{"id":6878,"date":"2022-05-06T22:14:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-07T06:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6878"},"modified":"2022-05-06T22:21:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-07T06:21:42","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-349","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/05\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-349","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 349"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4396\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?resize=1200%2C1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/issachar-update-logo-wordswag.png?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\"><\/a>     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\">I wish this issue was less rushed (and there\u00adfore bet\u00adter edit\u00aded and more com\u00adpact), but I\u2019ve been deal\u00ading with a fam\u00adi\u00adly emer\u00adgency and have had less time to read and write than nor\u00admal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is vol\u00adume 349, a prime num\u00adber.<\/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>The big news this week is the leak of the Supreme Court draft opin\u00adion por\u00adtend\u00ading a rever\u00adsal of <em>Roe v Wade<\/em>. <ul><li>It\u2019s not often that I inter\u00adject my own views into one of these week\u00adly roundups, but giv\u00aden the con\u00adtentious\u00adness of this issue I think it is only fair you know where I am com\u00ading from. I am pro-life. In sol\u00adi\u00addar\u00adi\u00adty with the Christ\u00admas sto\u00adry (where\u00adin God became incar\u00adnate in the womb) and with Chris\u00adtians through\u00adout the ages, I believe abor\u00adtion is a bad thing and the rare cas\u00ades where it is med\u00adical\u00adly nec\u00ades\u00adsary to save the life of the moth\u00ader are trag\u00adic. I am grate\u00adful that the Supreme Court appears to be on the verge of right\u00ading a great injus\u00adtice for which they are respon\u00adsi\u00adble in the first place. Fur\u00adther\u00admore, I do not view this as a par\u00adti\u00adsan issue even though it is com\u00admon\u00adly per\u00adceived that way: there are pro-life Democ\u00adrats as well as pro-life Repub\u00adli\u00adcans. In fact, there would be many more pro-life Democ\u00adrats in office were it not for a con\u00adcert\u00aded effort to mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adize them with\u00adin the par\u00adty.<\/li><li>If you have not read this clas\u00adsic arti\u00adcle in the Atlantic I sug\u00adgest you read it before any\u00adthing else: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/magazine\/archive\/2019\/12\/the-things-we-cant-face\/600769\/?utm_campaign=Mere%20Orthodoxy%20Email%20List&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_source=Revue%20newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">The Dis\u00adhon\u00adesty of the Abor\u00adtion Debate<\/a> (Caitlin Flana\u00adgan, The Atlantic): \u201cThe truth is that the best argu\u00adment on each side is a damn good one, and until you acknowl\u00adedge that fact, you aren\u2019t speak\u00ading or even think\u00ading hon\u00adest\u00adly about the issue. You cer\u00adtain\u00adly aren\u2019t going to con\u00advince any\u00adbody. Only the truth has the pow\u00ader to move.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/roe-dead\/\" target=\"_blank\">If Roe Is Dead <\/a>(Col\u00adin Hansen, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cIf <em>Roe<\/em> is dead, more chil\u00addren will live.\u2026 this is the day so many of us have labored and prayed to see. We can rejoice that God has heard our pleas that he would rec\u00adti\u00adfy this injus\u00adtice. And we can move for\u00adward in every way pos\u00adsi\u00adble to pro\u00adtect as many chil\u00addren as we can: by ban\u00adning abor\u00adtion where pos\u00adsi\u00adble, by bol\u00adster\u00ading cri\u00adsis preg\u00adnan\u00adcy cen\u00adters, by build\u00ading stronger fos\u00adter care sys\u00adtems, and much more.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/samueldjames.substack.com\/p\/receiving-justice-with-gratitude?