{"id":6823,"date":"2022-02-04T21:19:39","date_gmt":"2022-02-05T05:19:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6823"},"modified":"2022-02-04T21:19:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-05T05:19:39","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-337","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/02\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-337","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 337"},"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 337, a prime num\u00adber. In fact, the dig\u00adits are prime even when rearranged (the oth\u00ader per\u00admu\u00adta\u00adtions of these dig\u00adits being 373 and 733).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"things-glen-found-interesting\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/chrisblattman.com\/2022\/01\/31\/why-i-do-not-expect-a-civil-war-in-america-and-what-does-worry-me\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why I do not expect a civ\u00adil war in Amer\u00adi\u00adca (and what does wor\u00adry me)<\/a> (Chris Blattman, blog): \u201cMost ene\u00admies pre\u00adfer to loathe one anoth\u00ader in peace. War is real\u00adly cost\u00adly. It kills, destroys economies, and weak\u00adens your coun\u00adtry to ene\u00admies. As a result, all sides have huge incen\u00adtives to avoid vio\u00adlence. That\u2019s why most rivals don\u2019t fight. For every thou\u00adsand eth\u00adnic groups, gangs, reli\u00adgious sects, polit\u00adi\u00adcal fac\u00adtions or nations who hate one anoth\u00ader, maybe one in a thou\u00adsand end up in pro\u00adlonged vio\u00adlence. Because it just doesn\u2019t make sense.\u201d<ul><li>The author is an econ\u00ado\u00admist and polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00aden\u00adtist at U Chica\u00adgo. I like this arti\u00adcle in part because he spends time talk\u00ading about the absurd \u201cdemoc\u00adra\u00adcy rat\u00adings\u201d polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00aden\u00adtists have been down\u00adgrad\u00ading Amer\u00adi\u00adca in over the last few years.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Pan\u00addem\u00adic-relat\u00aded news:<ul><li>PDF: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/iae\/files\/2022\/01\/A-Literature-Review-and-Meta-Analysis-of-the-Effects-of-Lockdowns-on-COVID-19-Mortality.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A Lit\u00ader\u00ada\u00adture Review and Meta-Analy\u00adsis of the Effects of Lock\u00addowns on COVID-19 Mor\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Jonas Her\u00adby, Lars Jonung, and Steve H. Han\u00adke, Stud\u00adies in Applied Eco\u00adnom\u00adics): \u201c[The stud\u00adies] were sep\u00ada\u00adrat\u00aded into three groups: lock\u00addown strin\u00adgency index stud\u00adies, shel\u00adter-in-place\u00adorder (SIPO) stud\u00adies, and spe\u00adcif\u00adic NPI stud\u00adies. An analy\u00adsis of each of these three groups sup\u00adport the con\u00adclu\u00adsion that lock\u00addowns have had lit\u00adtle to no effect on COVID-19 mor\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty. More specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, strin\u00adgency index stud\u00adies find that lock\u00addowns in Europe and the Unit\u00aded States only reduced COVID-19 mor\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty by 0.2% on aver\u00adage. SIPOs were also inef\u00adfec\u00adtive, only reduc\u00ading COVID-19 mor\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty by 2.9% on aver\u00adage. Spe\u00adcif\u00adic NPI stud\u00adies also find no broad-based evi\u00addence of notice\u00adable effects on COVID-19 mor\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty. While this meta-analy\u00adsis con\u00adcludes that lock\u00addowns have had lit\u00adtle to no pub\u00adlic health effects, they have imposed enor\u00admous eco\u00adnom\u00adic and social costs where they have been adopt\u00aded. In con\u00adse\u00adquence, lock\u00addown poli\u00adcies are ill-found\u00aded and should be reject\u00aded as a pan\u00addem\u00adic pol\u00adi\u00adcy instru\u00adment.\u201d<ul><li>Lock\u00addowns only achieved a .2% reduc\u00adtion in deaths? That\u2019s one in five hun\u00addred. Wow. Some of the oth\u00ader stuff our soci\u00adety did was jus\u00adti\u00adfied, but clear\u00adly lock\u00addowns aren\u2019t a tool we should use in the future.