{"id":6915,"date":"2022-06-10T20:51:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T04:51:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6915"},"modified":"2022-06-10T20:51:13","modified_gmt":"2022-06-11T04:51:13","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-354","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/06\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-354","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 354"},"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 354, which is the sum of the first four 4<sup>th<\/sup> pow\u00aders: 1<sup>4<\/sup>+2<sup>4<\/sup>+3<sup>4<\/sup>+4<sup>4<\/sup> = 1+16+81+256=354.<\/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.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/distrust-pastor\/\" target=\"_blank\">When to Dis\u00adtrust Your Pas\u00adtor<\/a> (Gar\u00adrett Kell, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cShep\u00adherds should be known by their sheep. Appear\u00ading in the pul\u00adpit is only a small part of a pastor\u2019s respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty. If church mem\u00adbers lack any vis\u00adi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty into their pas\u00adtors\u2019 lives, they are unable to \u2018con\u00adsid\u00ader the out\u00adcome of their way of life, and imi\u00adtate their faith\u2019 (Heb. 13:7).\u201d<\/li><li>Con\u00adcern\u00ading mar\u00adriage:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deseret.com\/2022\/6\/1\/23148736\/perspective-the-benefits-of-marriage-shouldnt-only-be-for-elites-success-sequence-child-tax-credit\" target=\"_blank\">The ben\u00ade\u00adfits of mar\u00adriage shouldn\u2019t only be for elites<\/a> (Brad Wilcox, Deseret News): \u201cWe\u2019re think\u00ading here of the way in which the U.S. mil\u00adi\u00adtary has increased the rate of mar\u00adriage among its ranks, many of whom are from work\u00ading-class back\u00adgrounds. What\u2019s also inter\u00adest\u00ading is the research sug\u00adgests there is vir\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly no racial gap in mar\u00adriage in the mil\u00adi\u00adtary. Whites and Blacks mar\u00adry at about the same rate. What\u2019s the military\u2019s secret? It pro\u00advides great ben\u00ade\u00adfits and doesn\u2019t give them to cohab\u00adit\u00ading cou\u00adples. In oth\u00ader words, it priv\u00adi\u00adleges mar\u00adriage. The rest of the gov\u00adern\u00adment should do like\u00adwise.\u201d Inter\u00adest\u00ading through\u00adout.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/05\/opinion\/marriage-satisfaction-love.html\" target=\"_blank\">I Mar\u00adried the Wrong Per\u00adson, and I\u2019m So Glad I Did<\/a> (Tish Har\u00adri\u00adson War\u00adren, New York Times): \u201cI want to nor\u00admal\u00adize sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant peri\u00adods of con\u00adfu\u00adsion, exhaus\u00adtion, grief and unful\u00adfill\u00adment in mar\u00adriage. There\u2019s an old\u00ader cou\u00adple I know who are in their fifth decade of mar\u00adriage. They are fun\u00adny and kind and, by almost any stan\u00addard, the pic\u00adture of #rela\u00adtion\u00adship\u00adgoals. Ear\u00adly on in our mar\u00adriage they told us, \u2018There are times in mar\u00adriage when the Bible\u2019s call to love your ene\u00admies and the call to love your spouse are the same call.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Con\u00adcern\u00ading Ukraine:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/warontherocks.com\/2022\/06\/western-leaders-ought-to-take-escalation-over-ukraine-seriously\/\" target=\"_blank\">West\u00adern Lead\u00aders Ought to Take Esca\u00adla\u00adtion Over Ukraine Seri\u00adous\u00adly<\/a> (Michael Lopate and Bear Brau\u00admoeller, War On The Rocks): \u201cMost wars will either be far less lethal or far more lethal than the medi\u00adan. The bot\u00adtom 50 per\u00adcent of wars have an aver\u00adage of about 2,900 bat\u00adtle deaths, while the top 50 per\u00adcent have an aver\u00adage of 653,000, and it is effec\u00adtive\u00adly a coin-flip which half any giv\u00aden war will end up in. In Ukraine, after three months and with no end in sight, West\u00adern ana\u00adlysts esti\u00admate at least 20,000 fatal\u00adi\u00adties, putting this war well into the top half of con\u00adflicts.