{"id":6556,"date":"2021-04-23T20:44:55","date_gmt":"2021-04-24T04:44:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6556"},"modified":"2021-04-23T20:44:55","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T04:44:55","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-298","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/04\/23\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-298","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 298"},"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 298, which is a fair\u00adly unin\u00adter\u00adest\u00ading num\u00adber. <\/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.youtube.com\/watch?v=Qp3gy_CLXho\">New Rule: Give It to Me Straight, Doc<\/a> (Bill Maher, YouTube): eight min\u00adutes. This is a very good clip about COVID mis\u00adin\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion, although the lan\u00adguage is not fam\u00adi\u00adly-friend\u00adly. It goes in a direc\u00adtion I did not expect towards the end. <ul><li>Relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com\/template\/oakv2?campaign_id=9&amp;emc=edit_nn_20210419&amp;instance_id=29407&amp;nl=the-morning&amp;productCode=NN&amp;regi_id=59635643&amp;segment_id=55855&amp;te=1&amp;uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2F2ade44d8-d796-561b-ad3d-f07953325fd6&amp;user_id=82bd71d01fd70886e97df691aa12c777\">Why do so many vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded peo\u00adple remain irra\u00adtional\u00adly fear\u00adful? Lis\u00adten to the professor\u2019s sto\u00adry.<\/a> (David Leon\u00adhardt, New York Times): \u201cTo take just one exam\u00adple,&nbsp;major&nbsp;media&nbsp;out\u00adlets&nbsp;trum\u00adpet\u00aded new gov\u00adern\u00adment data last week show\u00ading that 5,800 ful\u00adly vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded Amer\u00adi\u00adcans had con\u00adtract\u00aded Covid. That may sound like a big num\u00adber, but it indi\u00adcates that a vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded person\u2019s chances of get\u00adting Covid are about one in 11,000.\u2026 A car trip is a big\u00adger threat, to you and oth\u00aders. About 100 Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are like\u00adly to die in car crash\u00ades today. The new fed\u00ader\u00adal data sug\u00adgests that either zero or one vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded per\u00adson will die today from Covid.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/breakingground.us\/on-parties-as-praxis\/\">On Good Par\u00adties<\/a> (Tara Isabel\u00adla Bur\u00adton, Break\u00ading Ground): \u201cA Good Par\u00adty is a place where bonds of friend\u00adship, fos\u00adtered in a spir\u00adit of both char\u00adi\u00adty and joy, serve as the build\u00ading blocks for com\u00admu\u00adnal life over\u00adall. The wed\u00adding feast, that abun\u00addant ban\u00adquet of Chris\u00adt\u00adian life, is always pre\u00adfig\u00adured in the con\u00advivial sym\u00adpo\u00adsium of friend\u00adship. The king\u00addom of heav\u00aden, when it comes, will be a very Good Par\u00adty. Good Par\u00adties don\u2019t mere\u00adly offer us the oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to gath\u00ader <em>with<\/em> those we love. Rather, more impor\u00adtant\u00adly, they teach us <em>how <\/em>to love.\u201d This is real\u00adly quite some\u00adthing. I like it a lot.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/the-question-that-dictates-how-christians?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNTI3NjgyNiwiXyI6IkNiLzkyIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE5MDM3MTc3LCJleHAiOjE2MTkwNDA3NzcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.0AoPG_NdxAE9bNXVZaxv2MMLlV9KXC9BUVC8nR5PAxo\">The Ques\u00adtion That Dic\u00adtates How Chris\u00adtians Approach Cul\u00adture and Pol\u00adi\u00adtics<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cIt\u2019s becom\u00ading increas\u00ading\u00adly obvi\u00adous that one expla\u00adna\u00adtion for pro\u00adfound\u00adly dif\u00adfer\u00adent Chris\u00adt\u00adian approach\u00ades to pol\u00adi\u00adtics and cul\u00adture rests with dif\u00adfer\u00adent answers to the fol\u00adlow\u00ading ques\u00adtion: Does the pri\u00adma\u00adry threat to the church come from with\u00adin the church or with\u00adout? Put dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly, does the church stum\u00adble and fall pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly because of the sins of the church or because of the cul\u00adtur\u00adal and polit\u00adi\u00adcal head\u00adwinds direct\u00aded against the church?\u201d<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dandarling.substack.com\/p\/in-here-out-there-on-assessing-spiritual\">In Here, Out There: On Assess\u00ading Spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal Threats<\/a> (Dan Dar\u00adling, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cAt times when we are com\u00adbat\u00ading cul\u00adtur\u00adal ideas, we are not argu\u00ading with the world, but try\u00ading to equip the next gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of Chris\u00adtians whose faith will be chal\u00adlenged by ideas that run con\u00adtrary to Scrip\u00adture. Our peo\u00adple are inun\u00addat\u00aded on every side by mes\u00adsages that are at odds with Jesus\u2019 teach\u00adings. Pop cul\u00adture, social media, friends, etc form a pow\u00ader\u00adful influ\u00adence on this cohort of young peo\u00adple.\u201d Not a rebut\u00adtal, but a com\u00adple\u00adment.