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/01\/race-based-covid-rationing-ideology\/621405\/\" target=\"_blank\">Race-Based Rationing Is Real\u2014And Dan\u00adger\u00adous<\/a> (Sha\u00addi Hamid, The Atlantic): \u201cThe rationing rules in New York and else\u00adwhere are not the prod\u00aduct of any\u00adthing resem\u00adbling con\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal polit\u00adi\u00adcal per\u00adsua\u00adsion. No par\u00adty would support\u2014certainly not openly\u2014the essen\u00adtial\u00adiza\u00adtion and instru\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adiza\u00adtion of race in med\u00adi\u00adcine. Few are will\u00ading to defend poli\u00adcies such as these on the mer\u00adits, because what exact\u00adly would they say? Telling\u00adly, these con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsies have received lim\u00adit\u00aded cov\u00ader\u00adage from main\u00adstream out\u00adlets.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/covid-affects-your-memory\" target=\"_blank\">COVID Affects Your Mem\u00ado\u00adry<\/a> (Alex Gutentag, Tablet): \u201cAfter spend\u00ading four years check\u00ading every per\u00adceived author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan impulse from Don\u00adald Trump, the media sud\u00adden\u00adly called for strict enforce\u00adment of gov\u00adern\u00adment decrees, denounced the non\u00adcom\u00adpli\u00adant, pun\u00adished dis\u00adsenters, and advo\u00adcat\u00aded for Big Tech clam\u00adp\u00addowns on speech.\u2026 With the 2022 midterms in sight, the nar\u00adra\u00adtive is sim\u00adply shift\u00ading with\u00adout apol\u00ado\u00adgy, and many of the argu\u00adments once made by \u2018covid\u00adiots\u2019 are now being backed by Antho\u00adny Fau\u00adci, CDC Direc\u00adtor Rochelle Walen\u00adsky, and the famil\u00adiar cast of jour\u00adnal\u00adists and experts.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Two reveal\u00ading arti\u00adcles about Stan\u00adford:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/unmasked-and-white-youre-a-racist-and-possibly-a-murderer-says-this-stanford-ra\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRacist, Trig\u00adger\u00ading, Dis\u00adre\u00adspect\u00adful\u201d \u2014 Stan\u00adford RA slams unmasked white stu\u00addents<\/a> (Stan\u00adford Review): \u201cLate Sun\u00adday night, a Stan\u00adford stu\u00addent RA in the EVGR dor\u00admi\u00adto\u00adry emailed the building\u2019s 2,400 res\u00adi\u00addents to warn against a \u2018gross inequity\u2019 that risked stu\u00addents \u2018being killed or maimed for a life\u00adtime.\u2019 The dan\u00adger in ques\u00adtion? Mask\u00adless stu\u00addents\u2014 espe\u00adcial\u00adly white ones.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2022\/02\/02\/the-teachers-of-white-plaza\/\" target=\"_blank\">The teach\u00aders of White Plaza<\/a> (Valerie Trapp, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cHe tried to respond and was cut off. \u2018You\u2019re a white guy,\u2019 Wait\u00ades said. \u2018I can inter\u00adrupt you.\u2019 \u2018And you\u2019re a white woman.\u2019 \u2018Well, you\u2019re cop\u00adping out of the fact I\u2019m say\u00ading that you\u2019re racist, and you\u2019re not say\u00ading you\u2019re not a racist.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><li>This isn\u2019t all of cam\u00adpus life, but it\u2019s not none of cam\u00adpus life.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Some insights into acad\u00ade\u00admia:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2022\/01\/how-the-job-market-works-at-top-schools.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=how-the-job-market-works-at-top-schools\" target=\"_blank\">How the job mar\u00adket works at top schools<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cAt least pre-Covid, most of the fac\u00adul\u00adty would get togeth\u00ader and rate the grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addents (I am not sure how it has oper\u00adat\u00aded for the last two years, though I sus\u00adpect the same, only over Zoom).&nbsp;Some but not all of the stu\u00addents would be des\u00adig\u00adnat\u00aded as \u2018should work at a top school.\u2019&nbsp;If you were not so rat\u00aded, your chance of being hired at a top school was slim.