{"id":6958,"date":"2022-07-08T16:11:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-09T00:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=6958"},"modified":"2022-07-08T16:11:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T00:11:56","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-358","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2022\/07\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-358","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 358"},"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 358, a num\u00adber whose base 3 rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion ends in its base 7 rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion. 358<sub>3<\/sub> is 111021, and 358<sub>7<\/sub> is 1021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"simple-list wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/03\/opinion\/economic-justice-culture-war.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Cul\u00adture War That More Chris\u00adtians Should Be Fight\u00ading<\/a> (Tish Har\u00adri\u00adson War\u00adren, New York Times): \u201cBut the peo\u00adple who debate the moral\u00adi\u00adty (or lack there\u00adof) of Dis\u00adney or Hob\u00adby Lob\u00adby rarely dis\u00adcuss how much paid time off these com\u00adpa\u00adnies pro\u00advide employ\u00adees or whether they pay a liv\u00ading wage or what the wealth dis\u00adpar\u00adi\u00adty is between their top and bot\u00adtom earn\u00aders or whether they have ade\u00adquate mater\u00adni\u00adty leave poli\u00adcies or how much a cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtion finan\u00adcial\u00adly gives back to a com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/ifstudies.org\/blog\/the-surprising-case-for-marrying-young\" target=\"_blank\">The Sur\u00adpris\u00ading Case for Mar\u00adry\u00ading Young<\/a> (W. Brad\u00adford Wilcox, Insti\u00adtute for Fam\u00adi\u00adly Stud\u00adies): \u201cOur analy\u00adses indi\u00adcate that reli\u00adgious men and women who mar\u00adried in their twen\u00adties with\u00adout cohab\u00adit\u00ading first \u00e2\u20ac\u201d a pat\u00adtern which describes Joey and Samantha\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s path to the altar to a \u2018T\u2019 \u00e2\u20ac\u201d have the low\u00adest odds of divorce in Amer\u00adi\u00adca today.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/jsomers.net\/i-should-have-loved-biology\/\" target=\"_blank\">I should have loved biol\u00ado\u00adgy<\/a> (James Somers, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cIn the text\u00adbooks, aston\u00adish\u00ading facts were pre\u00adsent\u00aded with\u00adout aston\u00adish\u00adment. Some\u00adone prob\u00ada\u00adbly told me that every cell in my body has the same DNA. But no one shook me by the shoul\u00adders, say\u00ading how crazy that was.\u201d<\/li><li>Con\u00adcern\u00ading abor\u00adtion and the Supreme Court:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2022\/07\/christians-should-rejoice-over-dobbs\" target=\"_blank\">Chris\u00adtians Should Rejoice Over Dobbs<\/a> (Carl True\u00adman, First Things): \u201cNobody of whom I am aware, for exam\u00adple, regards the lib\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion of Auschwitz in 1945 as a moral\u00adly ambigu\u00adous thing. No child freed that day was par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly con\u00adcerned that his lib\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtors were mem\u00adbers of the Red Army, act\u00ading on Stalin\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s orders. Yet the Red Army was engaged in a mil\u00adi\u00adtary action that, in the long term, would lead to the noto\u00adri\u00adous Iron Cur\u00adtain divid\u00ading Europe. Nobody regards the fall of Hitler as a moral\u00adly ambigu\u00adous thing, even though it was only made pos\u00adsi\u00adble by the Amer\u00adi\u00adcans and the British strik\u00ading a deal with Joseph Stal\u00adin. Yes, Trump is obnox\u00adious, but he isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t Stal\u00adin, and he did deliv\u00ader on the abor\u00adtion issue. <em>Dobbs<\/em> is a moment for joy.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearinvestigations.com\/articles\/2022\/07\/06\/heres_the_surprising_backstory_of_the_downfall_of_roe_v_wade_840882.html\" target=\"_blank\">Here\u2019s the Sur\u00adpris\u00ading Back\u00adsto\u00adry of the Down\u00adfall of Roe v. Wade<\/a> (Mark Hem\u00ading\u00adway, Real Clear Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtions): \u201c\u2026con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive activists have long argued the pro-life move\u00adment was a moral cause on par with the civ\u00adil rights move\u00adment \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and ignor\u00ading the strate\u00adgies com\u00admon\u00adly used to get the Supreme Court\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s atten\u00adtion would amount to uni\u00adlat\u00ader\u00adal dis\u00adar\u00adma\u00adment in a lot of impor\u00adtant legal bat\u00adtles.