{"id":6805,"date":"2022-01-14T13:50:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T21:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6805"},"modified":"2022-01-14T13:50:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T21:50:34","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-334","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/01\/14\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-334","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 334"},"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\" 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 width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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>\n\n    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<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:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/a-nation-of-christians-is-not-necessarily?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0NjgyMTkxMywiXyI6Ind2Rm1SIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQxNzcxMjMxLCJleHAiOjE2NDE3NzQ4MzEsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.RJz7YwO4BYvTy8KnaS9pzw7CuC2p3VR0WwmUYlNKmQo\">A Nation of Chris\u00adtians Is Not Nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly a Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cThere are influ\u00aden\u00adtial peo\u00adple and insti\u00adtu\u00adtions in this coun\u00adtry who\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve tak\u00aden the posi\u00adtion that ortho\u00addox expres\u00adsions of Chris\u00adt\u00adian sex\u00adu\u00adal moral\u00adi\u00adty rep\u00adre\u00adsent noth\u00ading more than big\u00adotry and hatred.\u00c2&nbsp; But as much hos\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty as I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen and expe\u00adri\u00adenced from some sec\u00adu\u00adlar left\u00adists in response to the pub\u00adlic expres\u00adsion of my Chris\u00adt\u00adian val\u00adues, noth\u00ading com\u00adpares to hos\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve seen and expe\u00adri\u00adenced from self-iden\u00adti\u00adfied Chris\u00adtians when I root\u00aded my oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion to Don\u00adald Trump in the same Chris\u00adt\u00adian val\u00adues that some\u00adtimes earned me scorn in the Ivy League.\u201d<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/douthat.substack.com\/p\/contra-french-on-christianitys-decline\">Con\u00adtra French on Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty\u2019s Decline<\/a> (Ross Douthat, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIn oth\u00ader words, in the his\u00adto\u00adry of the Unit\u00aded States from the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion to Mar\u00adtin Luther King Jr. you see two things hap\u00adpen\u00ading togeth\u00ader: the pri\u00advate prac\u00adtice of faith becomes pret\u00adty steadi\u00adly more robust, and the gov\u00adern\u00adment becomes more com\u00admit\u00adted to what most of us, reli\u00adgious and not, now con\u00adsid\u00ader basic ele\u00adments of jus\u00adtice and mer\u00adcy. Over this mul\u00adti-gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtional process, you could rea\u00adson\u00adably say that Amer\u00adi\u00adca remained man\u00adi\u00adfest\u00adly imper\u00adfect but came <em>clos\u00ader<\/em>, how\u00adev\u00ader lurch\u00ading\u00adly, to the com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of wide\u00adspread per\u00adson\u00adal faith and greater polit\u00adi\u00adcal jus\u00adtice that French argues char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adizes the Chris\u00adt\u00adian soci\u00adety. That this hap\u00adpened, quite often, through con\u00adflict <em>between<\/em> Protes\u00adtants (<em>both read the same Bible, and pray to the same God<\/em>, etc.) is unde\u00adni\u00adable but not, it seems to me, a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly telling cri\u00adtique: In a heav\u00adi\u00adly Protes\u00adtant soci\u00adety how else would change come?\u201d A very impres\u00adsive response.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/americas-christian-history-is-broader?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0Njk3NjA5OCwiXyI6InNIS3pUIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQyMTk2NDY3LCJleHAiOjE2NDIyMDAwNjcsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTc2NSIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.M4id_LwYsvoF0iZ6mDpnYn2cQ_fRKqN-CYrIlKZKzZw\">America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Chris\u00adt\u00adian His\u00adto\u00adry Is Broad\u00ader Than Its White Protes\u00adtant Past<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cBecause Amer\u00adi\u00adca is a major\u00adi\u00adty Chris\u00adt\u00adian nation, Amer\u00adi\u00adcan progress has depend\u00aded on Chris\u00adt\u00adian action. But also because Amer\u00adi\u00adca is a major\u00adi\u00adty Chris\u00adt\u00adian nation, Amer\u00adi\u00adcan oppres\u00adsion has depend\u00aded on Chris\u00adt\u00adian action as well. And a move\u00adment that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate\u00adly white and Chris\u00adt\u00adian needs to remem\u00adber that sober\u00ading fact.