adcial\u00adly minori\u00adties, to men\u00adtor and equip them to dri\u00adve greater prof\u00aditabil\u00adi\u00adty and impact. Unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, that rarely hap\u00adpens.\u201d Chris\u00adtos is an alum\u00adnus of our min\u00adistry.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/the-church-needs-prophets-but-wants\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/the-church-needs-prophets-but-wants\" target=\"_blank\">The Church Needs Prophets, But It Wants Lawyers<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cAmer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adt\u00adian cul\u00adture is rife with con\u00adgre\u00adgants look\u00ading for lawyers, not prophets and not pas\u00adtors. The church-shop\u00adping phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnon puts us in church\u00ades that make us feel quite com\u00adfort\u00adable, and the sheer num\u00adber of avail\u00adable con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtions (espe\u00adcial\u00adly in the South and parts of the Mid\u00adwest) makes us quite mobile.\u201d <ul><li>I almost did\u00adn\u2019t share this one because I thought it was more use\u00adful for min\u00adistry lead\u00aders, but after I had men\u00adtal\u00adly deep-sixed it a stu\u00addent emailed me and said: \u201cI think it could be use\u00adful for Chris\u00adtians who find them\u00adselves frus\u00adtrat\u00aded by and unable to sup\u00adport blan\u00adket crit\u00adi\u00adcism of the church and of orga\u00adnized reli\u00adgion from the left, but also dis\u00adsat\u00adis\u00adfied by respons\u00ades from the right that frame any crit\u00adi\u00adcism as part of a cul\u00adture war and triv\u00adi\u00adal\u00adize issues with\u00adin the church as just a few bad exam\u00adples. I think for me it also was help\u00adful in think\u00ading of how I might respond to non-Chris\u00adtians when these kinds of crit\u00adi\u00adcisms come up in con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion and how I can be both defend Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty and the good parts of the church while acknowl\u00adedg\u00ading con\u00adtin\u00adued bro\u00adken\u00adness and need for improve\u00adment. It also hap\u00adpened to tie in nice\u00adly with a ser\u00admon I heard on Sun\u00adday about how Chris\u00adtians have no prob\u00adlem rec\u00adog\u00adniz\u00ading sin as the cause of bro\u00adken\u00adness in the world but often point to the sins of oth\u00aders, whether of peers, lead\u00aders, or past gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions, instead of their own sin as the cause of that bro\u00adken\u00adness. In that sense I think it both helped me think about how to process the fail\u00adings of promi\u00adnent Chris\u00adtians and talk about them with non-believ\u00aders as well as be remind\u00aded by these fail\u00adings to remem\u00adber that beyond defend\u00ading the church, my response as an indi\u00advid\u00adual should also be to iden\u00adti\u00adfy and root out sin in my own life even when the dam\u00adage is not as obvi\u00adous to my com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty.\u201d <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li> <div><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/709959352435346\/posts\/what-happens-on-january-6th-in-november-160-million-americans-voted-on-december-\/3517705981660655\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/709959352435346\/posts\/what-happens-on-january-6th-in-november-160-million-americans-voted-on-december-\/3517705981660655\/\" target=\"_blank\">WHAT HAPPENS ON JANUARY 6th <\/a>(Ben Sasse, Face\u00adbook): \u201cThere is some vot\u00ader fraud every elec\u00adtion cycle \u2013 and the media flat\u00adly declar\u00ading from on high that \u2018there is no fraud!\u2019 has made things worse. It has height\u00adened pub\u00adlic dis\u00adtrust, because there are, in fact, doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded cas\u00ades of vot\u00ader fraud every elec\u00adtion cycle. But the cru\u00adcial ques\u00adtions are: (A) What evi\u00addence do we have of fraud? and (B) Does that evi\u00addence sup\u00adport the belief in fraud on a scale so sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant that it could have changed the out\u00adcome? We have lit\u00adtle evi\u00addence of fraud, and what evi\u00addence we do have does not come any\u00adwhere close to adding up to a dif\u00adfer\u00adent win\u00adner of the pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial elec\u00adtion.