{"id":6595,"date":"2021-06-04T17:03:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-05T01:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6595"},"modified":"2021-06-04T17:03:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T01:03:04","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-304","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/06\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-304","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 304"},"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 the 304<sup>th<\/sup> install\u00adment, an inter\u00adest\u00ading num\u00adber because it is the sum of con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive primes. 304 = 41 + 43 + 47 + 53 + 59 + 61<\/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:\/\/direct.mit.edu\/rest\/article\/doi\/10.1162\/rest_a_01024\/98195\/Sinning-in-the-Rain-Weather-Shocks-Church\">Sin\u00adning in the Rain: Weath\u00ader Shocks, Church Atten\u00addance and Crime<\/a> (Jonathan Moreno-Med\u00adi\u00adna, The Review of Eco\u00adnom\u00adics and Sta\u00adtis\u00adtics): \u201cBased on a pan\u00adel between 1980 and 2016, I find that one more Sun\u00adday with pre\u00adcip\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion at the time of church increas\u00ades year\u00adly drug-relat\u00aded, alco\u00adhol-relat\u00aded and white-col\u00adlar crimes.\u201d Fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading. The author is a Ph.D. can\u00addi\u00addate in econ at Duke.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/what-happens-when-doctors-cant-speak?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNzE0NDgyMCwiXyI6Iit4K0luIiwiaWF0IjoxNjIyNzMxMjM1LCJleHAiOjE2MjI3MzQ4MzUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNjAzNDciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.Qo4faPBHFQfI8yvlty4qIRO_YrKZVe_Ma9xCvMAAw9k\">Amer\u00adi\u00adca Los\u00ades Reli\u00adgion, Some\u00adwhat<\/a> (Lyman Stone, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cAmer\u00adi\u00adcans today are more like\u00adly to be part of a reli\u00adgious com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty than they were in 1800; the change over time can be char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized nei\u00adther by a grad\u00adual decline from a reli\u00adgious\u00adly pris\u00adtine past nor by the onward march of ratio\u00adnal think\u00ading.\u201d<\/li><li>Some thoughts on race in Amer\u00adi\u00adca:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/when-our-forefathers-fail?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNjk5NjYxOCwiXyI6ImRqT1kwIiwiaWF0IjoxNjIyMzc5NzY0LCJleHAiOjE2MjIzODMzNjQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.FW0jXYq2BtHgN5nJaQInfUuCc_ZrHBcDKYIwU_lN9rE\">When Our Fore\u00adfa\u00adthers Fail<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cHuman\u00adi\u00adty has not trans\u00adformed its fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal nature in the last 100 years. A nation full of peo\u00adple no bet\u00adter than us can do great good. A nation full of peo\u00adple no worse than us can com\u00admit great evil. Remem\u00adber\u00ading our nation\u2019s virtues helps give us hope. Remem\u00adber\u00ading our sin gives us humil\u00adi\u00adty. Remem\u00adber\u00ading both gives us the moti\u00adva\u00adtion&nbsp;<em>and<\/em>&nbsp;the inspi\u00adra\u00adtion nec\u00ades\u00adsary to repair our land.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2021\/05\/td-jakes-pastor-white-evangelicals\/619035\/\">T. D. Jakes on How White Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals Lost Their Way<\/a> (Emma Green, The Atlantic): \u2018Where I\u2019ve tried to focus is on the white pas\u00adtors who spoke out and tried to say some\u00adthing pos\u00adi\u00adtive that was mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstood. And I lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly got on the phone with some of them and encour\u00adaged them to keep talk\u00ading. Their imme\u00addi\u00adate reac\u00adtion was \u201cI got it wrong; I\u2019m not going to broach that sub\u00adject again. I\u2019m going to stay away from it. I\u2019m just not going to talk about it.