&nbsp;Oth\u00ader schools, of course, would know not to pur\u00adsue the top can\u00addi\u00addates, and would shoot low\u00ader, though some fool\u00adhardy places might try to lure them any\u00adway.&nbsp;But basi\u00adcal\u00adly if you were hir\u00ading at a high lev\u00adel, you would call the place\u00adment offi\u00adcer at a top school, and they would tier the can\u00addi\u00addates, based on where you were call\u00ading from, and rec\u00adom\u00admend accord\u00ading\u00adly.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2022\/02\/intellectual-freedom-in-medieval-universities\" target=\"_blank\">Intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal Free\u00addom in Medieval Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties<\/a> (James Han\u00adk\u00adins, First Things): \u201cOne rea\u00adson [medieval uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties flour\u00adished] is the lack of pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors, a fea\u00adture of uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties that last\u00aded into mod\u00adern times. (Har\u00advard University\u2014O the bliss of it!\u2014as late as 1850 had only a sin\u00adgle full-time admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtor, the pres\u00adi\u00addent, helped by a jan\u00adi\u00adtor, a cook, and two ush\u00aders.) It is a gen\u00ader\u00adal prin\u00adci\u00adple of suc\u00adcess\u00adful insti\u00adtu\u00adtions that the peo\u00adple who run them are the ones most com\u00admit\u00adted to their mis\u00adsions and most respon\u00adsi\u00adble for their suc\u00adcess. A pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtive class, by con\u00adtrast, spends much of its time evad\u00ading respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty for fail\u00adure and tak\u00ading cred\u00adit for oth\u00ader people\u2019s achieve\u00adments.\u201d The author is a his\u00adto\u00adry pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Har\u00advard.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2022\/02\/04\/going-south-life-at-the-worlds-most-progressive-university\/\" target=\"_blank\">Going South: Life at the World\u2019s Most Pro\u00adgres\u00adsive Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty<\/a> (David Benatar, Quil\u00adlette): \u201cMany uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties have a problem\u2014on this point there seems to be wide\u00adspread agree\u00adment. The nature of that prob\u00adlem, how\u00adev\u00ader, remains bit\u00adter\u00adly con\u00adtest\u00aded. Lib\u00ader\u00adals and con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives wor\u00adry that high\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion has suc\u00adcumbed to regres\u00adsive rad\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism on mat\u00adters relat\u00aded to race and gen\u00adder. Those who self-iden\u00adti\u00adfy as pro\u00adgres\u00adsives and social jus\u00adtice activists, on the oth\u00ader hand, com\u00adplain that uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties are still gov\u00aderned by embed\u00added struc\u00adtures of oppres\u00adsion, and that lib\u00ader\u00adals and con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives have suc\u00adcumbed to a moral pan\u00adic in response to rea\u00adson\u00adable calls for reform.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cape Town.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Men in the church:<ul><li>Part one: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.acton.org\/archives\/122935-is-christianity-doing-more-harm-than-good-to-american-men.html\" target=\"_blank\">Is Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty doing more harm than good to Amer\u00adi\u00adcan men?