{"id":7306,"date":"2023-10-27T21:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7306"},"modified":"2023-10-27T21:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T04:24:05","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-426","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/10\/27\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-426","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 426"},"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 426, and I am absurd\u00adly pleased that 4+2=6. In some regards I am very easy to amuse.<\/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:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/keeping-the-faith-at-stanford\/\" target=\"_blank\">Keep\u00ading the Faith at Stan\u00adford<\/a> (Isabel\u00adla Griepp, The Stan\u00adford Review): \u201cStay\u00ading true to your faith is a seri\u00adous under\u00adtak\u00ading at a place like Stan\u00adford, but it can also be the most reward\u00ading part of your time on cam\u00adpus. It is vital that you use your first quar\u00adter in col\u00adlege to get plugged into Chris\u00adt\u00adian com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is in Chi Alpha.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/21\/us\/college-athletes-donor-collectives.html\" target=\"_blank\">How Rich Donors and Loose Rules Are Trans\u00adform\u00ading Col\u00adlege Sports<\/a> (David A. Fahren\u00adthold and Bil\u00adly Witz, New York Times): \u201cOne play\u00ader at Michi\u00adgan State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty now makes $750,000 a year, accord\u00ading to the group that pays him. At Ohio State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, some play\u00aders not only get a pay\u00adcheck \u2014 they get a free car lease to boot, cour\u00adtesy of a donor col\u00adlec\u00adtive.\u2026 The New York Times iden\u00adti\u00adfied more than 120 col\u00adlec\u00adtives, includ\u00ading at least one for every school in each of the five major col\u00adlege foot\u00adball con\u00adfer\u00adences. The aver\u00adage starter at a big-time foot\u00adball pro\u00adgram now takes in about $103,000 a year, accord\u00ading to Open\u00addorse, a com\u00adpa\u00adny that process\u00ades pay\u00adments to the play\u00aders for the col\u00adlec\u00adtives.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2023\/06\/04\/15-reasons-why-mass-media-employees-act-like-propagandists\/\" target=\"_blank\">15 Rea\u00adsons Why Mass Media Employ\u00adees Act Like Pro\u00adpa\u00adgan\u00addists<\/a> (Caitlin John\u00adston, per\u00adson\u00adal blog): \u201cJust because a lot of the mass media\u2019s pro\u00adpa\u00adgan\u00addis\u00adtic behav\u00adior can be explained with\u00adout secret con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcies doesn\u2019t mean secret con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcies aren\u2019t hap\u00adpen\u00ading. In 1977 Carl Bern\u00adstein pub\u00adlished an arti\u00adcle titled \u2018The CIA and the Media\u2019 report\u00ading that the CIA had covert\u00adly infil\u00adtrat\u00aded America\u2019s most influ\u00aden\u00adtial news out\u00adlets and had over 400 reporters who it con\u00adsid\u00adered assets in a pro\u00adgram known as Oper\u00ada\u00adtion Mock\u00ading\u00adbird. We are told that this sort of covert infil\u00adtra\u00adtion doesn\u2019t hap\u00adpen any\u00admore today, but that\u2019s absurd.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus in response my com\u00admen\u00adtary last week on how to think about jour\u00adnal\u00adism. Most of the 15 rea\u00adsons seem to revolve around this insight: jour\u00adnal\u00adists respond to incen\u00adtives and the sys\u00adtem pro\u00advides rewards that ben\u00ade\u00adfit them but not their readers\/viewers. We should remain mind\u00adful of this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two arti\u00adcles about man\u00adhood:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.robkhenderson.com\/p\/understanding-the-young-male-syndrome?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2#footnote-anchor-1-137727204\" target=\"_blank\">Under\u00adstand\u00ading the Young Male Syn\u00addrome<\/a> (Rob K Hen\u00adder\u00adson, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIn his cross-cul\u00adtur\u00adal research, the psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist Mar\u00adtin J. Sea\u00adger has found 3 con\u00adsis\u00adtent require\u00adments to achieve the sta\u00adtus of man\u00adhood in var\u00adi\u00adous soci\u00adeties around the world. First, the indi\u00advid\u00adual must be a fight\u00ader and a win\u00adner. Sec\u00adond, he must be a provider and pro\u00adtec\u00adtor. And third, he must main\u00adtain mas\u00adtery and con\u00adtrol of him\u00adself at all times. Across cul\u00adtures, there seems to be an implic\u00adit under\u00adstand\u00ading of what being a man is\u2026 Indeed, mas\u00adculin\u00adi\u00adty is wide\u00adly con\u00adsid\u00adered to be an arti\u00adfi\u00adcial\u00adly induced sta\u00adtus, achiev\u00adable only through test\u00ading and care\u00adful instruc\u00adtion. Real men do not sim\u00adply emerge like but\u00adter\u00adflies from their boy\u00adish cocoons. Rather, they must be care\u00adful\u00adly shaped, nur\u00adtured, coun\u00adseled, and prod\u00added into man\u00adhood.