{"id":7300,"date":"2023-10-20T17:14:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-21T00:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7300"},"modified":"2023-10-20T17:14:55","modified_gmt":"2023-10-21T00:14:55","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-425","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/10\/20\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-425","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 425"},"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 425, the sum of 3 con\u00adsec\u00adu\u00adtive primes. 425 = 137 + 139 + 149<\/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>I\u2019m going to start today\u2019s roundup off with an expla\u00adna\u00adtion of why this email is the way it is. First read this brief arti\u00adcle by Nate Sil\u00adver: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.natesilver.net\/p\/its-easy-to-screw-up-on-breaking\" target=\"_blank\">It\u2019s easy to screw up on break\u00ading news. But you have to admit when you do.<\/a> (Nate Sil\u00adver, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThis morn\u00ading, Gallup pub\u00adlished its annu\u00adal poll on trust in the media. Over\u00adall, only 32 per\u00adcent of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans say they trust the mass media \u2018a great deal\u2019 or \u2018a fair amount\u2019 to \u2018report the news ful\u00adly, accu\u00adrate\u00adly and fair\u00adly\u2019 \u2014 tied with 2016 for a record low. \u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sil\u00adver\u2019s arti\u00adcle made me reflect on how I think about mod\u00adern jour\u00adnal\u00adism and then made me want to explain it. First, I do believe jour\u00adnal\u00adists try to get things right. Places like the NYT and the Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post rarely pub\u00adlish false infor\u00adma\u00adtion and gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly cor\u00adrect false\u00adhoods when they become aware of them. The more spe\u00adcif\u00adic a claim is the more like\u00adly it is to be true.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jour\u00adnal\u00adists do, how\u00adev\u00ader, fre\u00adquent\u00adly fail to report true infor\u00adma\u00adtion they are not inter\u00adest\u00aded in or excit\u00aded about. This is rarely a con\u00adscious choice \u2014 it\u2019s just a byprod\u00aduct of the way they think about real\u00adi\u00adty. This comes up espe\u00adcial\u00adly on so-called \u201ccul\u00adture war\u201d issues. Many top-notch reporters are simul\u00adta\u00adne\u00adous\u00adly unaware of and strange\u00adly incu\u00adri\u00adous about many of the facts and sto\u00adries around trans\u00adgen\u00adderism, mar\u00adriage, reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty, and so on.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>In fact, news\u00adrooms are so ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly mono\u00adcul\u00adtur\u00adal that there are often mas\u00adsive holes in what is report\u00aded. Not only are reporters blind to incon\u00adve\u00adnient facts, they are often blind to entire sto\u00adries and trends. An excel\u00adlent his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal exam\u00adple of this is when\u00adev\u00ader the 60s and 70s are remem\u00adbered. Amer\u00adi\u00adca legit expe\u00adri\u00adenced a Great Awak\u00aden\u00ading (the Jesus Peo\u00adple move\u00adment) that hap\u00adpened in par\u00adal\u00adlel with the Sex\u00adu\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion. We only ever talk about the sec\u00adond not because reporters\/commentators are sup\u00adpress\u00ading knowl\u00adedge of the Jesus Peo\u00adple but because they gen\u00aduine\u00adly are not even aware that they exist\u00aded or that what hap\u00adpened then is still shap\u00ading our cul\u00adture today.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And so when I want a fact, I turn to some\u00adplace like the NYT, WaPo, WSJ, Reuters or to a cred\u00adi\u00adble expert who writes direct\u00adly to the pub\u00adlic (Ryan Burge is a good exam\u00adple of this). But when I want an analy\u00adsis, I look for cred\u00adi\u00adble, sane voic\u00ades both with\u00adin and with\u00adout the con\u00adfines of the media estab\u00adlish\u00adment. I fre\u00adquent\u00adly look to places like Sub\u00adstack or niche web\u00adsites like Mere Ortho\u00addoxy or to main\u00adstream media com\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtors like Ross Douthat or David French or Megan McAr\u00addle who have a track record of syn\u00adthe\u00adsiz\u00ading infor\u00adma\u00adtion accu\u00adrate\u00adly and form\u00ading opin\u00adions wise\u00adly. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>And when I\u2019m read\u00ading some\u00adthing, I often ask, \u201cDoes this per\u00adspec\u00adtive seem plau\u00adsi\u00adble in light of my expe\u00adri\u00adence?\u201d Espe\u00adcial\u00adly when it is a claim about evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism or charismatic\/Pentecostal Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty \u2014 I like\u00adly know more about that world than 98% of the staff of the New York Times (and after read\u00ading some arti\u00adcles I think I know more about it than all their staff put togeth\u00ader). Some\u00adtimes they take an odd\u00adball church or reli\u00adgious leader and put their sto\u00adry for\u00adward as rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtive when it is not at all.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Any\u00adway, there is prob\u00ada\u00adbly a lot more to say about mod\u00adern media, but what I just said is pret\u00adty much why this week\u00adly update fea\u00adtures the mix of con\u00adtent that it does: main\u00adstream media sources for facts and a diverse array of experts for analy\u00adsis, all fil\u00adtered through evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal sen\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adties.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A relat\u00aded thought on news con\u00adsump\u00adtion: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.ayjay.org\/periodicity\/\" target=\"_blank\">peri\u00adod\u00adic\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Alan Jacobs, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cThe more unsta\u00adble a sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion is, the more rapid\u00adly it changes, the <em>less<\/em> valu\u00adable minute-by-minute report\u00ading is. I don\u2019t know what hap\u00adpened to the hos\u00adpi\u00adtal in Gaza, but if I wait until the next issue of the <em>Econ\u00ado\u00admist<\/em> shows up I will be bet\u00adter informed about it than peo\u00adple who have been rage-refresh\u00ading their brows\u00ader win\u00addows for the past sev\u00ader\u00adal days, and I will have suf\u00adfered con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adably less emo\u00adtion\u00adal stress.\u2026 If you\u2019re read\u00ading the news sev\u00ader\u00adal times a day, you\u2019re not being <em>informed<\/em>, you\u2019re being <em>stim\u00adu\u00adlat\u00aded<\/em>.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mov\u00ading on, here are some arti\u00adcles that give con\u00adtext for the Israel war on Hamas:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slowboring.com\/p\/palestinian-right-of-return-matters\" target=\"_blank\">Pales\u00adtin\u00adian right of return mat\u00adters<\/a> (Matt Ygle\u00adsias, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cBecause it seems to me that what\u00adev\u00ader you per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly think about [the Pales\u00adtin\u00adian right of return], it is absolute\u00adly cen\u00adtral to how the Arab world <em>and<\/em> dias\u00adpo\u00adra Jews <em>and<\/em> sec\u00adu\u00adlar Israelis all view the con\u00adflict. Which in turn means that it\u2019s cen\u00adtral to the col\u00adlapse of the Two-State Solu\u00adtion as a polit\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adstruct and to the col\u00adlapse of the peace camp in Israeli pol\u00adi\u00adtics that might have been inclined make a deal that was favor\u00adable to Pales\u00adtin\u00adian inter\u00adests. There is, in fact, a whole school of thought asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded with Bill Clin\u00adton and Amer\u00adi\u00adcan nego\u00adtia\u00adtor Den\u00adnis Ross that holds the right of return almost sin\u00adgle-hand\u00aded\u00adly respon\u00adsi\u00adble for scut\u00adtling the Camp David talks and pre\u00advent\u00ading the emer\u00adgence of an inde\u00adpen\u00addent Pales\u00adtine. Of course, many oth\u00ader well-informed peo\u00adple deny that\u2019s the case or believe it\u2019s an over\u00adsim\u00adpli\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion. But even if you think it is fac\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly incor\u00adrect to say the res\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion of this con\u00adflict hinges on the right of return, its cen\u00adtral\u00adi\u00adty to so many of the nar\u00adra\u00adtives around this issue makes it an impor\u00adtant con\u00adcept to under\u00adstand.