{"id":7480,"date":"2024-07-19T18:13:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T01:13:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7480"},"modified":"2024-07-19T18:13:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T01:13:19","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-462","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/07\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-462","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 462"},"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 462, which my sim\u00adple math brain likes because 4, 6, and 2 are relat\u00aded num\u00adbers.<\/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:\/\/wapo.st\/3ycKIC3\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/wapo.st\/3ycKIC3\">Sebas\u00adt\u00adian Junger was a skep\u00adtic of the after\u00adlife. Then he near\u00adly died.<\/a> (Steven Petrow, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Post): \u201cJunger, a con\u00adfirmed athe\u00adist and an adher\u00adent of the sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic method, had been raised by a physi\u00adcist (his father) and a painter (his moth\u00ader). His upbring\u00ading had left lit\u00adtle room for a spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adence like this one, which turns out to be the cen\u00adtral conun\u00addrum of this book and, I\u2019d ven\u00adture, his life. The meet\u00ading with his father was under\u00adstand\u00adably unnerv\u00ading. \u2018He was dead, I was alive, and I want\u00aded noth\u00ading to do with him.\u2019 But, it\u2019s hard to unsee what you\u2019ve seen: His father had not only vis\u00adit\u00aded him but opened the door to the idea that an after\u00adlife might actu\u00adal\u00adly exist.\u2026 Ever the reporter, Junger is unwill\u00ading to write off these expe\u00adri\u00adences as hal\u00adlu\u00adci\u00adna\u00adtions (or any of the oth\u00ader med\u00adical expla\u00adna\u00adtions). He admits he was hop\u00ading for evi\u00addence of an after\u00adlife, find\u00ading hints of it in the uni\u00adver\u00adsal\u00adi\u00adty of NDEs that fea\u00adture see\u00ading the dead. After all, he writes, \u2018there are neu\u00adro\u00adchem\u00adi\u00adcal expla\u00adna\u00adtions for why peo\u00adple hal\u00adlu\u00adci\u00adnate, but not for why they keep hal\u00adlu\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading the same thing.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/12\/opinion\/gender-affirming-care-cass-review.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k0.bMnI.kjn0f-5fvsX_&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Is the U.S. Still Pre\u00adtend\u00ading We Know Gen\u00adder-Affirm\u00ading Care Works?<\/a> (Pamela Paul, New York Times): \u201cImag\u00adine a com\u00adpre\u00adhen\u00adsive review of research on a treat\u00adment for chil\u00addren found \u2018remark\u00adably weak evi\u00addence\u2019 that it was effec\u00adtive. Now imag\u00adine the med\u00adical estab\u00adlish\u00adment shrugged off the con\u00adclu\u00adsions and con\u00adtin\u00adued pro\u00advid\u00ading the same unproven and life-alter\u00ading treat\u00adment to its young patients. This is where we are with gen\u00adder med\u00adi\u00adcine in the Unit\u00aded States.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/p\/we-asked-the-nones-a-bunch-of-questions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We Asked the Nones a Bunch of Ques\u00adtions About Leav\u00ading Reli\u00adgion<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe most pop\u00adu\u00adlar rea\u00adson [for leav\u00ading reli\u00adgion] by a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant mar\u00adgin was \u2018reli\u00adgious hypocrisy.\u2019 About 42% of the sam\u00adple chose that rea\u00adson for leav\u00ading. That was sev\u00aden points high\u00ader than the sec\u00adond most pop\u00adu\u00adlar \u2014 \u2018reli\u00adgion doesn\u2019t make sense.\u2019 That was cho\u00adsen by 35% of the sam\u00adple. The only oth\u00ader response that scored above 30% was reli\u00adgious big\u00adotry (31%).\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Var\u00adi\u00adous pieces about the assas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adtion attempt on Trump:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/14\/us\/politics\/photo-path-trump-assassination.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pho\u00adto Appears to Cap\u00adture Path of Bul\u00adlet Used in Assas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adtion Attempt<\/a> (John Ismay, New York Times): \u201cIn doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00ading the Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia cam\u00adpaign ral\u00adly on Sat\u00adur\u00adday after\u00adnoon that turned into an attempt on a for\u00admer president\u2019s life, Doug Mills, a vet\u00ader\u00adan New York Times pho\u00adtog\u00adra\u00adph\u00ader, appeared to cap\u00adture the image of a bul\u00adlet streak\u00ading past for\u00admer Pres\u00adi\u00addent Don\u00adald J. Trump\u2019s head.