{"id":6861,"date":"2022-04-08T19:11:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-09T03:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6861"},"modified":"2022-04-08T19:11:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-09T03:11:31","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-345","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/04\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-345","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 345"},"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 345, which I am told is the aver\u00adage num\u00adber of squirts from a cow\u2019s udder need\u00aded to pro\u00adduce a gal\u00adlon of milk. I have not ver\u00adi\u00adfied this claim.<\/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\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/06\/us\/christian-right-wing-politics.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Grow\u00ading Reli\u00adgious Fer\u00advor in the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Right: \u2018This Is a Jesus Move\u00adment\u2019<\/a> (Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Dias and Ruth Gra\u00adham, New York Times): \u201c\u2026ele\u00adments of Chris\u00adt\u00adian cul\u00adture have long been present at polit\u00adi\u00adcal ral\u00adlies. But wor\u00adship, a sacred act show\u00ading devo\u00adtion to God expressed through move\u00adment, song or prayer, was large\u00adly reserved for church. Now, many believ\u00aders are import\u00ading their wor\u00adship of God, with all its inten\u00adsi\u00adty, emo\u00adtion and ambi\u00adtions, to their polit\u00adi\u00adcal life.\u201d<ul><li>At the same time: \u201cThe sheer dom\u00adi\u00adnance of wor\u00adship music with\u00adin 21st-cen\u00adtu\u00adry evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal cul\u00adture means that the genre has been used out\u00adside church set\u00adtings by the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary left as well. \u2018Way Mak\u00ader,\u2019 for exam\u00adple, was sung at some demon\u00adstra\u00adtions for racial jus\u00adtice in the sum\u00admer of 2020.\u201d<\/li><li>I have com\u00adpli\u00adcat\u00aded feel\u00adings. I like see\u00ading wor\u00adship as part of all of life. I don\u2019t like see\u00ading wor\u00adship get hijacked in pur\u00adsuit of oth\u00ader agen\u00addas. Pol\u00adi\u00adtics can be idol\u00ada\u00adtrous enough with\u00adout ACTUAL WORSHIP SONGS being in the mix.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newstatesman.com\/world\/europe\/ukraine\/2022\/04\/russia-cannot-afford-to-lose-so-we-need-a-kind-of-a-victory-sergey-karaganov-on-what-putin-wants\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cRus\u00adsia can\u00adnot afford to lose, so we need a kind of a vic\u00adto\u00adry\u201d: Sergey Karaganov on what Putin wants<\/a> (Bruno Ma\u00e7\u00e3es, The New States\u00adman): \u201c\u2026Rus\u00adsia can\u00adnot afford to \u2018lose\u2019, so we need a kind of a vic\u00adto\u00adry. And if there is a sense that we are los\u00ading the war, then I think there is a def\u00adi\u00adnite pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of esca\u00adla\u00adtion. This war is a kind of proxy war between the West and the rest \u2013 Rus\u00adsia being, as it has been in his\u00adto\u00adry, the pin\u00adna\u00adcle of \u2018the rest\u2019 \u2013 for a future world order. The stakes of the Russ\u00adian elite are very high \u2013 for them it is an exis\u00adten\u00adtial war.\u201d<ul><li>I haven\u2019t seen many per\u00adspec\u00adtives from the Russ\u00adian side. Quite inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Arti\u00adcles eval\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading the con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary sex\u00adu\u00adal eth\u00adic:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/blogs\/trevin-wax\/consent-not-enough\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why \u2018Con\u00adsent\u2019 Isn\u2019t Enough for a Sex\u00adu\u00adal Eth\u00adic<\/a> (Tre\u00advix Wax, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cThe sex\u00adu\u00adal rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion isn\u2019t work\u00ading. The utopia promised by blow\u00ading up old moral stric\u00adtures hasn\u2019t arrived. What\u2019s more, in some cas\u00ades the sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion seems worse.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/04\/07\/opinion\/sex-consent-dating-boundaries.html\" target=\"_blank\">Straight Peo\u00adple Need Bet\u00adter Rules for Sex<\/a> (Chris\u00adtine Emba, New York Times): \u201cGet\u00adting rid of the old rules and replac\u00ading them with the norm of con\u00adsent was sup\u00adposed to make us hap\u00adpy. Instead, many peo\u00adple today feel a bit \u2026 lost.\u201d<ul><li>Lost. A good word, that. Bet\u00adter than the author knows.