{"id":6682,"date":"2021-08-13T16:54:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T00:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6682"},"modified":"2021-08-13T16:54:08","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T00:54:08","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/08\/13\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-313","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 313"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><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 Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>313 is the 65th prime number.<\/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>Pandemic related<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/health\/archive\/2021\/08\/delta-has-changed-pandemic-endgame\/619726\/\">How the Pandemic Now Ends<\/a> (Ed Yong, The Atlantic): \u201cHere, then, is the current pandemic dilemma: Vaccines remain the best way for <em>individuals<\/em> to protect themselves, but <em>societies<\/em> cannot treat vaccines as their only defense.\u201d&nbsp;<ul><li>First, this is a free article that won\u2019t use up a paywall click. Second, this is discouraging to read and makes me think Stanford is going to be way more restrictive than I was hoping come&nbsp;fall.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/08\/opinion\/covid-church-livestream.html\">What We Lose When We Livestream Church<\/a> (Collin Hansen, New York Times): \u201cThe very word we translate from Greek as \u2018church\u2019 in the New Testament suggests we must assemble in person. The church wasn\u2019t just a bridge of 2,000 years until humanity reached Peak Zoom. It\u2019s essential for the religion where God took on flesh and dwelt among us. It\u2019s essential in a faith that believes Jesus physically rose from the dead and then sat down to enjoy a meal with his stunned friends.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/johnhcochrane.blogspot.com\/2021\/08\/covid-incompetence.html\">Covid incompetence<\/a> (John Cochrane, personal blog): \u201cDelta is the fourth wave of covid, and amazingly the US policy response is even more irresolute than the first time around. Our government is like a child, sent next door to get a cup of sugar, who gets as far as the front stoop and then wanders off following a&nbsp;puppy.\u201d&nbsp;<ul><li>The author is a senior fellow at Stanford\u2019s Hoover Institution.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2021\/08\/09\/what-do-full-hospitals-really-tell-us-about-covid\/\">\u201cWhat Do Full Hospitals Really Tell Us About COVID?\u201d<\/a> (Eugene Volokh, Reason): \u201cThe public argument for specialty hospitals is more expertise and lower costs because of efficiency. The real model was no emergency room, and thus no way for un- and under-insured people to get into the hospital. All of the financial benefits of being a hospital without any of the responsibilities. So we get women\u2019s hospitals, orthopedic hospitals, etc., sucking the profitable work from community hospitals, without taking any of the burden of community care for the indigent.\u2026 The hospitals in Louisiana which take indigent patients and patients though the ER\u2014pretty much all COVID patients\u2014are slammed. The specialty hospitals have lots of staff and lots of beds and don\u2019t have much in the way of COVID patients, if there are any at&nbsp;all.\u201d<ul><li>I did not know any of that. Really interesting. Written a law prof at Louisiana State University.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s10508-021-02077-7\">Porndemic? A Longitudinal Study of Pornography Use Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Nationally Representative Sample of Americans<\/a> (Grubbs et al, Archives of Sexual Behavior): \u201cIn general, pornography use trended downward over the pandemic, for both men and women. Problematic pornography use trended downward for men and remained low and unchanged in&nbsp;women.\u201d&nbsp;<ul><li>The excerpt is from the abstract. It\u2019s a little surprising but also I think people are less likely to watch porn with their families around, which happened a lot during the pandemic. I do wonder how their findings cross-check with traffic stats from porn websites. It seems like an obvious way to do a simple check on their findings.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/lawliberty.org\/book-review\/the-gap-between-law-and-morality\/\">The Gap Between Law and Morality<\/a> (Helen Dale, Law &amp; Liberty): \u201cThe planet\u2019s two great legal systems developed in two European civilisations, Rome and England. Their wide provenance is not only due to both peoples conquering great empires. It\u2019s also because they worked: they did things no other legal regime did before them, and those others are still incapable of doing now.\u2026 Incredibly, these developed independently of each other. The English common law did not borrow from Rome: when it first emerged, Roman law was&nbsp;lost.\u201d&nbsp;<ul><li>This is surprisingly engrossing. In the words of an alumnus, \u201cThis one was a sleeper hit. Started slow, blew me away by the&nbsp;end.