{"id":6786,"date":"2021-12-24T15:25:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-24T23:25:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6786"},"modified":"2021-12-24T15:30:12","modified_gmt":"2021-12-24T23:30:12","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-331","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/12\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-331","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 331"},"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>Mer\u00adry Christ\u00admas! 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 331, 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:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2021\/december\/mary-did-you-know-controversy-mark-lowry-lyrics-theology.html\">Mark Lowry, Did You Know Your Mary Song Would Be Con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial?<\/a> (Bob Smi\u00adetana, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cHe added that most of the ques\u00adtions he had did not make their way into the song\u2014only the ones that rhymed made it.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www1.cbn.com\/cbnnews\/world\/2021\/december\/ministry-reveals-kidnapped-missionaries-made-daring-escape-from-their-captors-fled-for-their-lives-at-night\">Kid\u00adnapped Mis\u00adsion\u00adar\u00adies Made Dar\u00ading Escape from Their Cap\u00adtors, Fled for Their Lives on Foot at Night<\/a> (Steve War\u00adren, CBN News): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018After much dis\u00adcus\u00adsion and prayer, they became solid\u00adly unit\u00aded that God seemed to be lead\u00ading them [to escape]. He said they sought spe\u00adcif\u00adic signs from God, and He con\u00adfirmed over and over that the tim\u00ading was\u00adn\u2019t right yet. Then, the night of Wednes\u00adday, Decem\u00adber 15 arrived. When they sensed the tim\u00ading was right, they found a way to open the door that was closed and blocked, filed silent\u00adly to the path that they had cho\u00adsen to fol\u00adlow, and quick\u00adly left the place that they were held despite the fact that numer\u00adous guards were close by,\u2019 Showal\u00adter said.\u201d<\/li><li>COVID relat\u00aded news<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SIXCSJaTUL0\">Media Ignores GOOD NEWS On Pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Break\u00ading Points, YouTube): thir\u00adteen encour\u00adag\u00ading min\u00adutes. The title is a lit\u00adtle click\u00adbaity, but I guess they got\u00adta pay the bills.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2021\/12\/22\/world\/omicron-covid-vaccine-tests\/the-fda-clears-pfizers-covid-pills-for-high-risk-patients-12-and-older\">The F.D.A. clears Pfizer\u2019s Covid pills for high-risk patients 12 and old\u00ader.<\/a> (Rebec\u00adca Rob\u00adbins&nbsp;and&nbsp;Carl Zim\u00admer, New York Times): \u201cWith\u00adin a week of autho\u00adriza\u00adtion, Pfiz\u00ader is expect\u00aded to deliv\u00ader to the Unit\u00aded States enough of its pills to cov\u00ader 65,000 Amer\u00adi\u00adcans. At&nbsp;cur\u00adrent infec\u00adtion rates, that would be enough sup\u00adply for less than one day if it were giv\u00aden to half of peo\u00adple in the Unit\u00aded States who test pos\u00adi\u00adtive for the virus. Pfiz\u00ader is expect\u00aded to deliv\u00ader to the Unit\u00aded States anoth\u00ader 200,000 treat\u00adment cours\u00ades in Jan\u00adu\u00adary and then anoth\u00ader 150,000 treat\u00adment cours\u00ades in Feb\u00adru\u00adary. The pace of deliv\u00ader\u00adies is expect\u00aded to increase sharply after that.\u201d This is tremen\u00addous news.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/2021\/12\/pro-sports-are-learning-to-live-with-covid-were-next.html\">Pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal Sports Are Learn\u00ading to Live With COVID. We\u2019re Next.<\/a> (Will Leitch, NY Mag): \u201cThe leagues are now admit\u00adting what most of us are real\u00adiz\u00ading but wary of say\u00ading out loud: COVID is just a part of our lives now, and if we don\u2019t learn to live with it, we\u2019re nev\u00ader going to be able to do any\u00adthing.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/paulkingsnorth.substack.com\/p\/the-vaccine-moment-part-three?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NDY4MDk2NSwiXyI6IkdyYmdsIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQwMTkwMTI0LCJleHAiOjE2NDAxOTM3MjQsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yNTA4MzYiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.iX6hLSb0PNsoMoQyEAZpHQ7SvGM8aPoAieDya6URHDU\">The Vac\u00adcine Moment, part three<\/a> (Paul Kingsnorth, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIt\u2019s fair to say that the \u2018con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy the\u00ado\u00adrists\u2019 have had a good pan\u00addem\u00adic.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/covid-panic-is-a-site-of-inter-elite?