{"id":6747,"date":"2021-11-05T13:47:43","date_gmt":"2021-11-05T21:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6747"},"modified":"2021-11-05T13:52:02","modified_gmt":"2021-11-05T21:52:02","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-325","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/11\/05\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-325","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 325"},"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 325, which I think is kind of cool since 3 + 2 = 5 (I am, as they say, eas\u00adi\u00adly amused).<\/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>Some faith &amp; pol\u00adi\u00adtics con\u00adtent. The last two are a bit par\u00adti\u00adsan.<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/email.mg1.substack.com\/c\/eJxNUktvozAQ_jXhBvKD8Dj4sEo3baJCVWl3aXpBxp4EE2KobZqSX78m3cPKnhl7Xp_lbwR3cBrMzMbBumBRtZtHYBqutgfnwASTBVMryTAlhMQkkAylRKRNoGx9NAAXrnoWjFPTK8GdGvSSTHCarIOWJShr8jSjMc58CRcoxyLnGKcpzRvsu90h-SQVaAEMPsHMg4agZ61zo13RHyuy9dsDadGOBqyNXAtS2ZE70UZiuPjo6IWHojXKOsV1KOEI2kI4HEN-AePfpUPRc2v9qV_RrRvOoFf0AeY9FuTP_Eb6864bvorbbi661_l5s782tET__Ki4-fVLzC-bq-LVFi25ZVfgshOk6M7I54-CFupF7a-y2rmi-0nL7rfy_pu_3_1Lv-e3fX-oSsSrfNppFIVVyCtpa7J554nsKKzL4mGN9KvdvvOPr0M-DIcn_LTpH-NAMYIIxojehZCIRLGgKeRpksnMK8IjldqbPl_dKkaXE47s1FjHxXn5pcCwUw86kvxTWR8_LbTdA5652tvLpJWba9C86UEyZyYI3PdY3CmuT6DB-HGRNXcMJ3SdpAnJ44TgbxI96zGlFKckCzyyHHyVZv8R9xcSUtD5\">A Chris\u00adt\u00adian Defense of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Clas\u00adsi\u00adcal Lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cThere is no per\u00adfect form of gov\u00adern\u00adment on this side of the new heav\u00adens and the new earth.&nbsp;But the alter\u00adna\u00adtives to clas\u00adsi\u00adcal lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism suf\u00adfer by com\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adson to the imper\u00adfect sys\u00adtem we pos\u00adsess. When post-lib\u00ader\u00adals mag\u00adni\u00adfy the pow\u00ader of the state, they risk degrad\u00ading the dig\u00adni\u00adty of the indi\u00advid\u00adual. When they trust the wis\u00addom of rulers, they neglect their own fall\u00aden nature. Peo\u00adple are of incal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adble worth, and we are stained with sin. Clas\u00adsi\u00adcal lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism rec\u00adog\u00adnizes both real\u00adi\u00adties. We dis\u00adre\u00adgard its pro\u00adtec\u00adtions at our pro\u00adfound per\u00adil.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/samueldjames.substack.com\/p\/the-chop-and-liberalisms-crisis-of?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MzM4OTc1NCwiXyI6Iit5Unk5IiwiaWF0IjoxNjM1Nzc3MTY2LCJleHAiOjE2MzU3ODA3NjYsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTE3MyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.1zSGB2hzNpDNE0-XYjS1OV4Y8aWwDDgH6K1Hcrm8ers\">The \u201cChop\u201d and Lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adis\u00adm\u2019s Cri\u00adsis of Mean\u00ading<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWith\u00adout a coher\u00adent moral frame\u00adwork, con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary pro\u00adgres\u00adsivism has to con\u00adstant\u00adly man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adture norms and enforce them not through shared com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty stig\u00admas but by author\u00adi\u00adty struc\u00adtures. The new norms, though, are not infused with mean\u00ading. Inter\u00adsec\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty is Chris\u00adt\u00adian the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy with rig\u00ador mor\u00adtis: the cold, clam\u00admy remains of long dead Protes\u00adtant social eth\u00adic.\u201d That final sen\u00adtence\u2026 wow.