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>LGBTQ-relat\u00aded<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/betonit.substack.com\/p\/lgbt-explosion?s=r\" target=\"_blank\">Explain\u00ading the LGBT Explo\u00adsion<\/a> (Bryan Caplan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWhile almost all stud\u00adies find that genet\u00adics mat\u00adters, vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly none asserts that the her\u00adi\u00adtabil\u00adi\u00adty of sex\u00adu\u00adal ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtion is even close to 100%. Ergo, homo\u00adsex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty must, to some extent, be \u2018acquired.\u2019 While that hard\u00adly implies that any spe\u00adcif\u00adic mech\u00ada\u00adnism \u2014 such \u2018recruit\u00adment\u2019 or \u2018media depic\u00adtions\u2019 \u2014 works, the idea that homo\u00adsex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty can be spread is the unher\u00adald\u00aded sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic con\u00adsen\u00adsus.\u201d<ul><li> This seems triv\u00adial\u00adly true to me, but I am sure it is a sur\u00adprise (even an offen\u00adsive sur\u00adprise) to some peo\u00adple.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/california-city-universal-income-transgender-150602734.html\" target=\"_blank\">Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia city to give uni\u00adver\u00adsal income to trans\u00adgen\u00adder, non\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adry res\u00adi\u00addents regard\u00adless of earn\u00adings<\/a>. (Hous\u00adton Keene, Yahoo News): \u201cTrans\u00adgen\u00adder res\u00adi\u00addents in Palm Springs, Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia are eli\u00adgi\u00adble to receive a UBI of up to $900 per month sole\u00adly for iden\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading as trans\u00adgen\u00adder or non\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adry \u2014 no strings attached.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/email.mg2.substack.com\/c\/eJxVkl2TmyAUhn9NvNMBxI9ccLGTbFozG9t0t5vslYNyYogErOJa_fUlSW92BjjDe74YnlNxC7XpJtaa3nq3o7BTC0zD2CuwFjpv6KErpGA4JIRQ4glGBU6j1JN9ceoArlwqZrsBvHYolay4lUbfEmIcJtg7sxOJE5GSpKQ8AUxFKaIYEBIIIApjwh9t-SAk6AqY0Wq6F_YUO1vb9ovwaUE2bnEtOveuQSn5yXXQD2VvedUElbk6b-v2eDa-7H1lTCN17ZvB-ifT-TWf_EaK3ud4uQg31jSgF-Eapi2uyPt0JKrJLubvbs6m3WU_vay2Yxnm6L-Od28Z3a0rlK9GyQ8bdIvNL_soX--nfM5GF99W4U7-kNtRHDKbX57nfH6WTp_d_a7f6r0ct-rjkCN-WA6ZRkG6P77ij8332X8y5fh7RKuf79d9-4Fr8UZPl_b8p_hVra_kW1N5khFECKIoxWmIyTIgAcHRMk1CiJOEx5jioKLKtomRC4quNfnyP17HagU6EPxT9s5f36jdHQ5a4ex10NJOBWheKhAPnvYxFXfCRQ0aOjctouCW4ZguKSUJQVGaPvg54BEmKUoo9VxnYVyWZl-R_QOxANI1\" target=\"_blank\">Who Is Look\u00ading Out For Gay Kids?<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThis unavoid\u00adable ten\u00adsion between mes\u00adsages that are good for trans kids and those that are good for gay kids is absent from the debate \u2014 in part because the woke con\u00adflate both expe\u00adri\u00adences into the entire\u00adly ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adstruct of being LGBTQIA++. But no one is LGBTQIA++. It\u2019s lit\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly impos\u00adsi\u00adble. And the dif\u00adfer\u00adence between the gay and trans expe\u00adri\u00adence is vast, espe\u00adcial\u00adly when it comes to bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal sex.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jessesingal.substack.com\/p\/researchers-found-puberty-blockers?s=r\" target=\"_blank\">Researchers Found Puber\u00adty Block\u00aders And Hor\u00admones Didn\u2019t Improve Trans Kids\u2019 Men\u00adtal Health At Their Clin\u00adic. Then They Pub\u00adlished A Study Claim\u00ading The Oppo\u00adsite<\/a> (Jesse Sin\u00adgal, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI want\u00aded to dou\u00adble-check this to be sure, so I reached out to one of the study authors. They want\u00aded to stay on back\u00adground, but they con\u00adfirmed to me that there was no improve\u00adment over time among the kids who went on hor\u00admones or block\u00aders.\u201d<ul><li>It\u2019s like there is a con\u00adcert\u00aded effort to make me a cranky mid\u00addle-aged man who does\u00adn\u2019t trust the media. This arti\u00adcle is long and prob\u00ada\u00adbly only worth read\u00ading in detail if you knew you want\u00aded to read it all as soon as you saw the head\u00adline.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/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\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/ken-ham-announces-new-movie-where-dinosaurs-get-loose-on-the-ark-jurassic-ark\" target=\"_blank\">Ken Ham Announces New Movie Where Dinosaurs Get Loose On The Ark \u2018Juras\u00adsic Ark\u2019<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): that would actu\u00adal\u00adly be a great movie<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=89NLeqkJchs\" target=\"_blank\">Noth\u00ading is Fun\u00adnier Than Trip\u00adping A Child<\/a> (Mike Paramore, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/local\/article\/Gray-whales-appearing-in-San-Francisco-Bay-17058931.php\" target=\"_blank\">More gray whales, includ\u00ading a baby, spot\u00adted in the San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco Bay<\/a> (Aman\u00adda Bartlett, SF Gate): \u201cFleet\u00ading glimpses of gray whales are about to become much more fre\u00adquent in the com\u00ading months as they stop in the San Fran\u00adcis\u00adco Bay dur\u00ading their migra\u00adtion from their breed\u00ading grounds in Mex\u00adi\u00adco to their feed\u00ading grounds in Alas\u00adka.