{"id":6676,"date":"2021-08-06T18:24:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T02:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6676"},"modified":"2021-08-06T18:24:18","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T02:24:18","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-312","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/08\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-312","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 312"},"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\">312 is an <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idoneal_number\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idoneal_number\">idoneal num\u00adber<\/a> (which appar\u00adent\u00adly there are only 65, 66 or 67 of \u2014 it\u2019s wild how in math you can prove things that seem total\u00adly impos\u00adsi\u00adble to prove).<\/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.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/the-bereans-had-no-bibles-2\/\">The Bere\u00adans Had No Bibles: Re-envi\u00adsion\u00ading Acts 17<\/a> (Grif\u00adfin Gulledge, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cThe Bere\u00adans had no Bibles. It was rare for aver\u00adage folks in the ear\u00adly church to have an indi\u00advid\u00adual copy of the Scrip\u00adtures. Indeed, it wasn\u2019t until the Ref\u00ador\u00adma\u00adtion era that mass pro\u00adduc\u00adtion of God\u2019s Word was even pos\u00adsi\u00adble. What they had instead was a community\u2014in this case the synagogue\u2014which had a col\u00adlec\u00adtion of writ\u00adings we know as the Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearreligion.org\/articles\/2021\/08\/05\/how_big_tech_targets_faith_groups_for_censorship_788648.html\">How Big Tech Tar\u00adgets Faith Groups for Cen\u00adsor\u00adship<\/a> (Joshua D. Hold\u00aden\u00adried, Real Clear Reli\u00adgion): \u201cMost tech com\u00adpa\u00adnies\u2019 user agree\u00adments ban con\u00adtent that dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adnates on the basis of reli\u00adgion, yet their poli\u00adcies enable them to engage in such dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion them\u00adselves.\u201d<ul><li>That is a very suc\u00adcinct way to express the hypocrisy. Put that sen\u00adtence in your pock\u00adet \u2014 you will have occa\u00adsion to use it more than you\u2019d like in the future.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/becerra-and-biden-betray-medical-professionals-being-forced-to-assist-in-abortions\/\">Becer\u00adra and Biden Betray Med\u00adical Pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adals Being Forced to Assist in Abor\u00adtions<\/a> (Roger Sev\u00aderi\u00adno, Nation\u00adal Review):&nbsp; \u201cThe facts were stun\u00adning in their clar\u00adi\u00adty, the vic\u00adtim was extreme\u00adly cred\u00adi\u00adble and sym\u00adpa\u00adthet\u00adic, and the vio\u00adla\u00adtor remained entire\u00adly cal\u00adlous and unre\u00adpen\u00adtant. The UVMMC mat\u00adter was the most open and shut con\u00adscience case in over a decade. I say <em>was<\/em>, because on Fri\u00adday, the DOJ qui\u00adet\u00adly, and vol\u00adun\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adly, dis\u00admissed the case. No admis\u00adsion of guilt, no injunc\u00adtion, no cor\u00adrec\u00adtive action, no set\u00adtle\u00adment, no noth\u00ading.\u201d<\/li><li>Relat\u00aded to health care:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/hawaii-10ef5663e67a8fa01636763cd0fd025d\">Mis\u00adtak\u00aden iden\u00adti\u00adty lands man in Hawaii men\u00adtal hos\u00adpi\u00adtal<\/a> (Jen\u00adnifer Sin\u00adco Kelle\u00adher, Asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded Press): \u201cInstead, against Spriestersbach\u2019s protests that he wasn\u2019t Castle\u00adber\u00adry, he was even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly com\u00admit\u00adted to the Hawaii State Hos\u00adpi\u00adtal. \u2018Yet, the more Mr. Spriesters\u00adbach vocal\u00adized his inno\u00adcence by assert\u00ading that he is not Mr. Castle\u00adber\u00adry, the more he was declared delu\u00adsion\u00adal and psy\u00adchot\u00adic by the H.S.H. staff and doc\u00adtors and heav\u00adi\u00adly med\u00adicat\u00aded\u2026 despite his con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adal denial of being Mr. Castle\u00adber\u00adry and pro\u00advid\u00ading all of his rel\u00ade\u00advant iden\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion and places where he was locat\u00aded dur\u00ading Mr. Castleberry\u2019s court appear\u00adances, no one would believe him or take any mean\u00ading\u00adful steps to ver\u00adi\u00adfy his iden\u00adti\u00adty and deter\u00admine that what Mr. Spriesters\u00adbach was telling the truth \u2013 he was not Mr. Castle\u00adber\u00adry.