{"id":6733,"date":"2021-10-15T14:30:11","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T22:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6733"},"modified":"2021-10-15T14:30:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T22:30:11","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-322","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/10\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-322","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 322"},"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 322<sup>nd<\/sup> install\u00adment, and today I learned that 322 is the 12th <a href=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/LucasNumber.html\">Lucas num\u00adber<\/a>.<\/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:\/\/markgalli.substack.com\/p\/the-galli-report-100821?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MjMwNTkwNCwiXyI6ImpRT3VPIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMzOTU4MzIwLCJleHAiOjE2MzM5NjE5MjAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zNDYxNCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.-ynskn-lxf-DoAEH4UTYAVSUKVbV9SqmUYpWUTiuDDg\">The State of Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Lead\u00ader\u00adship<\/a> (Mark Gal\u00adli, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThis ten\u00adden\u00adcy has only got\u00adten worse, as now the mark of a suc\u00adcess\u00adful evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal writer is to get pub\u00adlished reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly in the&nbsp;<em>Times,<\/em>&nbsp;<em>Atlantic,<\/em>&nbsp;and so forth.&nbsp;What\u2019s inter\u00adest\u00ading about such pieces is that (a) such writ\u00aders make a point that affirms the view of the sec\u00adu\u00adlar pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion (on top\u00adics like envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal care, racial injus\u00adtice, sex\u00adu\u00adal abuse, etc.) and (b) they preach in such pieces that evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals should take the same point of view. How\u00adev\u00ader, their writ\u00ading doesn\u2019t reach the mass\u00ades of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals who take a con\u00adtrary view and don\u2019t give a damn what&nbsp;<em>The<\/em>&nbsp;<em>New York Times<\/em>&nbsp;says. If these writ\u00aders are real\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00aded in get\u00adting those evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals to change their minds, the last place they should be is in the main\u00adstream press. Bet\u00adter to try to get such a col\u00adumn pub\u00adlished in the most pop\u00adu\u00adlar Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal out\u00adlet,&nbsp;<em>Charis\u00adma<\/em>.&nbsp;Ah, but that would do noth\u00ading to enhance the pres\u00adtige of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals among the culture\u2019s elite.\u201d<ol><li>This is a SUPER inter\u00adest\u00ading arti\u00adcle that makes good points\u2026 but the author some\u00adhow avoid\u00aded look\u00ading in a mir\u00adror while writ\u00ading it. He was the edi\u00adtor-in-chief of Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today!<\/li><\/ol><ul><li>Fol\u00adlow-up: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/markgalli.substack.com\/p\/the-galli-report-101521?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MjUxODg2MywiXyI6IlViQjRlIiwiaWF0IjoxNjM0MzE5MTI5LCJleHAiOjE2MzQzMjI3MjksImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zNDYxNCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.rGoIp5JyF20sSlCyJAnDIMOUNePsSdkFcu_EvKcof9I\">Falling from Grace into Mer\u00adcy\u2014 or Elite Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism, Part 2<\/a> (Mark Gal\u00adli, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cBut one thing about retire\u00adment is the time one has to reflect on one\u2019s career, and I see more clear\u00adly how much I was will\u00ading to go along to get along, and how much I was part of the sys\u00adtem.\u2026 I don\u2019t think there is much hope in reform\u00ading many things that course through the veins of elite evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Two of the most dis\u00adtress\u00ading news items I\u2019ve seen in some time.<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/black-children-were-jailed-for-a-crime-that-doesnt-exist\">Black Chil\u00addren Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn\u2019t Exist. Almost Noth\u00ading Hap\u00adpened to the Adults in Charge. <\/a>(Merib\u00adah Knight, Nashville Pub\u00adlic Radio, and Ken Arm\u00adstrong, ProP\u00adub\u00adli\u00adca): \u201cIn the wake of these mass arrests, lawyers would see inside a secre\u00adtive legal sys\u00adtem that\u2019s sup\u00adposed to pro\u00adtect kids, but in this coun\u00adty did the oppo\u00adsite. Offi\u00adcials flout\u00aded the law by wrong\u00adful\u00adly arrest\u00ading and jail\u00ading chil\u00addren. One of their worst prac\u00adtices was stopped fol\u00adlow\u00ading the events at Hob\u00adgood, but the con\u00addi\u00adtions that allowed the law\u00adless\u00adness remain. The adults in charge failed. Yet they\u2019re still in charge. Tennessee\u2019s sys\u00adtems for pro\u00adtect\u00ading chil\u00addren failed. Yet they haven\u2019t been fixed.