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NTY0Mzk3NCwiXyI6Im0weWFXIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQwMDIzMzc1LCJleHAiOjE2NDAwMjY5NzUsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yOTU5MzciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.pX3F0jyoLSbTcnXqG4F7W85OWrZb0PhME4JLmke4alY\">Covid Pan\u00adic is a Site of Inter-Elite Com\u00adpe\u00adti\u00adtion<\/a> (Fred\u00addie deBoer, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cRare and fatal events some\u00adtimes occur; that\u2019s life. When you can you mit\u00adi\u00adgate the risk. Death from a car acci\u00addent is far more like\u00adly for me than death from Covid. It\u2019s still rare, but there\u2019s a risk, and putting on a seat\u00adbelt is a rea\u00adson\u00adable mit\u00adi\u00adga\u00adtion tac\u00adtic. Sim\u00adply nev\u00ader get\u00adting in a car, though, would not be rea\u00adson\u00adable. The risk reduc\u00adtion would not out\u00adweigh the con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable costs. So I don\u2019t make that bar\u00adgain. And thus with Covid. I\u2019m vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded, I mask in most indoor set\u00adtings, and if I devel\u00adop symp\u00adtoms I\u2019ll imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly seek a test and quar\u00adan\u00adtine myself. Those are accept\u00adable trade\u00adoffs, for me. As a now triple-vaxxed per\u00adson who has had the virus pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly I am intent on liv\u00ading my life as nor\u00admal\u00adly as pos\u00adsi\u00adble, which includes not undu\u00adly wor\u00adry\u00ading about it or demand\u00ading oth\u00aders do so. And I would argue that expect\u00ading oth\u00ader\u00adwise from me would make you func\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly an anti-vaxxer.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2021\/12\/79498\/\">Why the Supreme Court Hasn\u2019t Ruled (For Now) on Vac\u00adcine Man\u00addates<\/a> (Mark Movs\u00adesian, The Pub\u00adlic Dis\u00adcourse): \u201cThe Court has not explained its rea\u00adsons in these cas\u00ades. But the jus\u00adtices\u2019 cau\u00adtion is not sur\u00adpris\u00ading, for a few rea\u00adsons. First, reli\u00adgious exemp\u00adtion claims gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly pose hard ques\u00adtions, which are par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly trou\u00adble\u00adsome in this con\u00adtext. The COVID-19 pan\u00addem\u00adic has inten\u00adsi\u00adfied divi\u00adsions about the val\u00adue of reli\u00adgion and reli\u00adgious free\u00addom in our coun\u00adtry, and the jus\u00adtices might wish to avoid doing some\u00adthing to pro\u00advoke fur\u00adther con\u00adflict. Sec\u00adond, the Maine and New York law\u00adsuits are cur\u00adrent\u00adly at the pre\u00adlim\u00adi\u00adnary injunc\u00adtion stage, and the fac\u00adtu\u00adal records in the cas\u00ades are still unclear. The Court might rea\u00adson\u00adably think that it should allow the low\u00ader courts an oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to con\u00adsid\u00ader the claims fur\u00adther before it issues any rul\u00adings. Final\u00adly, the Court might think that state and local gov\u00adern\u00adments will them\u00adselves see the pru\u00addence of offer\u00ading reli\u00adgious exemp\u00adtions, as many already have done, con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading the dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties vac\u00adcine man\u00addates have cre\u00adat\u00aded for health\u00adcare and oth\u00ader ser\u00advices.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>COVID-adja\u00adcent but real\u00adly about the FDA<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/astralcodexten.substack.com\/p\/the-fda-has-punted-decisions-about?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NTY4OTI0MywiXyI6IkdyYmdsIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQwMTg4OTcyLCJleHAiOjE2NDAxOTI1NzIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi04OTEyMCIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.l7e4oV92vygI9Lj1auDENKB0DDk18bloRrbnl3dhOjo\">The FDA Has Punt\u00aded Deci\u00adsions About Luvox Pre\u00adscrip\u00adtion To The Deep\u00adest Recess\u00ades Of The Human Soul<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cAs a psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtrist, I\u2019m not sup\u00adposed to say flip\u00adpant things like \u2018we give SSRIs out like can\u00addy\u2019. We do care\u00adful risk-ben\u00ade\u00adfit analy\u00adsis and when appro\u00adpri\u00adate we screen patients for var\u00adi\u00adous risk fac\u00adtors. But after we do all that stuff, we give them to 10% of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans, com\u00adpared to&nbsp;12% of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans&nbsp;who got can\u00addy last Hal\u00adloween. So you can draw your own con\u00adclu\u00adsion about how severe we think the risks are.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/this-scientist-created-a-rapid-test-just-weeks-into-the-pandemic-heres-why-you-still-cant-get-it\">This Sci\u00aden\u00adtist Cre\u00adat\u00aded a Rapid Test Just Weeks Into the Pan\u00addem\u00adic. Here\u2019s Why You Still Can\u2019t Get It<\/a>. (Lydia DePil\u00adlis, ProP\u00adub\u00adli\u00adca): \u201cAmer\u00adi\u00adcan med\u00adical device reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtors have nev\u00ader been enthu\u00adsi\u00adas\u00adtic about let\u00adting peo\u00adple test them\u00adselves. In the 1980s, the FDA banned home tests for HIV on the grounds that peo\u00adple who test\u00aded pos\u00adi\u00adtive might do harm to them\u00adselves if they did not receive simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous coun\u00adsel\u00ading. In the 2010s, the agency cracked down on home genet\u00adic test\u00ading kits, con\u00adcerned that peo\u00adple might make rash med\u00adical deci\u00adsions as a result.