{"id":6615,"date":"2021-06-18T19:37:07","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T03:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6615"},"modified":"2021-06-19T08:04:34","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T16:04:34","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-306","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/06\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-306","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 306"},"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\" 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 width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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 306, which is an inter\u00adest\u00ading num\u00adber because 306 = 71 + 73 + 79 + 83 and is there\u00adfore the sum of con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive primes.<\/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:\/\/gfile.thedispatch.com\/p\/american-passover?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNzc2OTI2MCwiXyI6IkRzNjFhIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI0MDUyNDcyLCJleHAiOjE2MjQwNTYwNzIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0xNzgxOSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.rYWVj5h8AaZazAzWRnkLsohRUxV3ZjtwBuMV-TChy1k\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Passover<\/a> (Jon\u00adah Gold\u00adberg, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cJune\u00adteenth is a good thing for all Amer\u00adi\u00adcans, not just black Amer\u00adi\u00adcans, to cel\u00ade\u00adbrate.\u2026 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m at a loss to under\u00adstand why cel\u00ade\u00adbrat\u00ading the end of slav\u00adery is any\u00adthing but good. In par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m at a loss to under\u00adstand why see\u00ading\u00c2&nbsp;<em>white Amer\u00adi\u00adcans<\/em>\u00c2&nbsp;cel\u00ade\u00adbrate the end of slav\u00adery is any\u00adthing but good.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/future.a16z.com\/what-we-learned-doing-fast-grants\/\">What We Learned Doing Fast Grants<\/a> (Patrick Col\u00adli\u00adson, Tyler Cowen, and Patrick Hsu, Future): \u201cIn our sur\u00advey of the sci\u00aden\u00adtists who received Fast Grants, 78% said that they would change their research pro\u00adgram \u2018a lot\u2019 if their exist\u00ading fund\u00ading could be spent in an uncon\u00adstrained fash\u00adion. We find this num\u00adber to be far too high: the cur\u00adrent grant fund\u00ading appa\u00adra\u00adtus does not allow some of the best sci\u00aden\u00adtists in the world to pur\u00adsue the research agen\u00addas that they them\u00adselves think are best. Sci\u00aden\u00adtists are in the para\u00addox\u00adi\u00adcal posi\u00adtion of being deemed the very best peo\u00adple to fund in order to make impor\u00adtant dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00adies but <em>not<\/em> so trust\u00adwor\u00adthy that they should be able to decide what work would actu\u00adal\u00adly make the most sense!\u201d EXTREMELY worth read\u00ading. <\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/why-has-ivermectin-become-a-dirty\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/why-has-ivermectin-become-a-dirty\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Has \u201cIver\u00admectin\u201d Become a Dirty Word?<\/a> (Matt Taib\u00adbi, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cA <em>Catch-22 <\/em>seemed to be ensnar\u00ading sci\u00adence. With the world des\u00adper\u00adate for news about an unprece\u00addent\u00aded dis\u00adas\u00adter, Sil\u00adi\u00adcon Val\u00adley had essen\u00adtial\u00adly decid\u00aded to dis\u00adal\u00adlow dis\u00adcus\u00adsion of a poten\u00adtial solu\u00adtion \u00e2\u20ac\u201d dis\u00adal\u00adlow calls for more research and more study \u00e2\u20ac\u201d because not enough research and study had been done.