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/loudoun-county-father-school-cover-up-bathroom-assault-daughter\">Loudoun Coun\u00adty father arrest\u00aded at school board event says school tried to cov\u00ader up daugh\u00adter\u2019s bath\u00adroom assault<\/a> (Jes\u00adsi\u00adca Chas\u00admar, Fox News): \u201cA par\u00adent who was arrest\u00aded dur\u00ading a June school board meet\u00ading in Loudoun Coun\u00adty, Vir\u00adginia, is accus\u00ading the dis\u00adtrict of try\u00ading to cov\u00ader up an alleged bath\u00adroom sex\u00adu\u00adal assault by a gen\u00adder-flu\u00adid indi\u00advid\u00adual against his daugh\u00adter in order to fur\u00adther its trans\u00adgen\u00adder rights agen\u00adda.\u201d<\/li><li>Regard\u00ading the lat\u00adter sto\u00adry: the orig\u00adi\u00adnal inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion is pay\u00adwalled, so I kept wait\u00ading for cov\u00ader\u00adage of this sto\u00adry to show up in a nation\u00adal pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion like the NYT or the Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post. Nope. Unless I\u2019ve missed some\u00adthing, only Fox News seems will\u00ading to cov\u00ader this. The local paper has some cov\u00ader\u00adage as well: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/loudounnow.com\/2021\/10\/13\/parents-students-press-for-reform-in-schools-handling-of-sexual-assaults\/\">Par\u00adents, Stu\u00addents Press for Reform in Schools\u2019 Han\u00addling of Sex\u00adu\u00adal Assaults <\/a>(Hay\u00adley Milon Bour, Loudoun Now).<\/li><li>The Twit\u00adter thread by the inves\u00adti\u00adgat\u00ading jour\u00adnal\u00adist is real\u00adly some\u00adthing: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lukerosiak\/status\/1447694543856586757\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/lukerosiak\/status\/1447694543856586757<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2021\/10\/hunting-the-satanists.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=hunting-the-satanists\">Hunt\u00ading the Satanists<\/a> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201c\u2026the world\u00adview of QAnon and Yale\u2019s diver\u00adsi\u00adty office are sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly sim\u00adi\u00adlar. Both see a world in which Satan, lit\u00ader\u00adal or metaphor\u00adi\u00adcal, is an active force in the world cor\u00adrupt\u00ading indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals and insti\u00adtu\u00adtions. Satan is pow\u00ader\u00adful but hid\u00adden. He only reveals his influ\u00adence when the cor\u00adrupt\u00aded slip-up and by the incor\u00adrect use of a word, phrase, or ges\u00adture reveal their true natures. Since Satan is pow\u00ader\u00adful and hid\u00adden the good peo\u00adple must con\u00adstant\u00adly mon\u00adi\u00adtor every\u00adone.\u201d An astute\u00adly observed par\u00adal\u00adlel.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/its-time-for-a-better-and-smarter?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MjM5NjU1NCwiXyI6IjhLYWZvIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMzOTU0MzQzLCJleHAiOjE2MzM5NTc5NDMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.MaiY0jj0ecrmvaBgZ1gyJuNzeBx2Mfwb62l41ua0Urg\">It\u2019s Time for a Bet\u00adter and Smarter Alliance Against Porn<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cOne of the most fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading devel\u00adop\u00adments of mod\u00adern times has been the way in which Amer\u00adi\u00adcan ideas and Amer\u00adi\u00adcan con\u00adduct fre\u00adquent\u00adly con\u00adtra\u00addict each oth\u00ader. The world of ideas most\u00adly (though not exclu\u00adsive\u00adly) has moved left, quick\u00adly. Ideas move from pro\u00adgres\u00adsive fringe to main\u00adstream with stun\u00adning speed.\u2026 But in the world of&nbsp;<em>con\u00adduct<\/em>, some\u00adthing else is hap\u00adpen\u00ading. Social con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive lifestyles are mak\u00ading a come\u00adback. Divorce rates are down. Teen preg\u00adnan\u00adcy is down. Abor\u00adtion rates (abor\u00adtions per 1,000 women) and ratios (abor\u00adtions per 1,000 preg\u00adnan\u00adcies) are way down. Sin\u00adgle par\u00adent\u00ading has sta\u00adbi\u00adlized, and the per\u00adcent\u00adage of chil\u00addren liv\u00ading with both par\u00adents is inch\u00ading up.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/please-dont-give-up-on-having-kids?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjozOTk0NDcyMiwiXyI6ImpRT3VPIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMzOTU2ODA1LCJleHAiOjE2MzM5NjA0MDUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.0SQYtVX7rZkvPT6FRYgT17v2RuOiA_VJFCC1bVvr4R8\">Please Don\u2019t Give Up On Hav\u00ading Kids Because Of Cli\u00admate Change<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cIf you think priv\u00adi\u00adleged mod\u00adern Amer\u00adi\u00adcans shouldn\u2019t have chil\u00addren now because of qual\u00adi\u00adty-of-life issues [relat\u00aded to cli\u00admate change], you implic\u00adit\u00adly believe that nobody in the Third World, or nobody before 1900, should ever have had chil\u00addren.