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/politics\/politics-features\/roe-supreme-court-justices-1378046\/\" target=\"_blank\">SCOTUS Jus\u00adtices \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcPrayed With\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Her \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Then Cit\u00aded Her Boss\u00ades to End Roe<\/a> (Kara Voght &amp; Tim Dick\u00adin\u00adson, Rolling Stone): \u201cIn the shad\u00adow of the high court, across the street from its cham\u00adbers, sits a clus\u00adter of unas\u00adsum\u00ading row hous\u00ades known only to the ini\u00adti\u00adat\u00aded as \u2018Min\u00adistry Row.\u2019 The strip is host to evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal polit\u00adi\u00adcal groups that have spent the past sev\u00ader\u00adal decades push\u00ading Belt\u00adway con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives to embrace the reli\u00adgious right\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s polit\u00adi\u00adcal caus\u00ades\u2026\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/04\/opinion\/ectopic-pregnancy-roe-abortion.html\" target=\"_blank\">In a Post-Roe World, We Can Avoid Pit\u00adting Moth\u00aders Against Babies<\/a> (Leah Libresco Sargeant, New York Times): \u201cThe first per\u00adson to see us was anoth\u00ader ultra\u00adsound tech\u00adni\u00adcian. Her voice got sharp when I asked if our baby had a heart\u00adbeat. \u2018It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not a baby, don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t talk like that,\u2019 she told me, as I lay on the table. Her voice soft\u00adened a lit\u00adtle, \u2018You don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to think of it that way.\u2019 For her, part of pro\u00advid\u00ading care was deny\u00ading there was any room for grief. But when the sur\u00adgeon came in, he began by express\u00ading his con\u00addo\u00adlences. He talked about our options, he talked about our baby as a baby.\u201d<\/li><li>There\u2019s a fol\u00adlow-up at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/otherfeminisms.substack.com\/p\/my-ectopic-pregnancies\" target=\"_blank\">My Ectopic Preg\u00adnan\u00adcies<\/a> (Leah Libresco Sargeant, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI want\u00aded to write about Camil\u00adlian to describe not just what is <em>allowed<\/em> but what can be <em>offered<\/em> to par\u00adents who are los\u00ading their child when the doc\u00adtors acknowl\u00adedge their child as a child, rather than min\u00adi\u00admiz\u00ading their loss.\u201d This one is a sad reminder of how cru\u00adel peo\u00adple can be.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.getreligion.org\/getreligion\/2022\/7\/5\/angry-about-roe-many-journalists-focus-on-crisis-pregnancy-centers-as-villains-behind-it-all\" target=\"_blank\">Angry about Roe, many jour\u00adnal\u00adists focus on cri\u00adsis preg\u00adnan\u00adcy cen\u00adters as vil\u00adlains behind it all<\/a> (Julia Duin, GetRe\u00adli\u00adgion): \u201cLike, the CPCs have out\u00adwit\u00adted the abor\u00adtion clin\u00adics when it comes to fig\u00adur\u00ading out what many preg\u00adnant women real\u00adly want and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s clear the abor\u00adtion facil\u00adi\u00adties have suf\u00adfered finan\u00adcial loss\u00ades as a result. How about ask\u00ading peo\u00adple at the lat\u00adter hard ques\u00adtions about the clients they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve lost to the CPCs and whose bad mar\u00adket\u00ading deci\u00adsion that was? Hint: It might have to do with the free ultra\u00adsounds offered by the CPCs. Offer\u00ading this ser\u00advice was a trend that began a decade or more ago and it real\u00adly cried out for cov\u00ader\u00adage. But, you know. That wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t news.\u201d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/03\/us\/pro-life-young-women-roe-abortion.html?smid=tw-share\" target=\"_blank\">\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcThe Pro-Life Gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion\u00e2\u20ac\u2122: Young Women Fight Against Abor\u00adtion Rights<\/a> (Ruth Gra\u00adham, New York Times): \u201cYoung women whose activism is not con\u00adnect\u00aded to reli\u00adgious belief are rel\u00ada\u00adtive new\u00adcom\u00aders to the move\u00adment, where they make up a small but bois\u00adter\u00adous niche. Kristin Turn\u00ader start\u00aded a chap\u00adter of a youth cli\u00admate group in her home\u00adtown, Red\u00adding, Calif. Her Insta\u00adgram bio includes her pro\u00adnouns (she\/they) and sup\u00adport for Black Lives Mat\u00adter. She describes her\u00adself as a fem\u00adi\u00adnist, an athe\u00adist and a left\u00adist. At 20, she is also the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions direc\u00adtor for Pro\u00adgres\u00adsive Anti-Abor\u00adtion Upris\u00ading, whose goals include edu\u00adcat\u00ading the pub\u00adlic about \u2018the exploita\u00adtive influ\u00adence of the Abor\u00adtion Indus\u00adtri\u00adal Com\u00adplex through an anti-cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adist lens.