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMzIyMjQyLCJwb3N0X2lkIjo1MzU2MjQ3MCwiXyI6IkJJRkVQIiwiaWF0IjoxNjUxODk4NzUwLCJleHAiOjE2NTE5MDIzNTAsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0yMTE3MyIsInN1YiI6InBvc3QtcmVhY3Rpb24ifQ.daLc9l0BLbPHxrkhSlxYxoeORkGGB48Yq5WqMHOYZ2k&amp;s=r\" target=\"_blank\">Receiv\u00ading Jus\u00adtice with Grat\u00adi\u00adtude<\/a> (Samuel D. James, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIt has com\u00admon\u00adly been sug\u00adgest\u00aded that oppos\u00ading Roe v Wade is moral\u00adly ille\u00adgit\u00adi\u00admate unless it is accom\u00adpa\u00adnied with a kind of max\u00adi\u00admal\u00adist sup\u00adport for a social safe\u00adty net. In oth\u00ader words, it has been sug\u00adgest\u00aded that you\u2019re not <em>real\u00adly<\/em> pro-life if you oppose abor\u00adtion but sup\u00adport cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism; you\u2019re not <em>real\u00adly<\/em> pro-life if you hate Roe v. Wade but don\u2019t vote for can\u00addi\u00addates who vow to redis\u00adtrib\u00adute wealth; you\u2019re not <em>real\u00adly<\/em> pro-life if all you want is to stop abor\u00adtion rather than pro\u00advid\u00ading exten\u00adsive care and sup\u00adport for baby and moth\u00ader.\u2026 Receive jus\u00adtice with grat\u00adi\u00adtude.\u201d This gets to close to some\u00adthing I\u2019ve been try\u00ading to artic\u00adu\u00adlate to myself, but it\u2019s not quite what I want to say. But it\u2019s close.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mirrorofjustice.blogs.com\/mirrorofjustice\/2022\/05\/statement-on-leaked-alito-draft-opinion-in-dobbs.html\" target=\"_blank\">State\u00adment on the leaked Ali\u00adto draft opin\u00adion in Dobbs<\/a> (Robert George, Mir\u00adror of Jus\u00adtice): \u201cIf, as the leaked draft opin\u00adion seems to sug\u00adgest, the Supreme Court has decid\u00aded to reverse <em>Roe <\/em>and return the ques\u00adtion of abor\u00adtion entire\u00adly to the leg\u00adisla\u00adtive domain, then the pro-life move\u00adment faces a new set of challenges\u2014challenges even more daunt\u00ading than over\u00adturn\u00ading <em>Roe<\/em>. In the face of pro\u00adfound oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion from the wealth\u00adi\u00adest, most pow\u00ader\u00adful, and most influ\u00aden\u00adtial forces and insti\u00adtu\u00adtions in the coun\u00adtry, the move\u00adment needs to extend the pro\u00adtec\u00adtions of law on terms of fair\u00adness and equal\u00adi\u00adty to moth\u00aders and chil\u00addren alike. Going still fur\u00adther, it needs to work in both the pub\u00adlic and pri\u00advate spheres to pro\u00advide nec\u00ades\u00adsary sup\u00adport for moth\u00aders and chil\u00addren, nev\u00ader allow\u00ading their inter\u00adests or well-being to be pit\u00adted against each oth\u00ader. To its great cred\u00adit, the pro-life move\u00adment has been doing this since before <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>\u2014again, in the face of hos\u00adtil\u00adi\u00adty from the most pow\u00ader\u00adful forces. We will need now to do more and bet\u00adter. We can and we will.\u201d Robert George is a law pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Prince\u00adton.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2022\/04\/25\/if-roe-v-wade-is-overturned-whats-next?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_brand=tny&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;mbid=social_twitter&amp;utm_social-type=owned\" target=\"_blank\">If Roe v. Wade Is Over\u00adturned, What\u2019s Next?<\/a> (Jean\u00adnie Suk Gersen, New York\u00ader): \u201cIt may also be only a mat\u00adter of time, if Mis\u00adsis\u00adsip\u00adpi pre\u00advails, before pro-life legal efforts turn toward get\u00adting the Supreme Court to rec\u00adog\u00adnize the con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal rights of the fetus. These efforts would focus on the same part of the Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion that was pre\u00advi\u00adous\u00adly held to pro\u00advide the right to abor\u00adtion, the Four\u00adteenth Amend\u00adment, which pro\u00adhibits states from depriv\u00ading \u2018any per\u00adson of life, lib\u00ader\u00adty, or prop\u00ader\u00adty with\u00adout due process of law.\u2019\u201d The author is a Har\u00advard Law prof.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2022\/5\/4\/podcast-about-post-roe-politics-and-bidens-evolving-doctrines-on-choosing-to-abort-a-child\" target=\"_blank\">About post-Roe pol\u00adi\u00adtics and Biden\u2019s evolv\u00ading doc\u00adtrines on choos\u00ading to \u2018abort a child\u2019<\/a> (Ter\u00adry Mat\u00adting\u00adly, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201cOnce upon a time, Sen. Joe Biden was almost a pro-life Catholic Demo\u00adc\u00adrat. This may be the rea\u00adson \u2014 as jour\u00adnal\u00adists fre\u00adquent\u00adly note \u2014 that he seems uncom\u00adfort\u00adable say\u00ading \u2018abor\u00adtion\u2019 in pub\u00adlic remarks.