{"id":6488,"date":"2021-02-05T17:32:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-06T01:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6488"},"modified":"2021-02-05T17:32:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-06T01:32:12","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-287","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/02\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-287","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 287"},"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>This is volume 287, a number which is the sum of consecutive primes thrice over (287 = 89 + 97 + 101 = 47 + 53 + 59 + 61 + 67 = 17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 + 41 + 43 +&nbsp;47).<\/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=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/31\/opinion\/change-someones-mind.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">The Science of Reasoning With Unreasonable People<\/a> (Adam Grant, New York Times): \u201cSocial scientists have found that asking people <em>how<\/em> their preferred political policies might work in practice, rather than asking <em>why<\/em> they favor those approaches, was more effective in opening their minds. As people struggled to explain their ideal tax legislation or health care plan, they grasped the complexity of the problem and recognized gaps in their knowledge.\u201d The author is a professor at Penn\u2019s Wharton School.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/road-to-recovery\/2021\/02\/05\/peloton-ally-love-robin-christianity-covid\/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=newsletter&amp;wpisrc=nl_most&amp;carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F2f39f00%2F601d764d9d2fda4c88d4ce1b%2F5e606fc3ade4e2409c9a9cba%2F27%2F70%2F601d764d9d2fda4c88d4ce1b\">Peloton makes toning your glutes feel spiritual. But should Jesus be part of the experience?<\/a> (Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post): \u2018Nick Stoker, 41, a London businessman, triggered hundreds of comments on the Peloton Reddit page in April when he posted that he took a \u201cSundays with Love\u201d ride and thought he was getting pandemic-era \u201cspiritual inspiration and uplifting music,\u201d but actually got something more about God and Christianity. The ride should have been labeled as Christian, he argued. \u201cI don\u2019t want my children listening to these sort of messages.\u201d\u2019<\/li><li>Thoughts about Christianity and America<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/discerning-the-difference-between?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjA0NDkxNiwiXyI6IlY4Tk1UIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMTAzNTk1LCJleHAiOjE2MTIxMDcxOTUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.bNUOEyDLPwiucyiJBGZ4EUZS_I9UY1rDeHyI1y_Y6QU\">Discerning the Difference Between Christian Nationalism and Christian Patriotism<\/a> (David French, The Dispatch): \u201cI love this country, but I love it with eyes wide open. The aspirations of our founding have long been tempered by the brutal realities of our fallen nature. The same nation that stormed Normandy\u2019s beaches to destroy a fascist empire simultaneously sustained a segregationist regime within its own borders. Our virtues do not negate our vices, and our vices do not negate our virtues. America isn\u2019t 1619 or 1776. It\u2019s 1619&nbsp;<em>and&nbsp;<\/em>1776.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2021\/01\/adam-kinzinger-voting-impeachment-christian\/617848\/?utm_content=edit-promo&amp;utm_campaign=the-atlantic&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_term=2021-01-28T14%3A45%3A25&amp;utm_medium=social\">Betraying Your Church\u2014And Your Party <\/a>(Emma Green, The Atlantic): \u201cOn January 6, as an armed mob invaded the House of Representatives, Kinzinger said he could feel a darkness descend over the Capitol. One of his friends in Congress, the Oklahoma Republican Markwayne Mullin, heard the same thing from members of the Capitol Police. Kinzinger doesn\u2019t doubt that the devil is at work in American politics. He just suspects that the enemy might be lurking in his own&nbsp;house.\u201d&nbsp;<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2021\/02\/04\/qanon-christian-extremism-nationalism-violence-466034\">It\u2019s Time to Talk About Violent Christian Extremism<\/a> (Zack Stanton interviewing Elizabeth Neumann, Politico): \u201cHere\u2019s the thing, and I will do my best to explain it from a secular perspective: There\u2019s text in the New Testament where the Apostle Paul is admonishing a church he helped establish: \u2018You should be mature adults now in your faith, but I\u2019m still having to feed you with milk.\u2019 He\u2019s basically saying, you should be 18, but you\u2019re still nursing, and we need you to get it together.