\u201d<\/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 rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/07\/19\/the-problem-with-tourist-journalism\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tourist Jour\u00adnal\u00adism Ver\u00adsus the Work\u00ading Class<\/a> (Kevin Mims, Quil\u00adlette): \u201cTo university-educated media pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adals like Car\u00adole Cad\u00adwal\u00adladr, James Blood\u00adworth, and John Oliv\u00ader, an Ama\u00adzon ware\u00adhouse must seem like the Black Hole of Cal\u00adcut\u00adta. But I\u2019ve done low-paying man\u00adu\u00adal labor for most of my work\u00ading life, and rarely have I appre\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded a job as much as my role as an Ama\u00adzon asso\u00adciate.\u201d I learned many things from this arti\u00adcle. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/07\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-212\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 212<\/a>, with a fol\u00adlow-up shared the next week: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/quillette.com\/2019\/08\/06\/how-and-why-to-kissass\/\" target=\"_blank\">How (and Why) to KISSASS<\/a> (Kevin Mims, Quil\u00adlette): \u201c\u2026if you\u2019re not a mem\u00adber of the pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal class, the key to get\u00adting your per\u00adson\u00adal essays pub\u00adlished in promi\u00adnent pub\u00adli\u00adca\u00adtions is KISSASS\u2014Keep It Short, Sad, And Sim\u00adple, Stu\u00adpid.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \u201cwho under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u201d (1 Chron 12:32). In a sim\u00adi\u00adlar way, we need to become wise peo\u00adple whose faith inter\u00adacts with the world. I pray this email gives you greater insight, so that you may con\u00adtin\u00adue the tra\u00addi\u00adtion of Issachar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Disclaimer<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chi Alpha is not a par\u00adti\u00adsan orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion. To para\u00adphrase anoth\u00ader min\u00adis\u00adter: we are not about the donkey\u2019s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u2019s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u2019s agen\u00adda. Hav\u00ading said that, I read wide\u00adly (in part because I believe we should aspire to pass <a href=\"http:\/\/econlog.econlib.org\/archives\/2011\/06\/the_ideological.html\">the ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Tur\u00ading test<\/a> and in part because I do not believe I can fair\u00adly say \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI dis\u00adagree\u201d until I can say \u201cI under\u00adstand\u201d) and may at times share arti\u00adcles that have a strong par\u00adti\u00adsan bias sim\u00adply because I find the arti\u00adcle stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading. The upshot: you should not assume I agree with every\u00adthing an author says in an arti\u00adcle I men\u00adtion, much less things the author has said in oth\u00ader arti\u00adcles (although if I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with some\u00adthing in the arti\u00adcle I\u2019ll usu\u00adal\u00adly men\u00adtion it). And to the extent you can dis\u00adcern my opin\u00adions, please under\u00adstand that they are my own and not nec\u00ades\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adly those of Chi Alpha or any oth\u00ader orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion I may be per\u00adceived to rep\u00adre\u00adsent.\n\nAlso, remem\u00adber that I\u2019m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u2019m giv\u00ading you a selec\u00adtion of things I found inter\u00adest\u00ading. There\u2019s a lot hap\u00adpen\u00ading in the world that\u2019s not mak\u00ading an appear\u00adance here because I haven\u2019t found stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading arti\u00adcles writ\u00adten about it.\n\nIf this was for\u00adward\u00aded to you and you want to receive future emails, sign up <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/\">here<\/a>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>spicy links this week<\/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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"This is volume 345, which I am told is the average number of squirts from a cow's udder needed to produce a gallon of milk. 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