\u201d<\/li><li>An arti\u00adcle by some\u00adone out\u00adraged: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/daily-comment\/why-there-are-no-women-in-the-constitution\" target=\"_blank\">Of Course the Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion Has Noth\u00ading to Say About Abor\u00adtion<\/a> (Jill Lep\u00adore, The New York\u00ader): \u201cThis will be, in large part, because Supreme Court Jus\u00adtice Samuel Ali\u00adto is sur\u00adprised that there is so lit\u00adtle writ\u00adten about abor\u00adtion in a four-thou\u00adsand-word doc\u00adu\u00adment craft\u00aded by fifty-five men in 1787. As it hap\u00adpens, there is also noth\u00ading at all in that doc\u00adu\u00adment, which sets out fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal law, about preg\u00adnan\u00adcy, uterus\u00ades, vagi\u00adnas, fetus\u00ades, pla\u00adcen\u00adtas, men\u00adstru\u00adal blood, breasts, or breast milk. There is noth\u00ading in that doc\u00adu\u00adment about women at all.\u201d<ul><li>Over\u00adall a good arti\u00adcle (although I think it demon\u00adstrates the oppo\u00adsite of what it intends to demon\u00adstrate). Also, although the rhetoric in the excerpt is pow\u00ader\u00adful, it\u2019s unfair \u2014 there\u2019s also noth\u00ading in the Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion about testes, sperm or penis\u00ades. I find this is often the case in the abor\u00adtion debate: pow\u00ader\u00adful rhetoric that cov\u00aders over weak\u00adness\u00ades in the the sub\u00adstance of the argu\u00adment.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Anoth\u00ader not-thrilled per\u00adspec\u00adtive: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.discourseblog.com\/p\/god-damn-america?s=r\" target=\"_blank\">God Damn Amer\u00adi\u00adca<\/a> (Jack Mirkin\u00adson, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe final opin\u00adion could dif\u00adfer, but what we have in front of us is an extrem\u00adist, ille\u00adgit\u00adi\u00admate opin\u00adion from an extrem\u00adist, ille\u00adgit\u00adi\u00admate court, one that sees women as serfs and breed\u00aders, that sees queer peo\u00adple as sub\u00adhu\u00adman, that sees minori\u00adties of every kind as dirt under its col\u00adlec\u00adtive shoe. It is hap\u00adpi\u00adly drag\u00adging us into the dark ages. Ali\u00adto and every\u00adone who joins him are evil peo\u00adple. No hell is too hot for them.\u201d<\/li><li>A pret\u00adty extreme out\u00adraged per\u00adspec\u00adtive: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2022\/may\/03\/as-the-us-supreme-court-moves-to-end-abortion-is-america-still-a-free-country\" target=\"_blank\">As the US supreme court moves to end abor\u00adtion, is Amer\u00adi\u00adca still a free coun\u00adtry?<\/a> (Moira Done\u00adgan, The Guardian): \u201cSome have raised doubts about whether Amer\u00adi\u00adca can call itself a democ\u00adra\u00adcy, now that pol\u00adi\u00adcy\u00admak\u00ading pow\u00ader has been large\u00adly tak\u00aden over by the unelect\u00aded courts \u2013 whose deci\u00adsions, like this one, are so rad\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly out of step with, and indif\u00adfer\u00adent to, pub\u00adlic opin\u00adion. But it is also worth won\u00adder\u00ading whether any coun\u00adtry can call itself a democ\u00adra\u00adcy that does not pro\u00adtect abor\u00adtion rights.\u201d<ul><li>It is odd to claim now as the point when courts have tak\u00aden over elec\u00adtoral pow\u00ader when it was the Supreme Court itself that imposed abor\u00adtion upon every state out\u00adside of their demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic process\u00ades. If this draft is ille\u00adgit\u00adi\u00admate because it\u2019s not a byprod\u00aduct of an elec\u00adtoral process, then that\u2019s one more rea\u00adson that <em>Roe v Wade<\/em> was itself ille\u00adgit\u00adi\u00admate.  <\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>You can see oth\u00ader abor\u00adtion-relat\u00aded con\u00adtent from pre\u00advi\u00adous week\u00adly roundups at <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/tag\/abortion\">https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/tag\/abortion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Not relat\u00aded but relat\u00aded: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/is-support-for-single-motherhood-and-cohabitation-falling-in-the-us\" target=\"_blank\">Is Sup\u00adport for Sin\u00adgle Moth\u00ader\u00adhood and Cohab\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion Falling in the U.S<\/a>.? (Alysse ElHage, Insti\u00adtute for Fam\u00adi\u00adly Stud\u00adies): \u201c\u2026as more Amer\u00adi\u00adcans have expe\u00adri\u00adenced cohab\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion, either per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly or through watch\u00ading friends or fam\u00adi\u00adly cohab\u00adit, more peo\u00adple are real\u00adiz\u00ading that liv\u00ading togeth\u00ader just does not com\u00adpare to mar\u00adriage in terms of rela\u00adtion\u00adship qual\u00adi\u00adty or sta\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty. That could explain why Pew found a dif\u00adfer\u00adence based on age. A Pew spokes\u00adwoman told me via email, \u2018adults ages 30 to 49, 50 to 64, and ages 65+ were more like\u00adly than in 2018 to say [cohab\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtion] is a bad thing for soci\u00adety.\u2019 How\u00adev\u00ader, there was no sim\u00adi\u00adlar shift among 18 to 29-year-olds.\u201d<\/li><li>About the leak itself:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2022\/05\/why-the-dobbs-leak-is-dangerous\" target=\"_blank\">Why the Dobbs Leak Is Dan\u00adger\u00adous<\/a> (Mark Movs\u00adesian, First Things): \u201cIn dis\u00adclos\u00ading the draft opin\u00adion now, rather than in Feb\u00adru\u00adary when it cir\u00adcu\u00adlat\u00aded, the leak\u00ader pre\u00adsum\u00adably means to do one of two things. First, the leak\u00ader might hope that pub\u00adlic pres\u00adsure will intim\u00adi\u00addate one or more of the jus\u00adtices and affect the out\u00adcome of the case. Pos\u00adsi\u00adbly, the leak\u00ader is a con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive clerk try\u00ading to keep Alito\u2019s major\u00adi\u00adty intact, on the the\u00ado\u00adry that it would be too embar\u00adrass\u00ading for a jus\u00adtice to change his or her mind in these cir\u00adcum\u00adstances. More like\u00adly, though, the leak\u00ader is a pro\u00adgres\u00adsive who hopes an angry pub\u00adlic reac\u00adtion will make a mem\u00adber of Alito\u2019s major\u00adi\u00adty recon\u00adsid\u00ader.&nbsp; Alter\u00adna\u00adtive\u00adly, the leak\u00ader might know that Jus\u00adtice Ali\u00adto\u2019s major\u00adi\u00adty is sol\u00adid and that try\u00ading to change any\u00adone\u2019s mind is use\u00adless. In that case, the leaker\u2019s goal like\u00adly would be, quite sim\u00adply, to wreck the Court as an institution\u2014because that is what a leak like this accom\u00adplish\u00ades.\u201d The author is a for\u00admer Supreme Court clerk and cur\u00adrent\u00adly a law pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at St. John\u2019s Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/02\/supreme-court-draft-opinion-00029475\" target=\"_blank\">How rare is a Supreme Court breach? Very rare<\/a> (Josh Ger\u00adstein, Politi\u00adco): \u201c[Law prof and Supreme Court biog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader] Wer\u00admiel said the jus\u00adtices typ\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly argue that con\u00adfi\u00adden\u00adtial\u00adi\u00adty is crit\u00adi\u00adcal to the high court\u2019s oper\u00ada\u00adtion and col\u00adle\u00adgial\u00adi\u00adty. \u2018They think it will chill their delib\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion with one anoth\u00ader and their can\u00addor and will\u00ading\u00adness to be open in exchange of views,\u2019 Wer\u00admiel said. Some also con\u00adtend that such reports dis\u00adtract from the court\u2019s most endur\u00ading work: its opin\u00adions.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2022\/05\/02\/whodunnit\/\" target=\"_blank\">Who\u00addun\u00adnit?<\/a> (Josh Black\u00adman, The Volokh Con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy): \u201cAnd a Jus\u00adtice must know that autho\u00adriz\u00ading this leak would prob\u00ada\u00adbly lead to impeach\u00adment pro\u00adceed\u00adings. I do not think this leak came from a chambers.There is [anoth\u00ader] option: the leak did not come from a cham\u00adbers.