{"id":6940,"date":"2022-06-24T18:52:25","date_gmt":"2022-06-25T02:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6940"},"modified":"2022-06-24T18:55:21","modified_gmt":"2022-06-25T02:55:21","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-356","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/06\/24\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-356","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 356"},"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 356, which is a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Happy_number\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Happy_number\">hap\u00adpy num\u00adber<\/a> (some\u00adthing I learned about only today). A hap\u00adpy num\u00adber is a num\u00adber whose dig\u00adits when squared sum to 1 if the process is repeat\u00aded long enough. 356 takes six iter\u00ada\u00adtions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>356 ==&gt; 3<sup>2<\/sup>+5<sup>2<\/sup>+6<sup>2<\/sup> = 9+25+36 = 70. <\/li><li>70 ==&gt; 7<sup>2<\/sup>+0<sup>2<\/sup> = 49. <\/li><li>49 ==&gt; 4<sup>2<\/sup>+9<sup>2<\/sup> = 16+81 = 97. <\/li><li>97 ==&gt; 9<sup>2<\/sup>+7<sup>2<\/sup> = 81+49 = 130 <\/li><li>130 ==&gt; 1<sup>2<\/sup>+3<sup>2<\/sup>+0<sup>2<\/sup> = 1+9+0 = 10<\/li><li>10  ==&gt; 1<sup>2<\/sup> + 0<sup>2<\/sup> = 1<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I got way more into that than I expect\u00aded.<\/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 huge news today is that abor\u00adtion is no longer a con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal right in Amer\u00adi\u00adca. I expect deep\u00ader analy\u00adses to appear by next week \u2014 most colum\u00adnists appear to be sav\u00ading their big pieces for the Sun\u00adday papers. Send rec\u00adom\u00admen\u00adda\u00adtions my way!<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/06\/24\/changes-alito-supreme-court-roe-draft-00031744\" target=\"_blank\">What changed from Jus\u00adtice Alito\u2019s draft opin\u00adion to final rul\u00ading on Roe<\/a> (Kel\u00adly Hoop\u00ader, Politi\u00adco): \u201c\u2026Ali\u00adto did add to his orig\u00adi\u00adnal opin\u00adion, with a fierce rebut\u00adtal of the court\u2019s lib\u00ader\u00adal dis\u00adsenters, plus a direct shot at Chief Jus\u00adtice John Roberts in the final text. Roberts was the only con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive jus\u00adtice on the court to side with its three lib\u00ader\u00adals, mak\u00ading the final vote 5\u20134 in the deci\u00adsion to strike down <em>Roe<\/em> and give states the green light to ban abor\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scotusblog.com\/2022\/06\/supreme-court-overturns-constitutional-right-to-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\">Supreme Court over\u00adturns con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal right to abor\u00adtion<\/a> (Amy Howe, SCO\u00adTUS\u00adblog): \u201cStare deci\u00adsis, Ali\u00adto stressed, \u2018is not a strait\u00adjack\u00adet\u2019 when a rul\u00ading is griev\u00adous\u00adly incor\u00adrect.\u2026 Notably, the dis\u00adsenters fin\u00adished by not\u00ading only that they dis\u00adsent\u00aded, omit\u00adting the word \u2018respect\u00adful\u00adly\u2019 that com\u00admon\u00adly accom\u00adpa\u00adnies the dis\u00adsent.\u201d<ul><li>A good sum\u00adma\u00adry of the opin\u00adion. The author used to teach at Stan\u00adford Law School. That last sen\u00adtence is impor\u00adtant.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>From the right: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/roe-defeated\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Land is Bright<\/a> (Jake Meador, Mere Ortho\u00addoxy): \u201cSome desire to down\u00adplay this vic\u00adto\u00adry or even to lament the man\u00adner of it. We should not. Fed\u00ader\u00adal law in Amer\u00adi\u00adca once rec\u00adog\u00adnized a right to kill unborn chil\u00addren. Now it does not. Our feel\u00adings should be unam\u00adbigu\u00adous: it is a great good that over half the states in our union are soon like\u00adly to have laws grant\u00adi\u00adng sweep\u00ading pro\u00adtec\u00adtions to the unborn. And we can just say that it is good.\u201d<\/li><li>From the left: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2022\/6\/24\/23181720\/supreme-court-dobbs-jackson-womens-health-samuel-alito-roe-wade-abortion-marriage-contraception\" target=\"_blank\">Which rights are next on the Supreme Court\u2019s chop\u00adping block?