{"id":7652,"date":"2025-04-11T15:11:28","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T22:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7652"},"modified":"2025-04-11T15:11:28","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T22:11:28","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-499-ocd-morality-and-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/04\/11\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-499-ocd-morality-and-tariffs","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 499: OCD, Morality, and Tariffs"},"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\">Next week is vol\u00adume 500. I can\u2019t decide whether it will be just anoth\u00ader issue or some\u00adthing a lil\u2019 dif\u00adfer\u00adent.<\/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.indystar.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/colts\/2025\/04\/08\/ocd-colts-tackle-braden-smith-religiously-scrupulosity\/82738055007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In his own words: Colts RT Braden Smith\u2019s des\u00adper\u00adate, life-threat\u00aden\u00ading fight vs OCD<\/a> (Joel A. Erick\u00adson, Indi\u00adanapo\u00adlis Star): \u201cSmith has always gone to church, but he\u2019d com\u00admit\u00adted ful\u00adly to his Chris\u00adt\u00adian faith, and an obses\u00adsive-com\u00adpul\u00adsive dis\u00ador\u00adder began to warp his faith into some\u00adthing sin\u00adis\u00adter. From the out\u00adside, it looked like Smith was div\u00ading deep into his faith. He devoured the Bible, quot\u00aded Scrip\u00adture, sought out believ\u00aders for con\u00adver\u00adsa\u00adtions. He prayed con\u00adstant\u00adly and start\u00aded lis\u00adten\u00ading to Chris\u00adt\u00adian music exclu\u00adsive\u00adly. Inter\u00adnal\u00adly, a dis\u00ador\u00adder Smith didn\u2019t real\u00adize he had was twist\u00ading the words. \u2018There\u2019s the actu\u00adal, real, true, liv\u00ading God,\u2019 Smith said. \u2018And then there\u2019s my OCD god, and the OCD god is this con\u00addemn\u00ading (deity). It\u2019s like every wrong move you make, it\u2019s like smack\u00ading the ruler against his hand. \u201cAnoth\u00ader bad move like that and you\u2019re out of here.\u201c&nbsp;\u2018\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A grip\u00adping sto\u00adry.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/newsletter.oalannoble.com\/p\/appealing-to-moral-sentiments-in\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Appeal\u00ading to Moral Sen\u00adti\u00adments in an Amoral Age<\/a> (O. Alan Noble, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026the moral sen\u00adti\u00adments peo\u00adple have can be real indi\u00adca\u00adtions of spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal real\u00adi\u00adties.<br>The anx\u00adi\u00adety a young woman feels about her iden\u00adti\u00adty may be a real indi\u00adca\u00adtion that expres\u00adsive indi\u00advid\u00adu\u00adal\u00adism is hol\u00adlow. The lone\u00adli\u00adness a young woman feels in vapid, greedy sex\u00adu\u00adal rela\u00adtion\u00adships may be a real indi\u00adca\u00adtion that sex was cre\u00adat\u00aded for union (and pro\u00adcre\u00adation). Instead of treat\u00ading emo\u00adtions as ran\u00addom or irrel\u00ade\u00advant or con\u00adced\u00ading that neg\u00ada\u00adtive emo\u00adtions are exclu\u00adsive\u00adly the purview of the ther\u00ada\u00adpist and psy\u00adchi\u00ada\u00adtrist, we acknowl\u00adedge that the felt expe\u00adri\u00adences of young women are a sign point\u00ading them to who they were cre\u00adat\u00aded to be. And this isn\u2019t just true for young women. I think there are many young men who need to hear this approach as well.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>About the tar\u00adiffs:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.noahpinion.blog\/p\/trade-deficits-do-not-make-a-country\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Trade deficits do not make a coun\u00adtry poor\u00ader<\/a> (Noah Smith, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cDoes using your cred\u00adit card to buy a wash\u00ading machine from Tar\u00adget mean that Tar\u00adget has ripped you off? No. Does it make you poor\u00ader when you use your cred\u00adit card to buy a wash\u00ading machine from Tar\u00adget? Nope. You now have less mon\u00adey, but you have <em>more stuff<\/em>. In just the same way, a trade deficit means that the U.S. has <em>less mon\u00adey and more stuff<\/em>. It does not mean Amer\u00adi\u00adca is poor\u00ader, or that it has been ripped off by for\u00adeign\u00aders.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is a help\u00adful explain\u00ader of some key con\u00adcepts which are in the news.