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/eli-lake-its-1968-all-over-again\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It\u2019s 1968 All Over Again<\/a> (Eli Lake, The Free Press): \u201cThe near assas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adtion of Trump is an echo of the vio\u00adlence of 1968, when both Mar\u00adtin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy were gunned down in a two-month span in the spring of that year. Both were the vic\u00adtims of lone gun\u00admen, James Earl Ray and Sirhan Sirhan, respec\u00adtive\u00adly. The mur\u00adders threw Amer\u00adi\u00adca into a cycle of riots and crack\u00addowns that cul\u00admi\u00adnat\u00aded with the Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic con\u00adven\u00adtion in Chica\u00adgo at the end of August.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.richardhanania.com\/p\/why-are-there-so-few-assassinations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Are There So Few Assas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adtions<\/a>? (Richard Hana\u00adnia, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cCon\u00adsid\u00ader that there are a lot of crazy peo\u00adple out there who get agi\u00adtat\u00aded about pol\u00adi\u00adtics. There is also an end\u00adless num\u00adber of nihilists with noth\u00ading to live for, but who would prob\u00ada\u00adbly like to see their names in the his\u00adto\u00adry books. Pow\u00ader\u00adful firearms are wide\u00adly avail\u00adable in many advanced nations, par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly the Unit\u00aded States. In this coun\u00adtry, it is com\u00admon for malls or schools to get shot up by dis\u00adturbed young men who expect to get noth\u00ading out of the act except that they might end up being part of a news sto\u00adry for a few days. Why don\u2019t more of these types go after major politi\u00adcians?\u201d <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/15\/us\/politics\/trump-rally-crowd-gunman.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Video Shows Crowd Warn\u00ading Law Enforce\u00adment About Gun\u00adman Before He Fired at Trump<\/a> (David Bot\u00adti, Haley Willis and Malachy Browne, New York Times): \u201cVideo tak\u00aden by a bystander shows peo\u00adple point\u00ading to the man sus\u00adpect\u00aded of shoot\u00ading at for\u00admer Pres\u00adi\u00addent Don\u00adald J. Trump at a ral\u00adly in Penn\u00adsyl\u00adva\u00adnia and fran\u00adti\u00adcal\u00adly warn\u00ading law enforce\u00adment, just two min\u00adutes before the first burst of gun\u00adfire rang out, accord\u00ading to an analy\u00adsis of the footage by The New York Times.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spiked-online.com\/2024\/07\/14\/why-slavery-is-not-americas-original-sin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why slav\u00adery is not America\u2019s orig\u00adi\u00adnal sin<\/a> (Wil\u00adfred Reil\u00adly, Spiked): \u201cMod\u00adern Amer\u00adi\u00adcans tend to project our pos\u00adi\u00adtive val\u00adues back into the past while think\u00ading that our sins are unique\u00adly bad. What we don\u2019t under\u00adstand is that con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary West\u00adern beliefs about human dig\u00adni\u00adty, inalien\u00adable rights, a right to free\u00addom, etc, are the excep\u00adtion, not the norm.\u2026 Even a few open slave soci\u00adeties con\u00adtin\u00adue to exist today. In the Islam\u00adic repub\u00adlic of Mau\u00adri\u00adta\u00adnia, \u2018the very struc\u00adture of soci\u00adety rein\u00adforces slav\u00adery\u2019.\u2026 CNN reporters and ana\u00adlysts claimed that between \u201910 per cent to 20 per cent of the [Mau\u00adri\u00adtan\u00adian] pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion lives in slav\u00adery\u2019.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00aden\u00adtist at Ken\u00adtucky State. The arti\u00adcle is an excerpt from his new book, which I have not read.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robkhenderson.com\/p\/the-hidden-marriage-market\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Hid\u00adden Mar\u00adriage Mar\u00adket<\/a> (Rob K. Hen\u00adder\u00adson, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cToday, col\u00adleges and uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties func\u00adtion as arranged match\u00admak\u00ading ser\u00advices. Charles Murray\u2019s term of art in <em>Com\u00ading Apart <\/em>is \u2018the col\u00adlege sort\u00ading machine.\u2019 The mech\u00ada\u00adnism where\u00adby peo\u00adple with dis\u00adtinc\u00adtive tastes and pref\u00ader\u00adences are brought togeth\u00ader into edu\u00adca\u00adtion\u00adal insti\u00adtu\u00adtions and the labor force.\u2026 It\u2019s true that most col\u00adlege grad\u00adu\u00adates don\u2019t meet their spouse in col\u00adlege. But by grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading, you then, as Caplan notes, enter a refined dat\u00ading pool for the rest of your life.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some stuff from the elec\u00adtion and elec\u00adtion-adja\u00adcent realm, focused on the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan side because they just had their con\u00adven\u00adtion and Trump put forth Vance as his VP:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/marginalrevolution.com\/marginalrevolution\/2024\/07\/the-changes-in-vibes-why-did-they-happen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The changes in vibes \u2014 why did they hap\u00adpen?