{"id":7455,"date":"2024-06-07T16:02:03","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T23:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7455"},"modified":"2024-06-07T16:02:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T23:02:03","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-456","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/06\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-456","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 456"},"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><br><br>    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 456, a very sat\u00adis\u00adfy\u00ading num\u00adber: each dig\u00adit increas\u00ades and I like it.<\/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 href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/article\/holy-haggling-pray-abraham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Holy Hag\u00adgling: Learn to Pray like Abra\u00adham<\/a> (Justin Dille\u00adhay, The Gospel Coali\u00adtion): \u201cWe\u2019re often ready to write off an oth\u00ader\u00adwise good church or orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion because of a few bad apples with\u00adin it. But Abra\u00adham is the exact opposite\u2014he asks God to spare an entire city of bad apples for the sake of a few good apples with\u00adin it.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/americanaffairsjournal.org\/2024\/05\/the-nonprofit-industrial-complex-and-the-corruption-of-the-american-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Non\u00adprof\u00adit Indus\u00adtri\u00adal Com\u00adplex and the Cor\u00adrup\u00adtion of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan City<\/a> (Jonathan Ire\u00adland, Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Affairs): \u201cWho\u00adev\u00ader came up with the idea of call\u00ading these orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions \u2018non\u00adprof\u00adits\u2019 was a mar\u00adket\u00ading genius on the lev\u00adel of Steve Jobs. When some\u00adone hears the word non\u00adprof\u00adit, they assume that such an orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtion is work\u00ading for the pub\u00adlic good; that it serves the home\u00adless, pro\u00adtects the weak, exists for the ben\u00ade\u00adfit and the bet\u00adter\u00adment of soci\u00adety at large.\u2026 Con\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly, non\u00adprof\u00adits receive a ben\u00ade\u00adfit of the doubt that would not be grant\u00aded to any oth\u00ader form of pri\u00advate cor\u00adpo\u00adra\u00adtion. Yet non\u00adprof\u00adit orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions are fre\u00adquent\u00adly the exact oppo\u00adsite of what they appear to be.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stun\u00adning sto\u00adries in here. 100% worth your time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/06\/03\/opinion\/covid-lab-leak.html?unlocked_article_code=1.x00.YK4x.20oQzAlldw72&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why the Pan\u00addem\u00adic Prob\u00ada\u00adbly Start\u00aded in a Lab, in 5 Key Points<\/a> (Ali\u00adna Chan, New York Times): \u201cUlti\u00admate\u00adly, a nev\u00ader-before-seen SARS-like virus with a new\u00adly intro\u00adduced furin cleav\u00adage site, match\u00ading the descrip\u00adtion in the Wuhan institute\u2019s Defuse pro\u00adpos\u00adal, caused an out\u00adbreak in Wuhan less than two years after the pro\u00adpos\u00adal was draft\u00aded.\u2026\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked. Empha\u00adsis removed for read\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty. The author is a mol\u00ade\u00adc\u00adu\u00adlar biol\u00ado\u00adgist at a joint MIT\/Harvard insti\u00adtute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/comment.org\/men-only-want-one-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Men Only Want One Thing<\/a> (Nathan Bea\u00adcom, Com\u00adment): \u201cOver a hun\u00addred years ago, William James, the father of Amer\u00adi\u00adcan psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy, argued that men need a \u2018moral equiv\u00ada\u00adlent of war.\u2019 To retain virtue, James thought, men need\u00aded the soul-shap\u00ading force of mil\u00adi\u00adtary life with\u00adout war\u2019s destruc\u00adtive con\u00adse\u00adquences.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is a sol\u00adid arti\u00adcle, espe\u00adcial\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded for guys. Ladies, you can eaves\u00addrop if you like.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.persuasion.community\/p\/why-no-one-will-save-sudan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why No One Will Save Sudan<\/a> (Cameron Hud\u00adson, Per\u00adsua\u00adsion): \u201cFor those track\u00ading events in the coun\u00adtry, a seem\u00ading\u00adly end\u00adless thread of head\u00adlines and edi\u00adto\u00adri\u00adals lament this \u2018for\u00adgot\u00adten con\u00adflict.