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mosaicmagazine.com\/observation\/israel-zionism\/2021\/12\/the-forgotten-history-of-the-term-palestine\/\" target=\"_blank\">The For\u00adgot\u00adten His\u00adto\u00adry of the Term \u201cPales\u00adtine\u201d<\/a> (Dou\u00adglas J. Fei\u00adth, Mosa\u00adic): \u201cThe term \u2018Pales\u00adtine\u2019 was used for mil\u00adlen\u00adnia with\u00adout a pre\u00adcise geo\u00adgraph\u00adic def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion. That\u2019s not uncommon\u2014think of \u2018Tran\u00adscau\u00adca\u00adsus\u2019 or \u2018Mid\u00adwest.\u2019 No pre\u00adcise def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion exist\u00aded for Pales\u00adtine because none was required. Since the Roman era, the name lacked polit\u00adi\u00adcal sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcance. No nation ever had that name.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is from back in 2021. Super inter\u00adest\u00ading stuff.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/hamas-does-not-yet-understand-the-depth-of-israeli-resolve\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hamas does not yet under\u00adstand the depth of Israeli resolve<\/a> (Haviv Ret\u00adtig Gur, Times of Israel): \u201cThat ene\u00admy is not the Pales\u00adtin\u00adian peo\u00adple, of course, even though sup\u00adport for ter\u00adror attacks is wide\u00adspread among Pales\u00adtini\u00adans. The ene\u00admy is not exact\u00adly Hamas either, though Hamas is part of it. The ene\u00admy is the Pales\u00adtin\u00adian the\u00ado\u00adry of Israelis that makes the vio\u00adlence seen on Octo\u00adber 7 seem to many of them a ratio\u00adnal step on the road to lib\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion rather than, as Israelis judge it, yet anoth\u00ader in a long string of self-inflict\u00aded dis\u00adas\u00adters for the Pales\u00adtin\u00adian cause.\u2026 A tragedy is about to unfold in Gaza made worse by the long learn\u00ading curve it will take for Hamas to grasp the depth of Israeli resolve. It has robbed Israel of any oth\u00ader inter\u00adest but its destruc\u00adtion. In the Israeli mind, any bru\u00adtal\u00adi\u00adty Hamas <em>can<\/em> com\u00admit it <em>will<\/em> com\u00admit. And so it can\u00adnot be allowed to ever com\u00admit any act ever again.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some Chris\u00adt\u00adian per\u00adspec\u00adtives\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/october-web-only\/israel-hamas-war-jews-antisemitism-stanford-harvard-student.html\" target=\"_blank\">Anti\u00adse\u00admit\u00adic Vio\u00adlence and Its Shame\u00adful Defense<\/a> (Mike Cosper, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cTo be hor\u00adri\u00adfied by the slaugh\u00adter of Israeli inno\u00adcents doesn\u2019t require deny\u00ading the suf\u00adfer\u00ading of the Pales\u00adtin\u00adian peo\u00adple. And car\u00ading for Pales\u00adtin\u00adian inno\u00adcents doesn\u2019t require being cold or numb to the hor\u00adrors of anti\u00adsemitism and Hamas. We can con\u00addemn Hamas <em>while<\/em> demand\u00ading account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty from Israeli lead\u00aders who have foment\u00aded vio\u00adlence, ele\u00advat\u00aded right-wing extrem\u00adists, and excused vio\u00adla\u00adtions of inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal law. Indeed, Chris\u00adtians should be marked by our will\u00ading\u00adness to oppose all injus\u00adtice and to care for Israeli and Pales\u00adtin\u00adian vic\u00adtims alike. And while that includes under\u00adstand\u00ading that Pales\u00adtini\u00adans have suf\u00adfered great injus\u00adtices from the gov\u00adern\u00adment of Israel\u2014as well as neigh\u00adbor\u00ading states of Egypt, Jor\u00addan, Iran, Lebanon, Syr\u00adia, and Sau\u00addi Ara\u00adbia, as well as Hamas and the Pales\u00adtin\u00adian Author\u00adi\u00adty itself\u2014it must also include active rejec\u00adtion of anti\u00adsemitism.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2023\/october-web-only\/wither-hamas-israel-war-palestinian-christian.html?share=3uB5sFv0SInoawkL9lfb4b2E21ldRwQ7\" target=\"_blank\">With\u00ader the Poi\u00adso\u00adnous Plant of Hamas<\/a> (Tamir Khouri, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cIn this envi\u00adron\u00adment of hatred, racism, and vio\u00adlence, Hamas has exploit\u00aded young peo\u00adple with false promis\u00ades. With no hori\u00adzon of hope, Hamas\u2019s adher\u00adents in Pales\u00adtine sank into dark\u00adness and helped Hamas vic\u00adtim\u00adize Israelis too. But it does not have to be this way. As Chris\u00adtians, we believe in the pow\u00ader of redemp\u00adtion. With real hope for the future of this land, these hate\u00adful move\u00adments will with\u00ader. For a last\u00ading peace, we must respect the image of God in Israelis and Pales\u00adtini\u00adans alike. Is it too much to ask that we don\u2019t see this as a zero-sum game? Shouldn\u2019t both Israelis and Pales\u00adtini\u00adans live in the dig\u00adni\u00adty God intend\u00aded for us?