\u201d<ul><li>The authors are polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00aden\u00adtists at The Ohio State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty (if you did not know, hav\u00ading \u201cThe\u201d in the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty\u2019s name is very impor\u00adtant to Ohions).<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scholars-stage.org\/of-sanctions-and-strategic-bombers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Of Sanc\u00adtions and Strate\u00adgic Bombers<\/a> (Tan\u00adner Greer, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cThis is most clear in our recent sanc\u00adtions cam\u00adpaign against the Rus\u00adsians. As with strate\u00adgic bomb\u00ading, the entire enter\u00adprise is premised on exploit\u00ading a psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal and social divide between ruler and ruled that might not exist. Like our grand\u00adfa\u00adthers before us, we have a dif\u00adfi\u00adcult time accept\u00ading that the every\u00adday cit\u00adi\u00adzen of an author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan regime might be moti\u00advat\u00aded to sac\u00adri\u00adfice their lives and liv\u00ading stan\u00addards for abstract, nation\u00adal\u00adist ideals. As in World War II, we deny these civil\u00adians cul\u00adpa\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty for the war while simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly devis\u00ading tac\u00adtics that make them the first tar\u00adget of our fury.\u201d<ul><li>This is an inter\u00adest\u00ading cri\u00adtique of eco\u00adnom\u00adic sanc\u00adtions as a tool in inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal rela\u00adtions.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/05\/29\/opinion\/biden-liberalism-infrastructure-building.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Amer\u00adi\u00adca Needs Is a Lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism That Builds<\/a> (Ezra Klein, New York Times): \u201c\u2026the Empire State Build\u00ading was con\u00adstruct\u00aded in just over a year. We are rich\u00ader than we were then, and our tech\u00adnol\u00ado\u00adgy far out\u00adpaces what was avail\u00adable in 1930. And yet does any\u00adone seri\u00adous\u00adly believe such a project would take a year today?\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/01\/opinion\/republicans-religion-conservatism.html\" target=\"_blank\">What Comes After the Reli\u00adgious Right?<\/a> (Nate Hochman, New York Times): \u201cRather than invo\u00adca\u00adtions of Scrip\u00adture, the right\u2019s appeal is a defense of a broad\u00ader, belea\u00adguered Amer\u00adi\u00adcan way of life. For exam\u00adple, the lan\u00adguage of parental rights is rarely, if ever, reli\u00adgious, but it speaks to the per\u00adva\u00adsive sense that Amer\u00adi\u00adcan fam\u00adi\u00adlies are fight\u00ading back against pro\u00adgres\u00adsive ide\u00ado\u00adlogues over con\u00adtrol of the class\u00adroom.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/06\/05\/opinion\/climate-change-should-you-have-kids.html\" target=\"_blank\">Your Kids Are Not Doomed<\/a> (Ezra Klein, New York Times): \u201cOver the past few years, I\u2019ve been asked one ques\u00adtion more than any oth\u00ader. It comes up at speech\u00ades, at din\u00adners, in con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion. It\u2019s the most pop\u00adu\u00adlar query when I open my pod\u00adcast to sug\u00adges\u00adtions, time and again. It comes in two forms. The first: Should I have kids, giv\u00aden the cli\u00admate cri\u00adsis they will face? The sec\u00adond: Should I have kids, know\u00ading they will con\u00adtribute to the cli\u00admate cri\u00adsis the world faces?\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/danieldisgrigg.com\/2022\/01\/03\/the-african-roots-of-the-day-of-pentecost\/\" target=\"_blank\">The African Roots of the Day of Pen\u00adte\u00adcost<\/a> (Daniel Isgrigg, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cIf Oden is right, the first Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal church was in the home of an African dis\u00adci\u00adple. Is it any won\u00adder, then, that the mod\u00adern Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal Move\u00adment was launched by a prayer meet\u00ading at an African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan home that was led by the a son of an African slave? Or that an African Amer\u00adi\u00adcan mis\u00adsion on Azusa Street became the nexus for a glob\u00adal revival that changed Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty? Or is it any won\u00adder that African spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty has shaped Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal wor\u00adship aes\u00adthet\u00adics such as shout\u00ading, danc\u00ading, and tar\u00adry\u00ading?