\u2019 But this is the wrong fram\u00ading. The cri\u00adsis in Sudan is nei\u00adther for\u00adgot\u00adten nor ignored. It is <em>de-pri\u00ador\u00adi\u00adtized<\/em>. And that is worse.\u2026 Over the past sev\u00ader\u00adal weeks, a new Beng\u00adhazi-like slaugh\u00adter has been tak\u00ading shape in the North Dar\u00adfur city of El Fash\u00ader. With near\u00adly one mil\u00adlion inter\u00adnal\u00adly dis\u00adplaced already tak\u00ading refuge there and more than one mil\u00adlion more await\u00ading a com\u00ading onslaught by the Rapid Sup\u00adport Forces mili\u00adtia, which has promised to take the city and com\u00adplete their takeover of all of Dar\u00adfur, the specter of geno\u00adcide once again hangs over the region. Egress out of the city has been cut off, as have aid flows into the city, lead\u00ading ana\u00adlysts to refer to the city as a \u2018kill box.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/does-divorce-make-you-hotter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Does Divorce Make You Hot\u00adter?<\/a> (Kat Rosen\u00adfield, The Free Press): \u201c\u2026[cel\u00ade\u00adbra\u00adto\u00adry sto\u00adries about divorce are] a prod\u00aduct of a pop\u00adu\u00adlar \u2018woman empow\u00adered by every\u00adthing woman does\u2019 par\u00ada\u00addigm, where all choic\u00ades made by women are a prod\u00aduct of lib\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion, hence fem\u00adi\u00adnist, hence good. There is no error or dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00adment that can\u2019t be yass-kweened away.\u2026 It\u2019s only women who are seen as requir\u00ading this par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar brand of cheer\u00adlead\u00ading, who are relent\u00adless\u00adly encour\u00adaged to reframe all their neg\u00ada\u00adtive expe\u00adri\u00adences as the best thing they ever did.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Straight fire through\u00adout. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/daily-comment\/speech-under-the-shadow-of-punishment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Speech Under the Shad\u00adow of Pun\u00adish\u00adment<\/a> (Jean\u00adnie Suk Gersen, New York\u00ader): \u201c\u2026admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtors have become accus\u00adtomed to using pun\u00adish\u00adment as a go-to solu\u00adtion rather than as a last resort. The empha\u00adsis on dis\u00adci\u00adpli\u00adnary action became par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly pro\u00adnounced in the twen\u00adty-tens, when uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties were under urgent pres\u00adsure to address cam\u00adpus sex dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion and harass\u00adment.\u2026 [fur\u00adther\u00admore] some stu\u00addents may have been dis\u00adci\u00adplined not mere\u00adly for par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00ading in an encamp\u00adment but for vio\u00adlat\u00ading dis\u00adcrim\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, harass\u00adment, or bul\u00adly\u00ading poli\u00adcies. The pres\u00adsure to enforce those poli\u00adcies can\u00adnot be over\u00adstat\u00aded. In the twen\u00adty-tens, the Depart\u00adment of Edu\u00adca\u00adtion inves\u00adti\u00adgat\u00aded many schools, includ\u00ading Har\u00advard, for fail\u00ading to ade\u00adquate\u00adly address alle\u00adga\u00adtions of sex\u00adu\u00adal mis\u00adcon\u00adduct; uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties today are once again under fed\u00ader\u00adal scruti\u00adny, which threat\u00adens their fed\u00ader\u00adal fund\u00ading and tax-exempt sta\u00adtus, for fail\u00ading to address alle\u00adga\u00adtions of anti\u00adsemitism.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a law prof at Har\u00advard.<\/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:\/\/www.mcsweeneys.net\/articles\/every-conversation-between-every-parent-and-their-child-after-one-year-of-college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Every Con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion Between Every Par\u00adent and Their Child After One Year of Col\u00adlege<\/a> (Jen\u00adnifer LaPorte, McSweeney\u2019s Inter\u00adnet Ten\u00adden\u00adcy): \u201cCHILD: Tox\u00adic!<br>PARENT 1: Who? Me? CHILD: Nar\u00adcis\u00adsist! PARENT 1: You keep say\u00ading words, but with\u00adout verbs. CHILD: Gaslight\u00ading!\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>. 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. This is vol\u00adume 456, a very sat\u00adis\u00adfy\u00ading num\u00adber: each dig\u00adit increas\u00ades and I like it. Things Glen Found \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/06\/07\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-456\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 456\u201d<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"A very strong collection this week. 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