\u2026 One of my questions is: Are we seeing in the last four years one of the consequences of that failure? They didn\u2019t mature [in their faith], and they\u2019re very easily led astray by what scripture calls \u2018false teachers.\u2019 My thesis here is that if we had a more scripturally based set of believers in this country \u2014 if everybody who calls themselves a \u2018Christian\u2019 had actually read through, I don\u2019t know, 80 percent of the Bible \u2014 they would not have been so easily deceived.\u201d The interviewee is an evangelical Christian who has served as a Deputy Chief of Staff in the Department of Homeland Security. Extremely interesting.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The challenge of&nbsp;China:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/01\/30\/opinion\/sunday\/foreign-policy-china.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">Biden\u2019s Nightmare May Be China<\/a> (Nicholas Kristof, New York Times): \u201cDealing with Mitch McConnell will be a piece of cake for President Biden compared with dealing with Xi. Biden\u2019s challenge will be to constrain a Chinese leader who has been oppressive in Hong Kong, genocidal in the Xinjiang region, obdurate on trade, ruthless on human rights and insincere on everything, while still cooperating with China on issues like climate change, fentanyl and North Korea (which many experts expect to resume missile launches this&nbsp;year).\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-55794071\">\u2018Their goal is to destroy everyone\u2019: Uighur camp detainees allege systematic rape<\/a> (Matthew Hill, David Campanale and Joel Gunter, BBC): \u201cIt was unlikely that Xi or other top party officials would have directed or authorised rape or torture,\u201d Parton said, but they would \u201ccertainly be aware of it. I think they prefer at the top just to turn a blind eye. The line has gone out to implement this policy with great sternness, and that is what is happening.\u201d That left \u201cno real constraints\u201d, he said. \u201cI just don\u2019t see what the perpetrators of these acts would have to hold them back.\u201d I don\u2019t know how this isn\u2019t front page news almost every day. We want to say everyone is as evil as Hitler EXCEPT THE PEOPLE RUNNING ACTUAL CONCENTRATION CAMPS.<\/li><li>And thoughts on Taiwan, which is not&nbsp;China<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars-stage.blogspot.com\/2021\/02\/understanding-taiwanese-nationalism.html\">Understanding Taiwanese Nationalism: A Historical Primer in Bullet Points<\/a> (Tanner Greer, personal blog): \u201cAs someone who has lived years in both Taiwan and in China I can also give a more anecdotal assessment: the differences between the two countries and their respective cultures (to say nothing of their political systems) is clear. They are simply not the same people.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2021\/02\/02\/china-and-the-question-of-taiwan\/\">China and the Question of Taiwan<\/a> (Aaron Sarin, Quillette): \u201cHistorian James A. Millward points out that many in his discipline have implicitly accepted the Party line on Taiwanese history. They will refer, for example, to the Qing dynasty\u2019s \u2018recapture of Taiwan in 1683,\u2019 even though, as Millward explains, \u2018no China-based state\u2014not even an imperial dynasty\u2014ha[d] ever ruled the island before.\u2019 Here we see the success of the CCP\u2019s propaganda, even outside China. The truth is that Taiwan was a Qing acquisition, and that is the sole basis for Beijing\u2019s claims today.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/12\/23\/949764249\/fork-the-government\">Fork The Government<\/a> (Planet Money, NPR): \u201cAs countries around the world struggle to handle the coronavirus pandemic, Taiwan stands out as a relative success story\u2026 so far. Since April, only one locally transmitted case has been reported. There have been only seven deaths \u2014 in the entire country. There are a lot of reasons why Taiwan has been able to keep its infection and death rates so low. For one, it\u2019s an island. Also, it\u2019s dealt with a respiratory virus epidemic before. But Taiwan has also been taking a relatively experimental approach to the pandemic with technology. Like working with civic hackers to code its way out of the pandemic.\u201d This is a podcast episode.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Things related to the credibility crisis in our culture:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.econlib.org\/nationalism-prejudice-and-fda-regulation\/\">Nationalism, prejudice, and FDA regulation<\/a> (Scott Sumner, EconLib): \u201cYou say people shouldn\u2019t be allowed to take a vaccine unless experts find it to be safe and effective? OK, the UK experts did just that. You say that only the opinion of US experts counts because our experts are clearly the best? Really, where is the <em>scientific study<\/em> that shows that our experts are the best? I thought you said we needed to \u2018trust the scientists\u2019?