{"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 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\">I made an extra effort to keep this to sev\u00aden entries today, oth\u00ader\u00adwise it would have been thir\u00adty (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 Tru\u00adly Defeat a Chris\u00adt\u00adian Insur\u00adrec\u00adtion<\/span><\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cI would bet that most of my read\u00aders would instant\u00adly label the exact same event Islam\u00adic ter\u00adror\u00adism if Islam\u00adic sym\u00adbols filled the crowd, if Islam\u00adic music played in the loud\u00adspeak\u00aders, and if mem\u00adbers of the crowd shout\u00aded \u2018Allahu Akbar\u2019 as they charged the Capi\u00adtol.\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 Insur\u00adrec\u00adtion<\/a> (Rus\u00adsell Moore, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cIf the world rejects us because of Christ and him cru\u00adci\u00adfied, so much the worse for the world. If the world rejects us because they think Christ is just a mas\u00adcot for what we would already be sup\u00adport\u00ading or doing even if Jesus were still dead, then God have mer\u00adcy on us.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>The author is pres\u00adi\u00addent of the Ethics &amp; Reli\u00adgious Lib\u00ader\u00adty Com\u00admis\u00adsion of the South\u00adern Bap\u00adtist Con\u00adven\u00adtion. A few years ago I remem\u00adber telling one of our inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stu\u00addents that if he want\u00aded a healthy Chris\u00adt\u00adian per\u00adspec\u00adtive on Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pol\u00adi\u00adtics, Rus\u00adsell Moore need\u00aded to be one of his go-to 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\">Every\u00adthing Is Bro\u00adken<\/a> (Alana New\u00adhouse, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cBeing on a ship near\u00adly 4 mil\u00adlion square miles in area along with 330 mil\u00adlion oth\u00ader peo\u00adple and real\u00adiz\u00ading the entire hull is pock\u00admarked with holes is ter\u00adri\u00adfy\u00ading.\u201d Wide-rang\u00ading.<\/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 Unrav\u00adel\u00ading<\/a> (Bari Weiss, Sub\u00adStack): \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 polit\u00adi\u00adcal vio\u00adlence is wrong, that mob jus\u00adtice is nev\u00ader just and the pre\u00adsump\u00adtion of inno\u00adcence is always right. These are the ones who are skep\u00adti\u00adcal of state and cor\u00adpo\u00adrate pow\u00ader, even when it is clamp\u00ading down on peo\u00adple 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 Sys\u00adtem<\/a> (Matt Taib\u00adbi, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe flaw in the sys\u00adtem is that even the biggest news com\u00adpa\u00adnies now oper\u00adate under the assump\u00adtion that at least half their poten\u00adtial audi\u00adence isn\u2019t lis\u00adten\u00ading. This leads to all sorts of prob\u00adlems, and the fact that the eas\u00adi\u00adest way to keep your own demo\u00adgraph\u00adic is to feed it neg\u00ada\u00adtive sto\u00adries about oth\u00aders is only the most obvi\u00adous. On all sides, we now lean into inflam\u00adma\u00adto\u00adry car\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtures, because the finan\u00adcial incen\u00adtives encour\u00adage 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 sur\u00advived a Chi\u00adnese \u2018re-edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u2019 camp for Uighurs<\/a> (Gul\u00adba\u00adhar Haiti\u00adwa\u00adji&nbsp;with&nbsp;Rozenn Mor\u00adgat, The Guardian): \u201cWomen like me, who emerged from the camps, are no longer who we once were. We are shad\u00adows; our souls are dead. I was made to believe that my loved ones, my hus\u00adband and my daugh\u00adter, were ter\u00adror\u00adists. I was so far away, so alone, so exhaust\u00aded and alien\u00adat\u00aded, that I almost end\u00aded up believ\u00ading it. My hus\u00adband, Ker\u00adim, my daugh\u00adters Gul\u00adhu\u00admar and Gul\u00adni\u00adgar \u2013 I denounced your \u2018crimes\u2019 I begged for\u00adgive\u00adness from the Com\u00admu\u00adnist par\u00adty for atroc\u00adi\u00adties that nei\u00adther you nor I com\u00admit\u00adted.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>I think this ranks among the great evils of his\u00adto\u00adry and it is hap\u00adpen\u00ading right now. I am shocked I don\u2019t see high\u00ader lev\u00adels of out\u00adrage and pub\u00adlic respons\u00ades to it on the inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal 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 Suc\u00adceed\u00aded At COVID Vac\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtion? <\/a> (Elad Gil, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cMany coun\u00adtries and states have been too focused on \u2018fair\u00adness\u2019 and \u2018equi\u00adty\u2019 so have frozen their vac\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtion efforts in place, or put in place large fines for \u2018mis\u00adused virus\u2019. Remem\u00adber \u2014 every\u00adone will even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly get vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded. The more shots in arms, the bet\u00adter, with an empha\u00adsis on the old and comor\u00adbid. And also remem\u00adber, we are in the mid\u00addle of a \u2018once in a cen\u00adtu\u00adry pan\u00addem\u00adic\u2019- it is more impor\u00adtant to move fast to save lives than to cre\u00adate and enforce com\u00adplex rules.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>The author is a Sil\u00adi\u00adcon Val\u00adley entre\u00adpre\u00adneur and is, far as I can tell, com\u00adplete\u00adly cor\u00adrect. The fail\u00adure of the states and the fed\u00ader\u00adal gov\u00adern\u00adment on this issue is astound\u00ading. The entire pan\u00addem\u00adic has been a demon\u00adstra\u00adtion of our bipar\u00adti\u00adsan polit\u00adi\u00adcal incom\u00adpe\u00adtence.<\/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\">Under\u00adstand\u00ading Sci\u00adence<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2410\/\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Grow\u00aders<\/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 Stan\u00adford to me<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch&amp;v=EwaGcPmtTsQ\" target=\"_blank\">Exten\u00adsion Cord Pro Tips<\/a> (Essen\u00adtial Crafts\u00adman, YouTube): eight unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/01\/12\" target=\"_blank\">Life Choic\u00ades<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/heaven-4\" target=\"_blank\">Heav\u00aden<\/a> (SMBC)<\/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.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-Size Nation off the Eng\u00adlish Coast<\/a> (Ian Urbina, The Atlantic): \u201cThough no coun\u00adtry for\u00admal\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnizes Sealand, its sov\u00ader\u00adeign\u00adty has been hard to deny. Half a dozen times, the British gov\u00adern\u00adment and assort\u00aded oth\u00ader groups, backed by mer\u00adce\u00adnar\u00adies, have tried and failed to take over the plat\u00adform by force.\u201d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/09\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-217\">vol\u00adume 217<\/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>a small col\u00adlec\u00adtion because it\u2019s too over\u00adwhelm\u00ading oth\u00ader\u00adwise<\/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":"This week's collection is small because otherwise it would be vast. 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