{"id":7194,"date":"2023-05-12T12:39:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T19:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7194"},"modified":"2023-05-12T12:39:53","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T19:39:53","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-402","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/05\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-402","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 402"},"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 402, which is the <a href=\"https:\/\/http.dev\/402\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/http.dev\/402\">unusu\u00adal HTTP sta\u00adtus code<\/a> for \u201cpay\u00adment required.\u201d I don\u2019t believe I\u2019ve ever encoun\u00adtered that sta\u00adtus code in the wild.<\/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.wsj.com\/articles\/martin-luther-king-christian-radical-244a0a27\" target=\"_blank\">Mar\u00adtin Luther King, Chris\u00adt\u00adian Rad\u00adi\u00adcal<\/a> (Jonathan Eig, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cKing\u2019s Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty presents a chal\u00adlenge to lib\u00ader\u00adals, who are often uncom\u00adfort\u00adable with reli\u00adgion in the pub\u00adlic square, as well as to con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives, who are more like\u00adly to embrace reli\u00adgion in pol\u00adi\u00adtics but don\u2019t align them\u00adselves with the impli\u00adca\u00adtions of many of King\u2019s core beliefs.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/03\/opinion\/chronic-pain-america-working-class.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Feel More Pain<\/a> (Nicholas Kristof, New York Times): \u201cAnoth\u00ader big fac\u00adtor in pain dif\u00adfer\u00adences is class. One study found that poor Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are more than three times as like\u00adly to report pain as wealthy Amer\u00adi\u00adcans. Anoth\u00ader found that just 2 per\u00adcent of those with grad\u00adu\u00adate degrees report severe pain, while almost 10 per\u00adcent of high school dropouts do. \u2018Basi\u00adcal\u00adly, if you\u2019ve got a B.A., you\u2019re vac\u00adci\u00adnat\u00aded against all of this crap,\u2019 said Deaton, the econ\u00ado\u00admist. Deaton, Case and Stone found that each suc\u00adces\u00adsive gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion among less-edu\u00adcat\u00aded Amer\u00adi\u00adcans has report\u00aded more pain at any giv\u00aden age.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. It\u2019s longer than you might expect, but quite inter\u00adest\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/worldbeyondwar.org\/the-deadly-things-we-do-not-see\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Dead\u00adly Things We Do Not See<\/a> (Anony\u00admous, World Beyond War): \u201cThis was war, in any case. In war peo\u00adple die. But, as my friends empha\u00adsize to me, the peo\u00adple of Mar\u00adi\u00adupol would have liked not to die. They would have liked to avoid the ordeal alto\u00adgeth\u00ader.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent. Very sober\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/may\/chi-alpha-daniel-savala-sex-offender-abuse-houston-ag.html\" target=\"_blank\">Reg\u00adis\u00adtered Sex Offend\u00ader Con\u00adtin\u00adued to Min\u00adis\u00adter to Chi Alpha Stu\u00addents<\/a> (Kate Shell\u00adnutt, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cOver the past 30 years, well over a hun\u00addred men involved in Texas chap\u00adters of the cam\u00adpus min\u00adistry Chi Alpha have seen Daniel Savala naked. At Savala\u2019s house in Hous\u00adton, he invit\u00aded them to strip down and talk about spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal issues in his sauna. He offered his bed to overnight guests while sleep\u00ading in the buff. And at least 13 men report\u00aded that Savala molest\u00aded or raped them while they sought his spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal advice as col\u00adlege stu\u00addents, accord\u00ading to a new online forum col\u00adlect\u00ading vic\u00adtims\u2019 sto\u00adries.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/reviews\/christian-nationalism-wolfe\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Rise of Right-Wing Wokeism<\/a> (Kevin deY\u00adoung, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cThe appeal of some\u00adthing like Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation\u00adal\u00adism is that it presents a mus\u00adcu\u00adlar alter\u00adna\u00adtive to sur\u00adren\u00adder and defeat. Few con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adtians have any\u00adthing like a sophis\u00adti\u00adcat\u00aded polit\u00adi\u00adcal phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy. But they know gay so-called mar\u00adriage is wrong and drag queen sto\u00adry hour is bad. So if the two choic\u00ades in polit\u00adi\u00adcal phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy are (1) sup\u00adport\u00ading gay \u2018mar\u00adriage\u2019 because that\u2019s what plu\u00adral\u00adism demands and defend\u00ading drag queen sto\u00adry hour as a bless\u00ading of lib\u00ader\u00adty or (2) Chris\u00adt\u00adian Nation\u00adal\u00adism, mil\u00adlions of Chris\u00adtians in this coun\u00adtry are going to choose the lat\u00adter. I imag\u00adine the same basic equa\u00adtion explains the new\u00adfound inter\u00adest in Catholic inte\u00adgral\u00adism as well.