&nbsp;Now you are saying we must trust the nationalists?\u201d The author is an economist at George Mason University.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/webmd-and-the-tragedy-of-legible?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjI0MjMxNiwiXyI6IkVGc1NKIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyNTY3OTgxLCJleHAiOjE2MTI1NzE1ODEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.e64vd33UodmgNotXmQUh42MIb6jHUVSM4mCsGmf5J04\">WebMD, And The Tragedy Of Legible Expertise<\/a> (Scott Alexander, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cI can\u2019t tell you how many times over the past year all the experts, the CDC, the WHO, the&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>, et cetera, have said something (or been silent about something in a suggestive way), and then some blogger I trusted&nbsp;said the opposite, and the blogger turned out to be right. I realize this kind of thing is vulnerable to selection bias, but it\u2019s been the same couple of bloggers throughout, people who I already trusted and already suspected might be better than the experts in a lot of&nbsp;ways.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars-stage.blogspot.com\/2021\/01\/where-have-all-great-works-gone.html\">Where Have All the Great Works Gone?<\/a> (Tanner Greer, personal blog): \u201cIt was obvious to even those who disliked Nietzche that he was a seminal figure in Western thought; it was obvious even to those who disagreed with Ibsen that he claimed a similar place in Western literature, and so forth. Their ideas might be argued against, but their genius and their influence was undeniable.&nbsp; Is there anyone who died in the last decade you could make that sort of claim for?&nbsp; How about for the last two decades?&nbsp; The last three?&nbsp; Or is there anyone at all who is still living today that might be described this way? In the realm of science, perhaps. But in the world of social, historical, ethical, and political thought, no one comes to&nbsp;mind.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chronicle.com\/article\/social-justice-austerity-and-the-humanities-death-spiral?cid2=gen_login_refresh&amp;cid=gen_sign_in\">Social Justice, Austerity, and the Humanities Death Spiral<\/a> (Geoff Shullenberger, Chronicle of Higher Education): \u201cHow are humanities disciplines pushing back against the existential threats they face? Obviously, one can find a variety of arguments against cutbacks and the devaluation of humanistic study. On the other hand, faculty members within these fields sometimes make what looks like a case against their own value. For example, the Chicago announcement states that \u2018English as a discipline has a long history of providing aesthetic rationalizations for colonization, exploitation, extraction, and anti-Blackness.\u2019 Those who make funding decisions might well ask why such a discipline deserves to continue existing.\u201d The author teaches English at NYU. It was difficult choosing which bit to excerpt \u2014 definitely worth reading if you aspire to academia.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/psyarxiv.com\/jqw35\">The Generalizability Crisis<\/a> (Tal Yarkoni, PsyArxiv): \u201cMost theories and hypotheses in psychology are verbal in nature, yet their evaluation overwhelmingly relies on inferential statistical procedures. The validity of the move from qualitative to quantitative analysis depends on the verbal and statistical expressions of a hypothesis being closely aligned\u2014that is, that the two must refer to roughly the same set of hypothetical observations. Here I argue that many applications of statistical inference in psychology fail to meet this basic condition.\u201d The author is a psychology prof at UT Austin. Recommended by a student. I lack the expertise to evaluate it but find it intutively plausible.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theweek.com\/articles\/964006\/rise-barstool-conservatives\">Rise of the Barstool conservatives<\/a> (Matthew Walther, The Week): \u201cWhat Trump recognized was that there are millions of Americans who do not oppose or even care about abortion or same-sex marriage, much less stem-cell research or any of the other causes that had animated traditional social conservatives. Instead he correctly intuited that the new culture war would be fought over very different (and more nebulous) issues: vague concerns about political correctness and \u2018SJWs,\u2019 opposition to the popularization of so-called critical race theory, sentimentality about the American flag and the military, the rights of male undergraduates to engage in fornication while intoxicated without fear of the Title IX mafia.