{"id":7529,"date":"2024-10-18T21:28:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-19T04:28:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7529"},"modified":"2024-10-18T21:28:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-19T04:28:35","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-474","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/10\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-474","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 474"},"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\" 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 width=\"300\" height=\"300\" 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>\n\n    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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Things Glen Found Interesting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2024\/09\/how-to-talk-about-god-and-politics-in-polarized-times\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Talk About God and Pol\u00adi\u00adtics in Polar\u00adized Times<\/a> (Seth Free\u00adman, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThe key is three words: <em>para\u00adphrase<\/em>, <em>praise<\/em>, and <em>probe<\/em>. The method: Pri\u00advate\u00adly, over cof\u00adfee or a meal, nudge the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion into a Big Top\u00adic and ask your friend what they think about it. Then: 1) Para\u00adphrase: Repeat the gist of your friend\u2019s thoughts so well they say, \u2018Exact\u00adly!\u2019 2) Praise: High\u00adlight any\u00adthing they said that you can sin\u00adcere\u00adly hon\u00ador.&nbsp; 3) Probe: Ask about your con\u00adcerns, curiosi\u00adties, and con\u00adfu\u00adsions as a co-seek\u00ader of truth. Do this two or three times. Then, share your own per\u00adspec\u00adtive and let the con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtion unfold from there, return\u00ading to <em>para\u00adphrase<\/em>, <em>praise<\/em>, <em>probe<\/em> when\u00adev\u00ader there\u2019s ten\u00adsion.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prac\u00adti\u00adcal and rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded. The author, a Chris\u00adt\u00adian, is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of con\u00adflict man\u00adage\u00adment and nego\u00adti\u00ada\u00adtion at the NYU Stern School of Busi\u00adness and Colum\u00adbia Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaronrenn.com\/p\/ladders\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Lad\u00adders Are You Climb\u00ading?<\/a> (Aaron Renn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026admit that hier\u00adar\u00adchy is ubiq\u00adui\u00adtous, we are all try\u00ading to achieve goals in life using some the\u00ado\u00adry of how to get there, and that it\u2019s a good thing if men of good char\u00adac\u00adter and com\u00adpe\u00adtence seek and achieve posi\u00adtions of com\u00admen\u00adsu\u00adrate pow\u00ader, respon\u00adsi\u00adbil\u00adi\u00adty, influ\u00adence, and sta\u00adtus.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/too-many-laws-and-too-little-judging\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Too Many Laws\u2014and Too Lit\u00adtle Judg\u00ading<\/a> (Anas\u00adta\u00adsia Boden, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cAs of 2018, fed\u00ader\u00adal statutes in the U.S. Code span 60,000 pages. The Fed\u00ader\u00adal Reg\u00adis\u00adter, which con\u00adtains fed\u00ader\u00adal reg\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtions, makes up anoth\u00ader 188,000 pages. Some esti\u00admate it would take more than three years to read the Fed\u00ader\u00adal Reg\u00adis\u00adter, let alone under\u00adstand it. And those fig\u00adures don\u2019t take into account the thou\u00adsands of infor\u00admal guid\u00adance doc\u00adu\u00adments that can also car\u00adry the force of law.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/anthonybbradley.substack.com\/p\/forget-the-lies-about-waiting-why\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">For\u00adget the Lies About Wait\u00ading: Why mar\u00adriage and kids ear\u00adly are the ulti\u00admate flex<\/a> (Antho\u00adny Bradley, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe mod\u00adern world may tell you to wait\u2014to find your\u00adself first, to achieve finan\u00adcial secu\u00adri\u00adty, or to expe\u00adri\u00adence the world\u2014but the truth is that mar\u00adriage offers all of these things and more.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a research fel\u00adlow at the Acton Insti\u00adtute and a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of reli\u00adgion at Kuyper Col\u00adlege. This arti\u00adcle is tar\u00adget\u00aded specif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly at young men (although it is like\u00adly of inter\u00adest to gals as well).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/14\/lifestyle\/negative-effects-of-childhood-spanking-may-be-overstated-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Neg\u00ada\u00adtive effects of child\u00adhood spank\u00ading may be over\u00adstat\u00aded, study claims<\/a> (Adri\u00adana Diaz, New York Post): \u201cThe top\u00adic of whether or not spank\u00ading is an effec\u00adtive or harm\u00adful form of pun\u00adish\u00adment has sparked con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00adable dis\u00adcus\u00adsion for gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtions. Pre\u00advi\u00adous research has estab\u00adlished a strong cor\u00adre\u00adla\u00adtion between phys\u00adi\u00adcal pun\u00adish\u00adment and neg\u00ada\u00adtive out\u00adcomes for chil\u00addren, but much of this work did not account for pre-exist\u00ading behav\u00adioral issues in chil\u00addren. This made it chal\u00adleng\u00ading to deter\u00admine whether spank\u00ading direct\u00adly caus\u00ades prob\u00adlems or if it is more com\u00admon\u00adly employed with chil\u00addren who already exhib\u00adit behav\u00adioral dif\u00adfi\u00adcul\u00adties.