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On Fridays I share articles\/resources about broad cultural, societal and theological issues. Be sure to see the explanation and disclaimers at the bottom. I welcome your suggestions. If you read something fascinating please pass it my way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is volume 460, a largely uninteresting number. It\u2019s a multiple of 23, so I guess that\u2019s kinda cool (for a certain definition of cool).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Your Constitutional Right to Be a Pirate<\/a> (A.J. Jacobs, The Free Press): \u201cIt may not get much publicity, but there it is, smack-dab in Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution: Congress has the power to grant citizens \u2018letters of marque and reprisal.\u2019 Meaning that, with Congress\u2019s permission, private citizens can load weapons onto their fishing boats, head out to the high seas, capture enemy vessels, and keep the booty. Back in the day, these patriotic pirates were known as \u2018privateers.\u2019 \u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. the Pentateuch in brief outline<\/a> (Alan Jacobs, personal blog): \u201cAs Robert Alter has pointed out, the long-time obsession with sources<\/em> among scholars of the Hebrew Bible \u2014 their slightly mad-eyed teasing out of the contributions of their posited authors J, E, D, and P \u2014 led them to the assumption that \u2018the redactors were in the grip of a kind of manic tribal compulsion, driven again and again to include units of traditional material \u2026 for reasons they themselves could not have explained.\u2019 Yet if that were true, why does an outline of the Pentateuch look so orderly<\/em> \u2014 indeed, almost excessively so?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. The Codger-in-Chief<\/a> (Dan Drezner, Substack): \u201c[We are seeing] coverage that bears more of a passing resemblance to what I saw during the Toddler-in-Chief days. In other words, there are some disturbing parallels in how Biden\u2019s staffers are talking about him to the press when compared to Trump\u2019s White House staffers. Furthermore, I strongly suspect the staffers now talking to the press are higher-ranking than, say, the deputy director of photography.\u201d