{"id":6475,"date":"2021-01-15T17:16:08","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T01:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6475"},"modified":"2021-01-15T17:16:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T01:16:08","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-284","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-284","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 284"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><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 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<p>I made an extra effort to keep this to seven entries today, otherwise it would have been thirty (no joke \u2014 that\u2019s what I began culling from).<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/only-the-church-can-truly-defeat\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" data-qa=\"message_attachment_title_link\"><span dir=\"auto\">Only the Church Can Truly Defeat a Christian Insurrection<\/span><\/a> (David French, The Dispatch): \u201cI would bet that most of my readers would instantly label the exact same event Islamic terrorism if Islamic symbols filled the crowd, if Islamic music played in the loudspeakers, and if members of the crowd shouted \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 as they charged the Capitol.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.russellmoore.com\/2021\/01\/11\/the-roman-road-from-insurrection\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.russellmoore.com\/2021\/01\/11\/the-roman-road-from-insurrection\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">The Roman Road from Insurrection<\/a> (Russell Moore, personal blog): \u201cIf the world rejects us because of Christ and him crucified, so much the worse for the world. If the world rejects us because they think Christ is just a mascot for what we would already be supporting or doing even if Jesus were still dead, then God have mercy on&nbsp;us.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>The author is president of the Ethics &amp; Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention. A few years ago I remember telling one of our international students that if he wanted a healthy Christian perspective on American politics, Russell Moore needed to be one of his go-to&nbsp;reads.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/everything-is-broken\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/everything-is-broken\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Everything Is Broken<\/a> (Alana Newhouse, Tablet Magazine): \u201cBeing on a ship nearly 4 million square miles in area along with 330 million other people and realizing the entire hull is pockmarked with holes is terrifying.\u201d Wide-ranging.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/the-great-unraveling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/the-great-unraveling\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">The Great Unraveling<\/a> (Bari Weiss, SubStack): \u201cI don\u2019t know the answer. But I know that you have to be sort of strange to stand apart and refuse to join Team Red or Team Blue. These strange ones are the ones who think that political violence is wrong, that mob justice is never just and the presumption of innocence is always right. These are the ones who are skeptical of state and corporate power, even when it is clamping down on people they despise.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/we-need-a-new-media-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/we-need-a-new-media-system\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">We Need a New Media System<\/a> (Matt Taibbi, Substack): \u201cThe flaw in the system is that even the biggest news companies now operate under the assumption that at least half their potential audience isn\u2019t listening. This leads to all sorts of problems, and the fact that the easiest way to keep your own demographic is to feed it negative stories about others is only the most obvious. On all sides, we now lean into inflammatory caricatures, because the financial incentives encourage it.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/12\/uighur-xinjiang-re-education-camp-china-gulbahar-haitiwaji?ref=upstract.com&amp;curator=upstract.com&amp;utm_source=upstract.com&amp;utm_medium=web\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2021\/jan\/12\/uighur-xinjiang-re-education-camp-china-gulbahar-haitiwaji?ref=upstract.com&amp;curator=upstract.com&amp;utm_source=upstract.com&amp;utm_medium=web\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">\u2018Our souls are dead\u2019: how I survived a Chinese \u2018re-education\u2019 camp for Uighurs<\/a> (Gulbahar Haitiwaji&nbsp;with&nbsp;Rozenn Morgat, The Guardian): \u201cWomen like me, who emerged from the camps, are no longer who we once were. We are shadows; our souls are dead. I was made to believe that my loved ones, my husband and my daughter, were terrorists. I was so far away, so alone, so exhausted and alienated, that I almost ended up believing it. My husband, Kerim, my daughters Gulhumar and Gulnigar \u2013 I denounced your \u2018crimes\u2019 I begged forgiveness from the Communist party for atrocities that neither you nor I committed.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>I think this ranks among the great evils of history and it is happening right now. I am shocked I don\u2019t see higher levels of outrage and public responses to it on the international stage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.eladgil.com\/2021\/01\/israel-has-pulled-ahead-of-much-in.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"http:\/\/blog.eladgil.com\/2021\/01\/israel-has-pulled-ahead-of-much-in.html\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\">Why Has Israel Succeeded At COVID Vaccination? <\/a> (Elad Gil, personal blog): \u201cMany countries and states have been too focused on \u2018fairness\u2019 and \u2018equity\u2019 so have frozen their vaccination efforts in place, or put in place large fines for \u2018misused virus\u2019. Remember \u2014 everyone will eventually get vaccinated. The more shots in arms, the better, with an emphasis on the old and comorbid. And also remember, we are in the middle of a \u2018once in a century pandemic\u2019- it is more important to move fast to save lives than to create and enforce complex rules.\u201d&nbsp;<ul>\n<li>The author is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and is, far as I can tell, completely correct. The failure of the states and the federal government on this issue is astounding. The entire pandemic has been a demonstration of our bipartisan political incompetence.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2021-01-14?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DilbertDailyStrip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip%29\" target=\"_blank\">Understanding Science<\/a> (Dilbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2410\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Growers<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/sheila\" target=\"_blank\">Sheila<\/a> (SMBC) \u2014 this feels very Stanford to&nbsp;me<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch&amp;v=EwaGcPmtTsQ\" target=\"_blank\">Extension Cord Pro Tips<\/a> (Essential Craftsman, YouTube): eight unexpectedly fascinating minutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/01\/12\" target=\"_blank\">Life Choices<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/heaven-4\" target=\"_blank\">Heaven<\/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.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2019\/08\/sealand-outlaw-ocean-tiniest-nation\/596074\/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&amp;utm_content=5d6a1b164b188d00011b3ae2_ta&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR120W5UOzyA5m4Htcp6Cow8Dbbe3DCAcB-9GUYh3s71KrxFhtswMdbtK6o\">The Pint\u2010Size Nation off the English Coast<\/a> (Ian Urbina, The Atlantic): \u201cThough no country formally recognizes Sealand, its sovereignty has been hard to deny. Half a dozen times, the British government and assorted other groups, backed by mercenaries, have tried and failed to take over the platform by force.\u201d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/09\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-217\">volume 217<\/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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