{"id":6769,"date":"2021-11-26T23:02:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-27T07:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6769"},"modified":"2021-11-26T23:25:18","modified_gmt":"2021-11-27T07:25:18","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-327","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/11\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-327","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 327"},"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 327, and 327 is the largest num\u00adber such that it togeth\u00ader with its dou\u00adble and triple con\u00adtain every dig\u00adit 1\u20139 once: 327 dou\u00adbled is 654 and tripled it is 981. Odd but cool.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.plough.com\/en\/topics\/life\/parenting\/special-needs-children\/the-teacher-who-never-spoke\">The Teacher Who Nev\u00ader Spoke<\/a> (Mau\u00adreeen Swinger, Plough): \u201cThe sum\u00admer my broth\u00ader Duane turned twen\u00adty, a for\u00admi\u00adda\u00adble young man stayed with us on a break from the Ivy League. He had nev\u00ader, to anyone\u2019s knowl\u00adedge, lost an argu\u00adment. Sev\u00ader\u00adal weeks into his vis\u00adit, my moth\u00ader walked into the din\u00ading room where my broth\u00ader and his friend were, in the\u00ado\u00adry, eat\u00ading lunch. In real\u00adi\u00adty, both men were sit\u00adting at the table with locked jaws. One didn\u2019t have to say, \u2018I need you to eat.\u2019 The oth\u00ader didn\u2019t need to say, \u2018Hell, no.\u2019 They both knew exact\u00adly what was going on: the Ivy Lea\u00adguer was los\u00ading an argu\u00adment to my broth\u00ader, who had nev\u00ader learned to speak.\u201d <ul><li>This is from a while ago (2017), but I must have missed it. Sim\u00adply astound\u00ading. I wept while read\u00ading it. Any\u00adone tak\u00ading a class where Peter Singer\u2019s phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy is high\u00adly regard\u00aded should read this ASAP.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/andrewsullivan.substack.com\/p\/when-all-the-media-narratives-collapse-650\">She was sold to a stranger so her fam\u00adi\u00adly could eat as Afghanistan crum\u00adbles<\/a> (Anna Coren, Jessie Yeung and Abdul Basir Bina, CNN): \u201cMag\u00adul, a 10-year-old girl in neigh\u00adbor\u00ading Ghor province, cries every day as she pre\u00adpares to be sold to a 70-year-old man to set\u00adtle her fam\u00adi\u00adly\u2019s debts. Her par\u00adents had bor\u00adrowed 200,000 Afgha\u00adnis ($2,200) from a neigh\u00adbor in their vil\u00adlage \u2014 but with\u00adout a job or sav\u00adings, they have no way of return\u00ading the mon\u00adey.\u201d <ul><li>This is one of the most depress\u00ading things I have read in some time.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/dc-md-va\/2021\/11\/13\/san-antonio-pregnancy-center-texas-abortion-ban\/\">What hap\u00adpens when peo\u00adple in Texas can\u2019t get abor\u00adtions: \u2018Dia\u00adpers save a lot more babies than ultra\u00adsounds\u2019<\/a> (Casey Parks, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cI always tell peo\u00adple, \u2018Dia\u00adpers save a lot more babies than ultra\u00adsounds.\u2019 \u201d Har\u00ading said. \u201cI don\u2019t want an ultra\u00adsound machine. I want tons of dia\u00adpers. Buy me $20,000, $40,000, $50,000 worth of dia\u00adpers because if you have a woman who comes in with four kids \u2014 yeah, look\u00ading at the baby, she real\u00adizes it\u2019s a human being. But if you tell her, \u2018I\u2019m going to give you dia\u00adpers for all four kids,\u2019 believe me, the dia\u00adpers for all four kids is going to save that baby a lot quick\u00ader than a lit\u00adtle pen\u00adnant on the screen.\u201d<ul><li>It\u2019s rare to read a sym\u00adpa\u00adthet\u00adic sto\u00adry about a pro-life cen\u00adter in a major Amer\u00adi\u00adcan news\u00adpa\u00adper.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardhanania.substack.com\/p\/the-weirdness-of-government-variation?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NzYxLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NDI4NTA2NSwiXyI6IlFETmxhIiwiaWF0IjoxNjM3NDQ3NzgwLCJleHAiOjE2Mzc0NTEzODAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi05ODEwMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.Z94Pl3JJoJ-sR9-H9zOJLz8d4doh0yN8OVHlDlsD3Kc\">Philip Yancey\u2019s Mes\u00adsage of Grace<\/a> (Peter Wehn\u00ader, The Atlantic): \u201cYancey told the par\u00adents in the audi\u00adence that, bib\u00adli\u00adcal\u00adly, God grieves as much as they do; that God loves their chil\u00addren as much as they do; and that God is deeply pained by the state of this bro\u00adken world. To his sur\u00adprise, he found his faith affirmed rather than shat\u00adtered. He wit\u00adnessed in per\u00adson some\u00adthing the the\u00adolo\u00adgian Miroslav Volf wrote on the day after the New\u00adtown shoot\u00adings: \u2018Those who observe suf\u00adfer\u00ading are tempt\u00aded to reject God; those who expe\u00adri\u00adence it often can\u00adnot give up on God, their solace and their agony.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d <ul><li>This is one of the most gospel-cen\u00adtric arti\u00adcles I have read in a major pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtion in quite some time.