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/why-a-masculine-ministry-rose-and?r=2y26b&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=twitter\">Why a Masculine Ministry Rose and Fell<\/a> (David French, The Dispatch): \u201cWhen countering a culture that often attacks traditional masculine inclinations as inherent vice, the answer isn\u2019t to indulge traditional masculine inclinations as inherent virtue.\u2026 Driscoll, in all his toughness and swagger, tried to make men out of Christians. The church, however, should make Christians out of&nbsp;men.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/politics\/archive\/2021\/08\/cornel-west-jesus-progressives\/619741\/\">Cornel West on Why the Left Needs Jesus<\/a> (Emma Green, The Atlantic): \u201cWhen I was in Charlottesville, looking at these sick white brothers in neo-Nazi parties and the Klan spitting and cussing and carrying on, I could see the hounds of hell raging on the battlefield of their souls. But I also know that there\u2019s greed in me. There\u2019s hatred in me. People say, \u2018Oh, you\u2019re so qualitatively different than those gangsters.\u2019 I say, \u2018No, I\u2019ve got gangster in me. I was a gangster before I met Jesus. Now I\u2019m a redeemed sinner with gangster proclivities.\u2019 It is a very different way of looking at things than many of my secular comrades.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/11\/opinion\/politics\/we-need-to-build-our-way-out-of-this-mess.html\">Criminal-Justice&nbsp;Reformers Chose the Wrong Slogan<\/a> (Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic): \u201cBefore the public sours on criminal-justice reform more broadly\u2014as it may amid rising fears about crime and disorder in cities\u2014a new focus and rallying cry are needed. And given the spike in homicides that has afflicted the United States during the pandemic, disproportionately killing Black people, there\u2019s an especially strong case for this overdue slogan: Solve All Murders. Precisely because Black lives matter, people who take Black lives shouldn\u2019t get away with&nbsp;it.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/august\/assemblies-of-god-grow-us-council-denomination-decline-poli.html\">Assemblies of God Growing with Pentecostal Persistence<\/a> (Ryan P. Burge, Christianity Today): \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to pinpoint exactly why the Assemblies of God has continued to increase over the past 15 years. Research shows that membership of the Assemblies of God has become more politically conservative and more religiously active today than just a decade ago, but its own numbers indicate that it has achieved incredible racial diversity\u201444 percent of members in the United States are ethnic minorities.\u201d<ul><li>Since the Assemblies of God is the group with which I am ordained and is the parent organization of Chi Alpha, file under \u201carticles that make me&nbsp;happy.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/11\/opinion\/politics\/we-need-to-build-our-way-out-of-this-mess.html\">We Need to Build Our Way Out of This Mess<\/a> (Eli Dourado, New York Times): \u201cHow did the most dynamic country on the planet become so sclerotic? We did it to ourselves. We enacted laws that privilege the status quo at the expense of change and progress. We liberally passed out veto rights to anyone with the money and wherewithal to hire a lawyer. If we want to reverse the damage and create a more prosperous future, we must make it easy to&nbsp;build.\u201d&nbsp;<ul><li>The author is an economist at Utah State University.<\/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:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/08\/11\">Run For The Hills<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/solution-to-government-created-problem-is-more-government-says-government\/\">Solution To Government-Created Problem Is More Government, Says Government<\/a> (Babylon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XFoXmnBuLw0\">Passenger taped to seat after attacking flight attendants on flight to Miami, police say<\/a> (YouTube): well worth a minute and a half of your time. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.snopes.com\/fact-check\/alfredo-rivera-video\/\">Not the real flight attendant<\/a>, but hilarious nonetheless.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q2zd1eEUJr8\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q2zd1eEUJr8\">Stephen, Alan and Bill Compare Holiday Stories<\/a> (QI, YouTube): three and a half minutes.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. This week we have a provocative read, <a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/In-Defense-of-Flogging\/127208\/?sid=at\">In Defense of Flogging<\/a> (Peter Moskos, Chronicle of Higher Education) \u2014 the author is a former police officer and now a criminologist at the City University of New York. This one was shared back before I started sending these emails in a blog post called <a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2011\/05\/05\/punishment\">Punishment<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about it.\n\nIf this was forwarded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. 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