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The pseu\u00addo\u00adny\u00admous author is a Pales\u00adtin\u00adian Chris\u00adt\u00adian who is an Israeli cit\u00adi\u00adzen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some arti\u00adcles about mod\u00adern acad\u00ade\u00admia: \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/20\/opinion\/harvard-penn-donors.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4Ew.RHio.uGgAvlfLMjmB&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">Why Big Mon\u00adey Can\u2019t Eas\u00adi\u00adly Change Cam\u00adpus Pol\u00adi\u00adtics<\/a> (Ross Douthat, New York Times): \u201c\u2026donors should find ways to give mon\u00adey to the actu\u00adal stu\u00addents \u2014 through the Hil\u00adlel or oth\u00ader Jew\u00adish or Israeli stu\u00addent groups if you\u2019re espe\u00adcial\u00adly con\u00adcerned with the Jew\u00adish place on cam\u00adpus, but more gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly through polit\u00adi\u00adcal or reli\u00adgious groups that promise to work against the school\u2019s dom\u00adi\u00adnant assump\u00adtions, or through stu\u00addent asso\u00adci\u00ada\u00adtions that seem to fos\u00adter free debate, or through cam\u00adpus-adja\u00adcent insti\u00adtu\u00adtions that serve stu\u00addents but are inde\u00adpen\u00addent of the schools. But not with the goal of using such stu\u00addent groups as a means of con\u00adflict with the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion or the fac\u00adul\u00adty. Rather, with the goal that such groups can become micro\u00adcosms of the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty you loved once and fear no longer exists, cells in a body yet to be restored, whose health and flour\u00adish\u00ading with\u00adin the large world of Penn or Har\u00advard or wher\u00adev\u00ader is an end unto itself.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ross Douthat speaks noth\u00ading but truth through\u00adout this essay. If you know any gazil\u00adlion\u00adaires who want to influ\u00adence the tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adries of elite uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties have them read this essay and then tell them about Chi Alpha. Men\u00adtion we\u2019d like a build\u00ading near cam\u00adpus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/13\/opinion\/stanford-israel-hamas-gaza.html?unlocked_article_code=1.4Ew.CTKN.WRJFixrvvh9V&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">The War Comes to Stan\u00adford<\/a> (Pamela Paul, New York Times): \u201cAlma Andi\u00adno, a Jew\u00adish senior at Stan\u00adford Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, spent the day of Hamas\u2019s attacks against Israel cry\u00ading and dis\u00adtraught. Like many Jews around the coun\u00adtry, much of the week\u00adend passed on the phone with fam\u00adi\u00adly mem\u00adbers, fear\u00ading for the safe\u00adty of friends and extend\u00aded fam\u00adi\u00adly in Israel. Andino\u2019s fel\u00adlow stu\u00addents in Colum\u00adbae, the social jus\u00adtice and anti\u00adwar res\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial house where she is a res\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial assis\u00adtant, held her through her pan\u00adic attacks. \u2018I felt so pow\u00ader\u00adless,\u2019 she recalled when we spoke this week. On Mon\u00adday, a friend asked if she\u2019d seen the ban\u00adner some of her house\u00admates were prepar\u00ading to hang on the front of Colum\u00adbae, the house she con\u00adsid\u00adered to be her com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty and her home. The sheet bore the slo\u00adgan \u2018Zion\u00adism is geno\u00adcide\u2019 in red let\u00adters, styled to look as if they were drip\u00adping with blood.