{"id":6533,"date":"2021-03-26T16:27:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T00:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6533"},"modified":"2021-03-26T16:27:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T00:27:34","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-294","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/03\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-294","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 294"},"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\">This is vol\u00adume 294, which is neat because 11115<sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;\u2014&nbsp;<strong>294<\/strong><sup>2<\/sup>&nbsp;= 123,456,789. Num\u00adbers are fun!<\/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>On anti-Asian vio\u00adlence:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sm2DKoOOmzo\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Sm2DKoOOmzo\">The Racism Virus: Anti-Asian Attacks Surge<\/a> (NBC News, YouTube): fifty-two min\u00adutes, high\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. From before the Atlanta shoot\u00adings.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2021\/03\/25\/race-and-false-hate-crime-narratives\/\">Race and False Hate Crime Nar\u00adra\u00adtives<\/a> (Heather Mac Don\u00adald, Quil\u00adlette): \u201cPer\u00adhaps a rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion of anti-Asian ani\u00admus will emerge, but for now, Long appears to have tar\u00adget\u00aded pre\u00adsumed sex work\u00aders who hap\u00adpened, giv\u00aden the demo\u00adgraph\u00adics of the mas\u00adsage trade in Atlanta, to be Asian. Long intend\u00aded to tar\u00adget a busi\u00adness in Flori\u00adda next that made pornog\u00adra\u00adphy, he told police. The employ\u00adees there were unlike\u00adly to be Asian.\u201d The author is a Stan\u00adford Law School grad.<\/li><li>I am sur\u00adprised at how divi\u00adsive the ques\u00adtion of motive has been. Regard\u00adless of motive in this spe\u00adcif\u00adic case, I think it is clear that the Atlanta attacks were wicked and also that many Asian-Amer\u00adi\u00adcans encounter prej\u00adu\u00addice that too often esca\u00adlates into vio\u00adlence.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>On Chris\u00adt\u00adian sex\u00adu\u00adal teach\u00adings:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/03\/20\/us\/evangelical-sex-addiction-atlanta-suspect.html\">Atlanta Suspect\u2019s Fix\u00ada\u00adtion on Sex Is Famil\u00adiar Thorn for Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals<\/a> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, New York Times): \u201cThe evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal cul\u00adture he was raised in, he said, \u2018teach\u00ades women to hate their bod\u00adies, as the source of temp\u00adta\u00adtion, and it teach\u00ades men to hate their minds, which lead them into lust and sex\u00adu\u00adal immoral\u00adi\u00adty.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/why-the-atlanta-massacre-triggered?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNDEwMjc5NywiXyI6IlY4Tk1UIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE2NTM2MzM5LCJleHAiOjE2MTY1Mzk5MzksImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.okb2kdirYCzNtD9NP75lrpDVQOqaRhznUzQdyZqbi5M\">Why the Atlanta Mas\u00adsacre Trig\u00adgered a Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion About Puri\u00adty Cul\u00adture<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cPlac\u00ading respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty for male puri\u00adty on women harms women. It cre\u00adates an impos\u00adsi\u00adble bur\u00adden. You can\u00adnot oppress women enough to pro\u00adtect men from them\u00adselves. You can ban porn, ban explic\u00adit TV and movies of all types, put women in long dress\u00ades, pro\u00adhib\u00adit make\u00adup, and require courtship con\u00adtracts, and you still&nbsp;<em>will not<\/em>&nbsp;solve the prob\u00adlem of sin.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/letterandliturgy.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/26\/never-the-demons\/\">Nev\u00ader The Demons<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Let\u00adter &amp; Litur\u00adgy): \u201cI\u2019m all for inter\u00adro\u00adgat\u00ading the harm\u00adful effects of some church cul\u00adtures, but I\u2019m not sure why we don\u2019t even linger over the news of a young man\u2019s mur\u00adder\u00ading eight peo\u00adple to \u2018elim\u00adi\u00adnate temp\u00adta\u00adtion\u2019 long enough to see the demon\u00adic forces that Jesus clear\u00adly saw&nbsp;<em>every\u00adwhere he went.