{"id":7639,"date":"2025-03-14T17:11:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-15T00:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7639"},"modified":"2025-03-14T17:11:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T00:11:27","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-495-math-points-to-god-slavery-persists-and-the-gospel-draws-crowds-at-stanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/03\/14\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-495-math-points-to-god-slavery-persists-and-the-gospel-draws-crowds-at-stanford","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 495: Math Points to God, Slavery Persists, and the Gospel Draws Crowds at Stanford"},"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:\/\/sarahsalviander.substack.com\/p\/the-miracle-of-math\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The mir\u00ada\u00adcle of math<\/a> (Sarah Sal\u00advian\u00adder, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIn 1960, the\u00ado\u00adret\u00adi\u00adcal physi\u00adcist Eugene Wign\u00ader iden\u00adti\u00adfied a meta\u00adphys\u00adi\u00adcal mys\u00adtery for the ages: why are the laws of nature so apt\u00adly described by math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics? It is a decep\u00adtive\u00adly sim\u00adple ques\u00adtion. We think we grasp the answer easily\u2014until we actu\u00adal\u00adly try to explain it. Wigner\u2019s essay, titled \u2018The Unrea\u00adson\u00adable Effec\u00adtive\u00adness of Math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics in the Nat\u00adur\u00adal Sci\u00adences,\u2019 high\u00adlights this enig\u00adma. The term \u2018unrea\u00adson\u00adable\u2019 cap\u00adtures the bewil\u00adder\u00ading real\u00adi\u00adty that there is no appar\u00adent rea\u00adson why math should so flaw\u00adless\u00adly mir\u00adror the universe\u2019s behav\u00adiors. This sug\u00adgests, whether intend\u00aded by Wign\u00ader or not, that the answer to this mys\u00adtery lies beyond the uni\u00adverse.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is an astro\u00adphysi\u00adcist who now does apolo\u00adget\u00adics.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>For those who have nev\u00ader seen it, here is the well-known paper: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maths.ed.ac.uk\/~v1ranick\/papers\/wigner.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Unrea\u00adson\u00adable Effec\u00adtive\u00adness of Math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics in the Nat\u00adur\u00adal Sci\u00adences<\/a> (Eugene Wign\u00ader, Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtions in Pure and Applied Math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics): \u201cThe mir\u00ada\u00adcle of the appro\u00adpri\u00adate\u00adness of the lan\u00adguage of math\u00ade\u00admat\u00adics for the for\u00admu\u00adla\u00adtion of the laws of physics is a won\u00adder\u00adful gift which we nei\u00adther under\u00adstand nor deserve. We should be grate\u00adful for it and hope that it will remain valid in future research and that it will extend, for bet\u00adter or for worse, to our plea\u00adsure, even though per\u00adhaps also to our baf\u00adfle\u00adment, to wide branch\u00ades of learn\u00ading.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2025\/03\/05\/world\/asia\/xuzhou-china-chained-woman-incident-activists.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Secret Cam\u00adpaign in Chi\u00adna to Save a Woman Chained by the Neck<\/a> (Vivan Wang, New York Times): \u201cThe out\u00adcry rip\u00adpled nation\u00adwide for weeks. Many observers called it the biggest moment for women\u2019s rights in recent Chi\u00adnese his\u00adto\u00adry. The Chi\u00adnese Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty sees pop\u00adu\u00adlar dis\u00adcon\u00adtent as a chal\u00adlenge to its author\u00adi\u00adty, but this was so intense that it seemed even the par\u00adty would strug\u00adgle to quash it. And yet, it did. To find out how, I tried to track what hap\u00adpened to the chained woman and those who spoke out for her. I found an expan\u00adsive web of intim\u00adi\u00adda\u00adtion at home and abroad, involv\u00ading mass sur\u00adveil\u00adlance, cen\u00adsor\u00adship and deten\u00adtions \u2014 a cam\u00adpaign that con\u00adtin\u00adues to this day.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Pray for Chi\u00adna reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Relat\u00aded: slav\u00adery is not a rel\u00adic of the past and crops up in unex\u00adpect\u00aded places. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cn892zq6z43o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UN judge guilty of forc\u00ading woman to work as slave<\/a> (BBC): \u201cGasps were heard from the pub\u00adlic gallery as the ver\u00addicts were giv\u00aden, and the court was cleared as the defen\u00addant appeared unwell.\u2026 Mugambe, who was study\u00ading for a law PhD at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Oxford, had con\u00adspired with Ugan\u00addan deputy high com\u00admis\u00adsion\u00ader John Leonard Muger\u00adwa to arrange for the young woman to come to the UK.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Some Amer\u00adi\u00adcan details from anoth\u00ader arti\u00adcle: <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/latest-news\/un-judge-found-guilty-of-slavery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UN Judge, One\u00adtime Colum\u00adbia Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty Human Rights Fel\u00adlow, Found Guilty of Slav\u00adery<\/a> (Matthew Xiao, Wash\u00ading\u00adton Free Bea\u00adcon): \u201cMugambe was a fel\u00adlow housed with\u00adin Colum\u00adbia Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty\u2019s Insti\u00adtute for the Study of Human Rights, whose fel\u00adlows work to \u2018address some aspect of a his\u00adto\u00adry of gross human rights vio\u00adla\u00adtions in their soci\u00adety, coun\u00adtry, and\/or region,\u2019 in 2017.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/comment.org\/jesus-is-a-jew\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jesus Is A Jew<\/a> (David Brooks, Com\u00adment): \u201cJesus is inher\u00adent\u00adly mysterious\u2014a lion who is also a lamb. But he is also intel\u00adli\u00adgi\u00adble. And that\u2019s because he lived an actu\u00adal life in an actu\u00adal his\u00adtor\u00adi\u00adcal con\u00adtext.\u2026 Jesus is amid the muck and armed with the Word, and yet emerges as a fig\u00adure ulti\u00admate\u00adly alone\u2014a vor\u00adtex of spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal forces con\u00adverg\u00ading in one per\u00adson, no one else quite like him.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewatlantis.com\/publications\/we-live-like-royalty-and-dont-know-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">We Live Like Roy\u00adal\u00adty and Don\u2019t Know It<\/a> (Charles Mann, The New Atlantis): \u201cMy wife and I were at a table\u00adful of smart, well-edu\u00adcat\u00aded twen\u00adty-some\u00adthings \u2014 friends of the bride and groom. The wed\u00adding, with all its hope and aspi\u00adra\u00adtion, had put them in mind of the future. As young peo\u00adple should, they want\u00aded to help make that future bright. There was so much to do! They want\u00aded the hun\u00adgry to be fed, the thirsty to have water, the poor to have light, the sick to be well. But when I men\u00adtioned how remark\u00adable it was that a hun\u00addred-plus peo\u00adple could para\u00adchute into a remote, unfa\u00admil\u00adiar place and eat a gourmet meal untrou\u00adbled by fears for their health and com\u00adfort, they were sur\u00adprised. The hero\u00adic sys\u00adtems required to bring all the ele\u00adments of their din\u00adner to these tables by the sea were invis\u00adi\u00adble to them. Despite their fine edu\u00adca\u00adtion, they knew lit\u00adtle about the mech\u00ada\u00adnisms of today\u2019s food, water, ener\u00adgy, and pub\u00adlic-health sys\u00adtems. They want\u00aded a bet\u00adter world, but they didn\u2019t know how this one worked.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Relat\u00aded: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenewatlantis.com\/publications\/how-agriculture-system-works\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Break\u00adfast for Eight Bil\u00adlion<\/a> (Charles Mann, The New Atlantis): \u201cSome\u00adtime in the 1980s, an unprece\u00addent\u00aded change in the human con\u00addi\u00adtion occurred. For the first time in known his\u00adto\u00adry, the aver\u00adage per\u00adson on Earth had enough to eat all the time.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.plough.com\/en\/topics\/life\/work\/the-workism-trap\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Work\u00adism Trap<\/a> (Bob\u00adby Jamieson, Plough): \u201cAnd a 2018 research arti\u00adcle found that, com\u00adpared to women who grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00aded from low\u00ader-ranked schools, women who attend\u00aded elite, selec\u00adtive uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties do not, on aver\u00adage, earn more per hour, but they do work more. For women, it seems, the ben\u00ade\u00adfits of an elite diplo\u00adma are more time at work and low\u00ader chances of mar\u00adry\u00ading and hav\u00ading chil\u00addren.