<\/a> (Antho\u00adny Bradley, Acton): \u201cIt\u2019s often thought that con\u00adtrol of women, and espe\u00adcial\u00adly women\u2019s bod\u00adies, has been the obses\u00adsion of Chris\u00adt\u00adian cler\u00adgy down through the ages, but actu\u00adal\u00adly it has been the con\u00adtrol of men and their bod\u00adies that has just as often char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adized Christianity\u2019s ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtion. How\u00adev\u00ader, because that con\u00adtrol has his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly been mis\u00adman\u00adaged, rang\u00ading from fem\u00adi\u00adniza\u00adtion, to priests using the con\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal to con\u00adtrol hus\u00adbands, to cler\u00adgy falling prey to mar\u00adry\u00ading church and pol\u00adi\u00adtics, to cler\u00adgy sex-abuse scan\u00addals, to recent sto\u00adries of evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal pas\u00adtors abus\u00ading their pow\u00ader, men have become increas\u00ading\u00adly alien\u00adat\u00aded from the very insti\u00adtu\u00adtion cre\u00adat\u00aded to form them to be of ben\u00ade\u00adfit to oth\u00aders.\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Reli\u00adgious Stud\u00adies at The King\u2019s Col\u00adlege in NYC.&nbsp; <\/li><li>Part two: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.acton.org\/archives\/122974-saving-men-requires-the-leadership-of-laymen.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sav\u00ading men requires the lead\u00ader\u00adship of lay\u00admen<\/a> (Antho\u00adny Bradley, The Acton Insti\u00adtute): \u201cAmer\u00adi\u00adcan boys are often taught that mar\u00adriage or work will be a cure for their lone\u00adli\u00adness and alien\u00adation, but many men find out the hard way that one can be mar\u00adried, gain\u00adful\u00adly employed, and <em>still <\/em>incred\u00adi\u00adbly lone\u00adly. Men need local, lay-led con\u00adfra\u00adter\u00adni\u00adties that res\u00adonate with their deep\u00adest long\u00adings and their desire for com\u00admu\u00adnion with their fel\u00adlows, formed by local com\u00admon inter\u00adests.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/165088\/church-financial-crime-tax-exempt\" target=\"_blank\">How Hous\u00ades of Wor\u00adship Became Hotbeds of Graft<\/a> (Avi\u00adtal Chizhik-Gold\u00adschmidt, The New Repub\u00adlic): \u201cIn extreme cas\u00ades, finan\u00adcial opac\u00adi\u00adty in hous\u00ades of wor\u00adship can even become a secu\u00adri\u00adty risk: It was that exact lack of trans\u00adparen\u00adcy that may have cost human life at Goldstein\u2019s syn\u00ada\u00adgogue in Poway. Though the syn\u00ada\u00adgogue had received $150,000 from the gov\u00adern\u00adment because it \u201cbelieved that it was at risk of an anti-Semit\u00adic attack on its con\u00adgre\u00adgants,\u201d accord\u00ading to one of the con\u00adgre\u00adgants\u2019 sub\u00adse\u00adquent suits\u2014court doc\u00adu\u00adments show that on the day of the attack, the building\u2019s doors were unlocked and no guards, gates, or oth\u00ader secu\u00adri\u00adty mea\u00adsures were in place. Instead of pro\u00advid\u00ading a nec\u00ades\u00adsary guard at the front of the syn\u00ada\u00adgogue, funds had alleged\u00adly been divert\u00aded else\u00adwhere; the plain\u00adtiffs argue that this mis\u00adtake may have cost the life of Lori Gilbert-Kaye, who was killed in the shoot\u00ading.\u201d<\/li><li>Con\u00adcern\u00ading Fran\u00adcis Collins:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/illinoisfamily.org\/religious\/how-the-federal-government-used-evangelical-leaders-to-spread-covid-propaganda-to-churches\/\" target=\"_blank\">How The Fed\u00ader\u00adal Gov\u00adern\u00adment Used Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Lead\u00aders To Spread COVID Pro\u00adpa\u00adgan\u00adda To Church\u00ades<\/a> (Megan Basham, The Dai\u00adly Wire): \u201cOth\u00ader than his procla\u00adma\u00adtions that he is, him\u00adself, a believ\u00ader, the NIH direc\u00adtor espous\u00ades near\u00adly no pub\u00adlic posi\u00adtions that would mark him out as any dif\u00adfer\u00adent from any extreme Left-wing bureau\u00adcrat. He has not only&nbsp;defend\u00aded&nbsp;exper\u00adi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion on fetus\u00ades obtained by abor\u00adtion, he has also direct\u00aded&nbsp;record-lev\u00adel&nbsp;spend\u00ading toward it. Among the pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adties the NIH has&nbsp;fund\u00aded&nbsp;under Collins \u2014 a Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Pitts\u00adburgh exper\u00adi\u00adment that involved graft\u00ading infant scalps onto lab rats, as well as projects that relied on the har\u00advest\u00aded organs of abort\u00aded, full-term babies. Some doc\u00adtors have even&nbsp;charged&nbsp;Collins with giv\u00ading mon\u00adey to research that required extract\u00ading kid\u00adneys, ureters, and blad\u00adders from liv\u00ading infants.