{"id":7188,"date":"2023-04-28T19:51:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T02:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7188"},"modified":"2023-04-28T19:51:44","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T02:51:44","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-400","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/04\/28\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-400","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 400"},"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\">Vol\u00adume 400\u2026 it\u2019s big and round. It\u2019s also a square num\u00adber. Much to like about 400.<\/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\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thepublicdiscourse.com\/2023\/04\/88232\/\" target=\"_blank\">Treat Stu\u00addents Like Future Par\u00adents, Not Just Future Employ\u00adees<\/a> (Mary Frances Myler, The Pub\u00adlic Dis\u00adcourse): \u201cEven though stu\u00addents may not always think of them\u00adselves as such, it is ful\u00adly rea\u00adson\u00adable for uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties to treat them as future spous\u00ades and par\u00adents. Indeed, it is odd that uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties instill the knowl\u00adedge and habits that empow\u00ader a stu\u00addent to climb the cor\u00adpo\u00adrate lad\u00adder after grad\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion but ignore the virtues prop\u00ader to famil\u00adial voca\u00adtions.\u2026 The dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adty of bal\u00adanc\u00ading the pur\u00adsuit of a career and hav\u00ading a fam\u00adi\u00adly is noth\u00ading new; it just isn\u2019t talked about at uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties. Start\u00ading the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion would help the stu\u00addents who already know that they desire mar\u00adriage and a fam\u00adi\u00adly, and it would open a new hori\u00adzon to those who haven\u2019t con\u00adsid\u00adered these pos\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties for their future.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/apr\/20\/spiritual-warfare-deliverance-demons-exorcism?fbclid=IwAR2NLLvcfA_cYeqWlX7tWtCZbqAPYWY-jAW6MlTvu0OMr-5a6kgS9tXC4Vc\" target=\"_blank\">Demons be gone: meet\u00ading America\u2019s new exor\u00adcists<\/a> (Elle Hardy, The Guardian): \u201cThere are only three things you need to get Satan out of your life: a buck\u00adet, a pen and Broth\u00ader Mike\u2019s two-page ques\u00adtion\u00adnaire. Unlike those megachurch preach\u00aders and their plas\u00adtic smiles, Broth\u00ader Mike Smith doesn\u2019t make out\u00adlandish claims \u2013 not in his mind, at least. He\u2019s not ped\u00addling \u2018crap\u2019, he says. As the leader of a mod\u00adest min\u00adistry he calls Hard\u00adcore Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty in down\u00adtown Phoenix, Ari\u00adzona, he only claims that he can set you free from demons 100% of the time \u2013 if you fol\u00adlow his instruc\u00adtions to the let\u00adter.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This arti\u00adcle is a wild ride. Def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly a jaw-drop\u00adping moment with Don and Lily at the end.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/happiest-people-america-poll-ef7c854c?mod=djem10point\" target=\"_blank\">They\u2019re the Hap\u00adpi\u00adest Peo\u00adple in Amer\u00adi\u00adca. We Called Them to Ask Why.<\/a> (Aaron Zit\u00adner, Wall Street Journal):\u201cAmerica\u2019s hap\u00adpi\u00adest peo\u00adple have a few traits in com\u00admon: They val\u00adue com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty and close per\u00adson\u00adal rela\u00adtion\u00adships. They tend to believe in God. And they gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly are old\u00ader, often in their retire\u00adment years.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2023\/04\/great-new-for-female-academics.html?utm_source=feedly&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=great-new-for-female-academics\" target=\"_blank\">Great News for Female Aca\u00add\u00ade\u00admics!<\/a> (Alex Tabar\u00adrok, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cIn an exten\u00adsive sur\u00advey, meta-analy\u00adsis, and new research, Ceci, Kahn and Williams show that the sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion for women in acad\u00ade\u00admia is in many domains good to great. For exam\u00adple, in hir\u00ading for tenure the evi\u00addence is strong that women are <em>advan\u00adtaged. <\/em>More\u00adover, women are advan\u00adtaged <em>espe\u00adcial\u00adly<\/em> in fields where they have rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly low rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion (GEMP: geo\u00adsciences, engi\u00adneer\u00ading, eco\u00adnom\u00adics, mathematics\/computer sci\u00adence, and phys\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence).\u2026 It should be not\u00aded that the Ceci, Kahn and Williams paper is an adver\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adal col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic paper: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.1177\/15291006231163179\" target=\"_blank\">Explor\u00ading Gen\u00adder Bias in Six Key Domains of Aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic Sci\u00adence: An Adver\u00adsar\u00adi\u00adal Col\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion<\/a> (Psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal Sci\u00adence in the Pub\u00adlic Inter\u00adest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/april\/kenya-fasting-starve-death-mass-graves-church-paul-mackenzi.html\" target=\"_blank\">After Fast\u00ading Deaths, Kenyan Police Find Dozens Buried on Preacher\u2019s Prop\u00ader\u00adty<\/a> (Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cIn the for\u00adest com\u00adpound owned by the founder of Good News Inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal Church, Kenyan police have dis\u00adcov\u00adered dozens of starv\u00ading peo\u00adple and 65 bod\u00adies buried in unmarked graves. They arrest\u00aded two peo\u00adple who weren\u2019t starv\u00ading: the church\u2019s leader, Paul Macken\u00adzie, and Mackenzie\u2019s min\u00adistry part\u00adner, pas\u00adtor Zablon Wa Yesu.\u2026 The [Nation\u00adal Coun\u00adcil of Church\u00ades] called on cit\u00adi\u00adzens to avoid church\u00ades that do not have a prop\u00ader gov\u00ader\u00adnance struc\u00adture, refuse to meet in the open, or rely on a pas\u00adtor to pray for mem\u00adbers instead of being encour\u00adaged to pray to God them\u00adselves.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The dif\u00adfer\u00adence between a quirky church and a flat-out tox\u00adic church is not so sub\u00adtle as some peo\u00adple sup\u00adpose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/21\/us\/21nat-us-news-rankings-law-medical-school.html?searchResultPosition=1\" target=\"_blank\">Elite Law Schools Boy\u00adcotted the U.S. News Rank\u00adings. Now, They May Be Pay\u00ading a Price<\/a>. (Anemona Har\u00adto\u00adcol\u00adlis, New York TImes): \u201cLast week, U.S. News pre\u00adviewed its first rank\u00adings since the boy\u00adcott \u2014 for the top dozen or so law and med\u00adical schools only \u2014 and now, it seems, many of these same schools care quite a lot about their por\u00adtray\u00adal in the publication\u2019s peck\u00ading order.\u2026 \u2018The lev\u00adel of inter\u00adest in our rank\u00adings, includ\u00ading from those schools that decline to par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate in our sur\u00advey, has been beyond any\u00adthing we have expe\u00adri\u00adenced in the past,\u2019 U.S. News wrote on its web\u00adsite, explain\u00ading why it was delay\u00ading the release.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/21\/well\/mind\/negative-emotions-mental-health.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare\" target=\"_blank\">Lean Into Neg\u00ada\u00adtive Emo\u00adtions. It\u2019s the Healthy Thing to Do<\/a> (Melin\u00adda Wen\u00adner Moy\u00ader, NYT): \u201cAvoid\u00ading or sup\u00adpress\u00ading feel\u00adings can be coun\u00adter\u00adpro\u00adduc\u00adtive, too. In a small clin\u00adi\u00adcal tri\u00adal, researchers asked peo\u00adple to put one of their hands into an ice water bath and to either accept their feel\u00adings of pain or to sup\u00adpress them. Those who tried to sup\u00adpress their feel\u00adings report\u00aded more pain and couldn\u2019t endure the ice water for as long as those who accept\u00aded their dis\u00adcom\u00adfort \u2026 If we aren\u2019t focus\u00ading our time and ener\u00adgy on cri\u00adtiquing our feel\u00adings, we have more time and ener\u00adgy to bet\u00adter our lives and change the world.\u201d Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/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\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/p-3\" target=\"_blank\">P<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/eulogy\" target=\"_blank\">Eulo\u00adgy<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iBr1XgyzjrU\" target=\"_blank\">Can British magi\u00adcian Kat Hud\u00adson fool Penn &amp; Teller with hand\u00adbag mind read\u00ading<\/a>? (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6F7MwvziMIU\" target=\"_blank\">Penn &amp; Teller Fooled By An Egg! Caleb Mor\u00adgan<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li>\n<\/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:\/\/aaronrenn.substack.com\/p\/newsletter-25-what-do-we-do-about\" target=\"_blank\">How To Get Out Of The Friend Zone<\/a> (Aaron Renn, The Mas\u00adculin\u00adist): \u201cFriend\u00adships between men and women have the char\u00adac\u00adter\u00adis\u00adtic that they often evolve into asym\u00adme\u00adtry of intent, which is exploita\u00adtive if it per\u00adsists\u2026. remem\u00adber, just as no woman is under any oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to go out on a date with a man such as you, you are under no oblig\u00ada\u00adtion to be a friend to women.\u201d Every once in a while I like to toss out some\u00adthing sure to rile peo\u00adple up, just to make sure you\u2019re all pay\u00ading atten\u00adtion. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/11\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-277\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 277<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/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>. 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. Vol\u00adume 400\u2026 it\u2019s big and round. It\u2019s also a square num\u00adber. Much to like about 400. Things Glen \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/04\/28\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-400\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 400\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/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":"The most popular article I shared with my students this week was \"Treat Students Like Future Parents, Not Just Future Employees\" - one of many articles worth your time. 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