<\/a> (Ian Mill\u00adhouser, Vox): \u201cIn any event, the future of rights oth\u00ader than abor\u00adtion will like\u00adly need to be lit\u00adi\u00adgat\u00aded. There is no doubt that Thomas would hap\u00adpi\u00adly light many exist\u00ading rights on fire. And there is lit\u00adtle doubt that Ali\u00adto, based on his <em>Oberge\u00adfell <\/em>dis\u00adsent, would also hap\u00adpi\u00adly tear down same-sex mar\u00adriage. But it takes five votes to strip away an exist\u00ading con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal right, and it remains to be seen whether Jus\u00adtices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Bar\u00adrett \u2014 con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives who some\u00adtimes break with Alito\u2019s most aggres\u00adsive attempts to dri\u00adve the law to the right \u2014 will sup\u00adport mass roll\u00adbacks of exist\u00ading rights.\u201d<ul><li>Mill\u00adhouser is often hyper\u00adbol\u00adic and fails to read ideas he dis\u00adagrees with fair\u00adly, but this is a pret\u00adty good sum\u00adma\u00adry.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>From the right: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wng.org\/opinions\/the-supreme-court-strikes-down-roe-and-casey-1656094990\" target=\"_blank\">The Supreme Court strikes down Roe and Casey<\/a> (Albert Mohler, World): \u201c\u2026pro-life Amer\u00adi\u00adcans have learned not to assume any\u00adthing and to wait to see any deci\u00adsion in the black and white of plain text. Well, we have the plain text. It is explo\u00adsive. It is earth\u00adshak\u00ading.\u2026 It is an answer to prayer.\u201d<ul><li>The author is a sem\u00adi\u00adnary pres\u00adi\u00addent and also the pres\u00adi\u00addent of the Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal The\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Soci\u00adety.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>From the left: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/prospect.org\/justice\/getting-real-about-the-post-roe-world\/\" target=\"_blank\">Get\u00adting Real About the Post-\u2018Roe\u2019 World<\/a> (Scott Lemieux, The Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Prospect): \u201cThe the\u00ado\u00adry went that Repub\u00adli\u00adcan elites didn\u2019t real\u00adly want to over\u00adrule <em>Roe<\/em>, but were mere\u00adly pre\u00adtend\u00ading to for the sake of pan\u00adder\u00ading to their base. This nar\u00adra\u00adtive was always false; the sur\u00advival of <em>Roe<\/em> was always a high\u00adly con\u00adtin\u00adgent fluke, the prod\u00aduct of sev\u00ader\u00adal mis\u00adtakes by Repub\u00adli\u00adcan pres\u00adi\u00addents.\u201d<\/li><li>From the right: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/bench-memos\/the-long-battle-to-overturn-roe\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Long Bat\u00adtle to Over\u00adturn Roe<\/a> (Ed Whe\u00adlan, Nation\u00adal Review): \u201cThere are at least two large rea\u00adsons that the long bat\u00adtle to over\u00adturn <em>Roe<\/em> has suc\u00adceed\u00aded. First, pro-lif\u00aders did not heed <em>Casey<\/em>\u2019s com\u00admand that they give up on work\u00ading to defend the lives of unborn human beings, and they remained a pow\u00ader\u00adful polit\u00adi\u00adcal force in the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan par\u00adty, all the more so as near\u00adly all Democ\u00adrats had aban\u00addoned the pro-life cause. Sec\u00adond, the con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive legal move\u00adment grew and flour\u00adished, thanks in large part to the Fed\u00ader\u00adal\u00adist Soci\u00adety and to Jus\u00adtice Scalia and Jus\u00adtice Thomas.\u201d<\/li><li>From the left: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.joshbarro.com\/p\/republicans-are-willing-to-pay-a\" target=\"_blank\">Repub\u00adli\u00adcans Are Will\u00ading to Pay a Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Price to Ban Abor\u00adtion. It\u2019s Up to Democ\u00adrats to Make Them Pay It<\/a>. (Josh Bar\u00adro, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cAfter the draft deci\u00adsion leaked, Democ\u00adrats brought a wish-list bill to the floor of both cham\u00adbers that even pro-choice Repub\u00adli\u00adcans \u2014 even Sen. Susan Collins \u2014 were able to com\u00adfort\u00adably vote against on the grounds that it was too extreme, more expan\u00adsive than <em>Casey<\/em>. Democ\u00adrats need to break the agen\u00adda into pieces.\u2026 Unlike a catch-all bill, there are many indi\u00advid\u00adual ideas about pro\u00adtect\u00ading abor\u00adtion rights that are very broad\u00adly pop\u00adu\u00adlar \u2014 bring\u00ading them to the floor puts Repub\u00adli\u00adcans in the posi\u00adtion of either vot\u00ading for poli\u00adcies to pro\u00adtect abor\u00adtion rights, or going home to defend votes that are <em>actu\u00adal\u00adly hard to defend in elec\u00adtion cam\u00adpaigns<\/em>.