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vague\u00adly relat\u00aded (at least to the excerpt): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/article\/society\/richard-reeves-profile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Are Men OK<\/a>? (Eamon Whalen, The Nation): \u201cThe biggest risk fac\u00adtor for drop\u00adping out of col\u00adlege, con\u00adtrol\u00adling for every\u00adthing else, is being a man. Those strug\u00adgles have extend\u00aded to the labor mar\u00adket. When adjust\u00aded for infla\u00adtion, most Amer\u00adi\u00adcan men today earn around $3,000 less than men did in 1979, which leads to a grim real\u00adiza\u00adtion: Much of the nar\u00adrow\u00ading of the per\u00adsis\u00adtent wage gap between men and women can be explained by the stag\u00adnat\u00ading wages for men.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Com\u00adment\u00ading on the above arti\u00adcle: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaronrenn.com\/p\/richard-reeves-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cre\u00adat\u00ading a Per\u00admis\u00adsion Space for Men\u2019s Issues<\/a> (Aaron Renn, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cThe fem\u00adi\u00adnist movement\u2019s suc\u00adcess depend\u00aded on telling men they had to change, that there were cer\u00adtain choic\u00ades and behav\u00adiors they could no longer engage in. It also explic\u00adit\u00adly real\u00adlo\u00adcat\u00aded resources and posi\u00adtions from men to women.&nbsp; While I don\u2019t think the sit\u00adu\u00ada\u00adtion with men is sym\u00admet\u00adri\u00adcal, it strikes me as dubi\u00adous that noth\u00ading needs to change with regards to women. For exam\u00adple, as econ\u00ado\u00admist Melis\u00adsa Kear\u00adney, also a Brook\u00adings affil\u00adi\u00adat\u00aded schol\u00adar, doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded in her superb book <em>The Two-Par\u00adent Priv\u00adi\u00adlege<\/em> \u2014 I sum\u00adma\u00adrized some key find\u00adings \u2014 the ben\u00ade\u00adfits of grow\u00ading up in an intact fam\u00adi\u00adly vs. a sin\u00adgle par\u00adent home are over\u00adwhelm\u00ading. The Unit\u00aded States has the high\u00adest share of its chil\u00addren liv\u00ading in sin\u00adgle par\u00adent homes of any coun\u00adtry in the entire world. That\u2019s Amer\u00adi\u00adcan excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adism we could live with\u00adout.\u201d (empha\u00adsis removed for read\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/stanfordreview.org\/is-religion-taboo-at-stanford\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Is Reli\u00adgion Taboo at Stan\u00adford?<\/a> (Sloane Wehman, Stan\u00adford Review): \u201cOn the after\u00adnoon of Mon\u00adday March 3, hun\u00addreds of stu\u00addents con\u00adgre\u00adgat\u00aded in White Plaza to lis\u00adten to Cliffe Knech\u00adtle and his son Stu\u00adart Knech\u00adtle debate Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty as a part of their \u2018Give Me An Answer\u2019 min\u00adistry, a pro\u00adgram that strives to answer tough ques\u00adtions about faith. Cliffe and Stu\u00adart are both pas\u00adtors at Grace Com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty Church in New Canaan, Con\u00adnecti\u00adcut, and Cliffe has been debat\u00ading stu\u00addents on Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty since devel\u00adop\u00ading the Give Me An Answer min\u00adistry in 1991.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A video sum\u00adma\u00adriz\u00ading their time on White Plaza: <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/tYDb0OA2pyE?feature=shared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Are Peo\u00adple Moral\u00adly Out\u00adraged At The Bib\u00adli\u00adcal God?<\/a> (Stu\u00adart &amp; Cliffe Knech\u00adtle, YouTube): thir\u00adty min\u00adutes, filmed at Stan\u00adford. Dis\u00adclaimer: Chi Alpha was the spon\u00adsor of their min\u00adistry time on White Plaza.