{"id":6893,"date":"2022-05-20T19:26:50","date_gmt":"2022-05-21T03:26:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6893"},"modified":"2022-05-20T19:26:50","modified_gmt":"2022-05-21T03:26:50","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-351","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/05\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-351","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 351"},"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 the 351st install\u00adment. 351 is, I am told, the small\u00adest num\u00adber such that it and its sur\u00adround\u00ading num\u00adbers are all prod\u00aducts of 4 or more primes (in the case of 351=3\u00b73\u00b73\u00b713).<\/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:\/\/nyti.ms\/3MbjjSN\" target=\"_blank\">My Col\u00adlege Stu\u00addents Are Not OK<\/a>&nbsp; (Jonathan Malesic, New York Times): \u201cHigh\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion is now at a turn\u00ading point. The accom\u00admo\u00adda\u00adtions for the pan\u00addem\u00adic can either end or be made per\u00adma\u00adnent. The task won\u2019t be easy, but uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties need to help stu\u00addents rebuild their abil\u00adi\u00adty to learn. And to do that, every\u00adone involved \u2014 stu\u00addents, fac\u00adul\u00adties, admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors and the pub\u00adlic at large \u2014 must insist on in-per\u00adson class\u00ades and high expec\u00adta\u00adtions for fall 2022 and beyond.\u201d The author has a PhD in reli\u00adgious stud\u00adies and was a tenured the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy prof, but now teach\u00ades writ\u00ading at anoth\u00ader uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. His per\u00adson\u00adal jour\u00adney seems inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/2022\/05\/13\/business\/mit-harvard-scientists-find-ai-can-recognize-race-x-rays-nobody-knows-how\/\" target=\"_blank\">MIT, Har\u00advard sci\u00aden\u00adtists find AI can rec\u00adog\u00adnize race from X\u2011rays \u2014 and nobody knows how<\/a> (Hiawatha Bray, Boston Globe): \u201cGhas\u00adse\u00admi and her col\u00adleagues remain baf\u00adfled, but she sus\u00adpects it has some\u00adthing to do with melanin, the pig\u00adment that deter\u00admines skin col\u00ador. Per\u00adhaps X\u2011rays and CT scan\u00adners detect the high\u00ader melanin con\u00adtent of dark\u00ader skin, and embed this infor\u00adma\u00adtion in the dig\u00adi\u00adtal image in some fash\u00adion that human users have nev\u00ader noticed before. It\u2019ll take a lot more research to be sure.\u201d<\/li><li>Pan\u00addem\u00adic news, not great this week:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/erictopol.substack.com\/p\/the-covid-capitulation?s=w\" target=\"_blank\">The Covid Capit\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion<\/a> (Eric Topol, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cTo recap, we have a high\u00adly unfa\u00advor\u00adable pic\u00adture of: (1) accel\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded evo\u00adlu\u00adtion of the virus; (2) increased immune escape of new vari\u00adants; (2) pro\u00adgres\u00adsive\u00adly high\u00ader trans\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty and infec\u00adtious\u00adness; (4) sub\u00adstan\u00adtial\u00adly less pro\u00adtec\u00adtion from trans\u00admis\u00adsion by vac\u00adcines and boost\u00aders; (5) some reduc\u00adtion on vaccine\/booster pro\u00adtec\u00adtion against hos\u00adpi\u00adtal\u00adiza\u00adtion and death; (6) high vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty from infec\u00adtion-acquired immu\u00adni\u00adty only; and (7) like\u00adli\u00adhood of more nox\u00adious new vari\u00adants in the months ahead\u201d The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar med\u00adi\u00adcine at the Scripps Insti\u00adtute.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/harpers.org\/archive\/2022\/06\/permanent-pandemic-will-covid-controls-keep-controlling-us\/\" target=\"_blank\">Per\u00adma\u00adnent Pan\u00addem\u00adic<\/a> (Justin E. H. Smith, Harper\u2019s Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cThat the polit\u00adi\u00adcal is always biopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal, in at least this gen\u00ader\u00adal sense, may be a fact that recedes from view in those rare moments when things are func\u00adtion\u00ading smooth\u00adly. At such times, the var\u00adi\u00adous doc\u00adu\u00adments that gov\u00adern\u00adments make us fill out and sign, or fill out on our behalf when we are born, mar\u00adried, arrest\u00aded, or dead; the var\u00adi\u00adous licens\u00ades we get renewed; and the accred\u00adi\u00adta\u00adtions we col\u00adlect come to appear as ends in them\u00adselves rather than as part of a vast appa\u00adra\u00adtus that lim\u00adits what we can do with our own bod\u00adies.