\u201d <ul><li>This is ridicu\u00adlous. Dig into it your\u00adself \u2014 it\u2019s crazy\u00adtown. The pre\u00adscient Lewis nailed it years ago: \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Of all tyran\u00adnies, a tyran\u00adny sin\u00adcere\u00adly exer\u00adcised for the good of its vic\u00adtims may be the most oppres\u00adsive. It would be bet\u00adter to live under rob\u00adber barons than under omnipo\u00adtent moral busy\u00adbod\u00adies. The rob\u00adber baron\u2019s cru\u00adel\u00adty may some\u00adtimes sleep, his cupid\u00adi\u00adty may at some point be sati\u00adat\u00aded; but those who tor\u00adment us for our own good will tor\u00adment us with\u00adout end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (from the under\u00adap\u00adpre\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded <em>God in the Dock: Essays on The\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy and Ethics<\/em>)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2021\/06\/christians-beware-the-blame-game\">Chris\u00adtians, Beware the Blame Game<\/a> (Carl True\u00adman, First Things): \u201cBy all means, call out the moral fail\u00adings of Chris\u00adtians, con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtions and denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions, left and right; but be spe\u00adcif\u00adic, do so with\u00adout slan\u00adder and vit\u00adri\u00adol, and make a clear dis\u00adtinc\u00adtion between the church and the spe\u00adcif\u00adic fail\u00adings to which you allude in order to pro\u00admote clear think\u00ading. And remember\u00e2\u20ac\u201dif your cri\u00adtique of Chris\u00adtians is not bal\u00adanced by a Pauline empha\u00adsis on the church, the body of Christ, as the answer to the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s prob\u00adlems, you ulti\u00admate\u00adly offer no true Chris\u00adt\u00adian com\u00admen\u00adtary on the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary scene. For as soon as you see the church her\u00adself as part of the prob\u00adlem, you have lost the gospel and deprived your\u00adself and your audi\u00adence of hope.\u201d<\/li><li>Some reli\u00adgious free\u00addom news and com\u00admen\u00adtary:<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/four-things-you-need-to-know-after\">Four Things You Need to Know After a Huge Day at SCOTUS<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cVery few com\u00adments about the<em> Ful\u00adton<\/em> case have empha\u00adsized a crit\u00adi\u00adcal part of its ruling\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat Philadel\u00adphia has very lim\u00adit\u00aded abil\u00adi\u00adty to force city con\u00adtrac\u00adtors to con\u00adtract away their First Amend\u00adment rights.\u2026 When the gov\u00adern\u00adment expands\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand gov\u00adern\u00adment con\u00adtracts and gov\u00adern\u00adment funds touch more Amer\u00adi\u00adcan lives and institutions\u00e2\u20ac\u201dopposing par\u00adti\u00adsans fre\u00adquent\u00adly demand that those funds come with ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal strings attached.\u201d Sad\u00adly pay\u00adwalled, but the best com\u00admen\u00adtary on the rul\u00ading I\u2019ve read. If you\u2019re an avid news con\u00adsumer, <a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/\">The Dis\u00adpatch<\/a> is well worth a sub\u00adscrip\u00adtion.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2021\/06\/from-the-court-a-vindication-of-faith-based-service-from-alito-a-blueprint-for-the-future\/\">From the court, a vin\u00addi\u00adca\u00adtion of faith-based ser\u00advice. From Ali\u00adto, a blue\u00adprint for the future<\/a>. (Andrea Pic\u00adciot\u00adti-Bay\u00ader, SCO\u00adTUS\u00adblog): \u201cAt the end of the day,\u00c2&nbsp;<em>Ful\u00adton<\/em>\u00c2&nbsp;is an impor\u00adtant rebuke to overzeal\u00adous gov\u00adern\u00adment offi\u00adcials who weaponize anti-dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion laws against tra\u00addi\u00adtion\u00adal reli\u00adgious belief. Brace your\u00adself for the response of dis\u00adgrun\u00adtled pro\u00adgres\u00adsives.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/06\/17\/us\/supreme-court-gay-rights-foster-care.html\">Supreme Court Backs Catholic Agency in Case on Gay Rights and Fos\u00adter Care<\/a> (Adam Lip\u00adtak, New York Times): \u201cThe deci\u00adsion, in the lat\u00adest clash between antidis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion prin\u00adci\u00adples and claims of con\u00adscience, was a set\u00adback for gay rights and fur\u00adther evi\u00addence that reli\u00adgious groups almost always pre\u00advail in the cur\u00adrent court.