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/andrewsullivan.substack.com\/p\/when-all-the-media-narratives-collapse-650\">When All The Media Nar\u00adra\u00adtives Col\u00adlapse<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIf you look back at the last few years, the record of errors, small and large, about major sto\u00adries, is hard to deny. It\u2019s as if the more Don\u00adald Trump accused the MSM of being \u2018fake news\u2019 the more assid\u00adu\u00adous\u00adly they tried to prove him right.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/14\/business\/world-magazine-marvin-olasky-trump.html?referringSource=articleShare\">His Rea\u00adsons for Oppos\u00ading Trump Were Bib\u00adli\u00adcal. Now a Top Chris\u00adt\u00adian Edi\u00adtor Is Out<\/a>. (Ben Smith, New York Times): \u201cAs the long\u00adtime edi\u00adtor of World, a Chris\u00adt\u00adian news orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion that has a web\u00adsite, a biweek\u00adly mag\u00ada\u00adzine and a set of pod\u00adcasts, Mr. Olasky has deliv\u00adered a mix of hard news and watch\u00addog arti\u00adcles about the evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal realm under a jour\u00adnal\u00adis\u00adtic phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy he calls \u2018bib\u00adli\u00adcal objec\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty.\u2019 It involves tak\u00ading strong stands where the Bible is clear, which has led World to oppose abor\u00adtion rights and sup\u00adport refugees, he says, and to fol\u00adlow reportable facts where the Bible doesn\u2019t pro\u00advide clear guid\u00adance.\u201d<\/li><li>Some pan\u00addem\u00adic per\u00adspec\u00adtives:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2021\/11\/the-covid-pandemic-is-not-taking-the-very-best-of-turns.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-covid-pandemic-is-not-taking-the-very-best-of-turns\">The Covid pan\u00addem\u00adic is not tak\u00ading the very best of turns<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cWhile the fog of war is thick right now, the ear\u00adly data on Nu sug\u00adgests that it may be a big deal. Even if it\u2019s not, how\u00adev\u00ader, it has been obvi\u00adous since we got the vac\u00adcines that vac\u00adcine escape is a con\u00adcern. You can debate whether the prob\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of a vac\u00adcine escap\u00ading vari\u00adant is 20% or 80%, but in any case we need effec\u00adtive con\u00adtin\u00adgency plans in place. If we fail to respond effec\u00adtive\u00adly to Nu, that will be a con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adably greater insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal fail\u00adure than any\u00adthing that hap\u00adpened at the out\u00adset of the pan\u00addem\u00adic. We\u2019ve had almost two years since the first COVID case and one year from the vac\u00adcine approvals to pre\u00adpare. So I ask: what is the plan for the vac\u00adcine-escap\u00ading vari\u00adant?\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/richardhanania.substack.com\/p\/the-weirdness-of-government-variation?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjo0NzYxLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NDI4NTA2NSwiXyI6IlFETmxhIiwiaWF0IjoxNjM3NDQ3NzgwLCJleHAiOjE2Mzc0NTEzODAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi05ODEwMiIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.Z94Pl3JJoJ-sR9-H9zOJLz8d4doh0yN8OVHlDlsD3Kc\">The Weird\u00adness of Gov\u00adern\u00adment Vari\u00ada\u00adtion in COVID-19 Respons\u00ades<\/a> (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cBut imag\u00adine at the start of the pan\u00addem\u00adic, some\u00adone had said to you \u2018Every\u00adone will face the exis\u00adtence of the same dis\u00adease, and have access to the exact same tools to fight it. But in some EU coun\u00adtries or US states, peo\u00adple won\u2019t be allowed to leave their house and have to cov\u00ader their faces in pub\u00adlic. In oth\u00ader places, gov\u00adern\u00adment will just leave peo\u00adple alone. Vast dif\u00adfer\u00adences of this sort will exist across juris\u00addic\u00adtions that are sim\u00adi\u00adlar on objec\u00adtive met\u00adrics of how bad the pan\u00addem\u00adic is at any par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar moment.\u2019 I would\u2019ve found this to be a very unlike\u00adly out\u00adcome! You could\u2019ve con\u00advinced me EU states would do very lit\u00adtle on COVID-19, or that they would do lock\u00addowns every\u00adwhere. I would not have believed that you could have two neigh\u00adbor\u00ading coun\u00adtries that have sim\u00adi\u00adlar num\u00adbers, but one of them forces every\u00adone to stay home, while the oth\u00ader doesn\u2019t. This is the kind of extreme vari\u00ada\u00adtion in pol\u00adi\u00adcy we don\u2019t see in oth\u00ader areas.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/paulkingsnorth.substack.com\/p\/the-vaccine-moment-part-one?