\u201d<ul><li>Both par\u00adties should do this on a whole host of issues. Pol\u00adi\u00adtics would change quick\u00adly if our lead\u00aders gov\u00aderned this way. Bar\u00adro is right about the shrewd strat\u00ade\u00adgy, but I think it unlike\u00adly that his par\u00adty will heed him.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.visualcapitalist.com\/us-goods-exports-by-state\/\" target=\"_blank\">Made in Amer\u00adi\u00adca: Goods Exports by State<\/a> (Raul Amoros, Visu\u00adal Cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adist): \u201cTexas has been the top export\u00ading state in the U.S. for an incred\u00adi\u00adble 20 years in a row. Last year, Texas export\u00aded <strong>$375 bil\u00adlion<\/strong> worth of goods, which is more than Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia ($175 bil\u00adlion), New York ($85 bil\u00adlion), and Louisiana ($77 bil\u00adlion) com\u00adbined. The state\u2019s largest man\u00adu\u00adfac\u00adtur\u00ading export cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adry is petro\u00adle\u00adum and coal prod\u00aducts, but it\u2019s also impor\u00adtant to men\u00adtion that Texas led the nation in tech exports for the ninth straight year. Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia was the sec\u00adond high\u00adest exporter of goods in 2021 with a total val\u00adue of <strong>$175 bil\u00adlion<\/strong>, an increase of 12% from the pre\u00advi\u00adous year.\u201d<ul><li>Sur\u00adpris\u00ades here, rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus. Empha\u00adsis in the orig\u00adi\u00adnal.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/frenchpress.thedispatch.com\/p\/the-profound-christian-conflict-on\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Pence and the Chris\u00adt\u00adian Con\u00adflict on Jan\u00adu\u00adary 6<\/a> (David French, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cA healthy nation\u00adal cul\u00adture both con\u00addemns cow\u00adardice and hon\u00adors val\u00ador, even when val\u00ador is sim\u00adply part of the job. And we should do both with an immense mea\u00adsure of humil\u00adi\u00adty. How many of us have proven our own courage under sim\u00adi\u00adlar cir\u00adcum\u00adstances? Pence faced threats to his fam\u00adi\u00adly, threats to him\u00adself, threats to his pow\u00ader, and threats to the rest of his career. How many of us have pre\u00advailed in the face of such pres\u00adsure?&nbsp; To scorn courage in such cir\u00adcum\u00adstances fur\u00adther incen\u00adtivizes cow\u00adardice. At least the cow\u00adard\u00adly retain their polit\u00adi\u00adcal pow\u00ader and their polit\u00adi\u00adcal home.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/bariweiss.substack.com\/p\/abigail-shrier-in-defense-of-political\" target=\"_blank\">In Defense of Polit\u00adi\u00adcal Esca\u00adla\u00adtion<\/a> (Abi\u00adgail Shri\u00ader, Bari Weiss\u2019 Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIf our ulti\u00admate goal is return\u00ading to a nor\u00admal\u00adcy in which gov\u00adern\u00adment agen\u00adcies and cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtions treat all Amer\u00adi\u00adcans fair\u00adly regard\u00adless of view\u00adpoint, how are we to achieve this? At a min\u00adi\u00admum, we must acknowl\u00adedge that these insti\u00adtu\u00adtions are already weaponized and their artillery points only in one direc\u00adtion: against the oppo\u00adnents of the left.\u201d<ul><li>To my knowl\u00adedge Shri\u00ader is not reli\u00adgious and is in no way con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive, but she is artic\u00adu\u00adlat\u00ading an argu\u00adment that I see fre\u00adquent\u00adly on the right (most famous\u00adly in the French\/Ahmari dust\u00adup). It ani\u00admates Trump\u00adism and is one of the rea\u00adsons DeSan\u00adtis is so pop\u00adu\u00adlar on the right and that Amer\u00adi\u00adcan con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives have such a fas\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtion with Orban in Hun\u00adgary.