\u201d <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/religion\/2021\/06\/09\/biden-justice-lgbtq-lesbian-gay-christian-college-university-bostock-equality-act\/\">Jus\u00adtice Depart\u00adment says it can defend reli\u00adgious school\u00ads\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 exemp\u00adtion from anti-LGBTQ dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion laws<\/a> (Michelle Boorstein, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cTo oth\u00aders, includ\u00ading sup\u00adport\u00aders of Pres\u00adi\u00addent Biden, the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion had no oth\u00ader option, since fed\u00ader\u00adal civ\u00adil rights law regard\u00ading edu\u00adca\u00adtion \u00e2\u20ac\u201d called Title IX \u00e2\u20ac\u201d exempts reli\u00adgion. They not\u00aded the pur\u00adpose of the department\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fil\u00ading, which was to block con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive reli\u00adgious groups from becom\u00ading par\u00adties to the law\u00adsuit, argu\u00ading the agency can defend the exemp\u00adtion on its own.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>A frank analy\u00adsis of the dynam\u00adics: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2021\/06\/biden-justice-department-lgbtq-discrimination.html\">No, the Biden Admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion Isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Betray\u00ading Its Sup\u00adport for LGBTQ Rights<\/a> (Mark Joseph Stern, Slate): \u201cThe best way to pre\u00advent the fed\u00ader\u00adal judi\u00adcia\u00adry from adopt\u00ading CCCU\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s extreme stance is to stop the orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion from mak\u00ading it before a court in the first place. That is pre\u00adsum\u00adably one rea\u00adson why the Jus\u00adtice Depart\u00adment strong\u00adly opposed the group\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s request to inter\u00advene, insist\u00ading on Tues\u00adday that the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion can defend the Title IX exemp\u00adtion just fine by itself. The DOJ\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lat\u00adest fil\u00ading does not imply that the agency is exceed\u00ading\u00adly enthu\u00adsi\u00adas\u00adtic about the exemp\u00adtion, but rather that the Biden admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion can be trust\u00aded to sup\u00adport the law\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s legal\u00adi\u00adty in court.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/pubs.acs.org\/doi\/10.1021\/acs.jpclett.1c01475\">The Per\u00adil of Politi\u00adciz\u00ading Sci\u00adence<\/a> (Anna I. Krylov, The Jour\u00adnal of Phys\u00adi\u00adcal Chem\u00adistry Let\u00adters): \u201cThe Cold War is a dis\u00adtant mem\u00ado\u00adry and the coun\u00adtry shown on my birth cer\u00adtifi\u00adcate and school and uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty diplo\u00admas, the USSR, is no longer on the map. But I find myself expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading its lega\u00adcy some thou\u00adsands of miles to the west, as if I am liv\u00ading in an Orwellian twi\u00adlight zone. I wit\u00adness ever-increas\u00ading attempts to sub\u00adject sci\u00adence and edu\u00adca\u00adtion to ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adtrol and cen\u00adsor\u00adship. Just as in Sovi\u00adet times, the cen\u00adsor\u00adship is being jus\u00adti\u00adfied by the greater good.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of chem\u00adistry at USC.<\/li><li>Some Stan\u00adford news:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jweekly.com\/2021\/06\/15\/stanford-therapists-allege-hostile-climate-for-jews-in-the-workplace\/\">Stan\u00adford ther\u00ada\u00adpists allege \u00e2\u20ac\u02dchostile cli\u00admate\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for Jews in the work\u00adplace<\/a> (Gabe Stut\u00adman, Jew\u00adish News of North\u00adern Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia): \u201cTwo Jew\u00adish men\u00adtal health pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adals at Stanford\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s on-cam\u00adpus coun\u00adsel\u00ading clin\u00adic have filed work\u00adplace dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion com\u00adplaints after what they call \u2018severe and per\u00adsis\u00adtent\u2019 anti-Jew\u00adish harass\u00adment from col\u00adleagues. Dr. Ronald Albuch\u00ader, a psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtrist and asso\u00adciate pro\u00adfes\u00adsor in the med\u00adical school, and\u00c2&nbsp;Sheila Levin, a ther\u00ada\u00adpist spe\u00adcial\u00adiz\u00ading in eat\u00ading dis\u00ador\u00adders, describe being pressed into join\u00ading a \u2018white\u00adness\u2019 affin\u00adi\u00adty group by staffers with the Diver\u00adsi\u00adty, Equi\u00adty and Inclu\u00adsion pro\u00adgram, being told they were \u2018priv\u00adi\u00adleged,\u2019 and see\u00ading anti\u00adse\u00admit\u00adic inci\u00addents down\u00adplayed.