\u201d<\/div> <ul><li> <div>Sasse is one of the Nebras\u00adka sen\u00ada\u00adtors and is also a for\u00admer sem\u00adi\u00adnary pres\u00adi\u00addent. Mis\u00adsouri sen\u00ada\u00adtor Josh Haw\u00adley, who this seems to be aimed at, is also an out\u00adspo\u00adken believ\u00ader on Capi\u00adtol Hill. Haw\u00adley, inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly, did his under\u00adgrad at Stan\u00adford. He grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded the year we were launch\u00ading Chi Alpha, so our paths have nev\u00ader crossed.<\/div> <\/li><li>Haw\u00adley does\u00adn\u2019t have a state\u00adment as com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive as Sasse\u2019s, but here is an excerpt from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawley.senate.gov\/sen-hawley-will-object-during-electoral-college-certification-process-jan-6\">his press release<\/a>: \u201cI can\u00adnot vote to cer\u00adti\u00adfy the elec\u00adtoral col\u00adlege results on Jan\u00adu\u00adary 6 with\u00adout rais\u00ading the fact that some states, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia, failed to fol\u00adlow their own state elec\u00adtion laws. And I can\u00adnot vote to cer\u00adti\u00adfy with\u00adout point\u00ading out the unprece\u00addent\u00aded effort of mega cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtions, includ\u00ading Face\u00adbook and Twit\u00adter, to inter\u00adfere in this elec\u00adtion, in sup\u00adport of Joe Biden.\u201d<\/li><li>I gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly avoid polit\u00adi\u00adcal posts like this because I find the minu\u00adtia of pol\u00adi\u00adtics unin\u00adter\u00adest\u00ading. In this case, the fact that two evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals who are nor\u00admal\u00adly polit\u00adi\u00adcal allies are hav\u00ading a sub\u00adstan\u00adtive and pub\u00adlic dis\u00adagree\u00adment intrigues me.  <\/li><\/ul><\/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.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/12\/27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2020\/12\/27\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Farewell, 2020<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/GgWEcDQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/GgWEcDQ\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Quar\u00adan\u00adtine Books<\/a> (Imgur)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-calvinist-video-game-just-cutscenes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-calvinist-video-game-just-cutscenes\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">New Calvin\u00adist Video Game Just 40 Hours Of Non-Inter\u00adac\u00adtive Cutscenes<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/01\/01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/01\/01\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Pre\u00addes\u00adti\u00adna\u00adtion<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/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:\/\/palladiummag.com\/2019\/08\/05\/the-real-problem-at-yale-is-not-free-speech\/\">The Real Prob\u00adlem at Yale Is Not Free Speech<\/a> (Natalia Dashan, Pal\u00adla\u00addi\u00adum): \u201cThe cam\u00adpus \u2018free speech\u2019 debate is just a side-effect. So are debates about \u2018diver\u00adsi\u00adty\u2019 and \u2018inclu\u00adsion.\u2019 The real prob\u00adlems run much deep\u00ader. The real prob\u00adlems start with Mar\u00adcus and me, and the masks we wear for each oth\u00ader\u2026. In a world of masks and fa\u00e7ades, it is hard to con\u00advey the truth. And this is how I end\u00aded up offer\u00ading a sand\u00adwich to a man with hun\u00addreds of mil\u00adlions in a for\u00adeign bank account.\u201d I liked this one a lot. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/08\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-215\">vol\u00adume 215<\/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>On Fri\u00addays (Sat\u00adur\u00adday this week) 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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading How Per\u00adfec\u00adtion\u00adism Has Made the Pan\u00addem\u00adic Worse (Miles Kim\u00adball, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/02\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-282\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 282\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Wow - I put a lot more of my own thoughts in this one than I normally do. 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