{"id":6708,"date":"2021-09-10T18:31:43","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T02:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6708"},"modified":"2021-09-10T18:31:43","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T02:31:43","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-317","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/09\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-317","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 317"},"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 317 \u2014 a prime 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:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/too-good-to-check-a-play-in-three?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MDk2NjczNywiXyI6InBlY0hnIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMwOTQ0MzEyLCJleHAiOjE2MzA5NDc5MTIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.9lcplkc3fU9D5dXYS5h2qRSRxl4PbbRg-CdlRqNCp1M\">Too Good To Check: A Play In Three Acts<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cDid you believe that? I mean, that\u2019s also a pret\u00adty cool sto\u00adry, isn\u2019t it? Right-wing news out\u00adlets accuse the so-called \u2018lib\u00ader\u00adal media\u2019 of bias, then get hoist on their own petard? Seems a bit too cute. Have you clicked through to any of the links yet? No? Not even after I admit\u00adted I\u2019m prob\u00ada\u00adbly biased here?\u201d<\/li><li>On vac\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtions<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/its-time-to-stop-rationalizing-christian?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MDYxMTg1OCwiXyI6IjNjQ1BxIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMwMjQwNzQ5LCJleHAiOjE2MzAyNDQzNDksImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.-vlYBrtcx4do3W0qpirm455wFMz_EawGChCctH-oaCU\">It\u2019s Time to Stop Ratio\u00adnal\u00adiz\u00ading and Enabling Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Vac\u00adcine Rejec\u00adtion<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cFor the Chris\u00adt\u00adian believ\u00ader, the pur\u00adsuit of free\u00addom is insep\u00ada\u00adra\u00adble from the pur\u00adsuit of virtue. We do not seek lib\u00ader\u00adty sim\u00adply to sat\u00adis\u00adfy our desires or to appease our fears. In fact, when we pur\u00adsue the free\u00addom to make our neigh\u00adbors sick, we vio\u00adlate the social com\u00adpact and under\u00admine our moral stand\u00ading in pol\u00adi\u00adtics, law, and cul\u00adture. Chris\u00adt\u00adian lib\u00ader\u00adtin\u00adism becomes a long-term threat to reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty itself.\u201d<ul><li>Although I am vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded myself, I am more sym\u00adpa\u00adthet\u00adic to vac\u00adcine reluc\u00adtants than French is. I def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly do not think it is a reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty issue, though. It seems to me that this is more a mat\u00adter of per\u00adson\u00adal auton\u00ado\u00admy and the reluc\u00adtance is large\u00adly dri\u00adven by self-inflict\u00aded dam\u00adage from the author\u00adi\u00adties. The CDC (for exam\u00adple) has repeat\u00aded\u00adly said and done extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnar\u00adi\u00adly stu\u00adpid things in this pan\u00addem\u00adic. Very often you would have been bet\u00adter off doing the oppo\u00adsite of what they advo\u00adcat\u00aded for. Peo\u00adple noticed. And so now that the offi\u00adcial advice is to receive the vac\u00adcine, peo\u00adple who are resis\u00adtant are apply\u00ading an under\u00adstand\u00adable heuris\u00adtic.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/06\/opinion\/religious-exemptions-vaccine-mandates.html\">I\u2019m a For\u00admer Pas\u00adtor, and I Don\u2019t Believe in \u2018Reli\u00adgious Exemp\u00adtions\u2019 to Vac\u00adcine Man\u00addates<\/a> (Cur\u00adtis Chang, New York Times): \u201cChris\u00adtians who request reli\u00adgious exemp\u00adtions rarely even try to offer sub\u00adstan\u00adtive bib\u00adli\u00adcal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal rea\u00adson\u00ading. Rather, the dri\u00advers for evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal resis\u00adtance are non\u00adre\u00adli\u00adgious and are root\u00aded in deep-seat\u00aded sus\u00adpi\u00adcion of gov\u00adern\u00adment and vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty to mis\u00adin\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion.\u2026 The biggest threat to any legit\u00adi\u00admate right is the ille\u00adgit\u00adi\u00admate abuse of that right.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. Cur\u00adtis Chang used to pas\u00adtor near here and although we\u2019ve nev\u00ader met I emailed with him once about a book he had writ\u00adten.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2021\/08\/27\/nrb-spokesman-dan-darling-fired-after-pro-vaccine-statements-on-morning-joe-evangelical-covid-hesitancy\/\">NRB spokesman Dan Dar\u00adling fired after pro-vac\u00adcine state\u00adments on \u2018Morn\u00ading Joe\u2019<\/a> (Bob Smi\u00adetana, Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice): \u201cDaniel Dar\u00adling, senior vice pres\u00adi\u00addent of com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions for the Nation\u00adal Reli\u00adgious Broad\u00adcast\u00aders, was fired Fri\u00adday (Aug. 27) after refus\u00ading to recant his pro-vac\u00adcine state\u00adments, accord\u00ading to a source autho\u00adrized to speak for Dar\u00adling.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/greenwald.substack.com\/p\/the-aclu-prior-to-covid-denounced\">The ACLU, Pri\u00ador to COVID, Denounced Man\u00addates and Coer\u00adcive Mea\u00adsures to Fight Pan\u00addemics<\/a> (Glenn Green\u00adwald, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWhat makes the ACLU\u2019s posi\u00adtion so remark\u00adable \u2014 besides the inher\u00adent shock of a&nbsp;<em>civ\u00adil lib\u00ader\u00adties orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion<\/em>&nbsp;cham\u00adpi\u00adoning&nbsp;<em>state man\u00addates over\u00adrid\u00ading indi\u00advid\u00adual choice<\/em>&nbsp;\u2014 is that, very recent\u00adly, the same group warned of the grave dan\u00adgers of the very mind\u00adset it is now push\u00ading. In 2008, the ACLU pub\u00adlished&nbsp;a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive report&nbsp;on pan\u00addemics which had one pri\u00adma\u00adry pur\u00adpose: to denounce as dan\u00adger\u00adous and unnec\u00ades\u00adsary attempts by the state to man\u00addate, coerce, and con\u00adtrol in the name of pro\u00adtect\u00ading the pub\u00adlic from pan\u00addemics.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>The pan\u00addem\u00adic more gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly<ol><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/07\/briefing\/risk-breakthrough-infections-delta.html\">One in 5,000<\/a> (David Leon\u00adhardt, New York Times): \u201cHere\u2019s one way to think about a one-in-10,000 dai\u00adly chance: It would take more than three months for the com\u00adbined risk to reach just 1 per\u00adcent\u2026 I will con\u00adfess to one bit of hes\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion about walk\u00ading you through the data on break\u00adthrough infec\u00adtions: It\u2019s not clear how much we should be wor\u00adry\u00ading about them. For the vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded, Covid resem\u00adbles the flu and usu\u00adal\u00adly a mild one. Soci\u00adety does not grind to a halt over the flu.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/theintercept.com\/2021\/09\/06\/new-details-emerge-about-coronavirus-research-at-chinese-lab\/\">New Details Emerge About Coro\u00adn\u00adavirus Research at Chi\u00adnese Lab<\/a> (Sharon Lern\u00ader &amp; Mara Hvis\u00adten\u00addahl, The Inter\u00adcept): \u201cThe doc\u00adu\u00adments con\u00adtain sev\u00ader\u00adal crit\u00adi\u00adcal details about the research in Wuhan, includ\u00ading the fact that key exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adtal work with human\u00adized mice was con\u00adduct\u00aded at a biosafe\u00adty lev\u00adel 3 lab at Wuhan Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty Cen\u00adter for Ani\u00admal Exper\u00adi\u00adment \u2014 and not at the Wuhan Insti\u00adtute of Virol\u00ado\u00adgy, as was pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly assumed.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/goatsandsoda\/2021\/09\/07\/1033677208\/new-studies-find-e[\u2026]ocial&amp;utm_campaign=npr&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_term=nprnews\">New Stud\u00adies Find Evi\u00addence Of \u2018Super\u00adhu\u00adman\u2019 Immu\u00adni\u00adty To COVID-19 In Some Indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals<\/a> (Michaleen Doucleff, NPR): \u201cIn fact, these anti\u00adbod\u00adies were even able to deac\u00adti\u00advate a virus engi\u00adneered, on pur\u00adpose, to be high\u00adly resis\u00adtant to neu\u00adtral\u00adiza\u00adtion. This virus con\u00adtained 20 muta\u00adtions that are known to pre\u00advent SARS-CoV\u00ad\u20112 anti\u00adbod\u00adies from bind\u00ading to it. Anti\u00adbod\u00adies from peo\u00adple who were only vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded or who only had pri\u00ador coro\u00adn\u00adavirus infec\u00adtions were essen\u00adtial\u00adly use\u00adless against this mutant virus. But anti\u00adbod\u00adies in peo\u00adple with the \u2018hybrid immu\u00adni\u00adty\u2019 could neu\u00adtral\u00adize it.