\u201d The author is a phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Paris.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2022\/05\/the-new-covid-equilibrium.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-new-covid-equilibrium\" target=\"_blank\">The new Covid equi\u00adlib\u00adri\u00adum<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cI know many of you like to say \u2018No worse than the com\u00admon cold!\u2019 Well, the thing is\u2026the com\u00admon cold impos\u00ades con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable costs on the world. Imag\u00adine a new com\u00admon cold, which you catch a few times a year, with some sliv\u00ader of the pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion get\u00adting some form of Long Covid. One 2003 esti\u00admate sug\u00adgest\u00aded that the com\u00admon cold costs us $40 bil\u00adlion a year, and in a typ\u00adi\u00adcal year I don\u2019t get a cold even once.\u2026 Even under mild con\u00adcep\u00adtions of cur\u00adrent Covid, it is entire\u00adly plau\u00adsi\u00adble to believe that the costs of Covid will run into the tril\u00adlions over the next ten years.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/17\/us\/public-schools-falling-enrollment.html?smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">With Plung\u00ading Enroll\u00adment, a \u2018Seis\u00admic Hit\u2019 to Pub\u00adlic Schools<\/a> (Shawn Hubler, New York Times): \u201cNo over\u00adrid\u00ading expla\u00adna\u00adtion has emerged yet for the wide\u00adspread drop-off. But experts point to two poten\u00adtial caus\u00ades: Some par\u00adents became so fed up with remote instruc\u00adtion or mask man\u00addates that they start\u00aded home-school\u00ading their chil\u00addren or send\u00ading them to pri\u00advate or parochial schools that large\u00adly remained open dur\u00ading the pan\u00addem\u00adic. And oth\u00ader fam\u00adi\u00adlies were thrown into such tur\u00admoil by pan\u00addem\u00adic-relat\u00aded job loss\u00ades, home\u00adless\u00adness and school clo\u00adsures that their chil\u00addren sim\u00adply dropped out.\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Abor\u00adtion-relat\u00aded: <ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/05\/14\/1098800437\/religion-role-politics\" target=\"_blank\">Roe draft is a reminder that reli\u00adgion\u2019s role in pol\u00adi\u00adtics is old\u00ader than the repub\u00adlic<\/a> (Ron Elv\u00ading, NPR): \u201cThe ques\u00adtion aris\u00ades: Since when did so much of our pol\u00adi\u00adtics have to do with reli\u00adgion? And the answer is, since the begin\u00adning \u2013 and even before. Reli\u00adgion was a dri\u00adving and deter\u00admi\u00adna\u00adtive force in pol\u00adi\u00adtics on this con\u00adti\u00adnent even before the \u2018Unit\u00aded States\u2019 had been formed.And it has been brought to bear in wide\u00adly dis\u00adparate caus\u00ades. Reli\u00adgion has been invoked to con\u00addemn slav\u00adery and seg\u00adre\u00adga\u00adtion, to ban alco\u00adhol and the teach\u00ading of evo\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary sci\u00adence and to bol\u00adster anti-war move\u00adments.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2022\/05\/how-mary-whitehouse-waged-war-on-pornography\" target=\"_blank\">When an Abor\u00adtion Is Pro-Life<\/a> (Matthew Lof\u00adtus, New York Times): \u201cI view my work as a physi\u00adcian as part of a bat\u00adtle against bro\u00adken\u00adness in the phys\u00adi\u00adcal health of my patients, a bat\u00adtle whose tide was turned when Jesus Christ rose from the dead. The Bible teach\u00ades that our phys\u00adi\u00adcal bod\u00adies will one day be res\u00adur\u00adrect\u00aded as Christ\u2019s was, mys\u00adte\u00adri\u00adous\u00adly trans\u00adformed but some\u00adhow also con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous with our present flesh and blood \u2014 like a seed is trans\u00adformed into a plant. I teach and work along\u00adside local health pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adals so that we can care holis\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly for peo\u00adple in need, fol\u00adlow\u00ading in the foot\u00adsteps of Jesus, the heal\u00ader.