\u201d A sol\u00adid sur\u00adre\u00adjoin\u00adder, but I think I award the match point to Douthat even though I usu\u00adal\u00adly agree with French more.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Pan\u00addem\u00adic stuff:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/freddiedeboer.substack.com\/p\/one-more-time-what-do-you-want-us?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo0Njg1NzcyNiwiXyI6Ik5FK2pHIiwiaWF0IjoxNjQxODI1NzUyLCJleHAiOjE2NDE4MjkzNTIsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yOTU5MzciLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.nEt580-rHC3N4px6MBV89mx9IyWMAUhmzThenn5QeNs\">One More Time: What Do You Want Us to Do About Covid that We Aren\u2019t Doing Already?<\/a> (Fred\u00addie deBoer, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI will not live in fear. And I sus\u00adpect that this is at the heart of all of it \u2014 for com\u00adplex soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal rea\u00adsons, [our] elites are made up of peo\u00adple who suf\u00adfer from anx\u00adi\u00adety and inse\u00adcu\u00adri\u00adty at vast\u00adly dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate rates, and they go through life need\u00ading their own feel\u00adings to be val\u00adi\u00addat\u00aded by every\u00adone else. This is very scary for them, and if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not scary for some of the rest of us, they expe\u00adri\u00adence that as implied judg\u00adment.\u201d This is very, very good once you get past the Syr\u00adia stuff up top (which is help\u00adful as a fram\u00ading device, but goes on a lit\u00adtle too long).<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/coronavirus\/article\/Bob-Wachter-talks-life-post-COVID-16770323.php\">Why UCSF COVID expert Bob Wachter will soon be \u2018over\u2019 the pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Eric Ting, SF Gate): \u201cI believe it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s like\u00adli\u00adest that it peaks soon and comes down in Feb\u00adru\u00adary, and we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll find our\u00adselves in a world where the risk to ful\u00adly vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals is quite low, and it gets low for a few rea\u00adsons. For one, every\u00adone should have some immu\u00adni\u00adty because with the unvac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded, most if not all will have been infect\u00aded by the time this wave ends. This vari\u00adant of the virus, which is now dom\u00adi\u00adnant, is more mild on aver\u00adage. And the risk is low\u00ader for immuno\u00adcom\u00adpro\u00admised and high-risk indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adals because of the increas\u00ading avail\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty of med\u00adica\u00adtions that decrease the chance they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll get super sick.\u201d The inter\u00advie\u00adwee is chair of the Depart\u00adment of Med\u00adi\u00adcine at UCSF.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2022\/01\/13\/from-the-community-dear-stanford-dont-force-boosters-on-students\/\">Dear Stan\u00adford: don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t force boost\u00aders on stu\u00addents<\/a> (Monte Fis\u00adch\u00ader, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cWhen Paul Offit \u00e2\u20ac\u201d direc\u00adtor of the Vac\u00adcine Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Cen\u00adter at the Children\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Hos\u00adpi\u00adtal of Philadel\u00adphia, mem\u00adber of the FDA\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s vac\u00adcine advi\u00adso\u00adry com\u00admit\u00adtee, decades-long ene\u00admy of the anti-vax move\u00adment and co-inven\u00adtor of a rotavirus vac\u00adcine \u00e2\u20ac\u201d tells his own twen\u00adty-some\u00adthing son not to get boost\u00aded, you might start to ask some ques\u00adtions about the wis\u00addom of Stanford\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lat\u00adest man\u00addate.\u201d The author is a PhD can\u00addi\u00addate in MS&amp;E.