{"id":6842,"date":"2022-03-04T19:37:17","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T03:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6842"},"modified":"2022-03-04T19:37:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T03:37:17","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-341","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/03\/04\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-341","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 341"},"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 341, which when ren\u00addered in base 2 (341<strong><sub>10<\/sub><\/strong>=101010101<strong><sub>2<\/sub><\/strong>) is appar\u00adent\u00adly the small\u00adest <a href=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/Pseudoprime.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/Pseudoprime.html\">pseudo\u00adprime<\/a> in that base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also, there\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading this week and I feel under\u00adin\u00adformed. These are the things that stood out to me from the less-than-I-would-have-liked that I did read.<\/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>Rus\u00adsi\u00ada\u2019s Inva\u00adsion of Ukraine:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/edwardfeser.blogspot.com\/2022\/03\/just-war-theory-and-russo-ukrainian-war.html\" target=\"_blank\">Just war the\u00ado\u00adry and the Rus\u00adso-Ukrain\u00adian war<\/a> (Ed Fes\u00ader, blog): \u201cOne of the strik\u00ading fea\u00adtures of the cat\u00ada\u00adstro\u00adphe in Ukraine is how unam\u00adbigu\u00adous\u00adly the prin\u00adci\u00adples of just war doc\u00adtrine seem to apply. On the one hand, Russia\u2019s inva\u00adsion can\u00adnot be jus\u00adti\u00adfied giv\u00aden the cri\u00adte\u00adria of just war the\u00ado\u00adry. On the oth\u00ader hand, NATO mil\u00adi\u00adtary action against Rus\u00adsia can\u00adnot be jus\u00adti\u00adfied either.\u201d The author, a Chris\u00adt\u00adian, is a phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Pasade\u00adna City Col\u00adlege.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org\/2022\/02\/26\/we-are-all-realists-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">We Are All Real\u00adists Now<\/a> (Ryan Feda\u00adsiuk, George\u00adtown Secu\u00adri\u00adty Stud\u00adies Review): \u201cAfter a sleep\u00adless night spent read\u00ading takes about every mod\u00adern geopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal issue under the sun I found, hon\u00adest\u00adly, that I could not care less about any of them. Can peo\u00adple get to safe\u00adty? Where are the med\u00adical facil\u00adi\u00adties? How many refugees can the Unit\u00aded States admit? \u2014 These are the ques\u00adtions that mat\u00adter. War may be an object of aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic study, but it is first and fore\u00admost a human cat\u00ada\u00adstro\u00adphe.\u201d The author is pur\u00adsu\u00ading his mas\u00adter\u2019s at George\u00adtown. This is brief and quite good. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars-stage.org\/pausing-at-the-precipice\/\" target=\"_blank\">Paus\u00ading at the Precipice<\/a> (Tan\u00adner Greer, Schol\u00adar\u2019s Stage): \u201cThis is a pow\u00ader\u00adful frame\u00adwork for under\u00adstand\u00ading for\u00adeign pol\u00adi\u00adcy crises. Cat\u00ada\u00adstroph\u00adic mis\u00adjudg\u00adment rests on the con\u00adver\u00adgence of two ele\u00adments: an emer\u00adgent sense that there is a moral imper\u00ada\u00adtive to act paired with a break\u00addown in the for\u00admal deci\u00adsion-mak\u00ading process\u00ades designed to force pol\u00adi\u00adcy mak\u00aders to care\u00adful\u00adly weigh the poten\u00adtial con\u00adse\u00adquences of their deci\u00adsions.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/absence-of-a-tragic-sense-russia-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Absence Of A Trag\u00adic Sense<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive): \u201c\u2026we have just entered into an extreme\u00adly dan\u00adger\u00adous peri\u00adod of life on this plan\u00adet. Peo\u00adple who are thrilled over the moral clar\u00adi\u00adty of the moment must have for\u00adgot\u00adten that the Cold War, with the ter\u00adror of nuclear war hang\u00ading over our heads con\u00adstant\u00adly, was a time of moral clar\u00adi\u00adty too.