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5176047\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How Do You Solve a Prob\u00adlem Like <em>Mar\u00adtinez<\/em><\/a>? (Ben\u00adjamin Flesh\u00adman, SSRN): \u201cAll told, there are reports of 175 reli\u00adgious stu\u00addent groups that were ful\u00adly denied offi\u00adcial recog\u00adni\u00adtion since 1990. One hun\u00addred and nine\u00adteen of those groups were kicked off their cam\u00adpus\u00ades after Mar\u00adtinez was decid\u00aded. That means that more than twice as many groups have been dere\u00adc\u00adog\u00adnized in the fif\u00adteen years since Mar\u00adtinez than in the twen\u00adty years before\u00adhand. Part of this is due to the more aggres\u00adsive mass dere\u00adcog\u00adni\u00adtions at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Iowa, Cal\u00adi\u00adfor\u00adnia State Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, and Van\u00adder\u00adbilt. There real\u00adly weren\u2019t any mas\u00adsive dere\u00adcog\u00adni\u00adtion cam\u00adpaigns pre-Mar\u00adtinez, with the largest being Cal State\u2019s dere\u00adcog\u00adni\u00adtion of a hand\u00adful of groups that led to the lit\u00adi\u00adga\u00adtion in Alpha Delta Chi. When you include the num\u00adber of recog\u00adni\u00adtion issues that stopped just short of a full dere\u00adcog\u00adni\u00adtion, but which still required the inter\u00adven\u00adtion of legal coun\u00adsel or nation\u00adal orga\u00adni\u00adza\u00adtions to resolve, the num\u00adbers shoot to 257 total report\u00aded inci\u00addents since 1990, with 195 occur\u00adring post-Mar\u00adtinez. That means rough\u00adly three times as many total report\u00aded inci\u00addents post-Mar\u00adtinez as pre-Mar\u00adtinez.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Men\u00adtions Chi Alpha (not at Stan\u00adford, just gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly) in a few places. The Beck\u00adet Fund, with whom the author is affil\u00adi\u00adat\u00aded, are Chi Alpha\u2019s legal rep\u00adre\u00adsen\u00adta\u00adtives.<\/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:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/02\/24\/world-news\/pilot-with-allergy-to-spiders-is-bitten-mid-flight-by-a-tarantula\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pilot with aller\u00adgy to spi\u00adders is bit\u00adten mid-flight by stow\u00adaway taran\u00adtu\u00adla<\/a> (New York Post): \u201cA pilot with a severe aller\u00adgy to spi\u00adders was bit\u00adten mid-flight by a stow\u00adaway taran\u00adtu\u00adla \u2014 forc\u00ading hours-long delays as the plane was fumi\u00adgat\u00aded after land\u00ading safe\u00adly, accord\u00ading to reports.\u2026 Inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adtors believe the taran\u00adtu\u00adla entered the plane via lug\u00adgage on an ear\u00adli\u00ader flight between Madrid and Casablan\u00adca, a city in Moroc\u00adco, accord\u00ading to the out\u00adlet.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cLess seri\u00adous\u201d might be the wrong place to put this, but it struck me how crazy it is. This is like a low-bud\u00adget Hol\u00adly\u00adwood plot. \u201cThere\u2019s a taran\u00adtu\u00adla on a plane, right? And it bites the one guy on the flight aller\u00adgic to it. And get this \u2014 he\u2019s the pilot!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dorktower.com\/2025\/03\/04\/19376\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Town Hall Meet\u00adings<\/a> (Dork Tow\u00ader)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-who-thought-he-grew-up-poor-suddenly-realizes-his-dad-was-just-a-cheapskate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Man Who Thought He Grew Up Poor Sud\u00adden\u00adly Real\u00adizes His Dad Was Just A Cheap\u00adskate<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2025\/03\/10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sizes<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/cosmology-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cos\u00admol\u00ado\u00adgy<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2025\/03\/13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Divides Us<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/xkcd.com\/3063\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plan\u00adets<\/a> (xkcd)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/looseparts\/2025\/03\/14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">QR Code<\/a> (Loose Parts)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/asian-mom-disappointed-son-just-a-regular-surgeon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Asian Mom Dis\u00adap\u00adpoint\u00aded Son Just A Reg\u00adu\u00adlar Sur\u00adgeon<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/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>. 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