\u2026 Rather, the leak may have come from some\u00adone with access to the Supreme Court\u2019s draft opin\u00adions. And his\u00adto\u00adry sug\u00adgest that this sort of leak is pos\u00adsi\u00adble.\u201d The author is a law prof at South Texas Col\u00adlege of Law.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2022\/05\/06\/what-if-the-scotus-leak-came-from-a-foreign-hack\/\" target=\"_blank\">What If The SCOTUS Leak Came From A For\u00adeign Hack?<\/a> (Josh Black\u00adman, The Volokh Con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy): \u201cBut there is anoth\u00ader enti\u00adty that may want to burn down the Supreme Court, and tear apart the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan peo\u00adple: a for\u00adeign gov\u00adern\u00adment. If that was the intent, the plan was suc\u00adcess\u00adful. Look no fur\u00adther than the groups pub\u00adlish\u00ading the address\u00ades of Supreme Court jus\u00adtices. Plus, as a ben\u00ade\u00adfit to for\u00adeign states, the tor\u00adrent of news has tak\u00aden Ukraine out of the head\u00adlines. Through this lens, the hack becomes much more plau\u00adsi\u00adble.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/thetechnium\/103-bits-of-advice-i-wish-i-had-known\/\" target=\"_blank\">103 Bits of Advice I Wish I Had Known<\/a> (Kevin Kel\u00adly, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): this is some\u00adthing he does every year. My two favorites were: \u201cThere is no such thing as being \u2018on time.\u2019 You are either late or you are ear\u00adly. Your choice.\u201d and \u201cAim to die broke. Give to your ben\u00ade\u00adfi\u00adcia\u00adries before you die; it\u2019s more fun and use\u00adful. Spend it all. Your last check should go to the funer\u00adal home and it should bounce.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/economistwritingeveryday.com\/2022\/05\/04\/what-if-you-didnt-have-to-file-a-tax-return\/\" target=\"_blank\">What if You Didn\u2019t Have to File a Tax Return?<\/a> (Jere\u00admy Hor\u00adpedahl, blog): \u201cIn \u2018Auto\u00admat\u00adic Tax Fil\u00ading: Sim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading a Pre-Pop\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded Form 1040,\u2019 the authors use a large sam\u00adple of tax returns to esti\u00admate how many tax\u00adpay\u00aders a pre-filled return would work for. The results are almost split down the mid\u00addle: it would work well for maybe half of US tax\u00adpay\u00aders (41\u201348% of tax\u00adpay\u00aders, depend\u00ading on how we are defin\u00ading suc\u00adcess\u00adful). For the oth\u00ader half, it wouldn\u2019t give you an accu\u00adrate esti\u00admate of how much tax you owed. And the errors can be large.\u201cThe author is an econ prof at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cen\u00adtral Arkansas (home of a great Chi Alpha, inci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly). I had assumed this was sim\u00adply a byprod\u00aduct of lob\u00adby\u00ading, not that there were actu\u00adal tech\u00adni\u00adcal rea\u00adsons not to do it.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/05\/02\/ufo-briefings-congress-pentagon-00029315\" target=\"_blank\">The UFO brief\u00adin\u00adgs on Capi\u00adtol Hill have begun. Law\u00admak\u00aders aren\u2019t impressed.<\/a> (Bryan Ben\u00adder, Politi\u00adco): \u201cLaw\u00admak\u00aders receiv\u00ading the lat\u00adest secret brief\u00adin\u00adgs on UFOs say nation\u00adal secu\u00adri\u00adty agen\u00adcies still aren\u2019t tak\u00ading seri\u00adous\u00adly the reports of high\u00adly advanced air\u00adcraft of unknown ori\u00adgin vio\u00adlat\u00ading pro\u00adtect\u00aded air\u00adspace.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10778291\/US-Air-Force-successfully-tests-2-000-pound-air-launched-quicksink-bomb-sinks-cargo-ship.html\" target=\"_blank\">Amer\u00adi\u00adca flex\u00ades its mar\u00aditime mus\u00adcles! U.S. Air Force suc\u00adcess\u00adful\u00adly tests 2,000-pound air-launched \u2018quicksink\u2019 bomb and blasts car\u00adgo ship out of the sea in one strike<\/a> (Tom Brown, Dai\u00adly Mail): \u201cQuicksink risks rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly low-cost air\u00adcraft when com\u00adpared with the dan\u00adger of los\u00ading a sub\u00adma\u00adrine to ene\u00admy retal\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion after a tor\u00adpe\u00addo strike.