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/25\/opinion\/putin-russia-ukraine.html\" target=\"_blank\">We Have Nev\u00ader Been Here Before<\/a> (Thomas L. Fried\u00adman, New York Times): \u201c\u2026today\u2019s world is rest\u00ading on two simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous extremes: Nev\u00ader have the lead\u00aders of two of the three most pow\u00ader\u00adful nuclear nations \u2014 Putin and Xi \u2014 had more unchecked pow\u00ader and nev\u00ader have more peo\u00adple from one end of the world to the oth\u00ader been wired togeth\u00ader with few\u00ader and few\u00ader buffers. So, what those two lead\u00aders decide to do with their unchecked pow\u00ader will touch vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly all of us direct\u00adly or indi\u00adrect\u00adly. Putin\u2019s inva\u00adsion of Ukraine is our first real taste of how crazy and unsta\u00adble this kind of wired world can get. It will not be our last.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-60600487\" target=\"_blank\">Ukraine war: \u2018My city\u2019s being shelled, but mum won\u2019t believe me\u2019<\/a> (Maria Korenyuk and Jack Good\u00adman, BBC): \u201cMy par\u00adents under\u00adstand that some mil\u00adi\u00adtary action is hap\u00adpen\u00ading here. But they say: \u2018Rus\u00adsians came to lib\u00ader\u00adate you. They won\u2019t ruin any\u00adthing, they won\u2019t touch you. They\u2019re only tar\u00adget\u00ading mil\u00adi\u00adtary bases\u2019.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/evangelical-history\/russian-degradation-and-ukrainian-hope-the-example-of-christian-higher-education\/\" target=\"_blank\">Russ\u00adian Degra\u00adda\u00adtion and Ukrain\u00adian Hope: The Exam\u00adple of Chris\u00adt\u00adian High\u00ader Edu\u00adca\u00adtion<\/a> (Per\u00adry Glanz\u00ader, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cRuss\u00adian polit\u00adi\u00adcal lead\u00aders con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly exalt cor\u00adrup\u00adtion, dys\u00adfunc\u00adtion, and the pur\u00adsuit of pow\u00ader. This leads them to under\u00admine bur\u00adgeon\u00ading efforts to rebuild civ\u00adil soci\u00adety, improve reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty, or expand reli\u00adgious edu\u00adca\u00adtion. Unfor\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly, the dom\u00adi\u00adnant Russ\u00adian Ortho\u00addox Church makes things worse. For\u00admer com\u00admu\u00adnists large\u00adly con\u00adtrol the Russ\u00adian Ortho\u00addox Church, and they use this pow\u00ader to sup\u00adport a Russ\u00adian ver\u00adsion of Chris\u00adt\u00adian nationalism\u2014making the church an instru\u00adment of the state. In Ukraine I have found hope and courage among edu\u00adca\u00adtors and Chris\u00adtians try\u00ading to build civ\u00adil soci\u00adety in the con\u00adtext of reli\u00adgious free\u00addom in ways that some polit\u00adi\u00adcal lead\u00aders sup\u00adport\u00aded.\u201d This was unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly inter\u00adest\u00ading. The author is an edu\u00adca\u00adtion prof at Bay\u00adlor.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/dispatch\/how-putin-wants-russians-to-see-the-war-in-ukraine\/amp\" target=\"_blank\">How Putin Wants Rus\u00adsians to See the War in Ukraine<\/a> (Masha Gessen, The New York\u00ader): \u201cWhile news chan\u00adnels around the world broad\u00adcast spe\u00adcial reports from Ukrain\u00adian cities that are being bom\u00adbard\u00aded by the Russ\u00adian mil\u00adi\u00adtary, Russ\u00adian news\u00adcasts on state-con\u00adtrolled chan\u00adnels, which have a monop\u00adoly on broad\u00adcast tele\u00advi\u00adsion, are short and unevent\u00adful.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/the-wests-green-delusions-empowered?