<\/em> And when that sto\u00adry is quick\u00adly fol\u00adlowed by anoth\u00ader mass mur\u00adder in Col\u00adorado? The news cycle just resets, and the blood is on the hands of the GOP, or all Mus\u00adlims, or puri\u00adty cul\u00adture, or can\u00adcel culture\u2026name your ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal ene\u00admy, and you can find some\u00adone promi\u00adnent lay\u00ading hor\u00adror at their feet. Nev\u00ader the demons.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/letterandliturgy.wordpress.com\/2021\/03\/22\/on-purity-culture-and-violence-briefly\/\">On puri\u00adty cul\u00adture and vio\u00adlence, briefly<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Let\u00adter &amp; Litur\u00adgy): \u201cI think sto\u00adries [like the NYT arti\u00adcle] are frus\u00adtrat\u00ading because they offer gen\u00aduine insight mixed with a jour\u00adnal\u00adis\u00adtic fram\u00ading that is deeply untrust\u00adwor\u00adthy. Brad Onishi, Jeff Chu, and Samuel Perry\u2014the three voic\u00ades brought in to crit\u00adi\u00adcize evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal puri\u00adty culture\u2014are all exam\u00adples of LGBT-affirm\u00ading post-evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism. Because of this fram\u00ading, the sub\u00adtext of the arti\u00adcle is that there are real\u00adly only two choic\u00ades for evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Chris\u00adtians: dou\u00adble down on hat\u00ading women and empow\u00ader\u00ading shoot\u00aders like Robert Long, or aban\u00addon core evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal doc\u00adtrines. This is exact\u00adly the pos\u00adture that defines near\u00adly all anti-puri\u00adty cul\u00adture writ\u00ading I see, which is why I get so frus\u00adtrat\u00aded by it, even when it makes gen\u00aduine\u00adly help\u00adful points\u2026\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/justin-taylor\/questions-for-david-french-on-the-connections-between-the-atlanta-killer-and-purity-culture\/\">Ques\u00adtions for David French on the Con\u00adnec\u00adtions between the Atlanta Killer and Puri\u00adty Cul\u00adture<\/a> (Justin Tay\u00adlor, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cWhat is the con\u00adnec\u00adtion between the killer and tox\u00adic puri\u00adty the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy and cul\u00adture? The piece assumes a con\u00adnec\u00adtion but nev\u00ader gets around to demon\u00adstrat\u00ading one. And that leads to the weird expe\u00adri\u00adence of read\u00ading some\u00adthing where I agree with vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly every sin\u00adgle word and yet find that the actu\u00adal argu\u00adment doesn\u2019t hold togeth\u00ader.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2021\/03\/22\/how-churches-talk-about-sexuality-can-mean-life-or-death-we-saw-that-robert-long\/\">How church\u00ades talk about sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty can mean life or death. We saw that in Robert Long<\/a>. (Rachel Den\u00adhol\u00adlan\u00adder, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cSex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty divorced from per\u00adson\u00adhood is the foun\u00adda\u00adtion of objec\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and vio\u00adlence. The evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty has yet to grap\u00adple with its own ver\u00adsion of this same mind-set and the deep dam\u00adage it has, and will con\u00adtin\u00adue, to do.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/march\/colorado-christian-baker-jack-phillips-sued-lgbt-cake-court.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\">Chris\u00adt\u00adian Bak\u00ader Sued Again for Refus\u00ading to Bake a Cake<\/a> (Colleen Slevin, Asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded Press @ Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cAutumn Scar\u00addi\u00adna attempt\u00aded to order the birth\u00adday cake on the same day in 2017 that the high court announced it would hear bak\u00ader Jack Phillips\u2019s appeal in the wed\u00adding cake case. Scar\u00addi\u00adna, an attor\u00adney, request\u00aded a cake that was blue on the out\u00adside and pink on the inside in hon\u00ador of her gen\u00adder tran\u00adsi\u00adtion.