{"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><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 Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my&nbsp;way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is volume 341, which when rendered in base 2 (341<strong><sub>10<\/sub><\/strong>=101010101<strong><sub>2<\/sub><\/strong>) is apparently the smallest <a href=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/Pseudoprime.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/mathworld.wolfram.com\/Pseudoprime.html\">pseudoprime<\/a> in that&nbsp;base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also, there\u2019s a lot happening this week and I feel underinformed. These are the things that stood out to me from the less-than-I-would-have-liked that I did&nbsp;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>Russia\u2019s Invasion 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 theory and the Russo-Ukrainian war<\/a> (Ed Feser, blog): \u201cOne of the striking features of the catastrophe in Ukraine is how unambiguously the principles of just war doctrine seem to apply. On the one hand, Russia\u2019s invasion cannot be justified given the criteria of just war theory. On the other hand, NATO military action against Russia cannot be justified either.\u201d The author, a Christian, is a philosophy professor at Pasadena City College.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/georgetownsecuritystudiesreview.org\/2022\/02\/26\/we-are-all-realists-now\/\" target=\"_blank\">We Are All Realists Now<\/a> (Ryan Fedasiuk, Georgetown Security Studies Review): \u201cAfter a sleepless night spent reading takes about every modern geopolitical issue under the sun I found, honestly, that I could not care less about any of them. Can people get to safety? Where are the medical facilities? How many refugees can the United States admit? \u2014 These are the questions that matter. War may be an object of academic study, but it is first and foremost a human catastrophe.\u201d The author is pursuing his master\u2019s at Georgetown. This is brief and quite good. Recommended by an alumnus.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars-stage.org\/pausing-at-the-precipice\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pausing at the Precipice<\/a> (Tanner Greer, Scholar\u2019s Stage): \u201cThis is a powerful framework for understanding foreign policy crises. Catastrophic misjudgment rests on the convergence of two elements: an emergent sense that there is a moral imperative to act paired with a breakdown in the formal decision-making processes designed to force policy makers to carefully weigh the potential consequences of their decisions.\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 Tragic Sense<\/a> (Rod Dreher, The American Conservative): \u201c\u2026we have just entered into an extremely dangerous period of life on this planet. People who are thrilled over the moral clarity of the moment must have forgotten that the Cold War, with the terror of nuclear war hanging over our heads constantly, was a time of moral clarity 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 Never Been Here Before<\/a> (Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times): \u201c\u2026today\u2019s world is resting on two simultaneous extremes: Never have the leaders of two of the three most powerful nuclear nations \u2014 Putin and Xi \u2014 had more unchecked power and never have more people from one end of the world to the other been wired together with fewer and fewer buffers. So, what those two leaders decide to do with their unchecked power will touch virtually all of us directly or indirectly. Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine is our first real taste of how crazy and unstable this kind of wired world can get. It will not be our&nbsp;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 Goodman, BBC): \u201cMy parents understand that some military action is happening here. But they say: \u2018Russians came to liberate you. They won\u2019t ruin anything, they won\u2019t touch you. They\u2019re only targeting military 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\">Russian Degradation and Ukrainian Hope: The Example of Christian Higher Education<\/a> (Perry Glanzer, The Gospel Coalition): \u201cRussian political leaders continually exalt corruption, dysfunction, and the pursuit of power. This leads them to undermine burgeoning efforts to rebuild civil society, improve religious liberty, or expand religious education. Unfortunately, the dominant Russian Orthodox Church makes things worse. Former communists largely control the Russian Orthodox Church, and they use this power to support a Russian version of Christian nationalism\u2014making the church an instrument of the state. In Ukraine I have found hope and courage among educators and Christians trying to build civil society in the context of religious freedom in ways that some political leaders supported.\u201d This was unexpectedly interesting. The author is an education prof at Baylor.<\/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 Russians to See the War in Ukraine<\/a> (Masha Gessen, The New Yorker): \u201cWhile news channels around the world broadcast special reports from Ukrainian cities that are being bombarded by the Russian military, Russian newscasts on state-controlled channels, which have a monopoly on broadcast television, are short and uneventful.\u201d Recommended by a student.<\/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 Delusions Empowered Putin<\/a> (Michael Shellenberger, Bari Weiss\u2019 Substack): \u201cGreen campaigns have succeeded in destroying German energy independence\u2014they call it <em>Energiewende<\/em>, or \u2018energy turnaround\u2019\u2014by successfully selling policymakers on a peculiar version of environmentalism. It calls climate change a near-term apocalyptic threat to human survival while turning up its nose at the technologies that can help address climate change most and soonest: nuclear and natural gas.\u2026 Germany has trapped itself. It could burn more coal and undermine its commitment to reducing carbon emissions. Or it could use more natural gas, which generates half the carbon emissions of coal, but at the cost of dependence on imported Russian gas. Berlin was faced with a choice between unleashing the wrath of Putin on neighboring countries or inviting the wrath of Greta Thunberg. They chose Putin.