\u2019 No one believed him \u2014 not even his var\u00adi\u00adous pub\u00adlic defend\u00aders \u2014 until a hos\u00adpi\u00adtal psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtrist final\u00adly lis\u00adtened.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewatlantis.com\/publications\/dance-till-we-die\">Dance Till We Die<\/a> (Ari Schul\u00adman, The New Atlantis): \u201c<em>Covid secu\u00adri\u00adty the\u00adater<\/em>&nbsp;is when we claim our actions are aimed at fight\u00ading Covid, but actu\u00adal\u00adly part of our moti\u00adva\u00adtion is just to give the&nbsp;<em>impres\u00adsion<\/em>&nbsp;that we\u2019re fight\u00ading Covid. Gen\u00aduine\u00adly fight\u00ading Covid may or may not be one of our goals too, but what makes the\u00adater&nbsp;<em>the\u00adater<\/em>&nbsp;is that per\u00adfor\u00admance is one of our goals.\u201d <ul><li>Pro\u00advides an inter\u00adest\u00ading defense of wise secu\u00adri\u00adty the\u00adater while also absolute\u00adly slam\u00adming what we got in its place.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/adumbrations-of-aducanumab?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozOTQ4MzQwOCwiXyI6Ik9jRC9SIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI4MTMzODA3LCJleHAiOjE2MjgxMzc0MDcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.tqpgf0LDe0PE84Fu7f_0bQff3B4pKN3xkvWMWiHt7uM\">Adum\u00adbra\u00adtions Of Adu\u00adcanum\u00adab<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cI wor\u00adry that peo\u00adple are going to come away from this with some con\u00adclu\u00adsion like \u2018wow, the FDA seemed real\u00adly unpre\u00adpared to han\u00addle COVID.\u2019 No. It\u2019s not that spe\u00adcif\u00adic. Every sin\u00adgle thing the FDA does is like this. Every sin\u00adgle hour of every sin\u00adgle day the FDA does things exact\u00adly this stu\u00adpid and destruc\u00adtive, and the only rea\u00adson you nev\u00ader hear about the oth\u00aders is because they\u2019re about some dis\u00adease with a name like Schmoe\u2019s Syn\u00addrome and a few hun\u00addred cas\u00ades nation\u00adwide instead of some\u00adthing big and media-wor\u00adthy like coro\u00adn\u00adavirus. I am a doc\u00adtor and some\u00adtimes I have to deal with the Schmoe\u2019s Syn\u00addromes of the world and every f@$king time there is some sto\u00adry about the FDA doing some\u00adthing&nbsp;<em>exact\u00adly<\/em>&nbsp;this awful and coun\u00adter\u00adpro\u00adduc\u00adtive.\u201d<ul><li>The fol\u00adlow-up post <a href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/details-of-the-infant-fish-oil-story\">Details Of The Infant Fish Oil Sto\u00adry<\/a> is inter\u00adest\u00ading although less fiery.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/we-walk-among-you?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozOTQyNzA3OCwiXyI6ImkvWEloIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI4Mjg0NjAyLCJleHAiOjE2MjgyODgyMDIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yOTU5MzciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.14d3tU-dhvkWdHhEr6if-rWoCCg790EO-ZXameXpwNM\">We Walk Among You<\/a> (Fred\u00addie deBoer, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI do not want my men\u00adtal ill\u00adness to be accept\u00aded by strangers. I hate it and I hate myself for hav\u00ading it. Men\u00adtal ill\u00adness is not an expres\u00adsion of the beau\u00adty of every indi\u00advid\u00adual who has it but the most ugly ele\u00adment of their most ugly selves.\u2026 The worst part of this car\u00adi\u00adca\u00adture of kind\u00adness towards the men\u00adtal\u00adly ill may seem con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adto\u00adry: it extin\u00adguish\u00ades the capac\u00adi\u00adty for mer\u00adcy. For only the guilty can be shown mer\u00adcy; that is the most essen\u00adtial qual\u00adi\u00adty of mer\u00adcy, its only mean\u00ading. And I am guilty. Many of us who suf\u00adfer from men\u00adtal ill\u00adness are. Per\u00adhaps some\u00adday our cul\u00adture will mature enough to under\u00adstand that what we need is not to be absolved, nor to be exon\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded, nor to be excused, but to be for\u00adgiv\u00aden.