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2021\/06\/from-the-court-a-vindication-of-faith-based-service-from-alito-a-blueprint-for-the-future\/\">When the medal\u00adists aren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the mon\u00adey-mak\u00aders<\/a> (Jas\u00admine Ker\u00adber, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153If ath\u00adlet\u00adic direc\u00adtors were reward\u00aded for Olympic sports every bit as much as for foot\u00adball and men\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bas\u00adket\u00adball, you would see dif\u00adfer\u00adent behavior,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Hogshead-Makar said.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/arielfitzpatrickofficial\/posts\/231401632130541\">What Peo\u00adple Think Read\u00ading the Bible Looks Like<\/a> (Ariel Fitz-Patrick, Face\u00adbook): thir\u00adty amus\u00ading sec\u00adonds. A more seri\u00adous video address\u00ading sim\u00adi\u00adlar themes: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jude3project\/status\/1404879508944179204\">NT prof Esau McCaul\u00adley on when Bible pas\u00adsages both\u00ader us<\/a> (Twit\u00adter): sev\u00aden and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/kim-jong-un-attends-ivy-league-university-to-learn-new-brainwashing-techniques\/\">Kim Jong Un Attends Ivy League Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty To Learn New Brain\u00adwash\u00ading Tech\u00adniques<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sSfejgwbDQ8\">Jon Stew\u00adart On Vac\u00adcine Sci\u00adence And The Wuhan Lab The\u00ado\u00adry<\/a> (The Late Show, YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes. Also rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded, the sub\u00adse\u00adquent <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sSfejgwbDQ8\">\u201cThey Are Going To Kill Us All\u201d \u2014 Jon Stew\u00adart Declares His Love For Sci\u00aden\u00adtists<\/a> (The Late Show, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=j_V6PTcCQCc\">World Taek\u00adwon\u00addo Demon\u00adstra\u00adtion Team Shocks the Judges<\/a> (Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): eight jaw-drop\u00adping min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jWJfhyJFcog\">Klek Entos SCARES The Judges With Chill\u00ading Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): six min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=sBhzeTuh600\">Mod\u00adest Is Hottest<\/a> (Bri\u00adan West, YouTube): two and a half min\u00adutes in hon\u00ador of Father\u2019s Day<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L0AA6Q8A0eg\">Dad\u2019s Per\u00adfect Father\u2019s Day<\/a> (You Betcha, YouTube): three min\u00adutes<\/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 some thoughts about slav\u00adery and the Bible \u00e2\u20ac\u201c <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethinking.org\/bible\/does-the-bible-support-slavery\">Does The Bible Sup\u00adport Slav\u00adery?<\/a> (a lec\u00adture giv\u00aden by the war\u00adden of Tyn\u00addale House at Cam\u00adbridge Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, the link is to the video with notes) and <a href=\"http:\/\/christianthinktank.com\/qnoslave.html\">Does God Con\u00addone Slav\u00adery In The Bible? (Part One \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment)<\/a> and also <a href=\"http:\/\/christianthinktank.com\/qnoslavent.html\">Part Two \u00e2\u20ac\u201c New Tes\u00adta\u00adment<\/a> (longer pieces from Glenn Miller at Chris\u00adt\u00adian Think\u00adtank). All three are quite help\u00adful. (first shared in <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2016\/11\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-76\">vol\u00adume 76<\/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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m 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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