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2021\/10\/the-cautionary-tale-of-francis-collins\">The Cau\u00adtion\u00adary Tale of Fran\u00adcis Collins<\/a> (Justin Lee, First Things): \u201c[Collins] showed that it was pos\u00adsi\u00adble for an evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal from a work\u00ading-class back\u00adground to rise to the heights of sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic and bureau\u00adcrat\u00adic accom\u00adplish\u00adment. His pres\u00adence in the halls of med\u00adical pow\u00ader was also a tes\u00adta\u00adment to the har\u00admo\u00adny of faith and rea\u00adson. Collins has cham\u00adpi\u00adoned the com\u00adpat\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of sci\u00adence and reli\u00adgion and encour\u00adaged Chris\u00adtians to accept the\u00adis\u00adtic evo\u00adlu\u00adtion through his best\u00adselling 2006 book <em>The Lan\u00adguage of God<\/em> and a spin-off orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion, BioL\u00ado\u00adgos. His wit\u00adness is sin\u00adgu\u00adlar, and sin\u00adgu\u00adlar\u00adly powerful\u2014if we don\u2019t look too close\u00adly.\u201d I have con\u00adflict\u00aded feel\u00adings about this arti\u00adcle (I think it is undu\u00adly harsh on Dr. Collins), but it is a per\u00adspec\u00adtive I have encoun\u00adtered sev\u00ader\u00adal times. I\u2019m also not sure it belongs under the pol\u00adi\u00adtics bul\u00adlet point, but it\u2019s at least adja\u00adcent.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nycreligion.info\/faith-trumps-trump-in-virginia\/\">Faith trumps Trump in Vir\u00adginia<\/a> (Tony Carnes, A Jour\u00adney Through NYC Reli\u00adgions): \u201cYoungkin goes to an evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Epis\u00adco\u00adpal church Holy Trin\u00adi\u00adty Church and pro\u00advides a retreat cen\u00adter for FOCUS (Fel\u00adlow\u00adship of Chris\u00adtians in Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties &amp; Schools), an evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal out\u00adreach to prep school stu\u00addents. In UK Youngkin served on the exec\u00adu\u00adtive com\u00admit\u00adtee of Holy Trin\u00adi\u00adty Bromp\u00adton (the home church of the Alpha course). The GOP Lt Gov\u00ader\u00adnor-elect Win\u00adsome Sears is an African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan who head\u00aded a home\u00adless min\u00adistry for the Sal\u00adva\u00adtion Army (as well as being vice pres\u00adi\u00addent of the Board of Edu\u00adca\u00adtion for Vir\u00adginia, an elect\u00aded offi\u00adcial, and a Marine). Attor\u00adney Gen\u00ader\u00adal-elect Jason Miyares is a Lati\u00adno Chris\u00adt\u00adian, a mem\u00adber of Galilee Epis\u00adco\u00adpal Church, an evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal lean\u00ading Epis\u00adco\u00adpal church.\u201d Brief but super inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/02\/pence-trump-election-james-madison\/\">Pence says James Madi\u00adson and the Bible helped him cer\u00adti\u00adfy elec\u00adtion results against Trump\u2019s wish\u00ades<\/a> (Tim\u00ado\u00adthy Bel\u00adla, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cThe for\u00admer vice pres\u00adi\u00addent, whose answer was met with applause from the Iowa City audi\u00adence, denied that he was advised it would hurt his chances of run\u00adning for pres\u00adi\u00addent if he fol\u00adlowed Trump\u2019s plan. \u2018Every\u00adthing you\u2019ve recit\u00aded rel\u00ada\u00adtive to me is false,\u2019 he said to the audi\u00adence mem\u00adber. Pence, refer\u00adring to the oath he took to uphold the Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion, also cit\u00aded a Bible verse he said he leaned on: \u2018Psalm 15 says he who keeps his oath even when it hurts.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/10\/30\/pandemic-shutdowns-were-a-blow-to-religious-liberty\/\">Pan\u00addem\u00adic restric\u00adtions were a blow to reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty<\/a> (Chris\u00adtos Makridis, NY Post): \u201cOf all the unequal impacts of the pan\u00addem\u00adic, the costs of state and local restric\u00adtions that fell square\u00adly on reli\u00adgious house\u00adholds seem under\u00adap\u00adpre\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded. Although every\u00adone felt the effects of nation\u00adal and state quar\u00adan\u00adtines, and Amer\u00adi\u00adcans strug\u00adgled with men\u00adtal health more broad\u00adly, my paper shows that reli\u00adgious adher\u00adents, espe\u00adcial\u00adly Catholics or oth\u00ader Chris\u00adtians, expe\u00adri\u00adenced unique harm.