\u201d And if we do that, we\u2019ll nev\u00ader get bet\u00adter. We have to keep talk\u00ading.\u2019 The title is pret\u00adty mis\u00adlead\u00ading \u2014 that\u2019s def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly not the vibe you pick up from the arti\u00adcle itself.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/what-happens-when-doctors-cant-speak?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNzE0NDgyMCwiXyI6Iit4K0luIiwiaWF0IjoxNjIyNzMxMjM1LCJleHAiOjE2MjI3MzQ4MzUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNjAzNDciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.Qo4faPBHFQfI8yvlty4qIRO_YrKZVe_Ma9xCvMAAw9k\">What Hap\u00adpens When Doc\u00adtors Can\u2019t Speak Freely?<\/a> (Katie Her\u00adzog, Bari Weiss\u2019 Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2018Whole research areas are off-lim\u00adits,\u2019 he said, adding that some of what is being pub\u00adlished in the nation\u2019s top jour\u00adnals is \u2018shod\u00addy as hell.\u2019&nbsp; Here, he was refer\u00adring in part to a&nbsp;study&nbsp;pub\u00adlished last year in the Pro\u00adceed\u00adings Of The Nation\u00adal Acad\u00ade\u00admy Of Sci\u00adences. The study was cov\u00adered all over the news, with head\u00adlines like \u2018Black New\u00adborns More Like\u00adly to Die When Looked After by White Doc\u00adtors\u2019 (CNN), \u2018The Lack of Black Doc\u00adtors is Killing Black Babies\u2019 (For\u00adtune), and \u2018Black Babies More Like\u00adly to Sur\u00advive when Cared for by Black Doc\u00adtors\u2019 (The Guardian). Despite these breath\u00adless head\u00adlines, the study was so&nbsp;method\u00adolog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly flawed&nbsp;that, accord\u00ading to sev\u00ader\u00adal of the doc\u00adtors I spoke with, it\u2019s impos\u00adsi\u00adble to extrap\u00ado\u00adlate any con\u00adclu\u00adsions about how the race of the treat\u00ading doc\u00adtor impacts patient out\u00adcomes at all. And yet very few peo\u00adple were will\u00ading to pub\u00adlicly crit\u00adi\u00adcize it.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/the-antisemitism-of-the-diversity?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNjI2OTAzNiwiXyI6ImZLTkV0IiwiaWF0IjoxNjIyODE4MTk4LCJleHAiOjE2MjI4MjE3OTgsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yOTU5MzciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.TAyO-DfYr03GQL5T3llZ_Quc5tZ3rTiv820-jXWg1hk\">Those Who Did\u00adn\u2019t Make the List<\/a> (Fred\u00addie deBoer, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI absolute\u00adly believe that we can the\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly build admis\u00adsions sys\u00adtems that increase diver\u00adsi\u00adty and inclu\u00adsion, includ\u00ading specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly for Black and His\u00adpan\u00adic appli\u00adcants, with\u00adout per\u00adpet\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading oth\u00ader kinds of injus\u00adtice. I just have zero faith our actu\u00adal\u00adly-exist\u00ading uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties and employ\u00aders will put them togeth\u00ader. Why do good when it\u2019s so much eas\u00adi\u00ader to appear to be good?\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>COVID per\u00adspec\u00adtives:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/29\/opinion\/wuhan-lab-leak-theory-covid.html\">Why the Lab Leak The\u00ado\u00adry Mat\u00adters<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cFirst, to the extent that the Unit\u00aded States is engaged in a con\u00adflict of pro\u00adpa\u00adgan\u00adda and soft pow\u00ader with the regime in Bei\u00adjing, there\u2019s a pret\u00adty big dif\u00adfer\u00adence between a world where the Chi\u00adnese regime can say, <em>We weren\u2019t respon\u00adsi\u00adble for Covid but we crushed the virus and the West did not, because we\u2019re strong and they\u2019re deca\u00addent<\/em>, and a world where this was basi\u00adcal\u00adly their Cher\u00adnobyl except their incom\u00adpe\u00adtence and cov\u00ader-up sick\u00adened not just one of their own cities but also the entire globe.