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unherd.com\/2025\/02\/why-trumps-tariffs-are-a-masterplan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Don\u00adald Trump\u2019s eco\u00adnom\u00adic mas\u00adter\u00adplan<\/a> (Yanis Varo\u00adufakis, Unherd): \u201cThough we risk the abyss star\u00ading back when we attempt to gaze into Trump\u2019s mind, we do need a grasp of his think\u00ading on three fun\u00adda\u00admen\u00adtal ques\u00adtions: why does he believe that Amer\u00adi\u00adca is exploit\u00aded by the rest of the world? What is his vision for a new inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal order in which Amer\u00adi\u00adca can be \u2018great\u2019 again? How does he plan to bring it about? Only then can we pro\u00adduce a sen\u00adsi\u00adble cri\u00adtique of Trump\u2019s eco\u00adnom\u00adic mas\u00adter\u00adplan.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded to me by an alum\u00adnus. The things I find most inter\u00adest\u00ading about this one is (a) it\u2019s by a for\u00adeign expert [an econ\u00ado\u00admist who served as the Greek min\u00adis\u00adter of finance] and (b) although writ\u00adten in Feb\u00adru\u00adary it antic\u00adi\u00adpat\u00aded the type of tar\u00adiff that was imple\u00adment\u00aded (trade imbal\u00adance tar\u00adiffs) instead of what had been expect\u00aded (rec\u00adi\u00adp\u00adro\u00adcal tar\u00adiffs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/07\/opinion\/tariffs-trump-dollar.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">There\u2019s a Method to Trump\u2019s Tar\u00adiff Mad\u00adness<\/a> (Jen\u00adnifer Burns, New York Times): \u201cMr. Trump\u2019s tar\u00adiffs aren\u2019t real\u00adly about tar\u00adiffs. They are the open\u00ading gam\u00adbit in a more ambi\u00adtious plan to smash the world\u2019s eco\u00adnom\u00adic and geopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal order and replace it with some\u00adthing intend\u00aded to bet\u00adter serve Amer\u00adi\u00adcan inter\u00adests. This plan is often referred to as the Mar-a-Lago Accord.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a his\u00adto\u00adry pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at Stan\u00adford.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/global\/2025\/03\/19\/what-age-do-people-around-the-world-think-is-best-to-reach-major-life-milestones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">What Age Do Peo\u00adple Around the World Think Is Best to Reach Major Life Mile\u00adstones?<\/a> (Janell Fet\u00adterolf et al, Pew Research): \u201cWhen is the right time in life to get mar\u00adried or have a child? What is the best age to buy a home? Is there an ide\u00adal age for retire\u00adment? We asked adults in 18 most\u00adly mid\u00addle-income coun\u00adtries what they think is the best age to reach these life mile\u00adstones. Over\u00adall, there is a lot of agree\u00adment around the world. On aver\u00adage across the coun\u00adtries sur\u00adveyed, peo\u00adple say it is best to get mar\u00adried and have a first child around 26 years old.\u2026 Gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly, peo\u00adple across the 18 coun\u00adtries sur\u00adveyed<strong> think it\u2019s best to get mar\u00adried in one\u2019s mid-20s. <\/strong>Aver\u00adage ide\u00adal ages range from 21.2 in Bangladesh to 28.9 in Argenti\u00adna.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Empha\u00adsis in orig\u00adi\u00adnal.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/09\/opinion\/palestinian-christian-us-evangelicals-gaza.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Pales\u00adtin\u00adian Chris\u00adtians Feel Betrayed by Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adtians<\/a> (Nicholas Kristof, New York Times): \u201cFew\u00ader than 2 per\u00adcent of West Bank Pales\u00adtini\u00adans today are Chris\u00adt\u00adian, but they are an influ\u00aden\u00adtial minor\u00adi\u00adty who endure the same land grabs and hard\u00adships as the major\u00adi\u00adty Mus\u00adlim pop\u00adu\u00adla\u00adtion.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is a short col\u00adumn, but one thing I wish Kristof had parsed out were the dif\u00adfer\u00adences between Pales\u00adtin\u00adian evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals and Pales\u00adtin\u00adian Catholics and Pales\u00adtin\u00adian main\u00adline Protes\u00adtants. I think they each have dif\u00adfer\u00adent things to say. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by a stu\u00addent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/07\/us\/student-visas-revoked-trump-administration.