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is long and worth read\u00ading for any\u00adone who has an inter\u00adest in gen\u00adder dynam\u00adics.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aaronrenn.com\/p\/news-men-can-use?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">News Men Can Use<\/a> (Aaron Renn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI also do these prac\u00adti\u00adcal posts because it\u2019s impor\u00adtant for those of us Chris\u00adt\u00adian lay peo\u00adple who have skills and knowl\u00adedge to step up and share them. The truth is, pas\u00adtors aren\u2019t life coach\u00ades and often don\u2019t know what they are talk\u00ading about in areas out\u00adside of their core com\u00adpe\u00adten\u00adcy in preach\u00ading the Bible and the\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy. So it\u2019s unfair and even dan\u00adger\u00adous to rely on them to be gen\u00ader\u00adal pur\u00adpose guides to life. That means lay peo\u00adple have to be will\u00ading to step up in the areas where they have real insight and expe\u00adri\u00adence.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I can\u00adnot endorse the point Renn makes in this excerpt strong\u00adly enough. There\u2019s a lot pas\u00adtors don\u2019t know. I get ner\u00advous when I hear a min\u00adis\u00adter opin\u00ading pub\u00adlicly on a top\u00adic I know the Bible says very lit\u00adtle about. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When you look for pas\u00adtors, look for those with enough humil\u00adi\u00adty to know that they are not an expert in things like busi\u00adness, law, pol\u00adi\u00adtics, lead\u00ader\u00adship, inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal rela\u00adtions, con\u00adsult\u00ading, biol\u00ado\u00adgy, astro\u00adphysics, invest\u00adment bank\u00ading, immi\u00adgra\u00adtion pol\u00adi\u00adcy, etc. There may be spe\u00adcif\u00adic state\u00adments in some of those fields that pas\u00adtors can make with God\u2019s author\u00adi\u00adty, but they are sure\u00adly lim\u00adit\u00aded.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You want a pas\u00adtor who speaks con\u00adfi\u00addent\u00adly where the Bible speaks clear\u00adly and speaks cau\u00adtious\u00adly where the Bible is silent. But as a Chris\u00adt\u00adian layper\u00adson, you should feel empow\u00adered to speak con\u00adfi\u00addent\u00adly when you have rel\u00ade\u00advant knowl\u00adedge in your field of exper\u00adtise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Two Chris\u00adtians \u2014 one on the left and one on the right.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On the left: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/10\/uaw-union-leadership-american-christian-culture\/675741\/\" target=\"_blank\">Shawn Fain\u2019s Old-Time Reli\u00adgion<\/a> (Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Bru\u00adenig, The Atlantic): \u201c&nbsp;\u2018One of the first things I do every day when I get up is I crack open my devo\u00adtion\u00adal for a dai\u00adly read\u00ading, and I pray. Ear\u00adli\u00ader this week, I was struck by the dai\u00adly read\u00ading, which seemed to speak direct\u00adly to the moment we find our\u00adselves in,\u2019 Fain explained in his speech. The com\u00admen\u00adtary Fain read observed that great acts of faith are rarely born of care\u00adful cal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adtion, and most often include an ele\u00adment of fear. \u2018When I made the deci\u00adsion to run for pres\u00adi\u00addent of our union, it was a test of my faith, because I sure as hell had doubts,\u2019 Fain said. \u2018So I told myself: Either you believe it\u2019s pos\u00adsi\u00adble to stand up and make a dif\u00adfer\u00adence, or you don\u2019t. And if you don\u2019t believe, then shut up and stay on the side\u00adline.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On the right: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/october\/mike-johnson-house-speaker-evangelical-congress-bible.html\" target=\"_blank\">Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal Mike John\u00adson \u2018Raised Up\u2019 as House Speak\u00ader<\/a> (Jack Jenk\u00adins, a Reli\u00adgion News Ser\u00advice wire sto\u00adry reprint\u00aded in Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cJohn\u00adson has been tied to mul\u00adti\u00adple Bap\u00adtist church\u00ades over the years and cur\u00adrent\u00adly attends Cypress Bap\u00adtist Church in Ben\u00adton, Louisiana, accord\u00ading to the Louisiana Bap\u00adtist Mes\u00adsage. He is also a for\u00admer lawyer and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions staffer with the Alliance Defense Fund, which lat\u00ader became known as Alliance Defend\u00ading Free\u00addom, a con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive Chris\u00adt\u00adian legal firm.