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/abbyfarsonpratt.substack.com\/p\/its-my-responsibility-as-a-crone\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s my respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty as a crone<\/a> (Abby Far\u00adson Pratt, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cNear\u00adly 13 years mar\u00adried, I feel like it\u2019s my respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, as a crone, to tutor the youth and encour\u00adage them to stop wait\u00ading around and <em>get mar\u00adried already<\/em>. Please, just do it. What are you wait\u00ading for? To move in togeth\u00ader? To get your \u2018career estab\u00adlished,\u2019 what\u00adev\u00ader the hell that means? To see if you\u2019re real\u00adly a \u2018good fit\u2019? To get \u2018more finan\u00adcial\u00adly sta\u00adble\u2019? That\u2019s all blus\u00adter. We had about $300 to our names when we got mar\u00adried. We most\u00adly ate rice and beans for years, sub\u00adsist\u00ading on my tiny salary, while Guion wrote poems all day, and we were incan\u00addes\u00adcent\u00adly hap\u00adpy. I\u2019m so thank\u00adful we didn\u2019t wait 10 years, till we were in our ear\u00adly 30s, set in our ways and com\u00adfort\u00adable with our wealth. Mar\u00adriage would have been a lot hard\u00ader then.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/05\/05\/opinion\/woke-media-academia.html?unlocked_article_code=cBDnhP43QS_z0pUG4_26Fiq43UwfbDVILZD9YmNdGWqY3B-rB_tpUvFLUTLTmlr2IJFuRMSp8OPGBa4jkjNWqLjgCFbsg4zvMwtfLLoUZMeiFFFzAPOFDtew5l7UlrJcGp59SHbjnfhlOxjyTK2ehR6g-_-nORyV-511SS6dxJIboZJNXvvDYhQ7oGMMv1PJs0GklytMHwuUmVjOarbhEQHS6yZKzxFikKAYMF8_BdrxSMfSzAYKcpJb08D5IteS1HDjB0FkuVLZoiPyJBMKAJ-R1oJiqftk-mHlPWoNdgPKpabnbkWsV9WOa3v8bLYifXKXKPAleX5dXE6wyQ&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">Why Jour\u00adnal\u00adists Have More Free\u00addom Than Pro\u00adfes\u00adsors<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201cFirst, the media is, by def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion, an out\u00adward-fac\u00ading, audi\u00adence-dri\u00adven enter\u00adprise, depen\u00addent on some kind of mass mar\u00adket for its via\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty.\u2026 it still cre\u00adates mar\u00adket-based checks on cer\u00adtain inter\u00adnal mech\u00ada\u00adnisms of ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal enforce\u00adment. To take a tele\u00advi\u00adsion exam\u00adple, it\u2019s not just up to inter\u00adnal opin\u00adion at Net\u00adflix or HBO whether to air a Dave Chap\u00adpelle spe\u00adcial or keep run\u00adning Bill Maher\u2019s show; the mass audi\u00adence gets a pret\u00adty impor\u00adtant vote as well.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I find his argu\u00adment com\u00adpelling. Unlocked.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This seems to me to be some\u00adwhat relat\u00aded (describ\u00ading how insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal cul\u00adtures shape behav\u00adior): <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/arnoldkling.substack.com\/p\/assimilating-women-into-male-institutions?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=338673&amp;post_id=118361611&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">Assim\u00adi\u00adlat\u00ading Women into Male Insti\u00adtu\u00adtions<\/a> (Arnold Kling, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWhen women became accept\u00aded into lead\u00ading uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties, in the pro\u00adfes\u00adsions, and into man\u00adage\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal and exec\u00adu\u00adtive posi\u00adtions in the work place, both men and women held some harm\u00adful cul\u00adtur\u00adal atti\u00adtudes. Many of us have come to under\u00adstand how men need to change. The need for women to change is less well appre\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/disciples-casually-ask-kid-with-fish-and-loaves-if-his-mom-could-pack-wings-and-nachos-next-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dis\u00adci\u00adples Casu\u00adal\u00adly Ask Kid With Fish And Loaves If His Mom Could Pack Wings And Nachos Next Time<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/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:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/history\/articles\/fernandes-doctors-who-became-nazis\" target=\"_blank\">Why Did So Many Doc\u00adtors Become Nazis?<\/a>&nbsp;(Ash\u00adley K. Fer\u00adnades, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cIt is wor\u00adthy of empha\u00adsis that although many pro\u00adfes\u00adsions (includ\u00ading law) were \u2018tak\u00aden in\u2019 by Nazi phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy, doc\u00adtors and nurs\u00ades had a pecu\u00adliar\u00adly strong attrac\u00adtion to it.&nbsp;Robert N. Proc\u00adtor (1988) notes that physi\u00adcians joined the Nazi par\u00adty in&nbsp;droves (near\u00adly 50% by 1945), much high\u00ader than any oth\u00ader pro\u00adfes\u00adsion. Physi\u00adcians were sev\u00aden times more like\u00adly to join the SS than oth\u00ader employed Ger\u00adman males.\u201d The author is a physi\u00adcian and a bioethi\u00adcist at The Ohio State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2020\/12\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-281\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 281<\/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>. 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. This is vol\u00adume 402, which is the unusu\u00adal HTTP sta\u00adtus code for \u201cpay\u00adment required.\u201d I don\u2019t believe I\u2019ve \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/05\/12\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-402\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 402\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":"More links to depressing news articles than usual, and fewer funny items at the end than usual. 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