{"id":6462,"date":"2021-01-08T16:03:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-09T00:03:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6462"},"modified":"2021-01-14T16:39:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T00:39:31","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-283","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-283","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 283"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><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>\n\n    On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;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>WHAT HAPPENED <ul><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/capitol-trump-insurrection-explosions\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/capitol-trump-insurrection-explosions\/\" target=\"_blank\">Madness on Capitol Hill<\/a> (Andrew McCormick, The Nation): \u201cFor all the violence in the air, the mood was less coup and more college football tailgate. Pop songs blared from speakers. Somewhere, snare drums went <em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">rat-a-tat-tat<\/em>. And the chants were so loud they rumbled in your chest.\u201d This is the most vivid article I have come upon so&nbsp;far.<\/p> <\/li><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/01\/07\/capitol-storming-siege-congress-inside-first-person-oral-history-455715\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/01\/07\/capitol-storming-siege-congress-inside-first-person-oral-history-455715\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Is This Really Happening?\u2019: The Siege of Congress, Seen From the Inside<\/a> (various, Politico): \u201cOne member at one point, a Democrat, Steve Cohen, yelled over towards the Republican side of the room and said, \u2018Call Trump and tell him to call this off.\u2019 And then a little bit later on, a lawmaker sitting on the Republican side shot back and said something along the lines of, \u2018I bet you liberals are glad now you didn\u2019t defund the police.\u2019\u201dThis is amazing. And reading this I have a much more positive view of the frontline police response than I had gleaned from previous reporting. The issue was higher in the command structure.<\/p> <\/li><li><p><a href=\"https:\/\/notthebee.com\/article\/let-me-tell-you-about-my-experience-at-the-trump-rally\">Let me tell you about my experience at yesterday\u2019s Trump Rally.<\/a> (Not The Bee): \u201cAgain, pictures never do a crowd justice, but I went to a Big 10 college football school, I know what tens of thousands of people looks like, and this was that at&nbsp;least.\u201d<\/p><\/li><li> <p>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/andy-kim-cleans-capitol-siege-c5a303337cd63e4312ef7e1a17509371\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/andy-kim-cleans-capitol-siege-c5a303337cd63e4312ef7e1a17509371\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018What else could I do?\u2019 NJ Rep. Kim helps clean up Capitol<\/a> (Mike Catalini, AP News): \u201c\u2018When you see something you love that\u2019s broken you want to fix it. I love the Capitol. I\u2018m honored to be there,\u2019 he said. \u2018This building is extraordinary and the rotunda in particular is just awe-inspiring. How many countless generations have been inspired in that room? It really broke my heart and I just felt compelled to do something. \u2026 What else could I do?\u2019\u201d A profile of the man behind a photo you\u2019ve no doubt&nbsp;seen.<\/p>  <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>WHAT HAPPENED IN CONTEXT&nbsp;<ul><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2021\/01\/americas-history-of-political-violence\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2021\/01\/americas-history-of-political-violence\" target=\"_blank\">America\u2019s History of Political Violence<\/a> (Darel E. Paul, First Things): \u201cEarly reactions to the incursion tended toward the catastrophic, and more than one journalist spoke of a \u2018coup,\u2019 the death of the Republic, and \u2018civil war.\u2019 By evening calmer heads and cooler emotions began to emerge as the rioters were arrested and dispersed, revealing less a Bolshevik storming of the Winter Palace than a LARPing event by QAnon paranoids.\u201d The author is a professor of political science at Williams College.<\/p> <\/li><li> <p>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/american-crises-capitol-assault\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-300\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/american-crises-capitol-assault\" target=\"_blank\">The Five Crises of the American Regime<\/a> (Michael Lind, Tablet Magazine): \u201cIn the past eight months, two Capitol Hills have fallen. Two shocking events symbolize the abdication of authority by America\u2019s ruling class, an abdication that has led to what can be described, not without exaggeration, as the slow-motion disintegration of the United States of America in its present form.\u2026 What is the meaning of these dystopian scenes? Many Democrats claim that Republicans are destroying the republic. Many Republicans claim the reverse. They are both correct.\u201d The author is a professor in the UT Austin school of public affairs. This is the most comprehensive (and to my mind, largely correct) analysis I\u2019ve come across.<\/p> <\/li><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/american-crises-capitol-assault\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-300\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/american-crises-capitol-assault\" target=\"_blank\">Violence in the Capitol, Dangers in the Aftermath<\/a> (Glenn Greenwald, Substack): \u201cOne need not dismiss the lamentable actions of yesterday to simultaneously reject efforts to apply terms that are plainly inapplicable:&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">attempted coup, insurrection, sedition<\/em>.