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/what-latino-misses?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">What \u201cLati\u00adno\u201d Miss\u00ades<\/a> (Luis Par\u00adrales, Per\u00adsua\u00adsion): \u201cLati\u00adnos are proud of their ances\u00adtry, espe\u00adcial\u00adly when it\u2019s relat\u00aded to nation\u00adal ori\u00adgin. But most don\u2019t accept the sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcance or the weight of eth\u00adno\u00adra\u00adcial iden\u00adti\u00adty that our dis\u00adcourse projects onto them. It\u2019s an atti\u00adtude that\u2019s not exact\u00adly col\u00ador-blind or post-racial; it sim\u00adply rec\u00adog\u00adnizes how race, eth\u00adnic\u00adi\u00adty, nation\u00adal ori\u00adgin (or what\u00adev\u00ader label we use to cat\u00ade\u00adgo\u00adrize peo\u00adple) often blend togeth\u00ader.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>More com\u00admen\u00adtary on the Israel\/Gaza war:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2023\/10\/hamas-obstacle-peace-gaza-ground-offensive\/675743\/\" target=\"_blank\">I Don\u2019t See a Bet\u00adter Way Out<\/a> (Ned Lazarus, The Atlantic): \u201cI have ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded much of my pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal life to seek\u00ading peace\u00adful change in this con\u00adflict, try\u00ading to lis\u00adten to and under\u00adstand Israelis and Pales\u00adtini\u00adans and find ways to work toward peace or jus\u00adtice or coex\u00adis\u00adtence or mutu\u00adal under\u00adstand\u00ading or any\u00adthing bet\u00adter than what there is now.\u2026 I see no way out of the night\u00admare so long as Hamas con\u00adtin\u00adues to rule the Gaza Strip, and no viable way to remove it from pow\u00ader with\u00adout an Israeli ground offen\u00adsive.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal affairs at George Wash\u00ading\u00adton Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/unchartedterritories.tomaspueyo.com\/p\/the-problem-of-west-bank-settlements\" target=\"_blank\">The Prob\u00adlem of West Bank Set\u00adtle\u00adments<\/a> (Tomas Pueyo, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cYou can\u2019t under\u00adstand the Pales\u00adtin\u00adian per\u00adspec\u00adtive with\u00adout under\u00adstand\u00ading the issue of set\u00adtle\u00adments in the West Bank. It\u2019s their biggest source of irri\u00adta\u00adtion, it makes many Pales\u00adtini\u00adans\u2019 lives insuf\u00adfer\u00adable, and it\u2019s prob\u00ada\u00adbly Israel\u2019s most con\u00adtentious pol\u00adi\u00adcy. So let\u2019s under\u00adstand why Israel is there in the first place, why it\u2019s build\u00ading set\u00adtle\u00adments there, and what will hap\u00adpen to them.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Look\u00ading over his Sub\u00adstack, the author has writ\u00adten sev\u00ader\u00adal arti\u00adcles about Israel and Pales\u00adtine late\u00adly and they seem to be well-researched and are also try\u00ading to present the strongest, fairest argu\u00adments from both sides. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gurwinder.substack.com\/p\/debunking-myths-about-israel-and?utm_source=post-email-title&amp;publication_id=589242&amp;post_id=138170749&amp;utm_campaign=email-post-title&amp;isFreemail=true&amp;r=2smju&amp;utm_medium=email\" target=\"_blank\">Debunk\u00ading Myths About Israel &amp; Pales\u00adtine<\/a> (Gur\u00adwinder, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIsrael must curb its fanat\u00adi\u00adcal ele\u00adments \u2014 its bombs are hit\u00adting too many civil\u00adians, its set\u00adtle\u00adment-build\u00ading is out of con\u00adtrol, its Supreme Court is under attack by its own gov\u00adern\u00adment, and its ultra-ortho\u00addox cit\u00adi\u00adzens are rapid\u00adly out\u00adbreed\u00ading its sec\u00adu\u00adlar ones. But Israel\u2019s excess\u00ades are Hamas\u2019s norms. Fur\u00adther, it\u2019s the only lib\u00ader\u00adal democ\u00adra\u00adcy in a sea of autoc\u00adra\u00adcies, and unlike all of them it\u2019s will\u00ading to open\u00adly crit\u00adi\u00adcize itself and set high human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan stan\u00addards even if it can\u2019t always meet them.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.c-span.org\/video\/?c5090051\/user-clip-antonin-scalia\" target=\"_blank\">Holo\u00adcaust Memo\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal Day<\/a> (Antonin Scalia, C\u2011SPAN): eleven min\u00adutes of now-deceased Supreme Court Jus\u00adtice Antonin Scalia speak\u00ading about the Holo\u00adcaust and the high\u00adly-edu\u00adcat\u00aded and refined soci\u00adety that pro\u00adduced it. \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This speech from 1997 ascends into straight fire start\u00ading around 3 min\u00adutes in (hon\u00adest\u00adly, jump right there). The father of a XA stu\u00addent texted this to me and said it \u201cshould be required lis\u00adten\u00ading for every stu\u00addent at elite col\u00adleges.