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/anatomy-of-a-bad-idea-affirmative?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozNTM1NjE5MSwiXyI6IlhmemFFIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI4MTEyMzUwLCJleHAiOjE2MjgxMTU5NTAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yOTU5MzciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.bZBUcSvl0VZNqx7OhFn1Gpy9zIvDKcve96Pc8ZB4Rxk\">Anato\u00admy of a Bad Idea: Affir\u00adma\u00adtive Con\u00adsent<\/a> (Fred\u00addie deBoer, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cSo you get this huge pol\u00adi\u00adcy change at hun\u00addreds of uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties that does effec\u00adtive\u00adly noth\u00ading to stop sex\u00adu\u00adal assault, infringes on the rights of the accused, and func\u00adtions as a make-work pro\u00adgram for over\u00adpaid \u2018con\u00adsul\u00adtants\u2019 and lib\u00ader\u00adal writ\u00aders, all while most peo\u00adple qui\u00adet\u00adly rec\u00adog\u00adnize that nobody fol\u00adlows it, and sup\u00adport for that emp\u00adty pol\u00adi\u00adcy is enforced with mis\u00adsion\u00adary zeal not by true believ\u00aders but almost entire\u00adly by peo\u00adple who are too scared to ask whether any of it makes any sense.\u201d <ul><li>My hot take? \u201cNo means no\u201d and \u201cyes means yes\u201d are both pale imi\u00adta\u00adtions of \u201cI do means I do\u201d \u2014 and until we move back from con\u00adsent to covenant we\u2019re going to have lots of need\u00adless suf\u00adfer\u00ading.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>On Hun\u00adgary<ol><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/hungary-is-no-model-for-the-american?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozOTY2NTA4OSwiXyI6IlFKWWVGIiwiaWF0IjoxNjI4MjU3NTM0LCJleHAiOjE2MjgyNjExMzQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.Yv6ESGxHlOQxu44WRHXPNAHuWKay2YuYQAYMZcVOLq8\">Hun\u00adgary is No Mod\u00adel for the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Right<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cIf you\u2019ve been a con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive for any length of time, you\u2019ve like\u00adly had what I like to call the \u2018Swe\u00adden con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion,\u2019 or per\u00adhaps the \u2018Den\u00admark debate.\u2019 A social\u00adist-lean\u00ading pro\u00adgres\u00adsive friend will wax elo\u00adquent about the Scan\u00addi\u00adna\u00advian coun\u00adtries that com\u00adbine high stan\u00addards of liv\u00ading with gen\u00ader\u00adous wel\u00adfare states and ask, \u2018Why not here?\u2019&nbsp;.\u2026 Well, Hun\u00adgary is the new right\u2019s Den\u00admark. Except that Hun\u00adgary is a much worse place to live than Den\u00admark.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2021\/08\/my-favorite-things-hungary-where-it-stands-now.html\">\u201cMy favorite things Hun\u00adgary\u201d \u2014 my revi\u00adsion\u00adist take<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cWay back in 2011, when I was vis\u00adit\u00ading Hun\u00adgary, I did a post in typ\u00adi\u00adcal <strong>MR<\/strong> style: My Favorite Things Hun\u00adgary.&nbsp;I had no par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar polit\u00adi\u00adcal point in mind, and indeed the cur\u00adrent dis\u00adputes over Hun\u00adgary did not quite exist back then.&nbsp;Nonethe\u00adless, if you sur\u00advey the list, just about every one of my favorites list\u00aded <em>end\u00aded up leav\u00ading Hun\u00adgary<\/em>.&nbsp;The one excep\u00adtion, as far as I can tell, is film direc\u00adtor B\u00e9la Tarr, but he is a crit\u00adic of both nation\u00adal\u00adism and Orban. <em>All the rest left Hun\u00adgary<\/em>.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/unpatriotic-conservatives-2021\/\">Unpa\u00adtri\u00adot\u00adic Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives<sup>TM<\/sup> 2021<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cI can\u2019t think of any\u00adthing in recent mem\u00ado\u00adry that has been more reveal\u00ading of where we Amer\u00adi\u00adcans actu\u00adal\u00adly stand polit\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly than Tuck\u00ader Carlson\u2019s vis\u00adit to Hun\u00adgary.