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJfIjoiVmtkTVEiLCJpYXQiOjE2NDY0MjUyNDMsImV4cCI6MTY0NjQyODg0MywiaXNzIjoicHViLTI2MDM0NyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.P8pc-55ugXkIPRRrad9UV_9o4BnKjvoSStRfcWdocc8&amp;s=r\" target=\"_blank\">The West\u2019s Green Delu\u00adsions Empow\u00adered Putin<\/a> (Michael Shel\u00adlen\u00adberg\u00ader, Bari Weiss\u2019 Sub\u00adstack): \u201cGreen cam\u00adpaigns have suc\u00adceed\u00aded in destroy\u00ading Ger\u00adman ener\u00adgy independence\u2014they call it <em>Energiewende<\/em>, or \u2018ener\u00adgy turnaround\u2019\u2014by suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly sell\u00ading pol\u00adi\u00adcy\u00admak\u00aders on a pecu\u00adliar ver\u00adsion of envi\u00adron\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adism. It calls cli\u00admate change a near-term apoc\u00ada\u00adlyp\u00adtic threat to human sur\u00advival while turn\u00ading up its nose at the tech\u00adnolo\u00adgies that can help address cli\u00admate change most and soon\u00adest: nuclear and nat\u00adur\u00adal gas.\u2026 Ger\u00admany has trapped itself. It could burn more coal and under\u00admine its com\u00admit\u00adment to reduc\u00ading car\u00adbon emis\u00adsions. Or it could use more nat\u00adur\u00adal gas, which gen\u00ader\u00adates half the car\u00adbon emis\u00adsions of coal, but at the cost of depen\u00addence on import\u00aded Russ\u00adian gas. Berlin was faced with a choice between unleash\u00ading the wrath of Putin on neigh\u00adbor\u00ading coun\u00adtries or invit\u00ading the wrath of Gre\u00adta Thun\u00adberg. They chose Putin.\u201d Those last two sen\u00adtences\u2026<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/when-the-man-meets-the-moment?utm_source=url\" target=\"_blank\">When the Man Meets the Moment<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cThe future is opaque. The fog of war has descend\u00aded over the bat\u00adtle\u00adfield. Much is unknown, but this much is clear: An ordi\u00adnary man has answered the call of an extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary time, and he has sparked hope in his own peo\u00adple and in a cyn\u00adi\u00adcal and weary west.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wng.org\/opinions\/a-tale-of-two-masculinities-1646313150\" target=\"_blank\">A Tale of Two Mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adties<\/a> (Andrew T. Walk\u00ader, World): \u201c\u2026com\u00adpare the rival mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adties of Zelen\u00adskyy and Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy\u2019s com\u00admon grace demon\u00adstra\u00adtion of healthy mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adty exudes lead\u00ader\u00adship, courage, resolve, and sac\u00adri\u00adfice. He does not tell you of his courage; he sim\u00adply shows it. And then there is the so-called \u2018man\u00adli\u00adness\u2019 of Putin, who boasts of a mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adty with ridicu\u00adlous pho\u00adtos of him\u00adself rid\u00ading hors\u00ades while shirt\u00adless.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2022\/02\/28\/world-war-iii-already-there-00012340\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018Yes, He Would\u2019: Fiona Hill on Putin and Nukes<\/a> (Mau\u00adra Reynolds, Politi\u00adco): \u201cPutin is increas\u00ading\u00adly oper\u00adat\u00ading emo\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly and like\u00adly to use all the weapons at his dis\u00adpos\u00adal, includ\u00ading nuclear ones. It\u2019s impor\u00adtant not to have any illu\u00adsions \u2014 but equal\u00adly impor\u00adtant not to lose hope.\u201d Not the main point of the piece, but my favorite part is when she says sanc\u00adtions won\u2019t be enough and then sug\u00adgests stronger sanc\u00adtions. Over\u00adall a mixed arti\u00adcle but worth read\u00ading if you\u2019re inter\u00adest\u00aded in the sub\u00adject.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-60553124\" target=\"_blank\">Ukrain\u00adian sailor in Major\u00adca tried to sink yacht of Russ\u00adian boss<\/a> (BBC): \u201cHe told a judge that he regret\u00adted noth\u00ading and would do it again.