\u201d<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/03\/the-never-ending-persecution-of-jack-phillips\/\">The Nev\u00ader-End\u00ading Per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion of Jack Phillips<\/a> (David Harsyani, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cYou may not be sur\u00adprised to learn that Scar\u00addi\u00adna hadn\u2019t asked the most famous Chris\u00adt\u00adian bak\u00ader in the nation to cre\u00adate a \u2018tran\u00adsi\u00adtion\u2019 cake by hap\u00adpen\u00adstance. Phillips\u2019s lawyers sus\u00adpect&nbsp;Scar\u00addi\u00adna called \u2014 the name appeared on the caller ID \u2014 to request \u2018an image of Satan smok\u00ading mar\u00adi\u00adjua\u00adna.\u2019 Lat\u00ader, an email was sent to the shop request\u00ading \u2018a three-tiered white cake\u2019 with a \u2018large fig\u00adure of Satan, lick\u00ading a nine inch black Dil\u00addo \u2026 that can be turned on before we unveil the cake.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/colorado-baker-tired-of-long-line-of-people-outside-waiting-to-be-oppressed-by-him\/\">Col\u00adorado Bak\u00ader Faces Long Line Of Peo\u00adple Out\u00adside Wait\u00ading To Be Oppressed By Him<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): \u201cPhillips had anoth\u00ader busy day, but in the end, all his cus\u00adtomers were sat\u00adis\u00adfied, those who want\u00aded cakes receiv\u00ading beau\u00adti\u00adful cakes and those who want\u00aded to get dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded against get\u00adting dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adnat\u00aded against. Philips is now con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading open\u00ading anoth\u00ader branch just to not make peo\u00adple cakes, as he is appar\u00adent\u00adly the only cakeshop in the coun\u00adtry that does that, and it\u2019s in high demand.\u201d Nor\u00admal\u00adly I\u2019d put a Baby\u00adlon Bee arti\u00adcle in the amus\u00ading sec\u00adtion, but this one belongs here.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sports\/annkillion\/article\/Stanford-s-silence-doesn-t-surprise-wrestling-16047816.php\">Stan\u00adford\u2019s silence does\u00adn\u2019t sur\u00adprise wrestling champ: \u2018Prob\u00ada\u00adbly more mad at me\u2019<\/a> (Ann Kil\u00adlion, SF Chron\u00adi\u00adcle): \u201cStan\u00adford ath\u00adlet\u00adics did not imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly respond to a request for com\u00adment on Griffith\u2019s nation\u00adal title. On Sat\u00adur\u00adday the ath\u00adlet\u00adic depart\u00adment Twit\u00adter account @GoStanford tweet\u00aded, \u2018Shane Grif\u00adfith is a nation\u00adal cham\u00adpi\u00adon. The red\u00adshirt sopho\u00admore com\u00adplet\u00aded his run at the NCAA cham\u00adpi\u00adonships atop the podi\u00adum, Sat\u00adur\u00adday, at the Enter\u00adprise Cen\u00adter.\u2019 The dry mes\u00adsage was notably miss\u00ading the excla\u00adma\u00adtion points and emo\u00adjis that accom\u00adpa\u00adny almost every oth\u00ader post.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/what-it-takes-to-go-from-slavery?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNDMzODU4NSwiXyI6IlBCMzUwIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE2ODAxMDY3LCJleHAiOjE2MTY4MDQ2NjcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNjAzNDciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.LPs0-mtUYf4wrMWImiitPJxJOx1vs3GQrf90OtptPSM\">What It Takes To Go From Slav\u00adery To Free\u00addom<\/a> (Bari Weiss, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018When you are a slave, you don\u2019t have to think,\u2019 Yeon\u00admi told me. \u2018In North Korea you can\u2019t say I. You can just say we. We love the col\u00ador red. Or we love kim\u00adchi. You know every answer. In North Korea, every\u00adthing is deter\u00admined for you before you are born, based on your family\u2019s stand\u00ading in the par\u00adty. You don\u2019t think: What do I study? Where do I live? Who do I mar\u00adry? They decide.&nbsp; I remem\u00adber after I pub\u00adlished&nbsp;my book&nbsp;one of my&nbsp;first inter\u00adviews&nbsp;was with NPR and they asked me about free\u00addom. I said free\u00addom was painful and con\u00adfus\u00ading. I think they were expect\u00ading me to say free\u00addom was awe\u00adsome.