\u201d Those last two sentences\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 Dispatch): \u201cThe future is opaque. The fog of war has descended over the battlefield. Much is unknown, but this much is clear: An ordinary man has answered the call of an extraordinary time, and he has sparked hope in his own people and in a cynical and weary&nbsp;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 Masculinities<\/a> (Andrew T. Walker, World): \u201c\u2026compare the rival masculinities of Zelenskyy and Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy\u2019s common grace demonstration of healthy masculinity exudes leadership, courage, resolve, and sacrifice. He does not tell you of his courage; he simply shows it. And then there is the so-called \u2018manliness\u2019 of Putin, who boasts of a masculinity with ridiculous photos of himself riding horses while shirtless.\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> (Maura Reynolds, Politico): \u201cPutin is increasingly operating emotionally and likely to use all the weapons at his disposal, including nuclear ones. It\u2019s important not to have any illusions \u2014 but equally important not to lose hope.\u201d Not the main point of the piece, but my favorite part is when she says sanctions won\u2019t be enough and then suggests stronger sanctions. Overall a mixed article but worth reading if you\u2019re interested in the subject.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-60553124\" target=\"_blank\">Ukrainian sailor in Majorca tried to sink yacht of Russian boss<\/a> (BBC): \u201cHe told a judge that he regretted nothing and would do it again.\u201d Recommended by an alumnus.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/02\/26\/former-miss-grand-ukraine-joins-fight-against-russian-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Former Miss Grand Ukraine joins fight against Russian invasion <\/a>(Patrick Reilly, New York Post): \u201c[Anastasia Lenna] had previously worked as a model and a public relations manager in Turkey, according to her Miss Grand International profile, a whole world away from the violence of the battlefield. She also speaks five languages and has worked as a translator.\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\">Ketanji Brown Jackson Thanks God for Supreme Court Nomination<\/a> (Jack Jenkins, Christianity Today): \u201cJackson did not mention a specific faith tradition in her remarks, so it was not immediately clear whether she would alter the religious makeup of the Supreme Court, which currently consists primarily of Catholic and Jewish justices (Justice Neil Gorsuch was raised Catholic but attended an Episcopal Church in Colorado).\u2026 Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley noted Jackson had served on the board of Montrose Christian School. The Maryland school, which has since been closed, operated under a statement of faith that declared \u2018we should speak on behalf of the unborn and contend for the sanctity of all human life from conception to natural death\u2019 and outlined a belief that marriage exists only between a man and a woman. In responding to Hawley, who said he agreed with the statements, Jackson distanced herself from the school\u2019s beliefs. She said she did not \u2018necessarily agree with all of the statements,\u2019 and was not previously aware of their existence.\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 Crusade of Clarence and Ginni Thomas<\/a> (Danny Hakim and Jo Becker, New York Times): \u201cGinni Lamp, as she was known then, was on a cheer squad for taller girls known as the Squires, brandishing a sword and a shield before football games. \u2018She would march in front with that; she loved doing that,\u2019 said Sue Norby, a classmate. \u2018My other friends were on the pompom squad because they were so short, but Ginni was on a different squad because she was tall, with other tall girls. She was the warrior woman.\u2019\u201d<ul><li>I have mentioned this before, but I am a sucker for stories about the Justices. They are all such fascinating people. Even ideological pieces like this reveal their idiosyncratic wonderfulness. Warning: this is very&nbsp;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 Arithmetic for Anxious Parents<\/a> (Bryan Caplan, blog): \u201cThe most \u2018adult\u2019 thing for parents and teachers to do on this March 1 [when Virginia lifts its school mask mandate] is walk kids through the Covid math. Even third-graders should be able to follow it. And if you really want to show your maturity, you should confess that for the last two years, most adults have been acting like children. Life gave us a math project, yet we acted like it was a poetry assignment.\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\">Walking in the Purpose of God<\/a> (Christos Makridis, XA Alumni): \u201cPut simply, I never would have guessed what I\u2019m doing now three years ago. While my engagement in the cryptocurrency and NFT sphere \u2018might\u2019 have been possible on paper, it wouldn\u2019t have been nearly this rich and diversified absent my saying \u2018yes\u2019 to the Lord one step at a time and simply walking in obedience.\u201d Christos is an alumnus of XA at Stanford.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/neurosciencenews.com\/religious-accountability-wellbeing-20126\/\" target=\"_blank\">Study Examines Link Between Accountability to God and Psychological Well-Being<\/a> (Neuroscience News): \u201cReligious believers who embrace accountability to God (or another transcendent guide for life) experience higher levels of three of the four variables of psychological well-being \u2013 mattering to others, dignity and meaning in their lives, though not happiness \u2013 according to a study from researchers with Baylor University, Westmont College and Hope College.\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 alcohol, #6437<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution): \u201c\u2026a sudden and unexpected nation-wide alcohol sales ban in South Africa\u2026 causally reduced injury-induced mortality in the country by at least 14% during the five weeks of the ban.\u201d Links to a brief summary of some research with links to the original article.