{"id":7437,"date":"2024-05-11T12:46:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-11T19:46:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7437"},"modified":"2024-05-11T12:46:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-11T19:46:04","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-452","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/05\/11\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-452","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 452"},"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\">452 is a prod\u00aduct of 113. Specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, 452 = 4 \u00b7 113. A web\u00adsite informed that it is also the clos\u00adest inte\u00adger to 7<em><sup>\u00cf\u20ac<\/sup><\/em>, but that\u2019s a weird fact.<\/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>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/ct\/2024\/may-web-only\/john-cao-prison-china-missionary-myanmar-faith.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">I Knew I Would Pay a Price for My Faith\u2019: Chi\u00adna Releas\u00ades Mis\u00adsion\u00adary After Sev\u00aden Years<\/a> (CJ Wu inter\u00adview\u00ading John Cao, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cI did not have a Bible while in prison. Although both my moth\u00ader and my lawyer brought Bibles to my prison, the cor\u00adrec\u00adtion\u00adal staff refused to hand them over to me. My moth\u00ader would write down Bible vers\u00ades in her let\u00adters to me. Yet the police checked our cor\u00adre\u00adspon\u00addence: If faith was men\u00adtioned in my let\u00adters, they would not be deliv\u00adered. Both pris\u00adons had small libraries with hun\u00addreds of books. I would search for Leo Tolstoy\u2019s books, since there are some Bible vers\u00ades in his books. When I found them, I\u2019d be very, very hap\u00adpy and copy the vers\u00ades in my note\u00adbook. In the four years I was there, I copied dozens of vers\u00ades.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/lucyfoulkes3.medium.com\/the-adolescent-mental-health-mess-c93f23f8ed56\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The ado\u00adles\u00adcent men\u00adtal health mess<\/a> (Lucy Foulkes, Medi\u00adum): \u201cWe are in a sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion where some ado\u00adles\u00adcents are very legit\u00adi\u00admate\u00adly expe\u00adri\u00adenc\u00ading men\u00adtal health crises, with\u00adout decent treat\u00adment, while oth\u00aders are inac\u00adcu\u00adrate\u00adly describ\u00ading typ\u00adi\u00adcal devel\u00adop\u00admen\u00adtal stress with the lan\u00adguage of dis\u00ador\u00adder.\u2026 The whole thing is a mess, and a thou\u00adsand miles away from the orig\u00adi\u00adnal goal of men\u00adtal health aware\u00adness.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgist at Oxford.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ampli\u00adfied by the New York Times: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/06\/health\/mental-health-schools.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are We Talk\u00ading Too Much About Men\u00adtal Health<\/a>? (Ellen Bar\u00adry, New York Times): \u201c[The] train\u00ading could encour\u00adage \u2018co-rumi\u00adna\u00adtion,\u2019 the kind of long, unre\u00adsolved group dis\u00adcus\u00adsion that churns up prob\u00adlems with\u00adout find\u00ading solu\u00adtions.\u2026 Co-rumi\u00adna\u00adtion appears to be high\u00ader in girls, who tend to come into the pro\u00adgram more dis\u00adtressed, as well as more attuned to their friends, he said. \u2018It might be,\u2019 he said, \u2018that they kind of get togeth\u00ader and make things a lit\u00adtle bit worse for each oth\u00ader.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Per\u00adspec\u00adtives and news about the col\u00adlege protests\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tabletmag.com\/sections\/news\/articles\/people-setting-america-on-fire-soros-tides-wespac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Peo\u00adple Set\u00adting Amer\u00adi\u00adca on Fire<\/a> (Park Mac\u00adDougald, Tablet Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cIn fact, it is a mis\u00adtake both to view the cam\u00adpus protests as a \u2018stu\u00addent\u2019 move\u00adment and to regard the out\u00adsiders as \u2018infil\u00adtra\u00adtors\u2019 or some\u00adhow sep\u00ada\u00adrate from the move\u00adment. Rather, stu\u00addent activists have been work\u00ading togeth\u00ader with out\u00adsiders, with whom they are linked via over\u00adlap\u00adping activist net\u00adworks and nation\u00adwide orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions.\u2026 wealthy donors have been sub\u00adsi\u00addiz\u00ading months of rolling dis\u00adrup\u00adtive street protests by a grab bag of rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion\u00adary and anti-Israel rad\u00adi\u00adcals. That leads nat\u00adu\u00adral\u00adly to a ques\u00adtion: To what end?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/08\/nyregion\/columbia-hamilton-hall-protests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">An Inside Look at the Stu\u00addent Takeover of Columbia\u2019s Hamil\u00adton Hall<\/a> (Sharon Otter\u00adman, New York Times): \u201c[The main\u00adte\u00adnance work\u00ader] said he tried to block them and they tried to rea\u00adson with him to get out of the way, telling him \u2018this is big\u00adger than you.\u2019 One per\u00adson, he recalled, told him he didn\u2019t get paid enough to deal with this. Some\u00adone tried to offer him \u2018a fist\u00adful of cash.\u2019 He said he replied: \u201cI don\u2019t want your mon\u00adey, dude. Just get out of the build\u00ading.\u201d \u2026 Both Mr. Tor\u00adres and Mr. Wil\u00adson said they strong\u00adly object\u00aded to the tac\u00adtics of the occu\u00adpiers, which they said had tak\u00aden a toll on them. Nei\u00adther man ever wants to work in Hamil\u00adton Hall again.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A pret\u00adty wild sto\u00adry told from a unique per\u00adspec\u00adtive<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/05\/03\/us\/ucla-protests-encampment-violence.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Coun\u00adter\u00adpro\u00adtest\u00aders at U.C.L.A. Pro\u00advoked Vio\u00adlence, Unchecked for Hours<\/a> (EIGHT JOURNALISTS!, New York Times): \u201cA New York Times exam\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion of more than 100 videos from clash\u00ades at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia, Los Ange\u00adles, found that vio\u00adlence ebbed and flowed for near\u00adly five hours, most\u00adly with lit\u00adtle or no police inter\u00adven\u00adtion. The vio\u00adlence had been insti\u00adgat\u00aded by dozens of peo\u00adple who are seen in videos coun\u00adter\u00adprotest\u00ading the encamp\u00adment.\u2026 Fif\u00adteen peo\u00adple were report\u00aded\u00adly injured in the attack, accord\u00ading to a let\u00adter sent by the pres\u00adi\u00addent of the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia sys\u00adtem to the board of regents.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.compactmag.com\/article\/behind-the-ivy-intifada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Behind the Ivy Intifa\u00adda<\/a> (Musa al-Ghar\u00adbi, Com\u00adpact Mag\u00ada\u00adzine): \u201cCon\u00adtrary to ear\u00adli\u00ader claims by uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty and city offi\u00adcials about a large pro\u00adpor\u00adtion of \u2018out\u00adside agi\u00adta\u00adtors,\u2019 more than 70 per\u00adcent of those arrest\u00aded at Colum\u00adbia had a direct insti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal tie to the uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. This was reflect\u00aded in how they were treat\u00aded after arrest. Most of those swept up were released with\u00adout charges. Among Colum\u00adbia affil\u00adi\u00adates who were for\u00admal\u00adly charged, none faced more than a sin\u00adgle mis\u00adde\u00admeanor charge. Mean\u00adwhile, those who faced charges at City Col\u00adlege, the near\u00adby pub\u00adlic uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty raid\u00aded by police the same night, were all hit with felonies. While it\u2019s pos\u00adsi\u00adble that the City Col\u00adlege kids just engaged in more extreme and unlaw\u00adful activ\u00adi\u00adty, it seems more like\u00adly that belong\u00ading to the elite paid crim\u00adi\u00adnal-jus\u00adtice div\u00adi\u00addends for the Colum\u00adbia arrestees.