\u2019 But the truth was more com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded. \u2018It was so painful to be free. I some\u00adtimes thought in the begin\u00adning if there was a guar\u00adan\u00adtee to go back to North Korea and not get exe\u00adcut\u00aded and just live on frozen pota\u00adtoes I might go back.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d WOW. What an inter\u00adview. Com\u00ading some\u00adday to a ser\u00admon near you.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/jimmyakin.com\/2021\/03\/the-burden-of-proof.html\">The Bur\u00adden of Proof<\/a> (Jim\u00admy Akin, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cWhen\u00adev\u00ader two peo\u00adple dis\u00adagree and one wants the oth\u00ader to change his view, then the per\u00adson advo\u00adcat\u00ading the change always has to shoul\u00adder the bur\u00adden of proof.\u201d The cen\u00adtral nugget is in the excerpt, but there\u2019s more there (includ\u00ading an inter\u00adest\u00ading Catholic per\u00adspec\u00adtive on Sola Scrip\u00adtura).<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/2378023121996854#:~:text=Among%20young%20men%2C%20declines%20in,the%20decline%20in%20casual%20sex\">Why Are Few\u00ader Young Adults Hav\u00ading Casu\u00adal Sex?<\/a> (Scott J. South &amp; Lei Lei, Socius): \u201cAmong young women, the decline in the fre\u00adquen\u00adcy of drink\u00ading alco\u00adhol explains about one quar\u00adter of the drop in the propen\u00adsi\u00adty to have casu\u00adal sex. Among young men, declines in drink\u00ading fre\u00adquen\u00adcy, an increase in com\u00adput\u00ader gam\u00ading, and the grow\u00ading per\u00adcent\u00adage who core\u00adside with their par\u00adents all con\u00adtribute sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant\u00adly to the decline in casu\u00adal sex.\u201d See also the \u201ca while ago\u201d link below.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/646225273821577216\/krypto\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/textsfromsuperheroes.com\/post\/646225273821577216\/krypto\">Cryp\u00adto<\/a> (Text From Super\u00adheroes)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cE4tEkUqPrk\">Lib\u00ader\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan PBS<\/a> (Rea\u00adson, YouTube): five min\u00adutes. Real\u00adly well done. I\u2019d love to see one for every major polit\u00adi\u00adcal ide\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/ev\">Effec\u00adtive Vil\u00adlainy<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/christian-dutifully-prays-for-her-enemies-but-if-god-wants-to-smite-them-thats-okay-too\/\">Chris\u00adt\u00adian Duti\u00adful\u00adly Prays For Her Ene\u00admies, But If God Wants To Smite Them, That\u2019s Okay Too<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee) \u2014 I actu\u00adal\u00adly do this some\u00adtimes. \u201cRenew or remove them, Lord!\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/03\/25\">Eth\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly Ques\u00adtion\u00adable<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/gallery\/vQHB2sd\">What\u2019s Inside a Coke Can?<\/a> (Imgur)<\/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=\"http:\/\/www.texasmonthly.com\/the-culture\/the-alcohol-blackout\/?utm_source=nextdraft&amp;utm_medium=email\">Alco\u00adhol, Black\u00adouts, and Cam\u00adpus Sex\u00adu\u00adal Assault<\/a> (Texas Month\u00adly, Sarah Hep\u00ado\u00adla): I think this is the most thought\u00adful sec\u00adu\u00adlar piece I\u2019ve read on the issue. \u201cCon\u00adsent and alco\u00adhol make tricky bed\u00adfel\u00adlows. The rea\u00adson I liked get\u00adting drunk was because it altered my con\u00adsent: it changed what I would say yes to. Not just in the bed\u00adroom but in every room and cor\u00adri\u00addor that led into the squint\u00ading light. Say yes to adven\u00adture, say yes to risk, say yes to karaoke and pool par\u00adties and argu\u00adments with men, say yes to a life with\u00adout fear, even though such a life is nev\u00ader pos\u00adsi\u00adble\u2026 We drink because it feels good. We drink because it makes us feel hap\u00adpy, safe, pow\u00ader\u00adful. That it often makes us the oppo\u00adsite is one of alcohol\u2019s das\u00adtard\u00adly tricks.\u201d (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/11\/13\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-25\">vol\u00adume 25<\/a>)&nbsp;<\/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>. 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