\u2026 For Alma Andi\u00adno, events on cam\u00adpus have already reached a break\u00ading point. After beg\u00adging her house\u00admates not to hang the ban\u00adner, she said the group debat\u00aded for hours, with the impli\u00adca\u00adtion they would desist only if a suit\u00adable jus\u00adti\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion for Israel\u2019s exis\u00adtence could be giv\u00aden. They told her they felt that as stu\u00addent activists, they need\u00aded to dis\u00adplay a mes\u00adsage that would put them on the right side of his\u00adto\u00adry. We should be advo\u00adcat\u00ading for mar\u00adgin\u00adal\u00adized com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adties, they said. \u2018Except for Jews?\u2019 Alma replied. The group scoffed.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/10\/israel-hamas-war-college-campuses-activism\/675677\/?utm_campaign=the-atlantic&amp;utm_content=true-anthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\">What Con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtives Mis\u00adun\u00adder\u00adstand About Rad\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism at Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties<\/a> (Tyler Austin Harp\u00ader, The Atlantic): \u201cThe ten\u00adsion burst\u00ading into view right now\u2014between a major\u00adi\u00adty of schol\u00adars, for whom \u2018decol\u00ado\u00adniza\u00adtion\u2019 means putting few\u00ader white Euro\u00adpeans on their syl\u00adlabi, and a small minor\u00adi\u00adty who believe it entails any\u00adthing-goes vio\u00adlent revolution\u2014is the unwel\u00adcome and unsur\u00adpris\u00ading result of uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties want\u00adi\u00adng to cos\u00adplay rebel\u00adlion while still churn\u00ading out Wall Street\u2013executive alum\u00adni who will one day pad endow\u00adments that are larg\u00ader than Israel\u2019s annu\u00adal defense bud\u00adget.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The title makes this sound more par\u00adti\u00adsan than it is. 100% worth a read and pon\u00adder.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/10\/college-students-justice-for-palestine-chapters-hamas\/675640\/?utm_source=feed\" target=\"_blank\">Stu\u00addents for Pogroms in Israel<\/a> (Conor Frieder\u00ads\u00addorf, The Atlantic): \u201cLook\u00ading back on the Man\u00adson killings, Joan Did\u00adion wrote, \u2018Many peo\u00adple I know in Los Ange\u00adles believe that the Six\u00adties end\u00aded abrupt\u00adly on August 9, 1969, end\u00aded at the exact moment when word of the mur\u00adders on Cielo Dri\u00adve trav\u00adeled like brush\u00adfire through the com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty, and in a sense this is true. The ten\u00adsion broke that day. The para\u00adnoia was ful\u00adfilled.\u2019 A few peo\u00adple I know believe last Saturday\u2019s attack on Israel and the respons\u00ades from left\u00adist stu\u00addent groups mark the end of the \u2018Great Awok\u00aden\u00ading.\u2019 Although it is too ear\u00adly to eval\u00adu\u00adate the accu\u00adra\u00adcy of that hypoth\u00ade\u00adsis, cam\u00adpus pol\u00adi\u00adtics have cer\u00adtain\u00adly trans\u00adformed in recent days. Now we are left won\u00adder\u00ading whether what comes next is bet\u00adter or worse than what pre\u00adced\u00aded it.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He makes spe\u00adcif\u00adic men\u00adtion of Stan\u00adford at one point, although it is hard\u00adly his focus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.gloepi.2023.100119\" target=\"_blank\">Moral con\u00adtro\u00adver\u00adsies and aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic pub\u00adlic health: Notes on nav\u00adi\u00adgat\u00ading and sur\u00adviv\u00ading aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic free\u00addom chal\u00adlenges<\/a> (Tyler Van\u00adder\u00adWeele, Glob\u00adal Epi\u00addemi\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy): \u201cI think that there needs to be more open dis\u00adcus\u00adsion in acad\u00ade\u00admia, and in soci\u00adety, about these mat\u00adters. Most peo\u00adple, even those who are deeply con\u00adcerned, seem very uneasy dis\u00adcussing these issues, for fear of being attacked for sim\u00adply rais\u00ading them. Col\u00adleagues at Har\u00advard, rang\u00ading from an expert in child devel\u00adop\u00adment to a clin\u00adi\u00adcian pro\u00advid\u00ading men\u00adtal health care for teenage girls, have told me that they are uncom\u00adfort\u00adable shar\u00ading their con\u00adcerns on these mat\u00adters in many or most set\u00adtings at Har\u00advard. An evo\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary biol\u00ado\u00adgist at Har\u00advard like\u00adwise recent\u00adly came under attack because she explic\u00adit\u00adly stat\u00aded that sex was bio\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal and bina\u00adry, even though she