&nbsp;Even more trou\u00adbling is that the costs of shut\u00addowns for places of wor\u00adship were not lim\u00adit\u00aded to the con\u00adgre\u00adgants. Evi\u00addence from a Bay\u00adlor Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty study led up by Byron John\u00adson shows that faith-based orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions shoul\u00adder the bulk of the home\u00adless\u00adness bur\u00adden in cities, car\u00ading for the least for\u00adtu\u00adnate. In this sense, cut\u00adting off in-per\u00adson wor\u00adship simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly cuts off one of the pri\u00adma\u00adry ways that hous\u00ades of wor\u00adship serve their broad\u00ader com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties.\u201d <ul><li>Chris\u00adtos, an econ\u00ado\u00admist at Ari\u00adzona State, is an alum\u00adnus of our min\u00adistry. This op-ed is based on a schol\u00adar\u00adly paper he wrote: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3951512\">When Hous\u00ades of Wor\u00adship Go Emp\u00adty: The Effects of State Restric\u00adtions on Well-being Among Reli\u00adgious Adher\u00adents<\/a> (SSRN)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/3abzkj\/billionaire-seeks-to-build-windowless-dorm-in-social-and-psychological-experiment\">Bil\u00adlion\u00adaire Seeks to Build Large\u00adly Win\u00addow\u00adless Dorm In \u2018Social and Psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Exper\u00adi\u00adment\u2019<\/a> (Aaron Gor\u00addon, Vice): \u201cAccord\u00ading to the Inde\u00adpen\u00addent, 94 per\u00adcent of dorm rooms in Munger Hall [at UCSB] will be tiny, win\u00addow\u00adless pods that open onto a cen\u00adtral com\u00admon area. And it will stuff so many stu\u00addents [4,500] into such a small space that Den\u00adnis McFad\u00adden, the archi\u00adtect who resigned from the university\u2019s review com\u00admit\u00adtee, said in his res\u00adig\u00adna\u00adtion let\u00adter it \u2018would qual\u00adi\u00adfy as the eighth dens\u00adest neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood on the plan\u00adet, falling just short of Dha\u00adka, Bangladesh.\u2019 McFad\u00adden said the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty had pro\u00advid\u00aded no jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion for ignor\u00ading&nbsp;estab\u00adlished research&nbsp;that nat\u00adur\u00adal light and views of the out\u00addoors are vital to healthy liv\u00ading, except to say they were bound to Munger\u2019s vision.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. <ol><li>Munger rebuts: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/02\/business\/munger-residences-michigan-windowless\/index.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/11\/02\/business\/munger-residences-michigan-windowless\/index.html\">Munger on con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial UCSB dorm: Fake win\u00addows are bet\u00adter than real win\u00addows<\/a> (CNN). He is total\u00adly and awe\u00adsome\u00adly intran\u00adsi\u00adgent.<\/li><\/ol><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2021\/10\/what-happened-to-matt-taibbi.html\">What Hap\u00adpened to Matt Taib\u00adbi?<\/a> (Ross Barkan, New York Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018One of the moments that solid\u00adi\u00adfied in my mind the dif\u00adfi\u00adcult path I\u2019d have going for\u00adward in main\u00adstream media, and that pushed me toward the deci\u00adsion to do Sub\u00adstack full-time, came when I did a cam\u00adpaign piece on Biden for <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>,\u2019 Taib\u00adbi said. \u2018I was notic\u00ading what every\u00adone else saw, that the man was hav\u00ading trou\u00adble remem\u00adber\u00ading things, among oth\u00ader issues. I called back some of the med\u00adical sources who were glad to vio\u00adlate the \u2018Gold\u00adwa\u00adter rule\u2019 against diag\u00adnos\u00ading peo\u00adple from afar to talk to me about Trump being crazy, just to ask for their assess\u00adment of Biden. None respond\u00aded, and one lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly hung up on me. Even off the record they wouldn\u2019t talk about it. It hit me in that moment that Trump had so fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly changed the busi\u00adness that even sources were behav\u00ading dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly, and I\u2019d have to adapt one way or the oth\u00ader.