{"id":7212,"date":"2023-06-02T20:15:21","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T03:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7212"},"modified":"2023-06-02T22:31:50","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T05:31:50","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-405","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/06\/02\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-405","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 405"},"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\" 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 width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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 405, which is 4<sup>3<\/sup> + 5<sup>3<\/sup> + 6<sup>3<\/sup><\/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:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2023\/06\/01\/from-the-community-that-hello-spirit\/\" target=\"_blank\">That Hel\u00adlo Spir\u00adit<\/a> (Leopold van den Daele &amp; Mat\u00adteo Per\u00adp\u00ader, The Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cThe admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion has as its goal the total re-cre\u00adation of cam\u00adpus social life, a rather mut\u00aded con\u00adcep\u00adtion of the Spir\u00adit of Stan\u00adford, from the top-down. They will throw mon\u00adey at the prob\u00adlem, estab\u00adlish more offices, and more advi\u00adso\u00adry boards. They will change the fine print of the rules and reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions for throw\u00ading par\u00adties, and they will bom\u00adbard you with facts that demon\u00adstra\u00adbly prove all is swell. But we believe that a thriv\u00ading cam\u00adpus social life emerges nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly when every\u00adone feels like they belong to one fam\u00adi\u00adly; it can\u00adnot be bought. It is our respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty to bring about the change we want to see, from the bot\u00adtom-up, one inter\u00adac\u00adtion at a time: Say\u00ading hel\u00adlo is the heart of com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Z3D6pGc7nHw\" target=\"_blank\">How Con\u00adgress Gets Rich from Insid\u00ader Trad\u00ading<\/a> (YouTube): thir\u00adty well-done min\u00adutes about a bipar\u00adti\u00adsan prob\u00adlem. I\u2019ve read a lot of the arti\u00adcles ref\u00ader\u00adenced before, but this is an excel\u00adlent com\u00adpi\u00adla\u00adtion with impec\u00adca\u00adble pre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtion. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/brianmattson.substack.com\/p\/no-one-is-immune?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">No One Is Immune<\/a> (Bri\u00adan Matt\u00adson, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cWe went from Chris\u00adt\u00adian pub\u00adlic fig\u00adures warn\u00ading about the social and legal dan\u00adgers of LGBTQ \u2018civ\u00adil rights\u2019 to Chris\u00adt\u00adian pub\u00adlic fig\u00adures cham\u00adpi\u00adoning LGBTQ \u2018civ\u00adil rights\u2019 in just two decades. And in some cas\u00ades, they are the exact same per\u00adson.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A sol\u00adid essay that makes an impor\u00adtant point. Any time your the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy leads you to con\u00adclude that some of God\u2019s laws in the Old Tes\u00adta\u00adment are sin\u00adful (as opposed to mere\u00adly not bind\u00ading upon us), your the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy is wrong. This is a wide-rang\u00ading prin\u00adci\u00adple which, when con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly fol\u00adlowed, will make peo\u00adple annoyed with you. It is nonethe\u00adless cor\u00adrect. \u201cThe Law of the Lord is per\u00adfect\u201d (Psalm 19:7) and \u201cthe law is holy, and the com\u00admand\u00adment is holy, right\u00adeous and good\u201d (Romans 7:12).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/religionnews.com\/2023\/05\/30\/how-jemar-tisby-became-radioactive-for-evangelicals\/\" target=\"_blank\">How evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Chris\u00adt\u00adian writer Jemar Tis\u00adby became a radioac\u00adtive sym\u00adbol of \u2018wok\u00ade\u00adness\u2019<\/a> (Bob Smi\u00adetana, Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice): \u201cLerone Mar\u00adtin, asso\u00adciate pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of reli\u00adgious stud\u00adies and direc\u00adtor of the Mar\u00adtin Luther King Jr. Research and Edu\u00adca\u00adtion Insti\u00adtute at Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, said that evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals have long found it eas\u00adi\u00ader to label Black lead\u00aders as left\u00adists or Marx\u00adists rather than to deal with the real\u00adi\u00adty of racism.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/the-i-in-bipoc?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">The \u2018I\u2019 in BIPOC<\/a> (Sher\u00adman Alex\u00adie, Per\u00adsua\u00adsion): \u201cAnd here I must stress that Indi\u00adans, whether con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive, cen\u00adtrist, or lib\u00ader\u00adal, have a unique place in the Unit\u00aded States that BIPOC doesn\u2019t even begin to address. BIPOC is an acronym that\u2019s too plain to accu\u00adrate\u00adly rep\u00adre\u00adsent Indi\u00adan people\u2019s com\u00adplex rela\u00adtion\u00adship with our coun\u00adtry.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/julieroys.com\/chi-alpha-mentor-daniel-savala-arrested-on-sex-abuse-charges\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chi Alpha \u2018Men\u00adtor\u2019 Daniel Savala Arrest\u00aded on Sex Abuse Charges<\/a> (Josh Shep\u00adherd, The Roys Report): \u201cOn Fri\u00adday morn\u00ading, Savala, 67, was arrest\u00aded by the U.S. Mar\u00adshals Lone Star Fugi\u00adtive Task Force at his res\u00adi\u00addence in down\u00adtown Hous\u00adton and booked at the Fort Bend Coun\u00adty Jail in Rich\u00admond, Texas. He was charged with con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous sex\u00adu\u00adal abuse of a child under age 14.