\u201d<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/09\/06\/magazine\/steven-pinker-interview.html\">Steven Pinker Thinks Your Sense of Immi\u00adnent Doom Is Wrong<\/a> (David March\u00adese, New York Times): \u201cGiv\u00aden that vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly every cli\u00admate sci\u00aden\u00adtist believes that human activ\u00adi\u00adty is warm\u00ading the plan\u00adet, how could any\u00adone deny it? The answer is, peo\u00adple don\u2019t nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly believe what sci\u00aden\u00adtists say because they cor\u00adrect\u00adly sense that with\u00adin acad\u00ade\u00admia a per\u00adson can get pun\u00adished for unortho\u00addox beliefs.\u201d<ul><li>Includ\u00ading entire\u00adly for that excerpt. What I find fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading is that the jour\u00adnal\u00adist is dis\u00admis\u00adsive of this idea, which is not only clear\u00adly true but at the root of much soci\u00adetal dys\u00adfunc\u00adtion. We have a cri\u00adsis of con\u00adfi\u00addence in our cul\u00adture because our experts seem deter\u00admined to demon\u00adstrate their untrust\u00adwor\u00adthi\u00adness again and again. Jour\u00adnal\u00adists are even more to blame than aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics, which is why I think it is so hard for this jour\u00adnal\u00adist to accept Pinker\u2019s claim.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/2021\/6\/21\/22543912\/perspective-the-moral-utility-of-history-harry-truman-abraham-lincoln-better-angels-america\">Per\u00adspec\u00adtive: The moral util\u00adi\u00adty of his\u00adto\u00adry<\/a> (Jon Meacham, Deseret News): \u201cAs a mat\u00adter of observ\u00adable fact, the Unit\u00aded States, through its spo\u00adradic adher\u00adence to its finest aspi\u00adra\u00adtions, is the most durable exper\u00adi\u00adment in plu\u00adral\u00adis\u00adtic repub\u00adli\u00adcan\u00adism the world has known. Oth\u00ader nation\u00adal rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtions have descend\u00aded into dic\u00adta\u00adtor\u00adship and per\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adtion; ours has pro\u00adduced envi\u00adable, if frag\u00adile, demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic insti\u00adtu\u00adtions. In the main, the Amer\u00adi\u00adca of the 21st cen\u00adtu\u00adry is, for all its short\u00adcom\u00adings, freer and more accept\u00ading than it has ever been.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li><li>On the Texas abor\u00adtion law<ol><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/09\/09\/opinion\/texas-abortion-pro-life.html\">Texas\u2019 Abor\u00adtion Law Should Force Amer\u00adi\u00adca to Change Its Ways<\/a> (Karen Swal\u00adlow Pri\u00ador, New York Times): \u201cIn Amer\u00adi\u00adca, of all the preg\u00adnan\u00adcies that don\u2019t end in mis\u00adcar\u00adriage, near\u00adly one in five is abort\u00aded; this is a soci\u00adety in which things are wild\u00adly off track. A world like this, spun by forces that lead to that many lives being undone, doesn\u2019t hap\u00adpen by chance. It takes all of us. It takes a vil\u00adlage to make abor\u00adtion seem like the best choice. We can change our ways, though.\u201d The author is an Eng\u00adlish pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at South\u00adeast\u00adern Bap\u00adtist The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Sem\u00adi\u00adnary.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/the-pro-life-movement-must-transcend\">The Pro-Life Move\u00adment Must Tran\u00adscend Pol\u00adi\u00adtics<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cTo be pro-life does not mean sup\u00adport\u00ading every pos\u00adsi\u00adble strat\u00ade\u00adgy, even if only tem\u00adporar\u00adi\u00adly suc\u00adcess\u00adful (a Texas state court has already issued a broad injunc\u00adtion against the law), designed to ban or lim\u00adit abor\u00adtion. Strate\u00adgies designed to ban abor\u00adtion do not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly help end abor\u00adtion, and end\u00ading abor\u00adtion is the ulti\u00admate aim of the pro-life move\u00adment.