<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, Mar\u00adgin\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion): \u201cAnoth\u00ader way to put it is that Trump was a high\u00adly vul\u00adner\u00ada\u00adble, defeat\u00aded Pres\u00adi\u00addent, fac\u00ading numer\u00adous legal charges and indeed an actu\u00adal felony con\u00advic\u00adtion. Yet he now stands as a clear favorite in the next elec\u00adtion. In con\u00adcep\u00adtu\u00adal terms, how exact\u00adly did that hap\u00adpen? I had been think\u00ading it would be a good cog\u00adni\u00adtive test to ask peo\u00adple why they think the vibes have changed, and then to grade their answers for intel\u00adli\u00adgence, insight, and intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal hon\u00adesty.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Cowen offers inter\u00adest\u00ading hypothe\u00adses.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaronrenn.com\/p\/how-jd-vance-rejected-evangelicalism?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How J.D. Vance Reject\u00aded Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism<\/a> (Aaron Renn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cHe explic\u00adit\u00adly sees reli\u00adgion through the lens of socio-eco\u00adnom\u00adic sta\u00adtus. Once he saw that it was pos\u00adsi\u00adble to be Chris\u00adt\u00adian in the world of the elites, it became inter\u00adest\u00ading and cred\u00adi\u00adble to him again. Note again that it\u2019s Catholics and Mor\u00admons who are key to this, not any sort of Protes\u00adtants. At the time of this inter\u00adview, Vance was still explor\u00ading Catholi\u00adcism, to which he lat\u00ader con\u00advert\u00aded.\u2026 There\u2019s also some\u00adthing in evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism that\u2019s just off-putting to a lot of peo\u00adple like Vance. It\u2019s not just the work\u00ading class Pen\u00adte\u00adcostal con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtions like the one I was raised in (which was very sim\u00adi\u00adlar to Vance\u2019s expe\u00adri\u00adence). The aver\u00adage sub\u00adur\u00adban megachurch is also incred\u00adi\u00adbly cringe. I like to dis\u00adtin\u00adguish between mid\u00addle class and striv\u00ader class. Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism appeals to the mid\u00addle class, but much less so to the striv\u00ader class.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Renn is not wrong about the dynam\u00adics at play, but he is over\u00adlook\u00ading the pres\u00adence of min\u00adistries like Chi Alpha on these elite cam\u00adpus\u00ades which are usu\u00adal\u00adly larg\u00ader (in terms of week\u00adly atten\u00addance) and per\u00adceived to be more vibrant than the Catholic min\u00adistries. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A fol\u00adl0w-up <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaronrenn.com\/p\/catholic-conversionism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Catholic Con\u00adver\u00adsion\u00adism<\/a> (Aaron Renn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIt\u2019s worth not\u00ading that although intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adals often con\u00advert from evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism to Catholi\u00adcism, a lot more peo\u00adple over all con\u00advert the oth\u00ader direc\u00adtion, from Catholi\u00adcism to evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If any\u00adone thinks Catholi\u00adcism is cor\u00adrect on the mer\u00adits, then become a Catholic. I strong\u00adly dis\u00adagree with you, but fol\u00adlow your con\u00advic\u00adtions. But to any\u00adone tempt\u00aded to con\u00advert to Catholi\u00adcism or any\u00adthing else pri\u00admar\u00adi\u00adly because it makes your social life \/ career prospects bet\u00adter, I urge you to recon\u00adsid\u00ader.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/17\/us\/jd-vance-yale-law-school.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Yale Pro\u00adpelled J.D. Vance\u2019s Career<\/a> (Stephanie Saul, New York Times): \u201cSofia Nel\u00adson, a for\u00admer class\u00admate who is trans\u00adgen\u00adder and was once a close friend of both Mr. Vance and his wife, recalled that Mr. Vance deliv\u00adered home-baked treats when they under\u00adwent top surgery. But years of friend\u00adship end\u00aded in 2021 over his sup\u00adport for an Arkansas bill oppos\u00ading trans\u00adgen\u00adder care for minors.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Inter\u00adest\u00ading when you ignore the par\u00adti\u00adsan dynam\u00adic and instead focus on the cul\u00adtur\u00adal col\u00adli\u00adsion at Yale.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/reason.com\/volokh\/2024\/07\/18\/the-populist-gop-and-its-yale-law-and-harvard-law-leaders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Pop\u00adulist GOP and its Yale Law and Har\u00advard Law Lead\u00aders<\/a> (Orin S. Kerr, The Volokh Con\u00adspir\u00ada\u00adcy): \u201c\u2026pop\u00adulist con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive vot\u00aders are fine with vot\u00ading for con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive grad\u00adu\u00adates of elite law schools because hav\u00ading attend\u00aded those school affords con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive politi\u00adcians a sort of vet\u00ader\u00adan sta\u00adtus of its own. The politi\u00adcians run\u00adning for GOP office don\u2019t speak fond\u00adly of their time at these schools. Instead, they present their time at Har\u00advard Law or Yale Law as a dif\u00adfi\u00adcult test of strength that they passed. They spent three years in the trench\u00ades of lib\u00ader\u00adal\u00adism and they emerged vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adous. They are now bat\u00adtle-hard\u00adened and ready to fight the lib\u00ader\u00adals while in polit\u00adi\u00adcal office. From that per\u00adspec\u00adtive, grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading from these schools isn\u2019t a prob\u00adlem. Instead, like a medal on a mil\u00adi\u00adtary uni\u00adform, it\u2019s a cre\u00adden\u00adtial.