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/evangelicals-who-are-good-bad-francis-collins-david-brooks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals: Who Are The Good &amp; The Bad<\/a>? (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201cWhat sticks in my craw is the seem\u00ading\u00adly unex\u00adam\u00adined assump\u00adtion that if you don\u2019t land where edu\u00adcat\u00aded mid\u00addle class elites do on any or all of these ques\u00adtions, that you must in some sense be a threat to the integri\u00adty of the Church. Per\u00adhaps edu\u00adcat\u00aded mid\u00addle class elite opin\u00adion is the real threat, you know?\u201d A long arti\u00adcle sum\u00adma\u00adriz\u00ading and inter\u00adact\u00ading with two oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ewerickson.substack.com\/p\/im-going-to-regret-writing-this\" target=\"_blank\">I\u2019m going to regret writ\u00ading this<\/a> (Erick Erik\u00adson, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c..the NIH exec\u00adu\u00adtive tells me it is impor\u00adtant to under\u00adstand that Collins does not approve and sanc\u00adtion all research and fund\u00ading and of the fund\u00ading Collins has direct\u00adly over\u00adseen and approved, only a lit\u00adtle would be con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsial. The NIH is com\u00adplex and while Collins guides the whole, he does not over\u00adsee or approve the entire\u00adty of the budget.\u201cA sane take (and one I pri\u00advate\u00adly expressed ear\u00adli\u00ader today with\u00adout hav\u00ading seen this arti\u00adcle). <\/li><li>Dis\u00adclaimer: I loose\u00adly know Fran\u00adcis Collins and respect him. I do wish he had done a few things dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly, but I am sure that if I had his job he would wish I had done a LOT of things dif\u00adfer\u00adent\u00adly and he would be right.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"less-serious-things-which-also-interested-amused-glen\">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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6q9zkMWSBtE\" target=\"_blank\">When the Pan\u00addem\u00adic is Final\u00adly Over<\/a> (Foil Arms and Hog, YouTube): two and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DeI52-2vidM\" target=\"_blank\">Sneeze the Fastest<\/a> (Taskmas\u00adter, YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DHuiS-CnIg4\" target=\"_blank\">Tol\u00ader\u00adance Will Fill You With Hate<\/a> (John Branyan, YouTube): three and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-60138866\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/entertainment-arts-60138866\"> Chi\u00adna changes Fight Club film end\u00ading so the author\u00adi\u00adties win<\/a> (BBC): rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus. Also, maybe not less seri\u00adous? Actu\u00adal insight lurk\u00ading inside this.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/weather\/2022\/01\/31\/world-record-lightning-megaflash-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">World record 477-mile-long light\u00adning \u2018megaflash\u2019 con\u00adfirmed over U.S.<\/a> (Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): wow. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/ultra-spiritual-man-criticizes-worship-songs-whole-service-while-lesser-christians-around-him-joyfully-praise-the-lord\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ultra-Spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal Church\u00adgo\u00ader Crit\u00adi\u00adcizes Wor\u00adship Songs While Less\u00ader Chris\u00adtians Around Him Joy\u00adful\u00adly Praise The Lord<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2022-01-31\" target=\"_blank\">Wait And See<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/tom-brady-gives-up-impossible-quest-to-be-as-good-as-tim-tebow\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tom Brady Gives Up Impos\u00adsi\u00adble Quest To Be As Good As Tim Tebow<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018I tried, I real\u00adly did,\u2019 said Brady. \u2018But Tim Tebow was too tal\u00adent\u00aded, too pow\u00ader\u00adful, <em>too pure&nbsp;<\/em>for even me. My ath\u00adlet\u00adic grace and age\u00adless body will nev\u00ader match the way Tebow just awk\u00adward\u00adly chucked the ball down the field like an ape with Tourettes&nbsp;and still some\u00adhow made com\u00adple\u00adtions as if God was on his side. As it turns out, God was on his side. I give up.