\u2018\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/03\/opinion\/economic-justice-culture-war.html\" target=\"_blank\">See\u00ading Like a Finite State Machine<\/a> (Hen\u00adry Far\u00adrell, Crooked Tim\u00adber): \u201cIn short, there is a very plau\u00adsi\u00adble set of mech\u00ada\u00adnisms under which machine learn\u00ading and relat\u00aded tech\u00adniques may turn out to be a dis\u00adas\u00adter for author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism, rein\u00adforc\u00ading its weak\u00adness\u00ades rather than its strengths, by increas\u00ading its ten\u00adden\u00adcy to bad deci\u00adsion mak\u00ading, and reduc\u00ading fur\u00adther the pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty of neg\u00ada\u00adtive feed\u00adback that could help cor\u00adrect against errors.\u201d The author is a polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00aden\u00adtist at Johns Hop\u00adkins and I hope he is cor\u00adrect.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.news\/p\/why-im-giving-up-tenure-at-ucla\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.commonsense.news\/p\/why-im-giving-up-tenure-at-ucla\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why I\u2019m Giv\u00ading Up Tenure at UCLA<\/a> (Joseph Man\u00adson, Bari Weis\u00ads\u2019s Sub\u00adstack): \u201cGrad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly, one hire at a time, prac\u00adti\u00adtion\u00aders of \u2018crit\u00adi\u00adcal\u2019 (i.e. left\u00adist, post\u00admod\u00adernist) anthro\u00adpol\u00ado\u00adgy, some of them lying about their beliefs dur\u00ading job inter\u00adviews, came to com\u00adprise the department\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s most influ\u00aden\u00adtial clique. These mil\u00adi\u00adtant fac\u00adul\u00adty mem\u00adbers recruit\u00aded even more mil\u00adi\u00adtant grad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addents to work with them.\u201d<\/li><li>Trans\u00adgen\u00adder-relat\u00aded:<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/transformation-transgender-teen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of a Trans\u00adgen\u00adder Teen<\/a> (Sarah Eekhoff Zyl\u00adstra, Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Martin Luther King Jr. talks about the long arc of justice,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said Falls Church Angli\u00adcan rec\u00adtor Sam Fer\u00adgu\u00adson, who has spent time with mul\u00adti\u00adple tran\u00adsi\u00adtion\u00ading young adults and their fam\u00adi\u00adlies. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153The Bible also envi\u00adsions the long arc of redemp\u00adtion, which aims at the res\u00adur\u00adrec\u00adtion of the body. There is continuity\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe end reflects the begin\u00adning. Our Cre\u00adator doesn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to start over. If your child has an XY chro\u00admo\u00adsome, then he\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll be raised from the dead as a male. We need to work along the arc of redemp\u00adtion, not against it.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2022\/07\/07\/pronouns-and-cases-involving-transgender-parties\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pro\u00adnouns and Cas\u00ades Involv\u00ading Trans\u00adgen\u00adder Par\u00adties<\/a> (Eugene Volokh, Rea\u00adson): \u201cFor a bit of the fac\u00adtu\u00adal back\u00adsto\u00adry, which may be rel\u00ade\u00advant because it may illus\u00adtrate how use of pro\u00adnouns might col\u00ador read\u00aders\u2019 per\u00adspec\u00adtive: Peti\u00adtion\u00ader C.G. was found to have sex\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly assault\u00aded a 14-year-old boy (whom the opin\u00adion calls Alan, a pseu\u00addo\u00adnym) who had been \u2018diag\u00adnosed with autism\u2019 and who was appar\u00adent\u00adly work\u00ading in school at three grades below his age lev\u00adel. At the time, C.G., who was 15 and who would a year lat\u00ader be 300\u2013345 pounds and 6\u20194\u201d or 6\u20325\u2033, was appar\u00adent\u00adly per\u00adceived by peo\u00adple, or at least by Alan, as male.\u201d For a lit\u00adtle more on the case: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2022\/07\/07\/no-first-amendment-right-to-legal-name-change\/\" target=\"_blank\">No First Amend\u00adment Right to Legal Name Change<\/a> (Eugene Volokh, Rea\u00adson).<\/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.thefarside.com\/2022\/07\/07\/4\" target=\"_blank\">Uh oh!