{"id":7315,"date":"2023-11-10T20:31:58","date_gmt":"2023-11-11T04:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7315"},"modified":"2023-11-10T20:31:58","modified_gmt":"2023-11-11T04:31:58","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-428","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2023\/11\/10\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-428","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 428"},"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 428 and I, being an eas\u00adi\u00adly amused man, am pleased that 4*2=8.<\/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.rabbitroom.com\/post\/c-s-lewis-and-t-s-eliot-how-rivals-became-friends\" target=\"_blank\">C.S. Lewis and T.S. Eliot: How Rivals Became Friends<\/a> (Joel J. Miller, Rab\u00adbit Room): \u201cDid Charles Williams know what would hap\u00adpen when he invit\u00aded his mutu\u00adals, C.S. Lewis and T.S. Eliot, to tea? One sus\u00adpects. Lewis had long reg\u00adis\u00adtered dis\u00adap\u00adproval of Eliot\u2019s work. But sure\u00adly they\u2019d get on in per\u00adson, no? No. It was 1945 and the trio con\u00advened at the Mitre Hotel in Oxford. The first words out of Eliot\u2019s mouth? \u2018Mr. Lewis,\u2019 he exclaimed, \u2018you are a much <em>old\u00ader<\/em> man than you appear in pho\u00adtographs!\u2019 The meet\u00ading dete\u00adri\u00ado\u00adrat\u00aded from there.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/abundance-the-deepest-reality\/\" target=\"_blank\">Abun\u00addance: The Deep\u00adest Real\u00adi\u00adty<\/a> (Bethany Lor\u00adden, Stan\u00adford Review): \u201cIt is true, I have nev\u00ader lacked food or shel\u00adter or any neces\u00adsi\u00adty; yet every day, I see the most priv\u00adi\u00adleged peo\u00adple in the world live as though they are impov\u00ader\u00adished. As stu\u00addents, we hoard our time, fear our midterms, and dread the future. But what if the bless\u00adings that land\u00aded us at Stan\u00adford con\u00adtin\u00adue into our future? What if our class\u00ades were not a bur\u00adden, but a gift of learn\u00ading? What if our lives and our soci\u00adety mir\u00adror nature, where alpine sun\u00adflow\u00aders reemerge every spring on the harsh\u00adest tun\u00addra, where a square foot of dry prairie nour\u00adish\u00ades three dozen species of plants, where no tree or ani\u00admal dies with\u00adout sus\u00adtain\u00ading new life?\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dis\u00adclaimer: Bethany is a stu\u00addent in Chi Alpha. Also, I espe\u00adcial\u00adly liked this bit: \u201cR&amp;DE seems to assume that stu\u00addent sat\u00adis\u00adfac\u00adtion is a zero-sum game: the web\u00adsite states that \u2018Direct swaps between stu\u00addents are not per\u00admit\u00adted, as the hous\u00ading assign\u00adment process is meant to be equi\u00adtable, and not based on who you know.\u2019 If a room\u00admate switch makes one stu\u00addent bet\u00adter off, then the trade must have exploit\u00aded anoth\u00ader. Yet by deal\u00ading with rela\u00adtion\u00adships as if they were a lim\u00adit\u00aded resource, R&amp;DE has made them so. Instead of cre\u00adat\u00ading com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty (by def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion, a net\u00adwork \u2018based on who you know\u2019), R&amp;DE has made every\u00adone \u2018equi\u00adtably\u2019 mis\u00ader\u00adable.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.honest-broker.com\/p\/why-i-ran-away-from-philosophy-because\" target=\"_blank\">Why I Ran Away from Phi\u00adlos\u00ado\u00adphy Because of Sam Bankman-Fried<\/a> (Ted Gioia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIt\u2019s true, of course, that a philo\u00adsoph\u00adi\u00adcal sys\u00adtem is not dis\u00adproved if its advo\u00adcates are crim\u00adi\u00adnals and tyrants\u2014but this link\u00adage must be a cause for alarm and sus\u00adpi\u00adcion. The bur\u00adden of proof is on those who want to sep\u00ada\u00adrate a person\u2019s core prin\u00adci\u00adples from the results they pro\u00adduce in actu\u00adal life.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I some\u00adtimes bag on util\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan\u00adism gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly (and some\u00adtimes specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly the effec\u00adtive altru\u00adism move\u00adment). This essay may help you see why. Utilitarian\/consequentialist eth\u00adi\u00adcal sys\u00adtems are just wrong. Not mere\u00adly wrong in the sense of being incor\u00adrect, but also wrong in the sense of being immoral.