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre\u00adfer to read? The offi\u00adcial con\u00adgres\u00adsion\u00adal tran\u00adscript is at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/CREC-1997-05-14\/html\/CREC-1997-05-14-pt1-PgE923-4.htm\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/CREC-1997\u201305-14\/html\/CREC-1997\u201305-14-pt1-PgE923\u20114.htm<\/a> (although the tran\u00adscript butch\u00aders the New\u00adman quote at the end, which you can find in its full\u00adness at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newmanreader.org\/works\/idea\/discourse5.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.newmanreader.org\/works\/idea\/discourse5.html<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/andrewsullivan.substack.com\/p\/for-israel-there-are-no-good-options?utm_source=profile&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">For Israel, There Are No Good Options Now<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI wish I had some sane idea of what hap\u00adpens now. We can only grieve for all those inno\u00adcents trapped in this hell. All I can say is that if Israel con\u00adtin\u00adues to wage war in Gaza with this lev\u00adel of civil\u00adian casu\u00adal\u00adties, and con\u00adtin\u00adues to expand its foot\u00adprint on the West Bank this aggres\u00adsive\u00adly at the same time, and responds to West\u00adern requests to take a pause and think things through with anger and defi\u00adance, it will be hard to sus\u00adtain West\u00adern sup\u00adport indef\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/this-isnt-a-war-against-israel?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">A War Against the Jews<\/a> (Michael Oren, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026dead Jews buy us only so much sym\u00adpa\u00adthy. In fact, there is prob\u00ada\u00adbly a for\u00admu\u00adla. Six mil\u00adlion dead in the Holo\u00adcaust pro\u00adcured us rough\u00adly 25 years of grace before the Euro\u00adpeans refused to refu\u00adel the U.S. planes bring\u00ading life\u00adsav\u00ading muni\u00adtions to Israel dur\u00ading the Yom Kip\u00adpur War in 1973. Four\u00adteen hun\u00addred butchered Jews bought us a lit\u00adtle less than two weeks\u2019 worth of pos\u00adi\u00adtive cov\u00ader\u00adage.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a for\u00admer Israeli politi\u00adcian and served as Israel\u2019s ambas\u00adsador to the US.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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.youtube.com\/watch?v=Kw9xUNSo518\" target=\"_blank\">Wrong Psalm<\/a> (Tim Hawkins, YouTube): four amus\u00ading min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/ai-humor\" target=\"_blank\">AI Humor<\/a> (SMBC): the mouseover text on this one is actu\u00adal\u00adly wise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/esteem-2\" target=\"_blank\">Self-Esteem<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefloridamangames.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Flori\u00adda Man Games<\/a>: includ\u00ading such gems as \u201cEVADING ARREST OBSTACLE COURSE: Jump over fences, through back yards, and away from actu\u00adal police offi\u00adcers to earn your free\u00addom!\u201d and \u201cA CATALYTIC CONVERTER, 2 BIKES, AND A HANDFUL OF COPPER PIPES: RACE AGAINST TIME: Com\u00adpete head to head in a race that lets you live a day in the life of a Flori\u00adda man head\u00adline\u201d&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/nation\/2023\/10\/23\/store-steal-run-security-guard-paris-video\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=wp_main\" target=\"_blank\">A store let cus\u00adtomers steal shoes \u2014 if they could out\u00adrun a pro sprint\u00ader<\/a> (Kyle Mel\u00adnick, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cSome cus\u00adtomers thought\u00adthe man\u00adagers were jok\u00ading, but they still took the chance. Most did not rec\u00adog\u00adnize Zeze \u2014 who has run the 100-meter dash in 9.99 sec\u00adonds and the 200-meter dash in 19.97 sec\u00adonds \u2014 or know he was a pro\u00adfes\u00adsion\u00adal sprint\u00ader. Zeze wore a black polo and a band on his left arm that said \u2018SECURITY.\u2019 Zeze eas\u00adi\u00adly caught the first run\u00adner, who grabbed a pair ofblack shoes around 11:30 a.m. and ran away on a busy side\u00adwalk. Zeze said he sprint\u00aded at about 35 per\u00adcent of his max\u00adi\u00admum speed to catch most cus\u00adtomers.\u201d <\/li>\n<\/ul>\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>. 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