also not\u00aded that we can nev\u00ader\u00adthe\u00adless respect a per\u00adson\u00ad\u2019s gen\u00adder iden\u00adti\u00adty. The attack was suf\u00adfi\u00adcient\u00adly severe, and the admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion\u2019s response suf\u00adfi\u00adcient\u00adly weak, that she even\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly felt she had no choice but to resign. Rather than open dis\u00adcus\u00adsion, it seems we are often now rely\u00ading on anony\u00admous arti\u00adcles, or brave, and sub\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly vil\u00adi\u00adfied, authors and whis\u00adtle-blow\u00aders to raise alter\u00adna\u00adtive view\u00adpoints. One may strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with their posi\u00adtions, but it is not unrea\u00adson\u00adable to raise the ques\u00adtions.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I removed hyper\u00adlinked foot\u00adnotes from this excerpt for read\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty. This is worth read\u00ading as a mod\u00adel of mature\u00adly and wise\u00adly respond\u00ading to aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic intol\u00ader\u00adance. Not many schol\u00adars have com\u00adport\u00aded them\u00adselves with as much class as Van\u00adder\u00adWeele when their views came under attack. Also, I learned in this arti\u00adcle that Van\u00adder\u00adWeele is Catholic. I had assumed he was an evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal based on some\u00adthing I heard else\u00adwhere.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Think\u00ading about the moral dimen\u00adsions of the war\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/15\/opinion\/gaza-israel-war-morals.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Moral Ques\u00adtions at the Heart of the Gaza War<\/a> (David French, New York Times): \u201cThis is the prob\u00adlem Israeli sol\u00addiers and com\u00adman\u00adders face. They must pro\u00adtect their cit\u00adi\u00adzens from sav\u00adagery. They must com\u00adply with the laws of war. And they must make a series of moral choic\u00ades, under extreme duress, that can define them and their nation \u2014 all while they face a ter\u00adror\u00adist ene\u00admy that appears to pos\u00adsess no con\u00adscience at all.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Worth read\u00ading. As I men\u00adtioned when I shared French\u2019s pre\u00advi\u00adous arti\u00adcle, he is more qual\u00adi\u00adfied than any oth\u00ader colum\u00adnist I know to weigh in on this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/scheerpost.com\/2023\/10\/15\/this-way-for-the-genocide-ladies-and-gentlemen\/\" target=\"_blank\">This Way for the Geno\u00adcide, Ladies and Gen\u00adtle\u00admen<\/a> (Chris Hedges, Scheer\u00adPost): \u201cI spent sev\u00aden years report\u00ading on the con\u00adflict, four of them as the Mid\u00addle East Bureau Chief of The New York Times. I stood over the bod\u00adies of Israeli vic\u00adtims of bus bomb\u00adings in Jerusalem by Pales\u00adtin\u00adian sui\u00adcide-bombers. I saw rows of corpses, includ\u00ading chil\u00addren, in the cor\u00adri\u00addors in Dar Al-Shi\u00adfa Hos\u00adpi\u00adtal in Gaza City. I watched Israeli sol\u00addiers taunt small boys who in response threw rocks and were then cal\u00adlous\u00adly shot in the Khan You\u00adnis refugee camp. I shel\u00adtered from bombs dropped by Israeli war\u00adplanes. I climbed over the rub\u00adble of demol\u00adished Pales\u00adtin\u00adian homes and apart\u00adment blocks along the bor\u00adder with Egypt. I inter\u00adviewed the blood\u00adied and dazed sur\u00advivors. I heard the soul crush\u00ading wails of moth\u00aders keen\u00ading over the corpses of their chil\u00addren.\u2026 it is not Israel\u2019s assault on Gaza I fear most. It is the com\u00adplic\u00adi\u00adty of an inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty that licens\u00ades Israel\u2019s geno\u00adci\u00addal slaugh\u00adter and accel\u00ader\u00adates a cycle of vio\u00adlence it may not be able to con\u00adtrol.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/smartphones-have-turbocharged-the-danger-of-porn-a701eeaf?st=kxxrejujt5zopw2&amp;reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink\" target=\"_blank\">Smart\u00adphones Have Tur\u00adbocharged the Dan\u00adger of Porn<\/a> (Mary Har\u00adring\u00adton, Wall Street Jour\u00adnal): \u201cIt should come as no sur\u00adprise that the per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adized, tac\u00adtile, portable smart\u00adphone would be the dig\u00adi\u00adtal por\u00adtal of choice for some\u00adthing as inti\u00admate as porn con\u00adsump\u00adtion. But of the new com\u00adpul\u00adsive behav\u00adiors enabled by smart\u00adphones, few have as intense and imme\u00addi\u00adate a reward cycle as porn\u2014or as many far-reach\u00ading con\u00adse\u00adquences.