<\/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 Crisis of Faith on Campus<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Wall Street Journal): \u201cLooked at in its entirety, the college experience may actually make students more sure of their religious beliefs after they graduate. This is the idea known to psychologists as the \u2018inoculation effect\u2019: When someone is confronted with weak attacks on their beliefs, they become more prepared to defend those beliefs when they come under serious attacks. This is essentially how a vaccine works: It gives an individual a weakened version of the virus, so that when the immune system encounters the real thing, it can easily fight off the villain. Similarly, challenging a young person to defend their beliefs in a supportive, open environment like college may leave them better prepared to hold firm to their convictions later in life.\u201cThe author, whom I have cited before, is a pastor and professor of political science at Eastern Washington University.<\/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 Dinner Discussion<\/a> (Saturday Night Live, YouTube): five funny and revealing minutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sltrib.com\/opinion\/commentary\/2022\/02\/26\/henry-rymer-harry-potters\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Potter\u2019s real lesson is guns and libertarianism<\/a> (Henry Rymer, The Salt Lake Tribune): \u201cWithout a doubt, Harry Potter stands as one of the most pro-gun pieces of fiction written in the last half a century. That it took over 20 years for someone to point out is the real surprise. Similarly, the series demonstrates to the reader that a healthy skepticism of those in power is not only a nicety, but a necessity. Guns and libertarianism. These are the true lessons of the Harry Potter franchise.\u201d&nbsp; This will be regarded as spicy. The author is quite serious but also the concept is funny enough that I put it down&nbsp;here.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2022-03-01\" target=\"_blank\">Everyone Says<\/a> (Dilbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dilbert.com\/strip\/2022-03-03\" target=\"_blank\">She Might Have Plans<\/a> (Dilbert)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=0A20vfx-sO0\" target=\"_blank\">The Good Variant<\/a> (Saturday Night Live, YouTube): three minutes, recommended by a student<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=AYNBM2AocCM&amp;list=LL\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon\u2019s Algorithm Is Hurtful<\/a> (YouTube): five and a half minutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YeFevEGoPF0&amp;list=LL\" target=\"_blank\">Worst Kept Secret in Security\u2026 It\u2019s All Keyed Alike<\/a> (Lockpicking Lawyer, YouTube): two revealing minutes.&nbsp;<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FLRZNe4mupQ\" target=\"_blank\">A Mind Reading Card Trick<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eight minutes<\/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&nbsp;Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Every week I\u2019ll highlight an older link still worth your consideration. 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 Meeting: A Photo\u2010Essay<\/a> (Scott Alexander, Slate Star Codex): \u201cWere there really more than twice as many sessions on global warming as on obsessive compulsive disorder? Three times as many on immigration as on ADHD? As best I can count, yes. I don\u2019t want to exaggerate this. There was still a lot of really meaty scientific discussion if you sought it out. But overall the balance was pretty striking\u2026. If you want to model the APA, you could do worse than a giant firehose that takes in pharmaceutical company money at one end, and shoots lectures about social justice out the other.\u201d This is funny, rambling, insightful commentary on the American Psychiatric Association\u2019s annual meeting. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/05\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-204\" target=\"_blank\">volume 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&nbsp;Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar produced shrewd warriors \u201cwho understood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a similar way, we need to become wise people whose faith interacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may continue the tradition of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"disclaimer\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Chi Alpha is not a partisan organization. To paraphrase another minister: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agenda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agenda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agenda. Having said that, I read widely (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ideological Turing test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fairly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI understand\u201d) and may at times share articles that have a strong partisan bias simply because I find the article stimulating. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with everything an author says in an article I mention, much less things the author has said in other articles (although if I strongly disagree with something in the article I\u2019ll usually mention it). And to the extent you can discern my opinions, please understand that they are my own and not necessarily those of Chi Alpha or any other organization I may be perceived to represent.\n\nAlso, remember that I\u2019m not reporting news \u2014 I\u2019m giving you a selection of things I found interesting. There\u2019s a lot happening in the world that\u2019s not making an appearance here because I haven\u2019t found stimulating articles written about it.\n\nIf this was forwarded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>a lot about Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, but don\u2019t sleep on the rest \u2014 there\u2019s good&nbsp;stuff!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Lots about Russia invading Ukraine, and some feel-good stuff at the end because we all need it. 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