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Near\u00adly 300 Stu\u00addents Have Had Visas Revoked and Could Face Depor\u00adta\u00adtion<\/a> (Vimal Patel, Miri\u00adam Jor\u00addan &amp; Hali\u00adna Ben\u00adnet, New York Times): \u201cNear\u00adly 300 inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stu\u00addents were abrupt\u00adly stripped of their abil\u00adi\u00adty to stay in the Unit\u00aded States in recent days, accord\u00ading to uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties and media reports, sow\u00ading fear among stu\u00addents and con\u00adfu\u00adsion at schools scram\u00adbling to help stu\u00addents fac\u00ading deten\u00adtion and pos\u00adsi\u00adble depor\u00adta\u00adtion.\u2026 In some cas\u00ades, immi\u00adgra\u00adtion offi\u00adcers have arrest\u00aded inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stu\u00addents relat\u00aded to their involve\u00adment in pro-Pales\u00adtin\u00adian caus\u00ades. In oth\u00ader cas\u00ades, stu\u00addents had com\u00admit\u00adted legal infrac\u00adtions, such as dri\u00adving over the speed lim\u00adit or while intox\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded, often years ago, sev\u00ader\u00adal immi\u00adgra\u00adtion lawyers said in inter\u00adviews. But lawyers said the Trump admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion had often giv\u00aden no rea\u00adson at all, leav\u00ading them to guess why stu\u00addents were tar\u00adget\u00aded.\u2026 The Unit\u00aded States issued more than 400,000 visas to stu\u00addents in 2024.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>While I am sure almost all inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stu\u00addents find the poli\u00adcies dis\u00adtress\u00ading, they should find the data in this arti\u00adcle reas\u00adsur\u00ading. To date few\u00ader than one tenth of one per\u00adcent of inter\u00adna\u00adtion\u00adal stu\u00addents have had their visas revoked. 300\/400000 = .00075&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2025\/04\/institutions-maintain-themselves-wheaton-repair-forgiveness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Insti\u00adtu\u00adtions Don\u2019t Main\u00adtain Them\u00adselves<\/a> (James Did\u00addams, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cJesus told Peter to for\u00adgive the broth\u00ader or sis\u00adter who sins against him \u2018not sev\u00aden times, but sev\u00aden\u00adty-sev\u00aden times\u2019 (Matt. 18:21\u201322). I\u2019ve come to think Chris\u00adtians have some oblig\u00ada\u00adtion of for\u00adgive\u00adness to our insti\u00adtu\u00adtions, too\u2014some duty of love and sac\u00adri\u00adfice to pre\u00adserve and repair these right\u00adful\u00adly time-hon\u00adored ways of orga\u00adniz\u00ading and shap\u00ading our lives.\u2026 Where did we ever get the idea that these insti\u00adtu\u00adtions would some\u00adhow main\u00adtain them\u00adselves? That they would always be there for us, meet\u00ading all our hopes, in per\u00adfect work\u00ading order, with\u00adout repair or for\u00adgive\u00adness from us?\u201d<\/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.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2025\/04\/04\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">She Dyed<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/pearlsbeforeswine\/2025\/04\/03\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Com\u00adpro\u00admise<\/a> (Pearls Before Swine)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/china-retaliates-against-tariffs-by-putting-worse-fortunes-into-cookies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chi\u00adna Retal\u00adi\u00adates Against Tar\u00adiffs By Putting Worse For\u00adtunes Into Cook\u00adies<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-imposes-tariffs-as-wife-racks-up-huge-trade-deficit-at-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Man Impos\u00ades Tar\u00adiffs As Wife Racks Up Huge Trade Deficit At Tar\u00adget<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gocomics.com\/nonsequitur\/2025\/04\/11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The 11th Com\u00admand\u00adment<\/a> (Non Sequitur)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=la4lYUhVtrU\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=la4lYUhVtrU\">Magi\u00adcian Shimshi &amp; his daugh\u00adter Shalom<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=pyzA8aZReTk\">Can Michael Dar\u00add\u00adant Fool Penn &amp; Teller with only Imag\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion?<\/a> (Penn &amp; Teller Fool Us, YouTube): eleven 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>. 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