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0MzYxNTA0MCwiXyI6ImpNN2hZIiwiaWF0IjoxNjM3ODA5NjcyLCJleHAiOjE2Mzc4MTMyNzIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNTA4MzYiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.BsSWedBtPbaFWHPa65ATcdzIxKssu7F9G5KYF4Rf-AQ\">The Vac\u00adcine Moment, part one<\/a> (Paul Kingsnorth, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cCovid is a rev\u00ade\u00adla\u00adtion. It has lain bare splits in the social fab\u00adric that were always there but could be ignored in bet\u00adter times. It has revealed the com\u00adpli\u00adance of the lega\u00adcy media and the pow\u00ader of Sil\u00adi\u00adcon Val\u00adley to curate and con\u00adtrol the pub\u00adlic con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion. It has con\u00adfirmed the sly dis\u00adhon\u00adesty of polit\u00adi\u00adcal lead\u00aders, and their ulti\u00admate obei\u00adsance to cor\u00adpo\u00adrate pow\u00ader. It has shown up \u2018The Sci\u00adence\u2019 for the com\u00adpro\u00admised ide\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy it is. Most of all, it has revealed the author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan streak that lies beneath so many peo\u00adple, and which always emerges in fear\u00adful times.\u201d<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaredWalczak\/status\/1464307935899750407\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaredWalczak\/status\/1464307935899750407\">A tweet that made me laugh<\/a>: \u201cThe WHO chose Omi\u00adcron over Nu for the vari\u00adant of con\u00adcern, prob\u00ada\u00adbly because it sounds too much like \u2018new.\u2019 But the next let\u00adter is not Omi\u00adcron but Xi. Was that a lit\u00adtle too on the nose?\u201d (Jared Wal\u00adczak, Twit\u00adter)<\/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\/11\/17\">Chron\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly Late Peo\u00adple<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/mexican-food-place-with-a-health-rating-probably-terrible\/\">Mex\u00adi\u00adcan Food Place With \u2018A\u2019 Health Rat\u00ading Prob\u00ada\u00adbly Ter\u00adri\u00adble<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): same with Cajun road\u00adside restau\u00adrants. You want to eat at a place that looks like it serves Ebo\u00adla on the side.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2544\/\">Heart-Stop\u00adping Texts<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2545\/\">Bayes\u2019 The\u00ado\u00adrem<\/a> (xckd)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8rat6gDf4mk\">How Painful Is \u2018Hyp\u00adnot\u00adic Ampu\u00adta\u00adtion?\u2019<\/a> (QI, YouTube): four min\u00adutes with apolo\u00adgetic impli\u00adca\u00adtions. The real\u00adly intrigu\u00ading part starts about 40 sec\u00adonds in.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FVIKAaAQq-Y\">Ital\u00adian Men\u00adtal\u00adist Luca Volpe<\/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=fhA3if0FSsw\">The Pow\u00ader of the X<\/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=UeGjQHwpzJA\">Get\u00adting Past Ger\u00adman Immi\u00adgra\u00adtion<\/a> (Foil Arms and Hog, YouTube): three min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=e7VIuDQhNCw\">Skill\u00adful Coin Mag\u00adic<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): six and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/11\/22\">Opti\u00admism vs Pes\u00adsimism<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine): opti\u00admism is no sub\u00adsti\u00adtute for hope<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lB_KBH_NUsQ\">A Dog Does Mag\u00adic<\/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=YVdKq3AkfJ8\">Wolver\u00adine Is A Chris\u00adt\u00adian<\/a> (X\u2011Men, YouTube): four and a half min\u00adutes of sur\u00adpris\u00ading con\u00adtent: Night\u00adcrawler wit\u00adness\u00ading effec\u00adtive\u00adly to Wolver\u00adine.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8h_N80qKYOM\">Repub\u00adli\u00adcan or Not?<\/a> (Sat\u00adur\u00adday Night Live, YouTube): five and a half min\u00adutes that\u2019s clev\u00ader\u00ader than you might think<\/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:\/\/iasc-culture.org\/THR\/THR_article_2018_Summer_Christman.php\">What Is It Like to Be a Man?<\/a> (Phil Christ\u00adman, The Hedge\u00adhog Review): \u201cI live out my mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adty most often as a per\u00adverse avoid\u00adance of com\u00adfort: the refusal of good clothes, mois\u00adtur\u00adiz\u00ader, painkillers; hard phys\u00adi\u00adcal train\u00ading, pur\u00adsued for its own sake and not because I enjoy it; a sense that there is a set amount of phys\u00adi\u00adcal pain or self-imposed dis\u00adci\u00adpline that I owe the uni\u00adverse.\u201d Very well-written. Every\u00adone will like\u00adly find parts they res\u00adonate with and parts they reject. The author is a lec\u00adtur\u00ader at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Michi\u00adgan and based on his CV seems to be a fair\u00adly devot\u00aded Epis\u00adco\u00adpalian. First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2018\/11\/16\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-178\">vol\u00adume 178<\/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. 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