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wow. Well worth read\u00ading. Full of snarky insight. The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion at Stony Brook and is pro-Pales\u00adtin\u00adian.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/newsletter\/boilingfrogs\/check-your-privilege\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Check Your Priv\u00adi\u00adlege<\/a> (Nick Catog\u00adgio, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cAcad\u00ade\u00admia <em>could<\/em> select for kids who show intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal humil\u00adi\u00adty and curios\u00adi\u00adty, to bor\u00adrow a point from my col\u00adleague Sarah Isgur. Instead they\u2019ve select\u00aded for kids who feel not mere\u00adly enti\u00adtled to demand that their elders \u2018check their priv\u00adi\u00adlege\u2019 but moral\u00adly jus\u00adti\u00adfied in act\u00ading aggres\u00adsive\u00adly to make sure they do. All told, one might say that pro\u00adgres\u00adsives, the great ene\u00admies of colo\u00adnial\u00adism, have \u2026 col\u00ado\u00adnized high\u00ader edu\u00adca\u00adtion over the past half-cen\u00adtu\u00adry. And you know how set\u00adtler-colo\u00adnial\u00adists are. They can be <em>very<\/em> defen\u00adsive when you demand that they vacate ter\u00adri\u00adto\u00adry they regard as right\u00adly theirs. The behav\u00adior of cam\u00adpus pro\u00adgres\u00adsives this month has radi\u00adat\u00aded the sense that Amer\u00adi\u00adcan uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties are \u2018theirs\u2019 in a way that isn\u2019t true of oth\u00ader stu\u00addents. It\u2019s been point\u00aded out repeat\u00aded\u00adly but can\u2019t be empha\u00adsized enough that the sort of dis\u00adrup\u00adtion in which they\u2019ve engaged wouldn\u2019t be tol\u00ader\u00adat\u00aded from those whose polit\u00adi\u00adcal beliefs offend\u00aded the administration\u2019s left\u00adist ortho\u00addoxy.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Per\u00adspec\u00adtives and news about the war in Gaza\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/04\/opinion\/gaza-child-deaths.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One Pho\u00adto That Cap\u00adtures the Loss in Gaza<\/a> (Nicholas Kristof, New York Times): \u201cAn Amer\u00adi\u00adcan sur\u00adgeon who vol\u00adun\u00adteered in Gaza sent me a pho\u00adto that sears me with its glimpse of over\u00adwhelm\u00ading grief: A woman mourns her young son.\u2026 The nurs\u00ades and oth\u00ader doc\u00adtors who were in the I.C.U. that day said that Karam died of com\u00adpli\u00adca\u00adtions from mal\u00adnu\u00adtri\u00adtion.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-aljazeera-hamas-gaza-war-eba9416aea82f505ab908ee60d1de5e4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Israel orders Al Jazeera to close its local oper\u00ada\u00adtion and seizes some of its equip\u00adment<\/a> (Tia Gold\u00aden\u00adberg and Jon Gam\u00adbrell, AP News): \u201cThe extra\u00ador\u00addi\u00adnary order, which includes con\u00adfis\u00adcat\u00ading broad\u00adcast equip\u00adment, pre\u00advent\u00ading the broad\u00adcast of the channel\u2019s reports and block\u00ading its web\u00adsites, is believed to be the first time Israel has ever shut\u00adtered a for\u00adeign news out\u00adlet oper\u00adat\u00ading in the coun\u00adtry.\u2026 While includ\u00ading on-the-ground report\u00ading of the war\u2019s casu\u00adal\u00adties, its Ara\u00adbic arm often pub\u00adlish\u00ades ver\u00adba\u00adtim video state\u00adments from Hamas and oth\u00ader region\u00adal mil\u00adi\u00adtant groups.\u2026 Al Jazeera has been closed or blocked by oth\u00ader Mideast gov\u00adern\u00adments.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/listeningtothesirens\/p\/kol-hakavod\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kol Hakavod<\/a> (Russ Roberts, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIsrael going to the finals real\u00adly shouldn\u2019t float my boat and make my heart sing. But it did. Because here\u2019s the thing. The deci\u00adsion about who advanced to the Euro\u00advi\u00adsion finals tomor\u00adrow night was done by a pop\u00adu\u00adlar vote. There\u2019s no pan\u00adel of judges in the semi\u00adfi\u00adnal round.