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some Israel \/ Hamas war arti\u00adcles:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/11\/08\/world\/middleeast\/hamas-israel-gaza-war.html?unlocked_article_code=1.80w.VnQz.9ptvwqf1iPYD&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\">Behind Hamas\u2019s Bloody Gam\u00adbit to Cre\u00adate a \u2018Per\u00adma\u00adnent\u2019 State of War<\/a> (Ben Hub\u00adbard and Maria Abi-Habib, The New York Times): \u201cThou\u00adsands have been killed in Gaza, with entire fam\u00adi\u00adlies wiped out. Israeli airstrikes have reduced Pales\u00adtin\u00adian neigh\u00adbor\u00adhoods to expans\u00ades of rub\u00adble, while doc\u00adtors treat scream\u00ading chil\u00addren in dark\u00adened hos\u00adpi\u00adtals with no anes\u00adthe\u00adsia. Across the Mid\u00addle East, fear has spread over the pos\u00adsi\u00adble out\u00adbreak of a broad\u00ader region\u00adal war. But in the bloody arith\u00admetic of Hamas\u2019s lead\u00aders, the car\u00adnage is not the regret\u00adtable out\u00adcome of a big mis\u00adcal\u00adcu\u00adla\u00adtion. Quite the oppo\u00adsite, they say: It is the nec\u00ades\u00adsary cost of a great accom\u00adplish\u00adment \u2014 the shat\u00adter\u00ading of the sta\u00adtus quo and the open\u00ading of a new, more volatile chap\u00adter in their fight against Israel.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked and well worth read\u00ading.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/shafai-family-plymouth-massachusetts-gaza-israel\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cNo par\u00adent is going to do that\u201d: Shafai fam\u00adi\u00adly from Mass\u00ada\u00adchu\u00adsetts trapped in Gaza told they can leave with\u00adout their chil\u00addren<\/a> (Christi\u00adna Hager, CBS News): \u201cThey had the names of my broth\u00ader and his wife on the list, but they did\u00adn\u2019t have the kids,\u201d said Hani Shafai. His broth\u00ader Hazem and his wife Sanaa were excit\u00aded to see their names on a list cus\u00adtoms author\u00adi\u00adties put out nam\u00ading peo\u00adple who could cross into Egypt to safe\u00adty. The prob\u00adlem was, there was no men\u00adtion of their three chil\u00addren. \u201cThey were told they can cross, but they have to leave the kids behind. And, as you know, no par\u00adent is going to do that, and he said no,\u201d said Hani Shafai.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Bro. Data\u00adbase errors hap\u00adpen, I get it. But it seems to me this is the kind of sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion where instead of turn\u00ading them away you ask them to step to the side, offer them some water and snacks, and have some\u00adone inves\u00adti\u00adgate to fig\u00adure out what hap\u00adpened so they can leave with their kids.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/inside-a-gaza-bedroom-soldiers-searching-for-tunnels-find-how-low-hamas-can-go\/\" target=\"_blank\">Inside a Gaza bed\u00adroom, sol\u00addiers search\u00ading for tun\u00adnels find how low Hamas can go<\/a> (Emanuel Fabi\u00adan, Times of Israel): \u201cIn terms of its size, where it led and what it was intend\u00aded for, the tun\u00adnel was much like the oth\u00ader 90 found in the area. What set it apart, though, was its loca\u00adtion. The shaft had been uncov\u00adered by sol\u00addiers of the Com\u00adbat Engi\u00adneer\u00ading Corps\u2019 614th Bat\u00adtal\u00adion as they car\u00adried out a sec\u00adond round of sweeps in a sin\u00adgle-fam\u00adi\u00adly home \u2014 with an out\u00addoor swim\u00adming pool \u2014 in an upscale beach\u00adside neigh\u00adbor\u00adhood. Inside a bed\u00adroom scat\u00adtered with bright\u00adly col\u00adored clothes, under\u00adneath one of three child-sized beds, sol\u00addiers had found a por\u00adtal to where mon\u00adsters were hid\u00ading.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/andrewsullivan.substack.com\/p\/the-genocide-canard-against-israel-c66?