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/26\/former-miss-grand-ukraine-joins-fight-against-russian-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\">For\u00admer Miss Grand Ukraine joins fight against Russ\u00adian inva\u00adsion <\/a>(Patrick Reil\u00adly, New York Post): \u201c[Anas\u00adta\u00adsia Lenna] had pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly worked as a mod\u00adel and a pub\u00adlic rela\u00adtions man\u00adag\u00ader in Turkey, accord\u00ading to her Miss Grand Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal pro\u00adfile, a whole world away from the vio\u00adlence of the bat\u00adtle\u00adfield. She also speaks five lan\u00adguages and has worked as a trans\u00adla\u00adtor.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Supreme Court:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/february\/supreme-court-ketanji-brown-jackson-nomination-faith-scotus.html\" target=\"_blank\">Ketan\u00adji Brown Jack\u00adson Thanks God for Supreme Court Nom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion<\/a> (Jack Jenk\u00adins, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cJack\u00adson did not men\u00adtion a spe\u00adcif\u00adic faith tra\u00addi\u00adtion in her remarks, so it was not imme\u00addi\u00adate\u00adly clear whether she would alter the reli\u00adgious make\u00adup of the Supreme Court, which cur\u00adrent\u00adly con\u00adsists pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly of Catholic and Jew\u00adish jus\u00adtices (Jus\u00adtice Neil Gor\u00adsuch was raised Catholic but attend\u00aded an Epis\u00adco\u00adpal Church in Col\u00adorado).\u2026 Mis\u00adsouri Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Sen. Josh Haw\u00adley not\u00aded Jack\u00adson had served on the board of Mon\u00adtrose Chris\u00adt\u00adian School. The Mary\u00adland school, which has since been closed, oper\u00adat\u00aded under a state\u00adment of faith that declared \u2018we should speak on behalf of the unborn and con\u00adtend for the sanc\u00adti\u00adty of all human life from con\u00adcep\u00adtion to nat\u00adur\u00adal death\u2019 and out\u00adlined a belief that mar\u00adriage exists only between a man and a woman. In respond\u00ading to Haw\u00adley, who said he agreed with the state\u00adments, Jack\u00adson dis\u00adtanced her\u00adself from the school\u2019s beliefs. She said she did not \u2018nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly agree with all of the state\u00adments,\u2019 and was not pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly aware of their exis\u00adtence.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/02\/22\/magazine\/clarence-thomas-ginni-thomas.html?partner=slack&amp;smid=sl-share\" target=\"_blank\">The Long Cru\u00adsade of Clarence and Gin\u00adni Thomas<\/a> (Dan\u00adny Hakim and Jo Beck\u00ader, New York Times): \u201cGin\u00adni Lamp, as she was known then, was on a cheer squad for taller girls known as the Squires, bran\u00addish\u00ading a sword and a shield before foot\u00adball games. \u2018She would march in front with that; she loved doing that,\u2019 said Sue Nor\u00adby, a class\u00admate. \u2018My oth\u00ader friends were on the pom\u00adpom squad because they were so short, but Gin\u00adni was on a dif\u00adfer\u00adent squad because she was tall, with oth\u00ader tall girls. She was the war\u00adrior woman.\u2019\u201d<ul><li>I have men\u00adtioned this before, but I am a suck\u00ader for sto\u00adries about the Jus\u00adtices. They are all such fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading peo\u00adple. Even ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal pieces like this reveal their idio\u00adsyn\u00adcrat\u00adic won\u00adder\u00adful\u00adness. Warn\u00ading: this is very long.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/betonit.blog\/2022\/03\/01\/covid-arithmetic-for-anxious-parents\/\" target=\"_blank\">Covid Arith\u00admetic for Anx\u00adious Par\u00adents<\/a> (Bryan Caplan, blog): \u201cThe most \u2018adult\u2019 thing for par\u00adents and teach\u00aders to do on this March 1 [when Vir\u00adginia lifts its school mask man\u00addate] is walk kids through the Covid math. Even third-graders should be able to fol\u00adlow it. And if you real\u00adly want to show your matu\u00adri\u00adty, you should con\u00adfess that for the last two years, most adults have been act\u00ading like chil\u00addren. Life gave us a math project, yet we act\u00aded like it was a poet\u00adry assign\u00adment.