<\/a> (The Far Side)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/study-finds-92-of-californians-who-flee-the-state-dont-survive-first-winter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Study Finds 92% Of Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adni\u00adans Who Flee The State Don\u2019t Sur\u00advive First Win\u00adter<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2022\/07\/08\/0\" target=\"_blank\">A Clas\u00adsic<\/a> (The Far Side)<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=noSIX6TqoVU\" target=\"_blank\">Magi\u00adcian Dan White Proves Fate Real\u00adly Exists<\/a> (The Tonight Show, YouTube): ten and a half min\u00adutes.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YmyyEbvDgr8\" target=\"_blank\">Fright\u00aden\u00ading But 100% True Facts About Guns<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee, YouTube): four min\u00adutes. The first part is the fun\u00adni\u00adest, it drags a lit\u00adtle at the end.<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2022\/07\/humility-tweet-self-promotion\/661444\/?utm_source=substack&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">Tru\u00adly Hum\u00adbled to Be the Author of This Arti\u00adcle<\/a> (David Brooks, The Atlantic): \u201cIf you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve spent any time on social media, and espe\u00adcial\u00adly if you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re around the high-sta\u00adtus world of the achieva\u00adtrons, you are prob\u00ada\u00adbly famil\u00adiar with the basic rules of the form. The first rule is that you must nev\u00ader tweet about any event that could actu\u00adal\u00adly lead to humil\u00adi\u00adty. Nev\u00ader tweet: \u2018I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hum\u00adbled that I went to a par\u00adty, and nobody noticed me.\u2019 Nev\u00ader tweet: \u2018I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hum\u00adbled that I got fired for incom\u00adpe\u00adtence.\u2019 The whole point of humil\u00adi\u00adty dis\u00adplay is to sig\u00adnal that you are hum\u00adbled by your own mag\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcent accom\u00adplish\u00adments. We can all be hum\u00adbled by an awe\u00adsome moun\u00adtain or the infini\u00adtude of the night sky, but to be hum\u00adbled by being in the pres\u00adence of yourself\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthat is a sign of tru\u00adly great humil\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting A While Ago<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every week I\u2019ll high\u00adlight an old\u00ader link still worth your con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. This week we have <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sivers.org\/richand\" target=\"_blank\">How I Got Rich On The Oth\u00ader Hand<\/a> (Derek Sivers, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s not how much you have. <strong>It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the dif\u00adfer\u00adence between what you have and what you spend. <\/strong>If you have more than you spend, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re rich. If you spend more than you have, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re not. If you live cheap\u00adly, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy to be free.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d This is real\u00adly sim\u00adple and real\u00adly true. Empha\u00adsis in the orig\u00adi\u00adnal. First shared in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2019\/11\/08\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-226\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 226<\/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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153who under\u00adstood the times and knew what Israel should do\u00e2\u20ac\u009d (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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda and we are not about the elephant\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s agen\u00adda \u2014 we are about the Lamb\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 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 \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I agree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d or \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I dis\u00adagree\u00e2\u20ac\u009d until I can say \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I under\u00adstand\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) 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\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not report\u00ading news \u2014 I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m 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>. You can also <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/category\/links\">view the archives<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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