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/05\/31\/opinion\/media-lab-leak-theory.html?action=click&amp;module=Opinion&amp;pgtype=Homepage\">Media Group\u00adthink and the Lab-Leak The\u00ado\u00adry<\/a> (Bret Stephens, New York Times): \u201cIf the lab-leak the\u00ado\u00adry is final\u00adly get\u00adting the respect\u00adful atten\u00adtion it always deserved, it\u2019s main\u00adly because Joe Biden autho\u00adrized an inquiry and Antho\u00adny Fau\u00adci admit\u00adted to doubts about the nat\u00adur\u00adal-ori\u00adgin claim. In oth\u00ader words, the right pres\u00adi\u00addent and the right pub\u00adlic-health expert have blessed a cer\u00adtain line of inquiry. Yet the lab-leak the\u00ado\u00adry, whether or not it turns out to be right, was <em>always<\/em> cred\u00adi\u00adble. Even if Tom Cot\u00adton believed it.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/news\/2021\/06\/the-lab-leak-theory-inside-the-fight-to-uncover-covid-19s-origins\">The Lab-Leak The\u00ado\u00adry: Inside the Fight to Uncov\u00ader COVID-19\u2019s Ori\u00adgins<\/a> (Kather\u00adine Eban, Van\u00adi\u00adty Fair): \u201cA months long <em>Van\u00adi\u00adty Fair<\/em> inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion, inter\u00adviews with more than 40 peo\u00adple, and a review of hun\u00addreds of pages of U.S. gov\u00adern\u00adment doc\u00adu\u00adments, includ\u00ading inter\u00adnal mem\u00ados, meet\u00ading min\u00adutes, and email cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00addence, found that con\u00adflicts of inter\u00adest, stem\u00adming in part from large gov\u00adern\u00adment grants sup\u00adport\u00ading con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial virol\u00ado\u00adgy research, ham\u00adpered the U.S. inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion into COVID-19\u2019s ori\u00adgin at every step. In one State Depart\u00adment meet\u00ading, offi\u00adcials seek\u00ading to demand trans\u00adparen\u00adcy from the Chi\u00adnese gov\u00adern\u00adment say they were explic\u00adit\u00adly told by col\u00adleagues not to explore the Wuhan Insti\u00adtute of Virology\u2019s gain-of-func\u00adtion research, because it would bring unwel\u00adcome atten\u00adtion to U.S. gov\u00adern\u00adment fund\u00ading of it.\u201d Long, detailed.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/2021\/05\/a-dangerous-state-of-affairs\/\">A Dan\u00adger\u00adous State of Affairs<\/a> (Kevin Williamson, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cIn Dal\u00adlas, a recent class for those seek\u00ading a license to car\u00adry was well attend\u00aded in spite of the fact that Texas is about to imple\u00adment \u2018con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal car\u00adry,\u2019 under which no license would be required to car\u00adry a firearm that the car\u00adri\u00ader is legal\u00adly eli\u00adgi\u00adble to own. Mid\u00addle-aged African Amer\u00adi\u00adcans made up almost exact\u00adly one half of that class. Black buy\u00aders account for about one in five of the guns sold nation\u00adwide in recent years, and His\u00adpan\u00adic buy\u00aders a sim\u00adi\u00adlar share. And about one in five buy\u00aders last year were first-time buy\u00aders.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardhanania.substack.com\/p\/woke-institutions-is-just-civil-rights?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMTkzNjkzNiwicG9zdF9pZCI6MzYwMDcwMzksIl8iOiI3VjNCVCIsImlhdCI6MTYyMjU2NTM5NCwiZXhwIjoxNjIyNTY4OTk0LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItOTgxMDIiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.R7PkcMp5jB9E5TJ_Xo4v61rrytnNPN8rvD5ed6tk01U\">Woke Insti\u00adtu\u00adtions is Just Civ\u00adil Rights Law<\/a> (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe US seems to elect some of the most con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive politi\u00adcians in the West\u00adern world, but has per\u00adhaps the wok\u00adest insti\u00adtu\u00adtions. Civ\u00adil rights law makes all major insti\u00adtu\u00adtions sub\u00adject to the will of left-wing bureau\u00adcrats, activists, and judges at the expense of nor\u00admal cit\u00adi\u00adzens.