\u201d<\/li><li>Two tid\u00adbits from Chi\u00adna:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/markgalli.substack.com\/p\/the-galli-report-100821?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MjMwNTkwNCwiXyI6ImpRT3VPIiwiaWF0IjoxNjMzOTU4MzIwLCJleHAiOjE2MzM5NjE5MjAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zNDYxNCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.-ynskn-lxf-DoAEH4UTYAVSUKVbV9SqmUYpWUTiuDDg\">Ter\u00adror &amp; tourism: Xin\u00adjiang eas\u00ades its grip, but fear remains<\/a> (Dake Kang, AP News): \u201cAny\u00adtime I tried to chat with some\u00adone, the min\u00adders would draw in close, strain\u00ading to hear every word. It\u2019s hard to know why Chi\u00adnese author\u00adi\u00adties have shift\u00aded to sub\u00adtler meth\u00adods of con\u00adtrol\u00adling the region. It may be that sear\u00ading crit\u00adi\u00adcism from the West, along with pun\u00adish\u00ading polit\u00adi\u00adcal and com\u00admer\u00adcial sanc\u00adtions, have pushed author\u00adi\u00adties to light\u00aden up. Or it may sim\u00adply be that Chi\u00adna judges it has come far enough in its goal of sub\u00addu\u00ading the Uyghurs and oth\u00ader most\u00adly Mus\u00adlim minori\u00adties to relax its grip.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/palladiummag.com\/2021\/10\/11\/the-triumph-and-terror-of-wang-huning\/\">The Tri\u00adumph and Ter\u00adror of Wang Hun\u00ading<\/a> (N.S. Lyons, Pal\u00adla\u00addi\u00adum Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cWang record\u00aded his obser\u00adva\u00adtions in a mem\u00adoir that would become his most famous work: the 1991 book <em>Amer\u00adi\u00adca Against Amer\u00adi\u00adca<\/em>. In it, he mar\u00advels at home\u00adless encamp\u00adments in the streets of Wash\u00ading\u00adton DC, out-of-con\u00adtrol drug crime in poor black neigh\u00adbor\u00adhoods in New York and San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco, and cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtions that seemed to have fused them\u00adselves to and tak\u00aden over respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties of gov\u00adern\u00adment.\u2026 Amer\u00adi\u00adcans can, he says, per\u00adceive that they are faced with \u2018intri\u00adcate social and cul\u00adtur\u00adal prob\u00adlems,\u2019 they \u2018tend to think of them as sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic and tech\u00adno\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal prob\u00adlems\u2019 to be solved sep\u00ada\u00adrate\u00adly. This gets them nowhere, he argues, because their prob\u00adlems are in fact all inex\u00adtri\u00adca\u00adbly inter\u00adlinked and have the same root cause: a rad\u00adi\u00adcal, nihilis\u00adtic indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adism at the heart of mod\u00adern Amer\u00adi\u00adcan lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism.\u201d<ul><li>Sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly engross\u00ading. One of Chi\u00adna\u2019s key lead\u00aders has accu\u00adrate\u00adly diag\u00adnosed cer\u00adtain chal\u00adlenges their nation is fac\u00ading but his solu\u00adtions are lack\u00ading (and evil). And he seems to have come to many of his con\u00advic\u00adtions by vis\u00adit\u00ading Amer\u00adi\u00adca and wit\u00adness\u00ading our cul\u00adtur\u00adal fol\u00adly.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2021\/october-web-only\/covid-mask-mandates-faith-inconsistent-liberty.html\">Don\u2019t Let Reli\u00adgious Lib\u00ader\u00adty Claims Mask Bad Faith Argu\u00adments<\/a> (Daniel Ben\u00adnett, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cReli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty is too impor\u00adtant to let it get mis\u00adused. It\u2019s not a waiv\u00ader to avoid all incon\u00adve\u00adniences in life or, worse, a tool to make polit\u00adi\u00adcal state\u00adments. For reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty to sur\u00advive polit\u00adi\u00adcal and legal scruti\u00adny in the future, we must safe\u00adguard exemp\u00adtions against abuse.\u201d The author is a polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at John Brown Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/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:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2021\/10\/hunting-the-satanists.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=hunting-the-satanists\">The Chris\u00adtians Who Mock Wok\u00ade\u00adness for a Liv\u00ading<\/a> (Emma Green, The Atlantic): \u201cWhat satire does is it takes this extreme posi\u00adtion and exag\u00adger\u00adates and stretch\u00ades it to the point of absur\u00addi\u00adty. There are crazy racists on the far right. And there are crazy racists on the far left. To find the humor, you have to play on those fringes. If we said, \u2018Well, there\u2019s some nuance here \u2026\u2019 you\u2019re not mak\u00ading a joke any\u00admore. Now you\u2019re just writ\u00ading a think piece.\u201d Putting this arti\u00adcle here is kind of cheat\u00ading because it\u2019s sub\u00adstan\u00adtive. But it\u2019s also fun\u00adny.