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d The text is worth read\u00ading on this one. <\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2022\/02\/02\" target=\"_blank\">COVID Fatigue<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2022\/01\/28\/space-force-real-guardians-still-struggling-unconvinced-public.html\/amp\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Space Force? Is that Real?\u2019 Guardians Still Strug\u00adgling with an Uncon\u00advinced Pub\u00adlic<\/a> (Thomas Nov\u00adel\u00adly, Military.com): \u201cA Space Force cap\u00adtain trav\u00adel\u00ading with their spouse stood stunned at the Spir\u00adit Air\u00adlines tick\u00adet counter this past Octo\u00adber hop\u00ading to take advan\u00adtage of the com\u00adpa\u00adny\u2019s waived bag\u00adgage fees for active-duty ser\u00advice mem\u00adbers. But there was a prob\u00adlem: The Spir\u00adit employ\u00adee did\u00adn\u2019t believe the Space Force exists. The offi\u00adcer showed a mil\u00adi\u00adtary-issued ID card, pulled up the offi\u00adcial web\u00adsite on their phone and explained the recent his\u00adto\u00adry of the Space Force. The desk atten\u00addant believed the ser\u00advice mem\u00adber was no longer active in the Air Force, could\u00adn\u2019t com\u00adpre\u00adhend the exis\u00adtence of the new branch and did\u00adn\u2019t want to issue the dis\u00adcount.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2021\/12\/alcohol-consumption-hamster-drunk\/621125\/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=facebook\" target=\"_blank\">You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Get a Ham\u00adster Drunk<\/a> (Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic): \u201c\u201cYou just put a bot\u00adtle of unsweet\u00adened Ever\u00adclear on the cage and they love it,\u201d says Gwen Lupfer, a psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Alas\u00adka Anchor\u00adage who has stud\u00adied alco\u00adhol con\u00adsump\u00adtion in ham\u00adsters. They reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly down 18 grams per kilo\u00adgram of body weight a day, the alco\u00adholic equiv\u00ada\u00adlent of a human drink\u00ading a liter and a half of 190-proof Ever\u00adclear. In the wild, ham\u00adsters hoard rye\u00adgrass seeds and fruit in their bur\u00adrows, and they eat this fer\u00adment\u00ading store as it becomes more and more alco\u00adholic over the win\u00adter. In the lab, well, they\u2019re pret\u00adty hap\u00adpy with Ever\u00adclear. Giv\u00aden the choice between water and alco\u00adhol, they go for the booze.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"things-glen-found-interesting-a-while-ago\">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.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2019\/april\/rosalind-picard-mit-professor-meets-author-knowledge.html\">An MIT Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Meets the Author of All Knowl\u00adedge<\/a> (Ros\u00adalind Picard, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cI once thought I was too smart to believe in God. Now I know I was an arro\u00adgant fool who snubbed the great\u00adest Mind in the cosmos\u2014the Author of all sci\u00adence, math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics, art, and every\u00adthing else there is to know. Today I walk humbly, hav\u00ading received the most unde\u00adserved grace. I walk with joy, along\u00adside the most amaz\u00ading Com\u00adpan\u00adion any\u00adone could ask for, filled with desire to keep learn\u00ading and explor\u00ading.\u201d First shared in <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/03\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-194\">vol\u00adume 194<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"why-do-you-send-this-email\"><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\" id=\"disclaimer\"><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. Also, 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. If 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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