\u2026 That the only person shot was a protester killed by an armed agent of the state by itself makes clear how irresponsible these terms&nbsp;are.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>  <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>THEOLOGICAL\/RELIGIOUS COMMENTARY <ul><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/christians-condemn-capitol-protests-pray-trump-dc.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/christians-condemn-capitol-protests-pray-trump-dc.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" target=\"_blank\">Christian Leaders Pray for Peace and Safety Amid Capitol Mob <\/a>(Kate Shellnutt, Christianity Today): \u201cPastor Rick Warren called the attack \u2018domestic terrorism,\u2019 while Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) Ethics &amp; Religious Liberty Commission president Russell Moore condemned their actions as \u2018immoral, unjust, dangerous, and inexcusable\u2019 and called on the president to direct his supporters to \u2018stop this dangerous and anti-constitutional anarchy.\u2019&nbsp;\u201dThere\u2019s a wide roundup of voices here.<\/p> <\/li><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/lutheransforracialjustice.com\/like-a-fire\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-296\" href=\"https:\/\/lutheransforracialjustice.com\/like-a-fire\" target=\"_blank\">Like A Fire Shut Up In My Bones<\/a> (Paul Shult, Lutherans For Racial Justice): \u201cMy thoughts I share with you are shaped by my calling as a pastor. I am not a political science major, a lawyer, a public policy expert, or a business owner. I don\u2019t want to argue politics, which is very difficult because so much in our nation and in Christianity has become politicized. So, here are my thoughts around just a few things I think are important to consider \u2014 perhaps they can be helpful to some.\u201d The author pastors a church near campus that several of our students have attended (one of them brought this article to my attention).<\/p> <\/li><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/capitol-trump-insurrection-explosions\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/politics\/capitol-trump-insurrection-explosions\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Gospel in a Democracy Under Assault <\/a>(Russell Moore, Gospel Coalition): \u201cCountries can fall. I hope this one doesn\u2019t. But, either way, let\u2019s not fall with&nbsp;it.\u201d<\/p> <\/li><li> <p><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/books-and-culture\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/illegitimate-times.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/dougwils.com\/books-and-culture\/s7-engaging-the-culture\/illegitimate-times.html\" target=\"_blank\">Illegitimate Times<\/a> (Douglas Wilson, personal blog): \u201cSo it is looking as though one way or another we are going to have to learn how to live under a government we believe to be at bottom illegitimate. And that looks to be the case no matter what happens today, actually, which happens to be January 6, the day when Congress ratifies the votes of the Electoral College. If Biden is confirmed, which seems likely, a very large number of Americans will believe he got there by fraudulent means. And if Trump is confirmed\u2014by some sort of extraordinary long shot\u2014that irregular process, whatever it was, will be considered by a very large number of Americans to have been fraudulent in a very different way. And even though a larger number of Christians will be in the first group, our numbers in both groups will not be insignificant.\u201d Please note, this is from before the events in question! I share it because it contains some very unusual insights.<\/p>  <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>APOLOGETICALLY INTERESTING<br> <ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearreligion.org\/articles\/2021\/01\/07\/why_religious_couples_thrive_in_a_pandemic_655604.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Religious Couples Thrive in a Pandemic<\/a> (Liz HoChing &amp; Spencer James, Real Clear Religion): \u201cIt is no surprise therefore that home-worshipping couples were significantly more likely to be highly satisfied with their sexual relationship, compared with couples in a shared secular relationship. Women in shared home-worshipping relationships were found to be twice as likely to be sexually satisfied from the international data, and three-times as likely to be sexually satisfied from data gathered in the United States. These are numbers that cannot be ignored.\u201d&nbsp;<ul><li>There are many interesting quotes I could have chosen. I pick this one because it is something I commonly see come up in research and yet so contrary to the prevailing narrative in our culture. And also because most of you are yet to pick your spouse \u2014 this is a reminder to pick someone who shares your vibrant faith in the&nbsp;Lord.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0049089X20301150\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0049089X20301150\" target=\"_blank\">Standing By: The Spatial Organization of Coercive Institutions in China<\/a> (Adam Y. Liu and Charles Chang, Social Science Research): \u201cWe find that police stations are more likely to be located within walking distance of foreign religious sites (churches) than other sites (temples), even after controlling for the estimated population within 1km of each site and a set of key site attributes.\u201d The authors are scholars at the National University of Singapore and at Yale, respectively.<\/li><li>Interesting tidbits from the article itself (the above is from the abstract):&nbsp;<ul><li>\u201c\u2026among all major religions in China, Christianity has since the late 19th century been persistently viewed by the Chinese state\u2014the incumbent atheistic party state in particular\u2014as the most threatening to social order and state&nbsp;power.