{"id":7525,"date":"2024-10-11T12:42:39","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7525"},"modified":"2024-10-11T12:42:39","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:42:39","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-473","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/10\/11\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-473","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 473"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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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

This is vol\u00adume 473, the largest known num\u00adber whose square (223729) uses dif\u00adfer\u00adent dig\u00adits than when it is raised to the 4th pow\u00ader (50054665441).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. The Evan\u00adge\u00adlis\u00adtic Shift<\/a> (Jake Meador, Mere Ortho\u00addoxy): \u201cSo what accounts for this shift and how should Chris\u00adtians respond? The answer to the first ques\u00adtion might be sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly sim\u00adple: The shift dates back to the grow\u00ading aware\u00adness, accep\u00adtance, and pro\u00admo\u00adtion of trans\u00adgen\u00adder sex\u00adu\u00adal iden\u00adti\u00adties in main\u00adstream Amer\u00adi\u00adcan cul\u00adture. This shift, dat\u00ading to the mid 2010s and prob\u00ada\u00adbly peak\u00ading in the ear\u00adly 2020s, did two things that fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal\u00adly changed the evan\u00adge\u00adlis\u00adtic land\u00adscape for Chris\u00adtians in Amer\u00adi\u00adca.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Will\u00adful igno\u00adrance of the male sui\u00adcide cri\u00adsis<\/a> (Richard V. Reeves, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIt\u2019s essen\u00adtial\u00adly impos\u00adsi\u00adble to come away from this [New York\u00ader] essay with\u00adout a strong sense that the teen sui\u00adcide cri\u00adsis is, in fact, a teen<\/em> girl<\/em> sui\u00adcide cri\u00adsis. That is absolute\u00adly false. In fact, for every five teenagers dying from sui\u00adcide, four are like\u00adly to be boys.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Is Evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism Real\u00adly Protes\u00adtant?<\/a> (Aaron Renn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cEvery time I read a book that describes the reli\u00adgious his\u00adto\u00adry of Amer\u00adi\u00adca that talks about the nature of Protes\u00adtantism in the coun\u00adtry, it strikes me that the Protes\u00adtantism of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan past is alien to today\u2019s evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism. They are dif\u00adfer\u00adent enough to raise the ques\u00adtion as to whether or not Amer\u00adi\u00adcan evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism is actu\u00adal\u00adly Protes\u00adtant in impor\u00adtant ways.\u2026 <\/strong>All is not well for Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty to say the least. It\u2019s easy to point at trends in the world to explain this, but giv\u00aden the man\u00adi\u00adfest and wide\u00adly pub\u00adli\u00adcized prob\u00adlems with\u00adin evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adism, I would sub\u00admit that at least as much time should go into intro\u00adspec\u00adtion and inter\u00adnal reform.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Yes, Third-Trimester Abor\u00adtions Are Hap\u00adpen\u00ading in Amer\u00adi\u00adca<\/a> (Emma Camp, The Atlantic): \u201c\u2026Col\u00adorado, which is home to clin\u00adics that per\u00adform third-trimester abor\u00adtions, record\u00aded 137 third-trimester abor\u00adtions in 2023. That\u2019s only one state\u2014eight oth\u00ader states, plus Wash\u00ading\u00adton, D.C., have no restric\u00adtions on third-trimester abor\u00adtions. Just a few min\u00adutes from my office build\u00ading in D.C., a clin\u00adic offers abor\u00adtions up to near\u00adly 32 weeks. In near\u00adby Bethes\u00adda, Mary\u00adland, a clin\u00adic per\u00adforms abor\u00adtions up to 35 weeks\u2019 ges\u00adta\u00adtion.\u2026 Amer\u00adi\u00adcans are broad\u00adly uncom\u00adfort\u00adable with third-trimester abor\u00adtions. A 2023 Gallup poll found that although more than two-thirds of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans believe abor\u00adtion should be legal in the first trimester, just 22 per\u00adcent think it should be legal in the third. And a 2021 Asso\u00adci\u00adat\u00aded Press poll found that just 8 per\u00adcent of respon\u00addents believe that third-trimester abor\u00adtions should be legal in all cas\u00ades.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. A Defense of Lega\u00adcy Admis\u00adsions, the Sur\u00adpris\u00ading Engine of Mer\u00adi\u00adtoc\u00adra\u00adcy<\/a> (Ted\u00addy Ganea, Stan\u00adford Review): \u201cThe pur\u00adpose of col\u00adlege admis\u00adsions isn\u2019t to cre\u00adate a new elite from scratch. It\u2019s to meld mer\u00adi\u00adto\u00adri\u00adous non-elites with the exist\u00ading elite, to incor\u00adpo\u00adrate fresh tal\u00adent and ideas into the high\u00adest ech\u00ade\u00adlons of pow\u00ader. It should be a win-win-win: estab\u00adlished elites ben\u00ade\u00adfit from new mer\u00adit, new mer\u00adit ben\u00ade\u00adfits from elite con\u00adnec\u00adtions and resources, and soci\u00adety ben\u00ade\u00adfits from a more mer\u00adi\u00adto\u00adcrat\u00adic elite. Lega\u00adcy admis\u00adsions is a pre\u00adreq\u00adui\u00adsite for this mis\u00adsion state\u00adment, because you can\u2019t meld togeth\u00ader two groups if one of them is miss\u00ading.\u2026 Crit\u00adics of lega\u00adcy admis\u00adsions ignore the key real\u00adi\u00adty of human his\u00adto\u00adry: that the exist\u00ading elite is almost always deeply entrenched, and break\u00ading into it requires more than just indi\u00advid\u00adual tal\u00adent \u2014 it requires access. And this is where lega\u00adcy admis\u00adsions play their most cru\u00adcial role: by enabling mer\u00adi\u00adto\u00adri\u00adous non-elites to mix with the exist\u00ading elite, they open up the real oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty for upward mobil\u00adi\u00adty.\u201d\n