&nbsp; Final\u00adly, if Pen\u00adte\u00adcost began in an African woman\u2019s home, is it any won\u00adder that Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal\u00adism has includ\u00aded women as co-labor\u00aders and pro\u00adclaimers of the gospel around the world?\u201d<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/this-new-optical-illusion-is-strong-enough-to-trick-our-reflexes\/\">This New Opti\u00adcal Illu\u00adsion is Strong Enough to Trick our Reflex\u00ades<\/a> (Sci Tech Dai\u00adly)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/status\/1533067023932178433\">When Peter real\u00adized he was walk\u00ading on water<\/a> (Twit\u00adter)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/students-report-crying-during-exams-225205375.html\" target=\"_blank\">Stu\u00addents report that cry\u00ading dur\u00ading exams acti\u00advates schools\u2019 anti-cheat soft\u00adware<\/a> (Ryan Gen\u00ader\u00adal, Yahoo News): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018One of my French exams got flagged for cheat\u00ading because I was cry\u00ading for the whole thing, and my French prof had to watch 45 min of me qui\u00adet\u00adly sob\u00adbing,\u2019 anoth\u00ader user wrote.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/new-evidence-suggests-that-cains-rejected-offering-was-kale\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Evi\u00addence Sug\u00adgests That Cain\u2019s Reject\u00aded Offer\u00ading Was Kale<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rFyx9LBegAI\" target=\"_blank\">Coun\u00adtries Guess Who They Are<\/a> (Foil Arms and Hog, YouTube): two and half min\u00adutes<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/notthebee.com\/article\/watch-this-oklahoma-cow-create-havoc-on-the-interstate\" target=\"_blank\">This gang of cow\u00adboys saved Okla\u00adhoma dri\u00advers from a loose cow on the inter\u00adstate, but the news guy\u2019s play-by-play is what has me in stitch\u00ades<\/a> (Not The Bee): one and a half minute video<\/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:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2019\/09\/18\/too-much-dark-money-in-almonds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Too Much Dark Mon\u00adey in Almonds<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Slate Star Codex): \u201cEvery\u00adone always talks about how much mon\u00adey there is in pol\u00adi\u00adtics. This is the wrong fram\u00ading. The right fram\u00ading is Ansolabehere et al\u2019s: why is there so <em>lit\u00adtle<\/em> mon\u00adey in pol\u00adi\u00adtics? But Ansolabehere focus\u00ades on elec\u00adtions, and the mys\u00adtery is wider than that. Sure, dur\u00ading the 2018 elec\u00adtion, can\u00addi\u00addates, par\u00adties, PACs, and out\u00adsiders com\u00adbined spent about $5 bil\u00adlion \u2013 $2.5 bil\u00adlion on Democ\u00adrats, $2 bil\u00adlion on Repub\u00adli\u00adcans, and $0.5 bil\u00adlion on third par\u00adties. And although that sounds like a lot of mon\u00adey to you or me, on the nation\u00adal scale, it\u2019s puny. The US almond indus\u00adtry earns $12 bil\u00adlion per year. Amer\u00adi\u00adcans spent about 2.5x as much on almonds as on can\u00addi\u00addates last year.\u201d It builds to a sur\u00adpris\u00ading twist. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/09\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-219\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 219<\/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>there\u2019s a real\u00adly fun opti\u00adcal illu\u00adsion at the end as a reward for per\u00adse\u00adver\u00ading<\/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":"There's a fun optical illusion at the end as a reward for persevering. Enjoy! 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