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/xaalumni.com\/2022\/02\/walking-in-the-purpose-of-god\/?utm_source=ALL&amp;utm_campaign=5f43bf0716-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_02_28_10_27&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_75c7ad5568-5f43bf0716-145172534\" target=\"_blank\">Walk\u00ading in the Pur\u00adpose of God<\/a> (Chris\u00adtos Makridis, XA Alum\u00adni): \u201cPut sim\u00adply, I nev\u00ader would have guessed what I\u2019m doing now three years ago. While my engage\u00adment in the cryp\u00adtocur\u00adren\u00adcy and NFT sphere \u2018might\u2019 have been pos\u00adsi\u00adble on paper, it wouldn\u2019t have been near\u00adly this rich and diver\u00adsi\u00adfied absent my say\u00ading \u2018yes\u2019 to the Lord one step at a time and sim\u00adply walk\u00ading in obe\u00addi\u00adence.\u201d Chris\u00adtos is an alum\u00adnus of XA at Stan\u00adford.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/religious-accountability-wellbeing-20126\/\" target=\"_blank\">Study Exam\u00adines Link Between Account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty to God and Psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Well-Being<\/a> (Neu\u00adro\u00adscience News): \u201cReli\u00adgious believ\u00aders who embrace account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty to God (or anoth\u00ader tran\u00adscen\u00addent guide for life) expe\u00adri\u00adence high\u00ader lev\u00adels of three of the four vari\u00adables of psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal well-being \u2013 mat\u00adter\u00ading to oth\u00aders, dig\u00adni\u00adty and mean\u00ading in their lives, though not hap\u00adpi\u00adness \u2013 accord\u00ading to a study from researchers with Bay\u00adlor Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, West\u00admont Col\u00adlege and Hope Col\u00adlege.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2022\/02\/against-alcohol-6437.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=against-alcohol-6437\" target=\"_blank\">Against alco\u00adhol, #6437<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201c\u2026a sud\u00adden and unex\u00adpect\u00aded nation-wide alco\u00adhol sales ban in South Africa\u2026 causal\u00adly reduced injury-induced mor\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty in the coun\u00adtry by at least 14% dur\u00ading the five weeks of the ban.\u201d Links to a brief sum\u00adma\u00adry of some research with links to the orig\u00adi\u00adnal arti\u00adcle.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/theres-no-crisis-of-faith-on-campus-11645714717?page=1\" target=\"_blank\">There\u2019s No Cri\u00adsis of Faith on Cam\u00adpus<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cLooked at in its entire\u00adty, the col\u00adlege expe\u00adri\u00adence may actu\u00adal\u00adly make stu\u00addents more sure of their reli\u00adgious beliefs after they grad\u00adu\u00adate. This is the idea known to psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgists as the \u2018inoc\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion effect\u2019: When some\u00adone is con\u00adfront\u00aded with weak attacks on their beliefs, they become more pre\u00adpared to defend those beliefs when they come under seri\u00adous attacks. This is essen\u00adtial\u00adly how a vac\u00adcine works: It gives an indi\u00advid\u00adual a weak\u00adened ver\u00adsion of the virus, so that when the immune sys\u00adtem encoun\u00adters the real thing, it can eas\u00adi\u00adly fight off the vil\u00adlain. Sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adly, chal\u00adleng\u00ading a young per\u00adson to defend their beliefs in a sup\u00adport\u00adive, open envi\u00adron\u00adment like col\u00adlege may leave them bet\u00adter pre\u00adpared to hold firm to their con\u00advic\u00adtions lat\u00ader in life.