\u2026 Here, I think the excep\u00adtion proves the rule: End\u00ading a child\u2019s life before birth is so wrong that only sav\u00ading anoth\u00ader life could be worth it.\u201d This is a remark\u00adable op-ed.<\/li><li>A cri\u00adtique of the reli\u00adgious pro-life move\u00adment: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/magazine\/2022\/05\/10\/abortion-history-right-white-evangelical-1970s-00031480\" target=\"_blank\">The Reli\u00adgious Right and the Abor\u00adtion Myth<\/a> (Ran\u00addall Balmer, Politi\u00adco): \u201cWhite evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals in the 1970s did not mobi\u00adlize against <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, which they con\u00adsid\u00adered a Catholic issue. They orga\u00adnized instead to defend racial seg\u00adre\u00adga\u00adtion in evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, includ\u00ading Bob Jones Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. To sug\u00adgest oth\u00ader\u00adwise is to per\u00adpe\u00adtrate what I call the abor\u00adtion myth, the fic\u00adtion that the gen\u00ade\u00adsis of the Reli\u00adgious Right \u2014 the pow\u00ader\u00adful evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal polit\u00adi\u00adcal move\u00adment that has reshaped Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pol\u00adi\u00adtics over the past four decades \u2014 lay in oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion to abor\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li><li>But actu\u00adal\u00adly no: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2022\/05\/16\/what-everyone-gets-wrong-about-evangelicals-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\">What every\u00adone gets wrong about evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals and abor\u00adtion<\/a> (Gillian Frank &amp; Neil J. Young, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cTwelve years before the <em>Roe <\/em>deci\u00adsion, a young woman wrote to the lead\u00ading U.S. evan\u00adge\u00adlist, the Rev. Bil\u00adly Gra\u00adham, with the fol\u00adlow\u00ading ques\u00adtion: \u2018Through a young and fool\u00adish sin, I had an abor\u00adtion. I now feel guilty of mur\u00adder. How can I ever know for\u00adgive\u00adness?\u2019 Gra\u00adham, whose syn\u00addi\u00adcat\u00aded news\u00adpa\u00adper col\u00adumn \u2018My Answer\u2019 reached mil\u00adlions of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans, replied: \u2018Abor\u00adtion is as vio\u00adlent a sin against God, nature, and one\u2019s self as one can com\u00admit.\u2019 Gra\u00adham telegraphed evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals\u2019 unease with abor\u00adtion, which would become increas\u00ading\u00adly polit\u00adi\u00adcal in the com\u00ading years.\u201d <\/li><li>Real\u00adly actu\u00adal\u00adly no: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AndrewRLewis\/status\/1522641045854601220\">There\u2019s been some dis\u00adcus\u00adsion about how evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals in the U.S. didn\u2019t start oppos\u00ading abor\u00adtion until the late 1970s \u2013 sev\u00ader\u00adal years after Roe v. Wade in 1973. There\u2019s a lot more nuance to that his\u00adto\u00adry.<\/a> (Andrew Lewis, Twit\u00adter): an inter\u00adest\u00ading thread from a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cincin\u00adnati.<\/li><li>As in strong\u00adly no: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrwhitehead\/status\/1524226122237591554\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jrwhitehead\/status\/1524226122237591554\">Ballmer also mis\u00adrep\u00adre\u00adsent\u00aded the legal aspects of this sto\u00adry<\/a> (Jon White\u00adhead, Twit\u00adter)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2022\/05\/how-mary-whitehouse-waged-war-on-pornography\" target=\"_blank\">How Mary White\u00adhouse Waged War on Pornog\u00adra\u00adphy<\/a> (Jonathon Van Maren, First Things): \u201cWhite\u00adhouse was mocked for pre\u00addict\u00ading that sex\u00adu\u00adal mes\u00adsag\u00ading would soon tar\u00adget chil\u00addren; it is now the norm for LGBT con\u00adtent to appear on children\u2019s TV shows and in sto\u00adry\u00adbooks. She warned that films such as Bernar\u00addo Bertolucci\u2019s <em>Last Tan\u00adgo in Paris<\/em> crossed a line; it was lat\u00ader revealed that the rape scene in the movie deeply trau\u00adma\u00adtized the scene\u2019s young actress, who received vile treat\u00adment at the hands of old\u00ader men. On the big cul\u00adtur\u00adal ques\u00adtions, White\u00adhouse was right and her crit\u00adics were wrong.