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/therevealer.org\/pentecostals-political-warfare\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pen\u00adte\u00adcostals\u2019 Polit\u00adi\u00adcal War\u00adfare<\/a> (Miguel Pet\u00adrosky, The Reveal\u00ader): \u201cIssues like abor\u00adtion and same-sex mar\u00adriage, and even fears of creep\u00ading \u2018Marx\u00adism,\u2019 have long been of con\u00adcern to some fac\u00adtions of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan con\u00adser\u00advatism. But in parts of the Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal and charis\u00admat\u00adic world, these issues con\u00adtain cos\u00admic impli\u00adca\u00adtions for the country\u2019s rela\u00adtion\u00adship with God. In the Hebrew Scrip\u00adtures, each of Israel\u2019s kings either \u2018did what was right\u2019 or \u2018did what was evil\u2019 in the eyes of God\u2014with either bless\u00adings or curs\u00ades for the king\u00addom. Since Pen\u00adte\u00adcostals view them\u00adselves as being a con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion of the bib\u00adli\u00adcal nar\u00adra\u00adtive, they are cer\u00adtain God will judge Amer\u00adi\u00adca by the issues they view as stray\u00ading from the Bible.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeednews.com\/article\/emilybakerwhite\/tiktok-tapes-us-user-data-china-bytedance-access\" target=\"_blank\">Leaked Audio From 80 Inter\u00adnal Tik\u00adTok Meet\u00adings Shows That US User Data Has Been Repeat\u00aded\u00adly Accessed From Chi\u00adna<\/a> (Emi\u00adly Bak\u00ader-White, Buz\u00adzFeed News): \u201cLaw\u00admak\u00aders\u2019 fear that the Chi\u00adnese gov\u00adern\u00adment will be able to get its hands on Amer\u00adi\u00adcan data through ByteDance is root\u00aded in the real\u00adi\u00adty that Chi\u00adnese com\u00adpa\u00adnies are sub\u00adject to the whims of the author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan Chi\u00adnese Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty, which has been crack\u00ading down on its home\u00adgrown tech giants over the last year. The risk is that the gov\u00adern\u00adment could force ByteDance to col\u00adlect and turn over infor\u00adma\u00adtion as a form of \u2018data espi\u00adonage.\u2019 There is, how\u00adev\u00ader, anoth\u00ader con\u00adcern: that the soft pow\u00ader of the Chi\u00adnese gov\u00adern\u00adment could impact how ByteDance exec\u00adu\u00adtives direct their Amer\u00adi\u00adcan coun\u00adter\u00adparts to adjust the levers of TikTok\u2019s pow\u00ader\u00adful \u2018For You\u2019 algo\u00adrithm, which rec\u00adom\u00admends videos to its more than 1 bil\u00adlion users. Sen. Ted Cruz, for instance, has called Tik\u00adTok \u2018a Tro\u00adjan horse the Chi\u00adnese Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty can use to influ\u00adence what Amer\u00adi\u00adcans see, hear, and ulti\u00admate\u00adly think.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/news.ag.org\/en\/news\/quest-to-conquer-a-disease?D=1363B7E2EDBD4DD4B69CA160FF74CF6C&amp;fbclid=IwAR0vFYl8agUkJ6B7ys4aupnFRdOu5XJduIt04IKnAgLYNk52C08kWZViyXA\" target=\"_blank\">Quest to Con\u00adquer a Dis\u00adease<\/a> (Amy Lynn Smith, AG News): \u201cGib\u00adson met Hong as he ate lunch with anoth\u00ader intern in the stu\u00addent union. Hong asked to join them, and after\u00adward Gib\u00adson and Hong began meet\u00ading for tea or cof\u00adfee every week. Gib\u00adson learned that Hong, the night before he intro\u00adduced him\u00adself, had a dream in which a man encour\u00adaged Hong to meet peo\u00adple on cam\u00adpus. Hong lat\u00ader came to rec\u00adog\u00adnize the man in the dream as Jesus. A friend\u00adship devel\u00adoped between Hong and Gib\u00adson.\u201d<ul><li>This is about two of our alum\u00adni: Dan Gib\u00adson, who did his min\u00adistry train\u00ading with Chi Alpha Stan\u00adford sev\u00ader\u00adal years ago, and Guosong \u201cFrank\u201d Hong who did his PhD here and is now a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor.<\/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\/when-i-was-your-age-gas-was-200-a-gallon-says-guy-to-his-buddy-thats-a-year-younger-than-him\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018When I Was Your Age, Gas Was $2.00 A Gal\u00adlon\u2019 Says Guy To His Bud\u00addy Who\u2019s 1 Year Younger Than Him<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/foxtrot.com\/2022\/06\/19\/partial-credit\/?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=partial-credit\" target=\"_blank\">Par\u00adtial Cred\u00adit<\/a> (Fox\u00adtrot)<\/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:\/\/sivers.org\/ment\" target=\"_blank\">How To Ask Your Men\u00adtors For Help<\/a> (Derek Sivers): this is super-short and very good. Excerpt\u00ading it would ruin it. Read the whole thing. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/10\/25\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-224\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 224<\/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:\/\/theglendavis.substack.com\/\">here<\/a>. 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