\u201d I think there\u2019s some truth here, but I think he underplays the importance of abortion in Trump\u2019s appeal. He nonetheless puts his finger on an important part of the way Trump\u2019s coalition was forged and the shape of American politics moving forward.<\/li><li>On GameStop:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2021\/january-web-only\/wall-street-gamestop-parable-what-if-we-are-all-1-percent.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctmag+%28CT+Magazine%29\">In the GameStop Frenzy, What If We\u2019re All the 1 Percent?<\/a> (Michael J. Rhodes, Christianity Today): \u201c\u2026we shouldn\u2019t confuse fighting for a better seat at the blackjack table with confronting an economy addicted to gambling.\u2026 Jesus doesn\u2019t tell his flock to beat the rich fool at his own game. He invites them to live an economic life free from greed or fear, storing up treasure in heaven by giving generously to the poor (Luke 12:33).\u201d The author is an Old Testament professor at Carey Baptist College. Worthwhile article.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/the-insiders-game-799?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozMjA5NDA1NSwiXyI6IlY4Tk1UIiwiaWF0IjoxNjEyMjA4MzEwLCJleHAiOjE2MTIyMTE5MTAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi02MTU3OSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.mqTl2ydJ4-H4sa7PsIcFNsQ8zK3edRwJ9tl1CKgtLu0\">The Insiders\u2019 Game<\/a> (David Sacks, Persuasion): \u201cIf there is a Big Lie in American politics right now, it is the idea that censorship of social media is necessary to save democracy.\u2026 What the insiders fear is not the end of democracy, but the end of their control over it, and the loss of the benefits they extract from it. Ultimately, the battle over speech is just one aspect of a broader war for power amid a growing political realignment that is not Left versus Right, but rather insider versus outsider.\u201d The author was on the founding team at PayPal.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2021\/02\/calling-wall-streets-bluff\">Calling Wall Street\u2019s Bluff<\/a> (Josh Hawley, First Things): \u201cNow the experts tell us that the true price on the market changes every day, because the fundamentals are always changing, even though they\u2019re fundamental.\u2026 Naturally, people are somewhat suspicious of this whole system. Every so often it seems to crash the entire economy. But even when it\u2019s supposedly working, something seems off.\u201d Stanford alumnus Josh Hawley is, of course, the controversial Senator from Missouri.<\/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\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2421\/\">The Tower of Babel<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/army-nukes-the-sun-after-pentagon-declares-climate-change-a-national-security-threat\/\">After Pentagon Declares Climate Change A National Security Threat, Space Force Announces Preemptive Attack On The Sun<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/infinitely-precious-image-bearer-of-almighty-god-disappointed-her-post-didnt-get-more-likes\/\">Infinitely Precious Child Of Almighty God Obsessively Checks Social Media For More Likes<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/culture\/annals-of-gastronomy\/pellet-ice-is-the-good-ice\">Pellet Ice Is the Good Ice<\/a> (Helen Rosner, New Yorker): \u201cThe good ice makes average drinks great, and great drinks godly. The good ice is pellet ice, and to know it is to need&nbsp;it.\u201d<\/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:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2019\/09\/18\/too-much-dark-money-in-almonds\/\">Too Much Dark Money in Almonds<\/a> (Scott Alexander, Slate Star Codex): \u201cEveryone always talks about how much money there is in politics. This is the wrong framing. The right framing is Ansolabehere et al\u2019s: why is there so <em>little<\/em> money in politics? But Ansolabehere focuses on elections, and the mystery is wider than that. Sure, during the 2018 election, candidates, parties, PACs, and outsiders combined spent about $5 billion \u2013 $2.5 billion on Democrats, $2 billion on Republicans, and $0.5 billion on third parties. And although that sounds like a lot of money to you or me, on the national scale, it\u2019s puny. The US almond industry earns $12 billion per year. Americans spent about 2.5x as much on almonds as on candidates last year.\u201d It builds to a surprising twist. Highly recommended. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/09\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-219\">volume 219<\/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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