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/katharine-birbalsingh-is-right-children-do-have-original-sin\">Katharine Bir\u00adbals\u00adingh is right: chil\u00addren do have orig\u00adi\u00adnal sin<\/a> (Theo Hob\u00adson, The Spec\u00adta\u00adtor): \u201cWhen my son was about six he heard some\u00adthing at school about slav\u00adery but was not quite clear what it was all about. So I spelled it out. I told him that a slave was some\u00adone that some\u00adone else owned and ordered around and prob\u00ada\u00adbly mis\u00adtreat\u00aded. I wait\u00aded for the prop\u00ader response of moral hor\u00adror to show on his inno\u00adcent fea\u00adtures. Instead he said, \u2018Cool, I want one!\u2019\u201d What a phe\u00adnom\u00ade\u00adnal open\u00ading anec\u00addote.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardhanania.substack.com\/p\/liberals-read-conservatives-watch\">Lib\u00ader\u00adals Read, Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives Watch TV<\/a> (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cCon\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive media per\u00adfect\u00ading the \u2018info\u00adtain\u00adment\u2019 genre of news com\u00admen\u00adtary brought peo\u00adple into pol\u00adi\u00adtics that a gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion ear\u00adli\u00ader would\u2019ve paid more atten\u00adtion to pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal wrestling or mon\u00adster truck ral\u00adlies instead. Lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism has cap\u00adtured a com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of an overe\u00add\u00adu\u00adcat\u00aded class with more desire for sta\u00adtus than intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal curios\u00adi\u00adty along with men\u00adtal\u00adly ill indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals who in the 1990s might have joined some apo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal sub\u00adcul\u00adture instead of becom\u00ading pas\u00adsion\u00adate about race and gen\u00adder issues.\u201d Very long and insight\u00adful arti\u00adcle (9,000ish words)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nycreligion.info\/faith-trumps-trump-in-virginia\/\">Sur\u00advey: One-third of Jew\u00adish col\u00adlege stu\u00addents have expe\u00adri\u00adenced anti\u00adsemitism<\/a> (Yonat Shim\u00adron, Reli\u00adgion News): \u201c\u2026the most com\u00admon form of anti\u00adsemitism was offen\u00adsive com\u00adments online. Only 1% of stu\u00addents were vic\u00adtims of anti\u00adse\u00admit\u00adic vio\u00adlence, and only 1% were threat\u00adened with vio\u00adlence. In all, the sur\u00advey found 43% of Jew\u00adish col\u00adlege stu\u00addents had expe\u00adri\u00adenced and\/or wit\u00adnessed anti\u00adse\u00admit\u00adic activ\u00adi\u00adty in the past year. Among those who wit\u00adnessed it, the most com\u00admon expe\u00adri\u00adence was see\u00ading swastikas around cam\u00adpus or van\u00addal\u00adism to Jew\u00adish fra\u00adter\u00adni\u00adties, soror\u00adi\u00adties and cul\u00adtur\u00adal build\u00adings.\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>From 2019 but new to me: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fermatslibrary.com\/s\/magic-the-gathering-is-turing-complete\">Mag\u00adic: The Gath\u00ader\u00ading is Tur\u00ading Com\u00adplete<\/a> (Alex Churchill, Stel\u00adla Bider\u00adman, Austin Her\u00adrick, arXiv:1904.09828 [cs.AI]): \u201cIn this paper we show that opti\u00admal play in real-world <em>Mag\u00adic<\/em> is at least as hard as the Halt\u00ading Prob\u00adlem, solv\u00ading a prob\u00adlem that has been open for a decade. To do this, we present a method\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy for embed\u00adding an arbi\u00adtrary Tur\u00ading machine into a game of <em>Mag\u00adic<\/em> such that the first play\u00ader is guar\u00adan\u00adteed to win the game if and only if the Tur\u00ading machine halts. Our