\u201d <\/li><li>I read two sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly com\u00adple\u00admen\u00adtary arti\u00adcles about abor\u00adtion this week:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/harvardlawreview.org\/2021\/06\/abortion-as-an-instrument-of-eugenics\/\">Abor\u00adtion as an Instru\u00adment of Eugen\u00adics<\/a> (Michael Stokes Paulsen, Har\u00advard Law Review): \u201cIf the intu\u00adition of the wrong\u00adness of trait-selec\u00adtion abor\u00adtion has moral salience \u2014 the intu\u00adition that it is sim\u00adply wrong to kill a fetus for rea\u00adsons of race, sex, or dis\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty \u2014 it is because of the implic\u00adit recog\u00adni\u00adtion of the human\u00adi\u00adty of the fetus. If killing a fetus because she is female (or Black, or dis\u00adabled) is thought hor\u00adri\u00adble, it can only be because the human fetus is thought to pos\u00adsess moral sta\u00adtus as human \u2014 because <em>\u2018it<\/em>\u2019 is a baby girl or a baby boy, a mem\u00adber of the human fam\u00adi\u00adly.\u201d The author is a law pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of St. Thomas. The arti\u00adcle itself is very long. Unless you are in law school, read\u00ading the intro\u00adduc\u00adtion, sec\u00adtion IV, and the con\u00adclu\u00adsion is prob\u00ada\u00adbly enough.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tortoisemedia.com\/2021\/06\/01\/dawkins-is-wrong-grossly-wrong-about-downs-syndrome\/\">Dawkins is wrong \u2013 gross\u00adly wrong \u2013 about Down\u2019s syn\u00addrome<\/a> (Simon Barnes, Tor\u00adtoise): \u201c[Dawkins] is in the posi\u00adtion of the bril\u00adliant philoso\u00adpher telling us that the table at which we are sit\u00adting does not exist.\u201d<\/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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/democrat-pilot-wants-to-crash-plane-at-high-speed-republican-co-pilot-recommends-crashing-at-lower-speed-instead\/\">Demo\u00adc\u00adrat Pilot And Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Co-Pilot Argue Over How Fast They Should Fly Plane Into Ground<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GaANi96Z-Wg\">Luke Aikins No Para\u00adchute 25,000 Feet Air\u00adplane Jump Com\u00adplete Video<\/a> (YouTube): three min\u00adutes. He jumped out of an air\u00adplane at 25,000 feet with no chute on pur\u00adpose. WHAT?<\/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:\/\/blogs.thegospelcoalition.org\/justintaylor\/2016\/08\/09\/how-can-i-learn-to-receive-and-give-criticism-in-light-of-the-cross\/\">How Can I Learn To Receive \u2013 And Give \u2013 Crit\u00adi\u00adcism In Light Of The Cross?<\/a> (Justin Tay\u00adlor, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cA believ\u00ader is one who iden\u00adti\u00adfies with all that God affirms and con\u00addemns in Christ\u2019s cru\u00adci\u00adfix\u00adion. In oth\u00ader words, in Christ\u2019s cross I agree with God\u2019s <em>judg\u00adment<\/em> of me; and in Christ\u2019s cross I agree with God\u2019s <em>jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion<\/em> of me. Both have a rad\u00adi\u00adcal impact on how we take and give crit\u00adi\u00adcism.\u201d This is based on a <a href=\"http:\/\/peacemaker-ministries.mybigcommerce.com\/content\/The%20Cross%20and%20Criticism.pdf\">longer arti\u00adcle<\/a> (4 page PDF). (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/08\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-63\">vol\u00adume 63<\/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>. 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