\u2026 On May 23, Chris Hundl, for\u00admer leader of the Chi Alpha chap\u00adter at Bay\u00adlor Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty and pas\u00adtor of Moun\u00adtain Val\u00adley Fel\u00adlow\u00adship in Waco, was arrest\u00aded on iden\u00adti\u00adcal charges in Waco.\u2026 the North Texas Dis\u00adtrict Coun\u00adcil of the Assem\u00adblies of God (AoG) said its inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtion of Hundl and oth\u00aders linked to Savala prompt\u00aded Hundl\u2019s removal from his pas\u00adtoral duties and Chi Alpha lead\u00ader\u00adship as of May 4. AoG dis\u00adtrict offi\u00adcials said they also noti\u00adfied child pro\u00adtec\u00adtive ser\u00advices in Texas and have rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded that Hundl be dis\u00admissed as an AoG min\u00adis\u00adter.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read\u00ading this was like get\u00adting punched in the gut.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2023\/06\/defining-religion-in-the-court\" target=\"_blank\">Defin\u00ading Reli\u00adgion in the Court<\/a> (Mark Movs\u00adesian, First Things): \u201c\u2026a focus on [reli\u00adgion expressed in] com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty accords with an impor\u00adtant goal of reli\u00adgious free\u00addom: the pro\u00admo\u00adtion of pri\u00advate asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtions that encour\u00adage coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtive projects and check state pow\u00ader. As Toc\u00adqueville explained, the despot\u00adic state desires noth\u00ading more than for indi\u00advid\u00adual cit\u00adi\u00adzens to feel iso\u00adlat\u00aded from and indif\u00adfer\u00adent to oth\u00aders, so that it can divide and dom\u00adi\u00adnate them all. By encour\u00adag\u00ading peo\u00adple to iden\u00adti\u00adfy with and look out for one anoth\u00ader, pri\u00advate asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtions mil\u00adi\u00adtate against self-cen\u00adtered\u00adness and social iso\u00adla\u00adtion and help keep the state in check. Reli\u00adgious groups per\u00adform this func\u00adtion espe\u00adcial\u00adly well. No asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtions have been bet\u00adter, his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, at pro\u00admot\u00ading coop\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtive social projects and defy\u00ading state oppression\u2014as dic\u00adta\u00adtors down the cen\u00adturies have learned.\u201d<\/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\/new-productivity-app-just-turns-your-phone-off\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Pro\u00adduc\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty App Just Turns Your Phone Off<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/disaster-as-adam-forgets-adage-leaves-of-three-let-them-be-when-making-first-leafy-covering\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dis\u00adas\u00adter As Adam For\u00adgets Adage \u2018Leaves Of Three, Let Them Be\u2019 When Mak\u00ading First Leafy Cov\u00ader\u00ading<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-with-terrible-imposter-syndrome-also-really-bad-at-his-job\/\" target=\"_blank\">Man With Ter\u00adri\u00adble Imposter Syn\u00addrome Also Real\u00adly Bad At His Job<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2023\/05\/29\/0\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2023\/05\/29\/0\">Marooned<\/a> (The Far Side)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2782\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia Arti\u00adcle Titles<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/nonsequitur\/2023\/05\/30\" target=\"_blank\">Cor\u00adpo\u00adrate Board<\/a> (Non Sequitur)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KirkWrites79\/status\/1559569487380107265\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">A clip from The Real House\u00adwives of NYC<\/a> (Twit\u00adter)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/chick-fil-a-trains-white-employees-to-say-my-privilege\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chick-fil\u2011A Now Train\u00ading White Employ\u00adees To Say \u2018My Priv\u00adi\u00adlege\u2019<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): Fair? No. Fun\u00adny? Yes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mpierce.substack.com\/p\/2023-summer-swimsuit-guide-for-christian?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">2023 Sum\u00admer Swim\u00adsuit Guide for Chris\u00adt\u00adian Women<\/a> (Matthew Pierce, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cProb\u00ada\u00adbly the one thing that Chris\u00adt\u00adian women like is when Chris\u00adt\u00adian men tell them what to wear.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefarside.com\/2023\/06\/02\/3\" target=\"_blank\">Com\u00admem\u00ado\u00adrat\u00ading Great\u00adness<\/a> (The Far Side)<\/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:\/\/taibbi.substack.com\/p\/we-need-a-new-media-system\" target=\"_blank\">We Need a New Media Sys\u00adtem<\/a> (Matt Taib\u00adbi, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe flaw in the sys\u00adtem is that even the biggest news com\u00adpa\u00adnies now oper\u00adate under the assump\u00adtion that at least half their poten\u00adtial audi\u00adence isn\u2019t lis\u00adten\u00ading. This leads to all sorts of prob\u00adlems, and the fact that the eas\u00adi\u00adest way to keep your own demo\u00adgraph\u00adic is to feed it neg\u00ada\u00adtive sto\u00adries about oth\u00aders is only the most obvi\u00adous. On all sides, we now lean into inflam\u00adma\u00adto\u00adry car\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtures, because the finan\u00adcial incen\u00adtives encour\u00adage it.\u201d From <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2021\/01\/15\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-284\" target=\"_blank\">vol\u00adume 284<\/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>a bunch of depress\u00ading arti\u00adcles this week<\/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":"A bunch of depressing articles this week. Feeling downcast? 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