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Also COVID-adja\u00adcent but real\u00adly about Face\u00adbook: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bmj.com\/content\/375\/bmj.n2635\/rr-80\">Rapid Response: Open let\u00adter from The BMJ to Mark Zucker\u00adberg<\/a> (Fiona Godlee &amp; Kam\u00adran Abbasi, The BMJ): \u201cWe are aware that The BMJ is not the only high qual\u00adi\u00adty infor\u00adma\u00adtion provider to have been affect\u00aded by the incom\u00adpe\u00adtence of Meta\u2019s fact check\u00ading regime.\u2026 Rather than invest\u00ading a pro\u00adpor\u00adtion of Meta\u2019s sub\u00adstan\u00adtial prof\u00adits to help ensure the accu\u00adra\u00adcy of med\u00adical infor\u00adma\u00adtion shared through social media, you have appar\u00adent\u00adly del\u00ade\u00adgat\u00aded respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty to peo\u00adple incom\u00adpe\u00adtent in car\u00adry\u00ading out this cru\u00adcial task.\u201d<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_BMJ#Impact\">Accord\u00ading to Wikipedia<\/a>. the BMJ is the fourth-high\u00adest-ranked med\u00adical jour\u00adnal in the world by impact fac\u00adtor.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/why-the-fuck-do-you-trust-harvard?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoyNjMwOTAxLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NTY5MzYxMiwiXyI6InFsTHphIiwiaWF0IjoxNjM5ODcxNjQ3LCJleHAiOjE2Mzk4NzUyNDcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yOTU5MzciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.WfccVFUew1moC79lvMxa9w46KSZSg71AmXg9YOcytcg\">Why the **** Do You Trust Har\u00advard?<\/a> (Fred\u00addie deBoer, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cHar\u00advard exists to make sure our soci\u00adety is not equal. That is Harvard\u2019s <em>func\u00adtion.<\/em> You get that they just want to make it eas\u00adi\u00ader to turn down the poor but bril\u00adliant chil\u00addren of Asian immi\u00adgrants, right? You under\u00adstand that what Har\u00advard and its feck\u00adless peers would like is to admit few\u00ader stu\u00addents whose Kore\u00adan par\u00adents clear $40,000 a year from their con\u00adve\u00adnience stores, right? And you think, what, they\u2019re going to be walk\u00ading around Brownsville, hand\u00ading out admis\u00adsions let\u00adters to kids with holes in their pock\u00adets and a dream in their hearts? To the extent that <em>any <\/em>Black stu\u00addents are added to the mix by these poli\u00adcies, it\u2019s going to be the Jaden and Wil\u00adlow Smiths of the world. If you think Har\u00advard has any actu\u00adal, gen\u00aduine desire to fill its cam\u00adpus with more poor Amer\u00adi\u00adcan-born descen\u00addants of African slaves you are out of your fuck\u00ading mind.\u201d Lan\u00adguage warn\u00ading, in case that was not obvi\u00adous from the title. Also, much more cor\u00adrect than many peo\u00adple would like to believe<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/20\/world\/africa\/drones-ethiopia-war-turkey-emirates.html\">For\u00adeign Drones Tip the Bal\u00adance in Ethiopia\u2019s Civ\u00adil War<\/a> (Declan Walsh, New York Times): \u201cMr. Singer, the drone expert, said the exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion with drone war\u00adfare in Ethiopia and Libya has par\u00adal\u00adlels with the Span\u00adish Civ\u00adil War in the 1930s, when out\u00adside pow\u00aders used the fight to test new mil\u00adi\u00adtary tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies and to gauge inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal reac\u00adtion to deter\u00admine what they could get away with. \u2018It\u2019s a com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of war and bat\u00adtle lab,\u2019 he said.\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.youtube.com\/watch?v=ZSRrC2QzQ6s\">Would you car\u00adry a wal\u00adnut in your pock\u00adet for ten years?<\/a> (Would I Like To You?, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kgXV_P4Jpkg\">How to Make a Flag<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/church-livestream-hits-record-3-viewers\/\">Church Livestream Hits Record 3 View\u00aders<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee) \u2014 livestream\u00ading real\u00adly does serve a need, but the num\u00adbers are fun\u00adny<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/its-official-new-white-house-dog-to-be-named-karl-barx\/\">It\u2019s Offi\u00adcial: New White House Dog To Be Named Karl Barx<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): par\u00adti\u00adsan\u00adship aside, that would be a great name for a dog.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/12\/22\">Neigh\u00adbor Bob\u2019s Friend<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2021\/12\/24\">A Sim\u00adple Mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand\u00ading<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/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:\/\/twitter.com\/clayroutledge\/status\/1085205330177519616\">Amer\u00adi\u00adca in one tweet<\/a>:\u201cWe are liv\u00ading in an era of woke cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism in which com\u00adpa\u00adnies pre\u00adtend to care about social jus\u00adtice to sell prod\u00aducts to peo\u00adple who pre\u00adtend to hate cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism.\u201d (Clay Rout\u00adledge, Twit\u00adter) First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/01\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-186\">vol\u00adume 186<\/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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