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2021\/04\/75366\/\">It\u2019s Time for Social Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives to Stop Fawn\u00ading Over Hun\u00adgary<\/a> (Lyman Stone, The Pub\u00adlic Dis\u00adcourse): \u201cWhat made Hungary\u2019s fam\u00adi\u00adly pol\u00adi\u00adcy work wasn\u2019t the pop\u00adulism, but the bor\u00ading tech\u00adnoc\u00adra\u00adcy of it. Flashy pop\u00adulist pro\u00adgrams failed, while just push\u00ading cash out the door to fam\u00adi\u00adlies (as is the norm in coun\u00adtries like Swe\u00adden, Den\u00admark, or Nor\u00adway, all of which have high\u00ader birth rates than Hun\u00adgary) worked. Amer\u00adi\u00adcan con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives should learn from this: if you want a high\u00ader birth rate, you\u2019re going to have to pay for it.\u201d This was way more inter\u00adest\u00ading than I antic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardhanania.substack.com\/p\/why-is-everything-libaeral?utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=twitter\">Why is Every\u00adthing Lib\u00ader\u00adal?<\/a> (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIn a democ\u00adra\u00adcy, every vote is sup\u00adposed to be equal. If about half the coun\u00adtry sup\u00adports one side and half the coun\u00adtry sup\u00adports anoth\u00ader, you may expect major insti\u00adtu\u00adtions to either be equal\u00adly divid\u00aded, or to try to stay polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly neu\u00adtral. This is not what we find.\u201d This is basi\u00adcal\u00adly one real\u00adly good obser\u00adva\u00adtion expound\u00aded in detail. The author, a polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00aden\u00adtist, is a research fel\u00adlow at Colum\u00adbia Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/kevin-deyoung\/reparations-a-critical-theological-review\/\">Repa\u00adra\u00adtions: A Crit\u00adi\u00adcal The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Review<\/a> (Kevin DeY\u00adoung, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cWith tax col\u00adlec\u00adtors and sol\u00addiers through\u00adout the Gospels, there is no talk of resti\u00adtu\u00adtion for impe\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal suprema\u00adcy or extrac\u00adtive sys\u00adtems, nor any sum\u00admons to dis\u00adman\u00adtle the struc\u00adtures they inhab\u00adit\u00aded, just the straight\u00adfor\u00adward com\u00admand to live a god\u00adly life, be gen\u00ader\u00adous to oth\u00aders, and repay what you have stolen.\u201d Well done book reviews are amaz\u00ading. This is as good as the best reviews by Scott Alexan\u00adder.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/paulkingsnorth.substack.com\/p\/the-great-unsettling?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNTA2NjA0MSwiXyI6IjlIQWpPIiwiaWF0IjoxNjE4Nzc4OTIzLCJleHAiOjE2MTg3ODI1MjMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNTA4MzYiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.nFjaN2mKZUd_n2OL174ZWwQsF9DxnbDuOgJfSjUPCE8\">The Great Unset\u00adtling<\/a> (Paul Kingsnorth, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWe in the West invent\u00aded this thing called \u2018moder\u00adni\u00adty\u2019, and then we took it out into the world, whether the world want\u00aded it or not. Once we called this process \u2018the white man\u2019s bur\u00adden\u2019 and export\u00aded it with dread\u00adnoughts. Now we call it \u2018devel\u00adop\u00adment\u2019 and export it via the World Bank.\u201d Wide-rang\u00ading.<\/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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/worship-leader-late-to-church-after-repeatedly-driving-over-bridge\/\">Wor\u00adship Leader Late To Church After Repeat\u00aded\u00adly Dri\u00adving Over Bridge<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Not_the_Bee\/status\/1385281547037728769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1385281547037728769%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fnotthebee.com%2Farticle%2Fthis-guy-makes-videos-impersonating-a-disgruntled-ikea-employee-and-theyre-brilliant-and-hilarious\">Fake IKEA Employ\u00adee<\/a> (Twit\u00adter): a fun\u00adny two minute video<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/christian-sure-is-glad-his-hope-isnt-in-the-united-states-right-now\/\">Chris\u00adt\u00adian Read\u00ading The News Sure Is Glad His Hope Isn\u2019t In The Unit\u00aded States Of Amer\u00adi\u00adca<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bn0FHBFtf74\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Bn0FHBFtf74\">Egg Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eleven min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/business-56758376\">How prod\u00aduct place\u00adments may soon be added to clas\u00adsic films<\/a> (Jon\u00adty Bloom, BBC): \u201citems can be dig\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adly added to almost any movie or TV show. For exam\u00adple, adver\u00adtis\u00aders could put new labels on the cham\u00adpagne bot\u00adtles in Rick\u00ad\u2019s Cafe in Casablan\u00adca, add dif\u00adfer\u00adent back\u00adground neon adver\u00adtis\u00ading signs to Ocean\u2019s 11, or get Char\u00adlie Chap\u00adlin to pro\u00admote a fizzy drink.\u201d Also, the reporter has a won\u00adder\u00adful name and I hope is soon assigned to a gar\u00adden sto\u00adry.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/todo-2\">To Do<\/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=\"http:\/\/www.vox.com\/2016\/1\/13\/10759874\/republicans-democrats-different\">This Is What Makes Repub\u00adli\u00adcans and Democ\u00adrats So Dif\u00adfer\u00adent<\/a> (Vox, Ezra Klein): the title made me skep\u00adti\u00adcal, but there are some good insights in this arti\u00adcle (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/01\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-32\">vol\u00adume 32<\/a> back in 2016).<\/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>sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly lit\u00adtle from the news this week \u2014 just ran\u00addom\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00ading things<\/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 roundup is fairly disconnected from the news cycle. 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