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">The \u201cGeno\u00adcide\u201d Canard Against Israel<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026if Israel were inter\u00adest\u00aded in the \u201cgeno\u00adcide\u201d of Pales\u00adtin\u00adian Arabs, it has had the means to accom\u00adplish it for a very long time. And yet, for some rea\u00adson, the Arab pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion of Israel and the occu\u00adpied ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adries has explod\u00aded since 1948, and the Arabs in Israel prop\u00ader have vot\u00ading rights, and a key pres\u00adence in the Knes\u00adset.\u2026 And real geno\u00adcide is hap\u00adpen\u00ading else\u00adwhere in the world right now as well, but it receives a frac\u00adtion of the atten\u00adtion. In Dar\u00adfur, between 2003 and 2005, around 200,000 mem\u00adbers of the Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa eth\u00adnic groups were mur\u00addered in a clear case of geno\u00adcide that has recent\u00adly revived. This year, some 180,000 civil\u00adians have fled to Chad, pur\u00adsued by the Jan\u00adjaweed \u2014 the Ein\u00adsatz\u00adgrup\u00adpen of cen\u00adtral Africa. If your view is derived from crit\u00adi\u00adcal race the\u00ado\u00adry, you should be par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly con\u00adcerned about this geno\u00adcide, since it is direct\u00aded at black Africans by Islamist Arabs. But the cam\u00adpus left is unin\u00adter\u00adest\u00aded.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/10\/27\/books\/etgar-keret-israel-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.7kw.VyIq.TaZS8vxjnZpS\" target=\"_blank\">\u2018I Feel a Human Dete\u00adri\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion\u2019<\/a> (Lulu Gar\u00adcia-Navar\u00adro, New York Times): \u201cAnd when I see peo\u00adple watch\u00ading the hor\u00adri\u00adble tragedy that is hap\u00adpen\u00ading here as if it were a Super Bowl of vic\u00adtim\u00adhood, in which you sup\u00adport one team and real\u00adly don\u2019t care about the oth\u00ader, empa\u00adthy becomes very, very selec\u00adtive. You see only some pain. You don\u2019t want to see oth\u00ader pain.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/christianitytoday.com\/news\/2023\/november\/obit-frank-borman-moon-space-apollo-genesis.html\" target=\"_blank\">Died: Frank Bor\u00adman, Apol\u00adlo 8 Astro\u00adnaut Who Broad\u00adcast Gen\u00ade\u00adsis from Space<\/a> (Daniel Sil\u00adli\u00adman, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cOn Decem\u00adber 24, as a cam\u00adera showed the lunar sur\u00adface pass\u00ading below a win\u00addow, the three astro\u00adnauts read the Scrip\u00adture from a piece of paper. Bor\u00adman went last, clos\u00ading with vers\u00ades 9 and 10: \u2018And God said, Let the waters under the heav\u00aden be gath\u00adered togeth\u00ader unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so. And God called the dry land Earth; and the gath\u00ader\u00ading togeth\u00ader of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.\u2019 Then he said, \u2018From the crew of Apol\u00adlo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Mer\u00adry Christ\u00admas and God bless all of you\u2014all of you on the good Earth.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/article\/2023\/11\/critical-grace-theory\" target=\"_blank\">Crit\u00adi\u00adcal Grace The\u00ado\u00adry<\/a> (Carl True\u00adman, First Things): \u201cIsa\u00adiah, Paul, and Augus\u00adtine are far bet\u00adter sources of social crit\u00adi\u00adcism than Horkheimer, Mar\u00adcuse, or Cren\u00adshaw. Yes, the world is imper\u00adfect and unjust and filled with strife. Sad\u00adly, such are the wages of sin. Acknowl\u00adedg\u00ading the fall of man does not entail a pas\u00adsive accep\u00adtance of injus\u00adtice or evil. The doc\u00adtrine of orig\u00adi\u00adnal sin does not entail the con\u00adclu\u00adsion that noth\u00ading can ever be improved and that efforts of social reform are point\u00adless. But a recog\u00adni\u00adtion that sin under\u00adlies unjust social sys\u00adtems means that our crit\u00adi\u00adcal the\u00ado\u00adriz\u00ading must be shaped by our belief in God\u2019s grace and the heal\u00ading pow\u00ader of for\u00adgive\u00adness, both for our\u00adselves and for oth\u00aders. No crit\u00adi\u00adcal the\u00ado\u00adry that fails to place these the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal truths at the cen\u00adter of its analy\u00adsis