\u2026 A sin\u00adgle F\u201115EX costs $87.7 mil\u00adlion per air\u00adcraft, where\u00adas a US sub\u00adma\u00adrine can cost up to $2.8 bil\u00adlion per unit, accord\u00ading to Aero Cor\u00adner.\u201d The accom\u00adpa\u00adny\u00ading video is impres\u00adsive.<\/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:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MsuuiVzS6Js\" target=\"_blank\">Bob Mor\u00adtimer\u2019s Theft and Shrub\u00adbery<\/a> (Would I Like To You?, YouTube): five and a half min\u00adutes. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtor (!)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-poll-shows-surprisingly-sizable-majority-of-fetuses-favor-overturning-roe\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Poll Shows Sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly Siz\u00adable Major\u00adi\u00adty Of Unborn Babies Favor Over\u00adturn\u00ading Roe<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-called-by-holy-spirit-to-do-the-exact-thing-he-wanted-to-do\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man Called By Holy Spir\u00adit To Do The Exact Thing He Want\u00aded To Do<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/sixth-love-language-revealed-to-be-tacos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sixth Love Lan\u00adguage Revealed To Be Tacos<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.psypost.org\/2022\/05\/new-research-sheds-light-on-the-perceived-effectiveness-of-flirtation-tactics-63081\" target=\"_blank\">New research sheds light on the per\u00adceived effec\u00adtive\u00adness of flir\u00adta\u00adtion tac\u00adtics<\/a> (Emi\u00adly Man\u00adis, Psy Post): \u201cEver won\u00adder what the most effec\u00adtive flirt\u00ading tech\u00adnique would be for you? A study pub\u00adlished in <em>Evo\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary Psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy<\/em> sug\u00adgests that they may dif\u00adfer between men and women but laugh\u00ading at some\u00adone else\u2019s jokes is an effec\u00adtive tech\u00adnique for both gen\u00adders.\u201d Pass\u00ading along as a pub\u00adlic ser\u00advice to sin\u00adgle col\u00adlege stu\u00addents. <\/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:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/pornography-human-humane\/\" target=\"_blank\">How Pornog\u00adra\u00adphy Makes Us Less Human and Less Humane<\/a> (Matthew Lee Ander\u00adson, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cBeneath pornog\u00adra\u00adphy is the sup\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion that the mere fact of our desire for a woman makes us wor\u00adthy of her. And so, not being bound by any kind of norm, desire must pro\u00adceed end\u00adless\u00adly. It is no sur\u00adprise that the indus\u00adtri\u00adal\u00adized, cheap-and-easy sex of pornog\u00adra\u00adphy has answered and evoked an almost unre\u00adstrained sex\u00adu\u00adal greed, which allows us to be gods and god\u00addess\u00ades with\u00adin the safe\u00adty of our own fan\u00adtasies. It is for deep and impor\u00adtant rea\u00adsons that the Ten Com\u00admand\u00adments use the eco\u00adnom\u00adic lan\u00adguage of \u2018cov\u00adet\u00ading\u2019 to describe the bad\u00adness of errant sex\u00adu\u00adal desires.\u201d First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/08\/30\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-216\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 216<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the time of King David, the tribe of Issachar pro\u00adduced shrewd war\u00adriors \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>much about Dobbs, Roe, and the impli\u00adca\u00adtions there\u00adof<\/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":"Many links about Dobbs, Roe, and the implications thereof.","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[121,112,207,117,132,247],"class_list":["post-6878","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-abortion","tag-marriage","tag-military","tag-politics","tag-supreme-court","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1MW","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6878","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6878"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6885,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6878\/revisions\/6885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}