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2022\/5\/11\/naomi-judd-its-scary-to-show-that-part-of-you-that-is-the-not-so-smart-not-so-together-side\" target=\"_blank\">Nao\u00admi Judd: \u2018It\u2019s scary to show that part of you that is the not so smart, not so togeth\u00ader side\u2019<\/a> (Ter\u00adry Mat\u00adting\u00adly, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201cNao\u00admi Judd thought she under\u00adstood the ties that bind coun\u00adtry-music stars and their audi\u00adence \u2013 then one aggres\u00adsive fan went and joined the Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal church the Judd fam\u00adi\u00adly called home. \u2018It real\u00adly bur\u00addened me,\u2019 said Judd, after sign\u00ading hun\u00addreds of her \u2018Love Can Build a Bridge\u2019 mem\u00adoir back in 1993. \u2018I just don\u2019t sign auto\u00adgraphs at church. The best way I can explain it to chil\u00addren \u2026 is to say, \u2018Hon\u00adey, Jesus is the star.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d What a great open\u00ading sto\u00adry.<\/li><li>On the shoot\u00adings:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2022\/05\/17\/faith-on-the-ground-in-buffalo-voice-buffalo-executive-director-denise-walden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Faith on the ground in Buf\u00adfa\u00adlo: Voice Buf\u00adfa\u00adlo exec\u00adu\u00adtive direc\u00adtor Denise Walden<\/a> (Adelle M. Banks, Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice): \u201cThey are some of the matri\u00adarchs and the pil\u00adlars of our com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. They will be missed in ways that I don\u2019t think I can do jus\u00adtice to describ\u00ading, but who bring joy to this com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty. They\u2019re the ones who help stand and hold this com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty togeth\u00ader.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/faqs-great-replacement-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\">The FAQs: What Chris\u00adtians Should Know About the \u2018Great Replace\u00adment\u2019 The\u00ado\u00adry<\/a> (Joe Carter, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cThe recent shoot\u00ading in Buf\u00adfa\u00adlo is the fifth ter\u00adror\u00adist attack in the past five years in which a white suprema\u00adcist gun\u00adman made ref\u00ader\u00adence to the Great Replace\u00adment con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy the\u00ado\u00adry.\u2026 Chris\u00adtians should be the first to decry the racism and xeno\u00adpho\u00adbia of the the\u00ado\u00adry, along with con\u00addemn\u00ading the vio\u00adlence it has per\u00adpet\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ministrywatch.com\/doctor-who-fought-church-gunman-remembered-as-kind-protector\/\" target=\"_blank\">Doc\u00adtor Who Fought Church Gun\u00adman Remem\u00adbered as Kind Pro\u00adtec\u00adtor<\/a> (Julie Wat\u00adson, Min\u00adistry Watch): \u201cThe fam\u00adi\u00adly and sports med\u00adi\u00adcine physi\u00adcian was like fam\u00adi\u00adly to the staff and he encour\u00adaged them to learn kung fu, telling them about the impor\u00adtance of know\u00ading self-defense tech\u00adniques. He also learned how to han\u00addle a gun for that same rea\u00adson. That pre\u00adpared\u00adness com\u00adbined with Cheng\u2019s serene dis\u00adpo\u00adsi\u00adtion like\u00adly gave him a pro\u00adcliv\u00adi\u00adty for act\u00ading hero\u00adical\u00adly, accord\u00ading to active shoot\u00ader experts.\u2026 Author\u00adi\u00adties cred\u00adit Cheng\u2019s quick action with sav\u00ading per\u00adhaps dozens of lives at a cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adto\u00adry lun\u00adcheon for con\u00adgre\u00adgants and their for\u00admer pas\u00adtor at Irvine Tai\u00adwanese Pres\u00adby\u00adter\u00adian Church, which wor\u00adships at Gene\u00adva Pres\u00adby\u00adter\u00adian Church in the Orange Coun\u00adty com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty of Lagu\u00adna Woods.