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/12\/29\/opinion\/christianity-paganism-woke.html\">Is the West Becom\u00ading Pagan Again?<\/a> (Christo\u00adpher Cald\u00adwell, New York Times): \u201cMs. Delsol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s inge\u00adnious approach is to exam\u00adine the civ\u00adi\u00adliza\u00adtion\u00adal change under\u00adway in light of that last one 1,600 years ago. Chris\u00adtians brought what she calls a \u2018nor\u00adma\u00adtive inver\u00adsion\u2019 to pagan Rome. That is, they prized much that the Romans held in con\u00adtempt and con\u00addemned much that the Romans prized, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly in mat\u00adters relat\u00aded to sex and fam\u00adi\u00adly. Today the Chris\u00adt\u00adian over\u00adlay on West\u00adern cul\u00adtur\u00adal life is being removed, reveal\u00ading a lot of pagan urges that it cov\u00adered up. To state Ms. Delsol\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s argu\u00adment crude\u00adly, what is hap\u00adpen\u00ading today is an undo\u00ading, but it is also a redo\u00ading. We are invert\u00ading the nor\u00adma\u00adtive inver\u00adsion. We are repa\u00adganiz\u00ading.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scientificamerican.com\/article\/new-math-research-group-reflects-a-schism-in-the-field\/\">New Math Research Group Reflects a Schism in the Field<\/a> (Rachel Crow\u00adell, Sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic Amer\u00adi\u00adcan): \u201cA new orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion called the Asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtion for Math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal Research (AMR) has ignit\u00aded fierce debates in the math research and edu\u00adca\u00adtion com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties since it was launched last Octo\u00adber.\u2026 The AMR claims to have no posi\u00adtion on social jus\u00adtice issues, and crit\u00adics see its silence on those top\u00adics as part of a back\u00adlash against inclu\u00adsiv\u00adi\u00adty efforts.\u2026 The con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsy reflects a grow\u00ading divi\u00adsion between researchers who want to keep sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic and math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal pur\u00adsuits sep\u00ada\u00adrate from social issues that they see as irrel\u00ade\u00advant to research and those who say even pure math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics can\u00adnot be con\u00adsid\u00adered sep\u00ada\u00adrate\u00adly from the racism and sex\u00adism in its cul\u00adture.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/opinions\/2022\/01\/13\/trans-women-sports-uncomfortable-questions\/\">We need to be able to talk about trans ath\u00adletes and women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s sports<\/a> (Megan McAr\u00addle, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cMale puber\u00adty makes you taller, con\u00adfers greater mus\u00adcle and bone mass, larg\u00ader heart and lung capac\u00adi\u00adty rel\u00ada\u00adtive to your size, and more hemo\u00adglo\u00adbin. For cis\u00adgen\u00adder men, this trans\u00adlates to rough\u00adly a 6 to 10 per\u00adcent advan\u00adtage over bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal women in sports such as run\u00adning and swim\u00adming, though the gap can be larg\u00ader in oth\u00ader domains, and in a few sports female biol\u00ado\u00adgy actu\u00adal\u00adly con\u00adveys some advan\u00adtage. That 6 to 10 per\u00adcent might sound mod\u00adest, but at the elite lev\u00adel, where 1 per\u00adcent to 2 per\u00adcent dif\u00adfer\u00adences can eas\u00adi\u00adly make the mar\u00adgin of vic\u00adto\u00adry, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s over\u00adwhelm\u00ading. Jamaica\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Elaine Thomp\u00adson-Her\u00adah, the fastest woman in the world, would lose to America\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s best high school boys, and the fastest pitch ever record\u00aded by a woman would be unim\u00adpres\u00adsive for many high school base\u00adball teams.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2021\/12\/the-autocrats-are-winning\/620526\/\">The Bad Guys Are Win\u00adning<\/a> (Anne Apple\u00adbaum, The Atlantic): \u201cAs Vladimir Putin fig\u00adured out a long time ago, mass arrests are unnec\u00ades\u00adsary if you can jail, tor\u00adture, or pos\u00adsi\u00adbly mur\u00adder just a few key peo\u00adple. The rest will be fright\u00adened into stay\u00ading home. Even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly they will become apa\u00adthet\u00adic, because they believe noth\u00ading can change.