\u2026 Golan advanced. Despite the thou\u00adsands who marched in the streets and the dozens who booed Golan in the rehearsal hall, prob\u00ada\u00adbly mil\u00adlions, from the safe\u00adty of their homes, were able to cast an anony\u00admous vote for Israel.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/aaronrenn\/p\/christian-buddhism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Heresy of Chris\u00adt\u00adian Bud\u00addhism<\/a> (Anony\u00admous, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026while many men can eas\u00adi\u00adly recog\u00adnise the moral evil of debauch\u00adery and world\u00adli\u00adness, not many see the dan\u00adger of an ascetic puri\u00adtanism that push\u00ades too far. Too much empha\u00adsis on sin, too much empha\u00adsis on humil\u00adi\u00adty, too much empha\u00adsis on heav\u00aden and even too much empha\u00adsis on Christ to the exclu\u00adsion of man soon leads to a Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty that hates the indi\u00advid\u00adual, indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion and the cre\u00adat\u00aded world. Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty starts to resem\u00adble Bud\u00addhism.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Fol\u00adlow-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/open.substack.com\/pub\/aaronrenn\/p\/buddhist-mood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Bud\u00addhist Mood in Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism<\/a> (Aaron Renn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026the de fac\u00adto def\u00adi\u00adn\u00adi\u00adtion of idol\u00ada\u00adtry is want\u00adi\u00adng any\u00adthing so much that, if you don\u2019t get it, you are very upset. Hence, the path to avoid\u00ading sin and idol\u00ada\u00adtry, the way to please God, is to purge one\u00adself of desires. This is Bud\u00addhism. Undoubt\u00aded\u00adly it would be pos\u00adsi\u00adble for some\u00adone to be engaged in idol\u00ada\u00adtry in some of these cas\u00ades. But there are a lot of things in this world you should be upset about.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/intrusive-thoughts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">When Intru\u00adsive Thoughts Come<\/a> (John Bee\u00adson, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cNur\u00adture men\u00adtal play\u00adgrounds of gospel creativity.Many of us expend so much ener\u00adgy try\u00ading to knock down destruc\u00adtive intru\u00adsive thoughts that we have no ener\u00adgy to build con\u00adstruc\u00adtive imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions. We believe our minds are dan\u00adger\u00adous and need to be shut down. But your mind is a gift God intends to be lever\u00adaged for his glo\u00adry. He desires to reshape your mind to become a fac\u00adto\u00adry of God-glo\u00adri\u00adfy\u00ading curios\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/abc7news.com\/post\/cruise-ship-sails-into-nyc-port-with-44-foot-dead-endangered-sei-whale-across-its-bow\/14784642\/?ex_cid=TA_KGO_TW&amp;taid=663c3c45c64d7e0001ca0973&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem:+Trending+Content&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cruise ship sails into New York City port with 44-foot dead whale across its bow<\/a> (ABC News): \u201cA cruise ship sailed into a New York City port with a 44-foot dead whale across its bow, marine author\u00adi\u00adties said. The whale, iden\u00adti\u00adfied as an endan\u00adgered sei whale, was caught on the ship\u2019s bow when it arrived at the Port of Brook\u00adlyn on Sat\u00adur\u00adday, Nation\u00adal Ocean\u00adic and Atmos\u00adpher\u00adic Admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion fish\u00aderies spokesper\u00adson Andrea Gomez said.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I guess it\u2019s the nau\u00adti\u00adcal equiv\u00ada\u00adlent of a car hit\u00adting a deer. Yikes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/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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