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2022\/may\/taiwan-china-politics-church-shooting-diaspora-pastors.html\" target=\"_blank\">After Shoot\u00ading, Church\u00ades Nav\u00adi\u00adgate Chi\u00adna-Tai\u00adwan Ten\u00adsions Under the Sur\u00adface<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnutt &amp; Sean Cheng, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cAs soon as they heard that a gun\u00adman attacked a Tai\u00adwanese church in Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia on Sun\u00adday, some Tai\u00adwanese cor\u00adrect\u00adly assumed polit\u00adi\u00adcal motives.\u2026 The shoot\u00ading sus\u00adpect, David Wen\u00adwei Chou, was born and raised in Tai\u00adwan but con\u00adsid\u00aders him\u00adself Chi\u00adnese. (Chi\u00adna cur\u00adrent\u00adly claims Tai\u00adwan as its ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adry.) He left notes in Chi\u00adnese in his car stat\u00ading he did not believe Tai\u00adwan should be inde\u00adpen\u00addent from Chi\u00adna. Chi\u00adnese social media cir\u00adcu\u00adlat\u00aded pho\u00adtos of Chou indi\u00adcat\u00ading that he was a leader of a Chi\u00adnese pro-uni\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion in Las Vegas.\u201d<\/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:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=DSolKHe3z2Q\" target=\"_blank\">Jun\u00adwoo\u2019s cool MAGIC hits every BEAT!<\/a> (Britain\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): four min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=_BMLHC6oNzY\" target=\"_blank\">First Cou\u00adple To Have A Baby<\/a> (Julie Nolke, YouTube): three min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=F4v0BZtrSbY\" target=\"_blank\">The SPELLBINDING Kei\u00adichi Iwasa\u00adki!<\/a> (Britain\u2019s Got Tal\u00adent, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7ksI6ah4sx4\" target=\"_blank\">When South\u00adern\u00aders go to Dol\u00adlar Gen\u00ader\u00adal<\/a> (It\u2019s a South\u00adern Thing, YouTube): three min\u00adutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8DR78ZR51Tk\" target=\"_blank\">Drop The Water Bal\u00adloon From The Great\u00adest Height<\/a> (Taskmas\u00adter, YouTube): eleven sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly grip\u00adping min\u00adutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/07\/books\/review\/mothers-day-books-for-babies.html\" target=\"_blank\">If Clas\u00adsic Books Had Been Writ\u00adten for Babies\u2026<\/a> (Oliv\u00ader and Lil\u00adlian Mun\u00adday, NY Times): visu\u00adal, not excerpt\u00adable<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/toddler-fails-to-see-how-father-can-be-all-loving-when-he-just-took-away-fun-knife-he-was-playing-with\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tod\u00addler Fails To See How Par\u00adents Can Be Both All-Pow\u00ader\u00adful And All-Lov\u00ading When They Just Took Away Fun Knife He Was Play\u00ading With<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/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=\"http:\/\/scholars-stage.blogspot.com\/2019\/07\/a-study-guide-for-human-society-part-i.html\" target=\"_blank\">A Study Guide For Human Soci\u00adety, Part 1<\/a> (Tan\u00adner Greer, The Scholar\u2019s Stage): \u201c\u2026there are two meth\u00adods [for find\u00ading good his\u00adto\u00adry books] in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar I have often have use\u00adful. The first is to Google syl\u00adlabi. If you are inter\u00adest\u00aded in the his\u00adto\u00adry of the Roman Repub\u00adlic, Google \u2018Roman Repub\u00adlic syl\u00adlabus\u2019 and see what pops up. Read a few cours\u00ades and see what books are includ\u00aded. Alter\u00adna\u00adtive\u00adly, if you just read a book you thought was par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly good, put its title into Google and then the word \u2018syl\u00adlabus\u2019 after\u00adwards and see what oth\u00ader read\u00adings col\u00adlege pro\u00adfes\u00adsors have paired with that book in their cours\u00ades.\u201d&nbsp; First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/09\/06\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-217\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 217<\/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>. 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