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201c\u2026one of the most consistent and surprising social scientific findings is the extent of the involvement of religious groups in large scale social and political movements.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cScholars find that the participatory and civic attitudes embedded in Christianity make its believers more likely to engage in collective contention.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cIn a sharp contrast, the party state sees other religions, such as Buddhism, as not only non-threatening, but also conducive to strengthening its grip on power. In some instances, local officials have even supported the construction of non-Western religious sites as an explicit way to counter the growing influence of Christianity in their jurisdictions.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Let me be clear: I lack the expertise to evaluate their findings. What I find fascinating is the matter-of-fact way these scholars refer to a consensus in their field about Christianity. It is interesting to read this in conjunction with the news about this&nbsp;week.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>UNRELATED THINGS <ul><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0049089X20301150\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S0049089X20301150\" target=\"_blank\">Rev. William Barber on Greed, Poverty and Evangelical Politics<\/a> (David Marchese, New York Times): \u201cVery few religious leaders are able to inspire political action on the part of large numbers of people who don\u2019t share their church, their denomination or their faith. Yet the Rev. Dr. William Barber, senior pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church in Goldsboro, N.C., has done just that.\u201d This is an interesting (and at times perplexing) interview.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/fredrikdeboer.com\/2021\/01\/04\/some-problems-dont-have-solutions-or-the-demand-game\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/fredrikdeboer.com\/2021\/01\/04\/some-problems-dont-have-solutions-or-the-demand-game\/\" target=\"_blank\">some problems don\u2019t have solutions, or the demand game<\/a> (Freddie DeBoer, personal blog): \u201cHere\u2019s the reality with pornography: it may very well be very bad, and there is probably nothing that we can do about it. Technology changed the world and made something for which their is huge demand effortlessly easy to transmit and receive. And that\u2019s that; that\u2019s the story of pornography. Some problems don\u2019t have solutions.\u201d The author, an atheist socialist, inadvertently comes close to agreeing with Jesus that \u201cthe poor you will have with you always.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/rzim-ravi-zacharias-turmoil-spa-allegations-investigation.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/rzim-ravi-zacharias-turmoil-spa-allegations-investigation.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" target=\"_blank\">Inside RZIM, Staff Push Leaders to Take Responsibility for Scandal <\/a>(Daniel Silliman, Christianity Today): \u201cAt an online all-staff meeting in mid-October, however, RZIM speaker Sam Allberry, who officiated at Zacharias\u2019s graveside service, asked why \u2018ministry teammates\u2019 had been included in the official denial. They had not been consulted before leadership crafted the unsigned statement denying the claims. \u2018Why are you putting words in my mouth?\u2019 said Allberry, according to people who attended the meeting. \u2018Frankly, I believe these women and find their allegations to be credible.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<ul><li>This makes me very sad. Also, there\u2019s a personal caution in here. One of the details is that Zacharias lied about smaller things. If you ever see me lying or exaggerating (except for obvious humor), please call me on it. I\u2019d rather be embarrassed socially in the moment than lay the foundation for ruin&nbsp;later.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/ifyc.org\/article\/awokening-will-not-bring-end-nightmare\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/ifyc.org\/article\/awokening-will-not-bring-end-nightmare\" target=\"_blank\">The Awokening Will Not Bring an End to the Nightmare<\/a> (Musa al-Gharbi, Interfaith Youth Core) : \u201c\u2026the whites who seem most eager to condemn \u2018ideological racism\u2019 (i.e. people saying, thinking or feeling the \u2018wrong\u2019 things about minorities), and who are most ostentatious in demonstrating their own \u2018wokeness,\u2019&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">also<\/em>&nbsp;tend to be the people who benefit the most from what sociologists describe as \u2018institutional\u2019 or \u2018systemic\u2019 racism. Consequently, the places in America with the highest concentrations of whites who are \u2018with it\u2019 also happen to be the most unequal places in the country.\u201d The author is a sociologist at Columbia.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.slowboring.com\/p\/making-policy-for-a-low-trust-world\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slowboring.com\/p\/making-policy-for-a-low-trust-world\" target=\"_blank\">Making policy for a low-trust world<\/a> (Matthew Yglesias, substack): \u201cThe correct way to respond to a low-trust environment is not to double down on proceduralism, but to commit yourself to the \u2018it does exactly what it says on the tin\u2019 principle and implement policies that have the following characteristics: It\u2019s easy for everyone, whether they agree with you or disagree with you, to understand what it is you say you are doing. It\u2019s easy for everyone to see whether or not you are, in fact, doing what you said you would do. It\u2019s easy for you and your team to meet the goal of doing the thing that you said you would&nbsp;do.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/raphael-warnock-ebenezer-baptist-black-pastors-congress.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/raphael-warnock-ebenezer-baptist-black-pastors-congress.