result applies to how real <em>Mag\u00adic<\/em> is played, can be achieved using stan\u00addard-size tour\u00adna\u00adment-legal decks, and does not rely on sto\u00adchas\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adty or hid\u00adden infor\u00adma\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/rookie-move-christian-pays-god-would-teach-him-patience\/\">Rook\u00adie Move: Chris\u00adt\u00adian Prays God Would Teach Him Patience<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=K-Ep6cd6iYc\">If Net\u00adflix Employ\u00adees Worked at Reg\u00adu\u00adlar Com\u00adpa\u00adnies<\/a> (Ryan Long, YouTube): three min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jzNFf__JX50\">Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Card Mag\u00adic<\/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=JcVnDUWtcQo\">A Mon\u00adkey on Penn and Teller\u2019s Fool Us<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): ten min\u00adutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/reese-witherspoon-tweets-legally-blonde-not-allowed-to-film-at-stanford-2021-10\">Reese With\u00ader\u00adspoon says \u2018Legal\u00adly Blonde\u2019 was\u00adn\u2019t allowed to film at Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty after school green\u00adlit \u2018Inse\u00adcure\u2019 to shoot on cam\u00adpus<\/a> (Ash\u00adley Turn\u00ader, Insid\u00ader): \u201cReese With\u00ader\u00adspoon recent\u00adly shared that \u2018Legal\u00adly Blonde\u2019 was ini\u00adtial\u00adly sup\u00adposed to be set on the cam\u00adpus of Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty after con\u00adgrat\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading fel\u00adlow alum, \u2018Inse\u00adcure\u2019 cre\u00adator Issa Rae, for secur\u00ading per\u00admis\u00adsion to film on school grounds. The rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion came after Rae thanked Stan\u00adford for revers\u00ading their long-stand\u00ading pol\u00adi\u00adcy in a tweet on Octo\u00adber 24.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2536\/\">Wire\u00adcut\u00adter<\/a> (xkcd) \u2014 the mouseover text is what gets me<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stanforddaily.com\/2021\/11\/02\/rde-announces-no-heat-november-to-counteract-stanford-investment-in-fossil-fuels\/\">RD&amp;E announces \u201cNo-Heat Novem\u00adber\u201d to coun\u00adter\u00adact Stan\u00adford invest\u00adment in fos\u00adsil fuels<\/a> (Sosi Day, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly) \u2014 this is satire and I found it very fun\u00adny<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wDNRXVv0sJQ\">Magi\u00adcian Shin Lim\u2019s Mind-Blow\u00ading Card Tricks<\/a> (The Ellen Show, YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/science-3\">Curios\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (SMBC): this is painful\u00adly true<\/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.9marks.org\/article\/how-the-state-serves-both-salvation-and-religious-freedom\/?utm_source=eml-article&amp;utm_medium=eml-article&amp;utm_campaign=eml-article\">How the State Serves Both Sal\u00adva\u00adtion and Reli\u00adgious Free\u00addom<\/a> (Jonathan Lee\u00adman, 9 Marks): \u201cTwo basic kinds of gov\u00adern\u00adments, then, show up in the Bible: those that shel\u00adter God\u2019s peo\u00adple, and those that destroy them. Abim\u00adelech shel\u00adtered; Pharoah destroyed. The Assyr\u00adi\u00adans destroyed; the Baby\u00adlo\u00adni\u00adans and Per\u00adsians, ulti\u00admate\u00adly, shel\u00adtered. Pilate destroyed; Fes\u00adtus shel\u00adtered. And depend\u00ading on how you read Rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion, the his\u00adto\u00adry of gov\u00adern\u00adment will cul\u00admi\u00adnate in a beast\u00adly slaugh\u00adter of saint\u00adly blood. Romans 13 calls gov\u00adern\u00adments ser\u00advants; Psalm 2 calls them imposters. Most gov\u00adern\u00adments con\u00adtain both. But some are bet\u00adter than oth\u00aders.\u201d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/08\/17\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-165\">vol\u00adume 165<\/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>Vol\u00adume 325. 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