and pro\u00adpos\u00adals is com\u00adpat\u00adi\u00adble with Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4618616\" target=\"_blank\">How Ear\u00adly Morn\u00ading Class\u00ades Change Aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic Tra\u00adjec\u00adto\u00adries: Evi\u00addence from a Nat\u00adur\u00adal Exper\u00adi\u00adment<\/a> (Antho\u00adny Lok\u00adT\u00ading Yim, SSRN): \u201cUsing a nat\u00adur\u00adal exper\u00adi\u00adment which ran\u00addom\u00adized class times to stu\u00addents, this study reveals that enrolling in ear\u00adly morn\u00ading class\u00ades low\u00aders stu\u00addents\u2019 course grades and the like\u00adli\u00adhood of future STEM course enroll\u00adment. There is a 79% reduc\u00adtion in pur\u00adsu\u00ading the cor\u00adre\u00adspond\u00ading major and a 26% rise in choos\u00ading a low\u00ader-earn\u00ading major, pre\u00addom\u00adi\u00adnant\u00adly influ\u00adenced by ear\u00adly morn\u00ading STEM class\u00ades. To under\u00adstand the mech\u00ada\u00adnism, I con\u00adduct\u00aded a sur\u00advey of under\u00adgrad\u00adu\u00adate stu\u00addents enrolled in an intro\u00adduc\u00adto\u00adry course, some of whom were assigned to a 7:30 AM sec\u00adtion.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dis\u00adclo\u00adsure: I only skimmed the arti\u00adcle. I find it plau\u00adsi\u00adble enough to pass on and am not skep\u00adti\u00adcal enough of its claims to feel moti\u00advat\u00aded to read it thor\u00adough\u00adly. The author is an econ\u00ado\u00admist at Brigham Young Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, and the study is about stu\u00addents at Pur\u00addue Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bot\u00adtom line: avoid ear\u00adly morn\u00ading class\u00ades.<\/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=IXdjDNKCeHM\" target=\"_blank\">God vs Noth\u00ading<\/a> (Pete Holmes, YouTube): one minute, lan\u00adguage is a bit crude but this is bril\u00adliant at points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.astralcodexten.com\/p\/hardball-questions-for-the-next-debate?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\">Hard\u00adball Ques\u00adtions For The Next Debate<\/a> (Scott Alexan\u00adder, Astral Codex Ten): \u201cHel\u00adlo, and wel\u00adcome to the third Repub\u00adli\u00adcan pri\u00adma\u00adry debate. To shore up declin\u00ading vot\u00ader inter\u00adest, we\u2019ve decid\u00aded to make things more inter\u00adest\u00ading tonight. In this first round, each can\u00addi\u00addate will have to avoid using a spe\u00adcif\u00adic let\u00adter of the alpha\u00adbet in their answer. If they slip up, they for\u00adfeit their remain\u00ading time, and the next can\u00addi\u00addate in line gets the floor. Our can\u00addi\u00addates who have qual\u00adi\u00adfied today are Chris Christie, Nik\u00adki Haley, Ron DeSan\u00adtis, and Don\u00adald Trump.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This gets increas\u00ading\u00adly absurd and amus\u00ading and I actu\u00adal\u00adly laughed out loud at the end.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/stanforddaily.com\/2023\/11\/06\/octobunk-stacks-up-fun-at-stanford\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cOcto\u00adbunk\u201d stacks up fun at Stan\u00adford<\/a> (Anna Yang, Stan\u00adford Dai\u00adly): \u201cIn the ear\u00adly hours of Oct. 20, a group of around 20 fresh\u00admen assem\u00adbled on the Oval, ready to begin the con\u00adstruc\u00adtion of the \u2018Octo\u00adbunk.\u2019 Their plan was to stack eight dorm beds on top of each oth\u00ader in the Oval, mak\u00ading a tow\u00ader that cre\u00adat\u00aded a large bunk bed. Near\u00adly 100 stu\u00addents showed up to observe the event at around 2 a.m. \u2014 a com\u00adbi\u00adna\u00adtion of peo\u00adple who had heard of the tremen\u00addous feat by word-of-mouth, or peo\u00adple who had sim\u00adply been walk\u00ading past.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is glo\u00adri\u00adous and the stu\u00addents who orga\u00adnized it should auto\u00admat\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly be elect\u00aded to ASSU and only dis\u00adplaced by peo\u00adple who spark equal or greater joy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Why Do You Send This Email?<\/b><\/h2>\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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