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pre\u00advi\u00adous researchers failed to con\u00adtrol for whether kids prone to mis\u00adbe\u00adhave were the ones who got spanked? Yikes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The orig\u00adi\u00adnal schol\u00adar\u00adship: Larzelere, R. E., Gun\u00adnoe, M. L., Pritsker, J., &amp; Fer\u00adgu\u00adson, C. J. (2024). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/01494929.2024.2392672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Resolv\u00ading the Con\u00adtra\u00addic\u00adto\u00adry Con\u00adclu\u00adsions from Three Reviews of Con\u00adtrolled Lon\u00adgi\u00adtu\u00addi\u00adnal Stud\u00adies of Phys\u00adi\u00adcal Pun\u00adish\u00adment: A Meta-Analy\u00adsis<\/a>. <em>Mar\u00adriage &amp; Fam\u00adi\u00adly Review<\/em>, <em>60<\/em>(7), 395\u2013433. <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/01494929.2024.2392672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/01494929.2024.2392672<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/andrewsullivan.substack.com\/p\/rachel-levine-must-resign-2d7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rachel Levine Must Resign<\/a> (Andrew Sul\u00adli\u00advan, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026the dis\u00adcov\u00adery from a law\u00adsuit against the State of Alaba\u00adma over its ban on the med\u00adical sex reas\u00adsign\u00adment of chil\u00addren has left me reel\u00ading. It shows a stag\u00adger\u00ading lev\u00adel of bad faith from the tran\u00adsqueer lob\u00adby, and, also, from Rachel Levine \u2014 the Assis\u00adtant Sec\u00adre\u00adtary for Health at HHS. Read the ami\u00adcus brief <a href=\"https:\/\/www.supremecourt.gov\/DocketPDF\/23\/23-477\/328275\/20241015131826340_2024.10.15%20-%20Ala.%20Amicus%20Br.%20iso%20TN%20FINAL.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>. Every\u00adthing in this piece is based on it. The broad con\u00adtours laid out in the brief were already known. But, with dis\u00adcov\u00adery, the spe\u00adcif\u00adic details of pri\u00advate, inter\u00adnal emails make this med\u00adical scan\u00addal even more vivid.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sul\u00adli\u00advan, I remind you, has been called the father of gay mar\u00adriage. Read\u00ading what pro-trans lob\u00adby\u00adists and clin\u00adi\u00adcians say to one anoth\u00ader when off the record has left him deeply rat\u00adtled. In his words, \u201cFor\u00adgive me for the pas\u00adsion. But this ami\u00adcus brief set my head and heart aflame.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/nobel-economics-prize-db3bfe55ac17dd22cf82f1dd637bfa94\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nobel eco\u00adnom\u00adics prize goes to 3 econ\u00ado\u00admists who found that freer soci\u00adeties are more like\u00adly to pros\u00adper<\/a> (Daniel Nie\u00admann, Mike Corder &amp; Paul Wise\u00adman, AP News): \u201cIn their work, the win\u00adners looked, for instance, at the city of Nogales, which strad\u00addles the U.S.-Mexico bor\u00adder. Despite shar\u00ading the same geog\u00adra\u00adphy, cli\u00admate and a com\u00admon cul\u00adture, life is very dif\u00adfer\u00adent on either side of the bor\u00adder. In Nogales, Ari\u00adzona, to the north, res\u00adi\u00addents are rel\u00ada\u00adtive\u00adly well-off and live long lives; most chil\u00addren grad\u00adu\u00adate from high school. To the south, in Mexico\u2019s Nogales, Sono\u00adra, res\u00adi\u00addents are much poor\u00ader, and orga\u00adnized crime and cor\u00adrup\u00adtion abound. The dif\u00adfer\u00adence, the econ\u00ado\u00admists found, is a U.S. sys\u00adtem that pro\u00adtects prop\u00ader\u00adty rights and gives cit\u00adi\u00adzens a say in their gov\u00adern\u00adment.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>There is also an inter\u00adest\u00ading sum\u00adma\u00adry of their con\u00adclu\u00adsions about why some col\u00ado\u00adnized coun\u00adtries are doing real\u00adly well now and oth\u00aders are not. Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a&nbsp; friend.<\/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=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-gepRC0O9Yc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Eng\u00adlish Lan\u00adguage Is Full Of Stu\u00adpid Words<\/a>. (Phil Pal\u00adisoul, YouTube): five min\u00adutes which tick\u00adled me<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/high-court-rules-calling-man-33866756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">High court rules call\u00ading man \u2018bald\u2019 is harass\u00adment \u2018like com\u00adment\u00ading on wom\u00aden\u2019s breasts\u2019<\/a> (Ryan Fahey, The Mir\u00adror): \u201cThe [British] High Court has ruled that call\u00ading a man bald is tan\u00adta\u00admount to com\u00adment\u00ading on a wom\u00adan\u2019s breasts.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I am but a mes\u00adsen\u00adger.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3PfQ7I-VCL0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Does Tom Allen Have a Strong Left Hook<\/a>? (Would I Like To You?, YouTube): four and half min\u00adutes<\/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. Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading Less Seri\u00adous Things Which Also Interested\/Amused Glen Why Do You Send This Email? In \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2024\/10\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-474\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 474\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":[235,113,112,247],"class_list":["post-7529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-evangelism","tag-lgbtq","tag-marriage","tag-wisdom"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Xr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7529","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=7529"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7532,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7529\/revisions\/7532"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}