\u201cThe author, whom I have cit\u00aded before, is a pas\u00adtor and pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence at East\u00adern Wash\u00ading\u00adton Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/xastanford.slack.com\/archives\/C01H5PL2PNX\/p1646027575264579\"><\/a><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2k6xroHtn-8\" target=\"_blank\">COVID Din\u00adner Dis\u00adcus\u00adsion<\/a> (Sat\u00adur\u00adday Night Live, YouTube): five fun\u00adny and reveal\u00ading min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2022\/02\/26\/henry-rymer-harry-potters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Har\u00adry Potter\u2019s real les\u00adson is guns and lib\u00ader\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism<\/a> (Hen\u00adry Rymer, The Salt Lake Tri\u00adbune): \u201cWith\u00adout a doubt, Har\u00adry Pot\u00adter stands as one of the most pro-gun pieces of fic\u00adtion writ\u00adten in the last half a cen\u00adtu\u00adry. That it took over 20 years for some\u00adone to point out is the real sur\u00adprise. Sim\u00adi\u00adlar\u00adly, the series demon\u00adstrates to the read\u00ader that a healthy skep\u00adti\u00adcism of those in pow\u00ader is not only a nice\u00adty, but a neces\u00adsi\u00adty. Guns and lib\u00ader\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism. These are the true lessons of the Har\u00adry Pot\u00adter fran\u00adchise.\u201d&nbsp; This will be regard\u00aded as spicy. The author is quite seri\u00adous but also the con\u00adcept is fun\u00adny enough that I put it down here.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2022-03-01\" target=\"_blank\">Every\u00adone Says<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2022-03-03\" target=\"_blank\">She Might Have Plans<\/a> (Dil\u00adbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0A20vfx-sO0\" target=\"_blank\">The Good Vari\u00adant<\/a> (Sat\u00adur\u00adday Night Live, YouTube): three min\u00adutes, rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AYNBM2AocCM&amp;list=LL\" target=\"_blank\">Ama\u00adzon\u2019s Algo\u00adrithm Is Hurt\u00adful<\/a> (YouTube): five and a half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YeFevEGoPF0&amp;list=LL\" target=\"_blank\">Worst Kept Secret in Secu\u00adri\u00adty\u2026 It\u2019s All Keyed Alike<\/a> (Lock\u00adpick\u00ading Lawyer, YouTube): two reveal\u00ading min\u00adutes.&nbsp;<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FLRZNe4mupQ\" target=\"_blank\">A Mind Read\u00ading Card Trick<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eight min\u00adutes<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2019\/05\/22\/the-apa-meeting-a-photo-essay\/\" target=\"_blank\">The APA Meet\u00ading: A Photo-Essay<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cWere there real\u00adly more than twice as many ses\u00adsions on glob\u00adal warm\u00ading as on obses\u00adsive com\u00adpul\u00adsive dis\u00ador\u00adder? Three times as many on immi\u00adgra\u00adtion as on ADHD? As best I can count, yes. I don\u2019t want to exag\u00adger\u00adate this. There was still a lot of real\u00adly meaty sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic dis\u00adcus\u00adsion if you sought it out. But over\u00adall the bal\u00adance was pret\u00adty strik\u00ading\u2026. If you want to mod\u00adel the APA, you could do worse than a giant fire\u00adhose that takes in phar\u00adma\u00adceu\u00adti\u00adcal com\u00adpa\u00adny mon\u00adey at one end, and shoots lec\u00adtures about social jus\u00adtice out the oth\u00ader.\u201d This is fun\u00adny, ram\u00adbling, insight\u00adful com\u00admen\u00adtary on the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Psy\u00adchi\u00adatric Association\u2019s annu\u00adal meet\u00ading. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/05\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-204\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 204<\/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.\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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