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/is-it-wrong-to-cure-blindness\" target=\"_blank\">Is It Wrong to Cure Blind\u00adness?<\/a> (Francesca Block, The Free Press): \u201cThe Nation\u00adal Insti\u00adtutes of Health, the $40 bil\u00adlion-endowed fund\u00ading arm of the Depart\u00adment of Health and Human Ser\u00advices, recent\u00adly took a stand against ableism by propos\u00ading a change to its mis\u00adsion state\u00adment, which promis\u00ades to \u2018enhance health, length\u00aden life, and reduce ill\u00adness and dis\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty.\u2019 An advi\u00adso\u00adry com\u00admit\u00adtee with\u00adin the NIH took issue with the phrase \u2018reduce\u2026 dis\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty,\u2019 writ\u00ading in a 66-page report pub\u00adlished last Decem\u00adber that it \u2018could be inter\u00adpret\u00aded as per\u00adpet\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading ableist beliefs that dis\u00adabled peo\u00adple are flawed and need to be \u2018fixed.\u2019\u2009\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There are legit insane per\u00adspec\u00adtives being nor\u00admal\u00adized in the world right now. Cur\u00ading blind\u00adness is an unequiv\u00ado\u00adcal good.<\/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:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2023\/10\/11\" target=\"_blank\">Fail\u00adure<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/terrifying-haunted-house-just-displays-current-gas-and-grocery-prices-along-dark-creepy-hallways\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ter\u00adri\u00adfy\u00ading Haunt\u00aded House Just Dis\u00adplays Cur\u00adrent Gas And Gro\u00adcery Prices Along Dark, Creepy Hall\u00adways<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zmCKZYKsiGM\" target=\"_blank\">We Need To Talk About Israel<\/a> (The Dai\u00adly Show, YouTube): two min\u00adutes and the end is amaz\u00ading, espe\u00adcial\u00adly once you notice that this video is nine years old!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/2844\/\" target=\"_blank\">Black Holes vs Reg\u00adu\u00adlar Holes<\/a> (xkcd) \u2014 I quite liked this one<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/man-posing-mannequin-jewelry-after-hours-arrested-warsaw-poland-2023-10\" target=\"_blank\">A man posed as a man\u00adnequin in a shop win\u00addow to steal jew\u00adel\u00adry after hours, Pol\u00adish police say<\/a> (Kai Xiang Teo, Insid\u00ader): \u201cThe unnamed sus\u00adpect wait\u00aded until the mall closed to steal from a jew\u00adel\u00adry stand, accord\u00ading to the police. The sus\u00adpect remained motion\u00adless until he believed it was safe, then pro\u00adceed\u00aded to roam through dif\u00adfer\u00adent depart\u00adments in the mall, per the state\u00adment.\u201d<\/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=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2014\/11\/how-the-media-makes-the-israel-story\/383262\/\" target=\"_blank\">What The Media Gets Wrong About Israel<\/a> (Mat\u00adtie Fried\u00adman, The Atlantic): \u201c\u2026one of the most impor\u00adtant aspects of the media-sat\u00adu\u00adrat\u00aded con\u00adflict between Jews and Arabs is also the least cov\u00adered: the press itself. The West\u00adern press has become less an observ\u00ader of this con\u00adflict than an actor in it, a role with con\u00adse\u00adquences for the mil\u00adlions of peo\u00adple try\u00ading to com\u00adpre\u00adhend cur\u00adrent events, includ\u00ading pol\u00adi\u00adcy\u00admak\u00aders who depend on jour\u00adnal\u00adis\u00adtic accounts to under\u00adstand a region where they con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly seek, and fail, to pro\u00adduc\u00adtive\u00adly inter\u00advene.\u201d This is an old arti\u00adcle I share peri\u00adod\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, I think I first shared it way back in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2015\/06\/26\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-5\" target=\"_blank\">my fifth Fri\u00adday email<\/a>. Help\u00adful in pars\u00ading media cov\u00ader\u00adage in the cur\u00adrent war.<\/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. 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