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This piece is pret\u00adty good, but it over\u00adlooks the delib\u00ader\u00adate pipeline that both sides have set up to scout and route promis\u00ading young can\u00addi\u00addates from elite uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties into polit\u00adi\u00adcal tracks. There are all kinds of con\u00adfer\u00adences and grants and intern\u00adships to facil\u00adi\u00adtate this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstthings.com\/web-exclusives\/2024\/07\/is-the-republican-party-becoming-pro-choice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Is the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Par\u00adty Becom\u00ading Pro-Choice<\/a>? (Jonathon Van Maren, First Things): \u201cThe Repub\u00adli\u00adcan Nation\u00adal Com\u00admit\u00adtee pro\u00adposed its 2024 GOP par\u00adty plat\u00adform in Mil\u00adwau\u00adkee on July 8, and for the first time in forty years, this plat\u00adform does not include sup\u00adport for a nation\u00adal abor\u00adtion ban. Instead, the GOP\u2019s anti-abor\u00adtion posi\u00adtions are soft\u00adened and many of the par\u00adty\u2019s pre\u00advi\u00adous pro-life com\u00admit\u00adments have been removed.\u2026 the GOP appears to be piv\u00adot\u00ading. Trump claims to hold a fed\u00ader\u00adal\u00adist posi\u00adtion on abor\u00adtion, but in prac\u00adtice he con\u00addemns only states that pass pro-life protections\u2014such as Florida\u2014while say\u00ading noth\u00ading about states with per\u00admis\u00adsive abor\u00adtion regimes.\u201d<\/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.nytimes.com\/2024\/07\/16\/science\/cannibal-female-frog.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">She Didn\u2019t Like His Song, So She Tried to Eat Him<\/a> (Joshua Rapp Learn, New York Times): \u201cDr. Gould believes that a female may be able to tell whether a male is bet\u00adter for mat\u00ading or eat\u00ading based on the strength of his calls. This means males take a huge risk when try\u00ading to attract mates. \u2018You\u2019ve real\u00adly got to give props to the male frogs out there, that they are putting their lives on the line to repro\u00adduce,\u2019 Dr. Gould said.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=hMiJgHSfj5M\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtions Host Game Night<\/a> (Kei\u00adth Fos\u00adkey, YouTube): two min\u00adutes of fun\u00adny with some talkey-talkey at the end<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplurisociety.com\/p\/the-death-of-hobbies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Death of Hob\u00adbies<\/a> (Sher\u00adry Ning, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cScrolling through an end\u00adless trail of short videos and watch\u00ading cook\u00ading shows is plea\u00adsur\u00adable because it feels good, but it would be wrong to say you actu\u00adal\u00adly <em>enjoy<\/em> it. It would be much more enjoy\u00adable to learn how to cook and roll up your sleeves in the kitchen. When we par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate in the motion, we turn from a con\u00adsumer into a cre\u00adator. And the act of cre\u00adation is vital to us because we all uncon\u00adscious\u00adly strive to seek mean\u00ading beyond the mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal world: There is some\u00adthing divine about cre\u00adat\u00ading. To bring forth some\u00adthing out of noth\u00ading, to have some\u00adthing exist because of you, to leave your mark on the world. Every cre\u00adative act\u2014from devel\u00adop\u00ading a soft\u00adware to writ\u00ading a book to mak\u00ading a large bowl of salad\u2014is a minia\u00adture Gen\u00ade\u00adsis.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This one real\u00adly belongs above, but I did\u00adn\u2019t have space for it with my self-imposed lim\u00adit of 7 big bul\u00adlet points. I con\u00advinced myself it belongs here since it has to do with recre\u00adation.<\/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>. 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 462, which my sim\u00adple math brain likes because 4, 6, and 2 are relat\u00aded num\u00adbers. \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/07\/19\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-462\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 462\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":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[16],"tags":[124,153,240,160,113,112,117,178],"class_list":["post-7480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-catholicism","tag-elite-colleges","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-lgbtq","tag-marriage","tag-politics","tag-slavery"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1WE","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7480"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7482,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7480\/revisions\/7482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}