&nbsp;As I wrote in&nbsp;<em>The Spec\u00adta\u00adtor<\/em>&nbsp;a cou\u00adple of days ago, Hun\u00adgary is a coun\u00adtry with lots of trou\u00adbles, includ\u00ading cor\u00adrup\u00adtion.&nbsp;I won\u2019t go once again into list\u00ading all the rea\u00adsons why it\u2019s impor\u00adtant for West\u00adern right-of-cen\u00adter peo\u00adple to come here and learn from the Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adans \u2014 I\u2019ve been blog\u00adging about that all sum\u00admer; I invite you to go through the archives here \u2014 so I\u2019m going to try to boil it down.\u201d <ul><li>Dreher has a very dif\u00adfer\u00adent per\u00adspec\u00adtive than most Amer\u00adi\u00adcan com\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtors, and I include him because his argu\u00adment is inter\u00adest\u00ading. I tru\u00adly know almost noth\u00ading about Orban or Hun\u00adgar\u00adi\u00adan pol\u00adi\u00adtics \u2014 but I am intrigued by how divi\u00adsive Orban is in Amer\u00adi\u00adca.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol><\/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\/man-surprised-to-learn-babylon-bee-has-full-articles-to-go-with-the-headlines\/\">Man Sur\u00adprised To Learn Baby\u00adlon Bee Has Full Arti\u00adcles To Go With The Head\u00adlines<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2021-08-05?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DilbertDailyStrip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip%29\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2021-08-05?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DilbertDailyStrip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip%29\">Human Con\u00adtact<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/for-the-record-missiles-and-blimps-dont-really-work-from-a-physics-standpoint-but-dont-let-that-stop-you-being-true-to-your-bloodlust\">Revenge<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/church-combats-covid-by-adding-essential-oils-to-fog-machine\/\">Church Com\u00adbats COVID By Adding Essen\u00adtial Oils To Fog Machine<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/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.peterkreeft.com\/topics-more\/20_arguments-gods-existence.htm\">20 Argu\u00adments For God\u2019s Exis\u00adtence<\/a> (Peter Kreeft, per\u00adson\u00adal web\u00adsite): \u201cYou may be blessed with a vivid sense of God\u2019s pres\u00adence; and that is some\u00adthing for which to be pro\u00adfound\u00adly grate\u00adful. But that does not mean you have no oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to pon\u00adder these argu\u00adments. For many have not been blessed in that way. And the proofs are designed for them\u2014or some of them at least\u2014to give a kind of help they real\u00adly need. You may even be asked to pro\u00advide help.\u201d I was remind\u00aded of this by a con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion with an alum\u00adnus. The author is a phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Boston Col\u00adlege. (first shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2017\/09\/01\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-116\">vol\u00adume 116<\/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>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 312 is an idoneal num\u00adber (which appar\u00adent\u00adly there are only 65, 66 or 67 of \u2014 it\u2019s wild \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/08\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-312\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 312\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/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":"The collection of links this week is odd - an unusual assortment in which I hope you find at least one extremely stimulating idea.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[121,226,296,275,138,163,203,162],"class_list":["post-6676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abortion","tag-europe","tag-mental-health","tag-pandemic","tag-religious-freedom","tag-sex","tag-silicon-valley","tag-theology"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1JG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6677,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6676\/revisions\/6677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}