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2021\/09\/09\/how-a-former-sls-professor-and-hoover-fellow-helped-shape-the-texas-abortion-ban\/\">How a for\u00admer SLS pro\u00adfes\u00adsor and Hoover fel\u00adlow helped shape the Texas abor\u00adtion ban<\/a> (Sari\u00adna Deb and Geor\u00adgia Rosen\u00adberg, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cJonathan Mitchell was a vis\u00adit\u00ading pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Stan\u00adford Law School and for\u00admer fel\u00adlow at the Hoover Insti\u00adtu\u00adtion when he the\u00ado\u00adrized the legal mech\u00ada\u00adnism which laid the ground\u00adwork for the con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial Texas abor\u00adtion ban that went into effect last week. If states want\u00aded to cir\u00adcum\u00advent judi\u00adcial review, Mitchell wrote in a 2018 law review arti\u00adcle, they could del\u00ade\u00adgate the pow\u00ader of enforce\u00adment to pri\u00advate cit\u00adi\u00adzens. That is exact\u00adly what S.B. 8 does.\u201d<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2021\/09\/strategic-citing.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=strategic-citing\">Strate\u00adgic Cit\u00ading<\/a> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201c[Schol\u00adars are more like\u00adly to cite oth\u00ader schol\u00adars who can help them out]\u2026 The find\u00ading is robust to con\u00adtrol\u00adling for self-cita\u00adtions, own-jour\u00adnal cita\u00adtions, and a vari\u00adety of oth\u00ader pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties. The authors also show that deceased authors get few\u00ader cita\u00adtions than matched liv\u00ading authors. For exam\u00adple, liv\u00ading Nobel prize win\u00adners get more cita\u00adtions than dead ones even when they were award\u00aded the prize joint\u00adly.\u201d<\/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.improbable.com\/2021\/09\/09\/announcing-the-2021-ig-nobel-prize-winners\/\">Announc\u00ading the 2021 Ig Nobel Prize win\u00adners<\/a> (The Annals of Improb\u00ada\u00adble Research): My favorite is the eco\u00adnom\u00adics prize, award\u00aded to \u201cPavlo Blavatskyy, for dis\u00adcov\u00ader\u00ading that the obe\u00adsi\u00adty of a country\u2019s politi\u00adcians may be a good indi\u00adca\u00adtor of that country\u2019s cor\u00adrup\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/09\/05\">We Need A Road<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2021-09-07?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DilbertDailyStrip+%28Dilbert+Daily+Strip%29\">Win Any Argu\u00adment<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/were-on-the-right-side-of-history-says-party-whose-abortion-position-is-endorsed-by-north-korea-harvey-weinstein-church-of-satan\/\">We\u2019re On The Right Side Of His\u00adto\u00adry\u2019, Says Par\u00adty Whose Abor\u00adtion Posi\u00adtion Is Endorsed By North Korea, Har\u00advey Wein\u00adstein, Church Of Satan<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/christian-leader-feels-his-growing-worldly-popularity-is-a-good-sign\/\">Chris\u00adt\u00adian Leader Sure He\u2019s On The Right Track As He\u2019s Get\u00adting Tons Of Good Feed\u00adback From The World<\/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=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/05\/21\/opinion\/foster-child-conservative.html\">Why Being a Fos\u00adter Child Made Me a Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive<\/a> (Rob Hen\u00adder\u00adson, New York Times): \u201cIndi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals have rights. But they also have respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties. For instance, when I say par\u00adents should pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adtize their chil\u00addren over their careers, there is a sense of unease among my peers. They think I want to blame indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals rather than a neb\u00adu\u00adlous foe like pover\u00adty. They are most\u00adly right.\u201d At the time of writ\u00ading, the author had just grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded from Yale. Worth read\u00ading regard\u00adless of your polit\u00adi\u00adcal alle\u00adgiances. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/05\/25\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-153\">vol\u00adume 153<\/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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