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adna.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/why-the-catholic-church-is-losing-latin-america-11641914388\">Why the Catholic Church is Los\u00ading Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adca<\/a> (Fran\u00adcis X. Roc\u00adca, Luciana Mag\u00ada\u00adl\u00adhaes &amp; Saman\u00adtha Pear\u00adson, The Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cThe rise of lib\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy in the 1960s and\u00c2&nbsp; \u00e2\u20ac\u212270s, a time when the Catholic Church in Latin Amer\u00adi\u00adca increas\u00ading\u00adly stressed its mis\u00adsion as one of social jus\u00adtice, in some cas\u00ades draw\u00ading on Marx\u00adist ideas, failed to counter the appeal of Protes\u00adtant faiths. Or, in the words of a now-leg\u00adendary quip, var\u00adi\u00adous\u00adly attrib\u00aduted to Catholic and Protes\u00adtant sources: \u2018The Catholic Church opt\u00aded for the poor and the poor opt\u00aded for the Pen\u00adte\u00adcostals.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. <\/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=iQZZICUUsp8\">A Game Of Chance<\/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=8umyarZGtpI\">A Lev\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion Trick<\/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=aZpA1k-sDcg\">A Maze Trick<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): ten min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-hiEncQDMME\">A Math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal Card Trick<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): the magi\u00adcian is a post\u00addoc in math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics at Indi\u00adana Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=TEs-BiVSG30\">I shared a flat with a mon\u00adkey<\/a> (Would I Like To You?, YouTube): four and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2022\/01\/09\">Is The Pan\u00addem\u00adic Real\u00adly Over?<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hwPqyygoINM\">Thrift Stores Are The Weird\u00adest Places On The Plan\u00adet.<\/a> (John Evans, YouTube): six min\u00adutes of com\u00ade\u00addy.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2022\/01\/14\/3\">The Far Side<\/a>: this was not intend\u00aded as a com\u00admen\u00adtary on Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pol\u00adi\u00adtics, but it real\u00adly fits.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/science\/100000004232033\/a-gorilla-suit-in-space.html\">A Goril\u00adla Suit In Space<\/a> (New York Times) Sev\u00ader\u00adal years old. Com\u00admen\u00adtary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Damnthatsinteresting\/comments\/rzv4hw\/astronaut_mark_kelly_once_smuggled_a_full_gorilla\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Damnthatsinteresting\/comments\/rzv4hw\/astronaut_mark_kelly_once_smuggled_a_full_gorilla\/\">on Red\u00addit<\/a>  \u2014 here\u2019s the<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stationcdrkelly\/status\/702239878323372032?lang=en\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stationcdrkelly\/status\/702239878323372032?lang=en\"> orig\u00adi\u00adnal Twit\u00adter post<\/a> where the astro\u00adnaut first talked about it. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2022\/01\/14\">Social Media<\/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:\/\/lareviewofbooks.org\/article\/a-not-so-secular-saint\/#!\">A (Not So) Sec\u00adu\u00adlar Saint<\/a> (James K.A. Smith, Los Ange\u00adles Review of Books): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Mill\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lega\u00adcy was effec\u00adtive\u00adly \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcedited\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 by his philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal and polit\u00adi\u00adcal dis\u00adci\u00adples, excis\u00ading any hint of reli\u00adgious life. One would nev\u00ader know from the canon in our phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy depart\u00adments, for exam\u00adple, that Mill wrote an appre\u00adcia\u00adtive essay on \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcTheism.\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00e2\u20ac\u009d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/02\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-190\">vol\u00adume 190<\/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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m 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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