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" target=\"_blank\">Like Preacher-Politicians Before Him, Senator Raphael Warnock Will Keep His Pulpit <\/a>(Adelle Banks, Christianity Today): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018It\u2019s unusual for a pastor to get involved in something as messy as politics, but I see this as a continuation of a life of service: first as an agitator, then an advocate, and hopefully next as a legislator\u2019\u201d Warnock said as he was closing in on the top spot of a wide-open primary. \u2018I say I\u2019m stepping up to my next calling to serve, not stepping down from the pulpit.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d I did not know this history, and after reading it I am pleased to inform you that if I am elected to the US Senate I will continue to minister with Chi Alpha at Stanford.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/christians-condemn-capitol-protests-pray-trump-dc.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/january\/christians-condemn-capitol-protests-pray-trump-dc.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\" target=\"_blank\">The Real Problem with 4\u2011Letter Words<\/a> (Karen Swallow Prior, Gospel Coalition): \u201cCursing falls into different categories. Strictly speaking, <em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">profanities<\/em> are words that desacralize what is holy. Words misusing the names of God and his judgments are profane; the worst of these are blasphemy.While profanities are related to the divine, <em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">obscenities<\/em> are related to the human. This category of words serves to coarsen bodily functions (whether sexual or excretory).\u2026 Another category of curse words consists of those the cognitive scientist Steven Pinker calls \u2018abusive.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.realclearreligion.org\/articles\/2021\/01\/07\/californias_donor-disclosure_law_threatens_religious_charities_655598.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-284\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearreligion.org\/articles\/2021\/01\/07\/californias_donor-disclosure_law_threatens_religious_charities_655598.html\" target=\"_blank\">California\u2019s Donor-Disclosure Law Threatens Religious Charities<\/a> (John Bursch, Real Clear Religion): \u201cNot once has the attorney general given a convincing reason for collecting donors\u2019 names and addresses&nbsp;en&nbsp;masse. His office has effectively regulated charities for decades without that information. In 10 years, the attorney general only used donor lists in&nbsp;<em data-stringify-type=\"italic\">five<\/em>&nbsp;out of 540 investigations. And even in those five, he could have obtained the same information through targeted subpoenas or audits, all without risking the massive disclosure of sensitive information from all registered charities.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.thenewatlantis.com\/publications\/the-new-strain-how-bad-is-it\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-286\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewatlantis.com\/publications\/the-new-strain-how-bad-is-it\" target=\"_blank\">The New Strain: How Bad Is It<\/a>? (Brendan Foht&nbsp;and&nbsp;Ari Schulman, The New Atlantis): \u201cThe steps that most need to be taken in response to the new strain are the same ones that should have been taken for the last year anyway, but that our government has proved largely unable or unwilling to take. An effective regime of testing, tracing, and isolating, for example, has been needed throughout the pandemic, but never really implemented.\u201d One of the authors <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriSchulman\/status\/1347170247762210817\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AriSchulman\/status\/1347170247762210817\" target=\"_blank\">posted on Twitter<\/a>: \u201cIn the course of working on this piece, my concern about the new Covid strain went from about a 4 to an 8.5, with the remaining 1.5 composed mostly of generalized skepticism and motivated disbelief.\u201d&nbsp;<\/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 wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.basicinstructions.net\/basic-instructions\/2021\/1\/3\/how-to-speak-your-mind?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+basicinst+%28Basic+Instructions%29\" target=\"_blank\">How To Speak Your Mind<\/a> (Basic Instructions)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/D5a9An6\" target=\"_blank\">Selective Respect<\/a> (Imgur)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=S75gYhODS0M&amp;feature=emb_logo\" target=\"_blank\">Happy Birthday, by Beethoven? Bach? Mozart?<\/a> (Nicole Pesce, YouTube): five minutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/language-4\" target=\"_blank\">Language<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/pornography-human-humane\/\">How Pornography Makes Us Less Human and Less Humane<\/a> (Matthew Lee Anderson, The Gospel Coalition): \u201cBeneath pornography is the supposition that the mere fact of our desire for a woman makes us worthy of her. And so, not being bound by any kind of norm, desire must proceed endlessly. It is no surprise that the industrialized, cheap\u2010and\u2010easy sex of pornography has answered and evoked an almost unrestrained sexual greed, which allows us to be gods and goddesses within the safety of our own fantasies. It is for deep and important reasons that the Ten Commandments use the economic language of \u2018coveting\u2019 to describe the badness of errant sexual desires.\u201d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/08\/30\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-216\">volume 216<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about it.\n\nIf this was forwarded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. 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