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?app=desktop&amp;v=9BUrNe3Vhtk&amp;feature=share\">You Can Make a Net\u00adflix Style Doco About Lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly Any\u00adthing<\/a> (YouTube): four and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2021\/10\/10\/we-acknowledge-our-occupation-of-stolen-land-and-our-responsibility-to-honor-native-peoples-in-any-way-that-lets-us-keep-it\/\">We acknowl\u00adedge our occu\u00adpa\u00adtion of stolen land and our respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty to hon\u00ador Indige\u00adnous peo\u00adples in any way that lets us keep it<\/a> (Ben Lees, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/dr-fauci-says-unvaccinated-kids-can-trick-or-treat-but-they-only-get-candy-corn\/\">Dr. Fau\u00adci Says Unvac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded Kids Can Trick Or Treat But They Only Get Can\u00addy Corn<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TGcrTjA6WAU\">Gator garbage can cap\u00adture: Flori\u00adda man uses trash can to cap\u00adture alli\u00adga\u00adtor<\/a> (YouTube): three min\u00adutes. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/october\/bruce-cockburn-singer-guitar-worship-band-church-musician.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+christianitytoday%2Fctliveblog+%28CT+News+%26+Reporting%29\">Singer-Song\u00adwriter Bruce Cockburn\u2019s Lat\u00adest Gig? His Church\u2019s Wor\u00adship Band<\/a> (John Longhurst, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cStill, Cock\u00adburn, 76, didn\u2019t see a rea\u00adson to men\u00adtion his musi\u00adcal career, even after he was invit\u00aded to play in the church\u2019s wor\u00adship band. \u2018Nobody knew who I was\u2019 when they extend\u00aded the invi\u00adta\u00adtion to play, he said. \u2018They need\u00aded a gui\u00adtar play\u00ader, so they were fool\u00adish enough to ask me.\u2019 If, three years lat\u00ader, no one had fig\u00adured out that the house gui\u00adtarist has 35 albums and 13 Junos\u2014the Cana\u00addi\u00adan Grammys\u2014to his name, they like\u00adly real\u00adized it in May, when Cock\u00adburn released four songs he\u2019d writ\u00adten as a fundrais\u00ader for the church\u2019s pro\u00adgrams to assist home\u00adless peo\u00adple and com\u00adbat human traf\u00adfick\u00ading.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/10\/13\">The New York Times<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oQVyW9ZDCog\">Mag\u00adic Max!<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes. The per\u00adformer is just a kid.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0F_tDnQ3S_Y\">Impos\u00adsi\u00adble Card Thru Glass<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ULToVekppvU\">Jan\u00addro Van\u00adish\u00ades 2 Stat\u00adues Of Lib\u00ader\u00adty<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zE9E_6XJfDc\">A Hat Trick<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eight min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-adbHb-5xSM\">Piff the Mag\u00adic Drag\u00adon Returns<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): four\u00adteen 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2018\/07\/when-a-child-says-shes-trans\/561749\/\">When Chil\u00addren Say They\u2019re Trans<\/a> (Jesse Sin\u00adgal, The Atlantic): \u201c \u2026to deny the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of a con\u00adnec\u00adtion between social influ\u00adences and gender-identity explo\u00adration among ado\u00adles\u00adcents would require ignor\u00ading a lot of what we know about the devel\u00adop\u00ading teenage brain\u2014which is more sus\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adble to peer influ\u00adence, more impul\u00adsive, and less adept at weigh\u00ading long-term out\u00adcomes and con\u00adse\u00adquences than ful\u00adly devel\u00adoped adult brains\u2014as well as indi\u00advid\u00adual sto\u00adries like Delta\u2019s.\u201d This is a long and bal\u00adanced piece which has gar\u00adnered out\u00adrage in some online cir\u00adcles. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/06\/22\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-157\">vol\u00adume 157<\/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. This is the 322nd install\u00adment, and today I learned that 322 is the 12th Lucas num\u00adber. Things Glen \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/10\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-322\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 322\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":"Don't have time to read them all? Skim the subjects and open two in new tabs.","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":[125,182,208,152,160,225,113,136,138],"class_list":["post-6733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-china","tag-education","tag-environmentalism","tag-free-speech","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-humor","tag-lgbtq","tag-pornography","tag-religious-freedom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1KB","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733","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=6733"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6737,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733\/revisions\/6737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}