{"id":7654,"date":"2025-04-18T19:40:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T02:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7654"},"modified":"2025-04-18T19:43:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T02:43:13","slug":"things-glen-found-interesting-volume-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/04\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-500","title":{"rendered":"Things Glen Found Interesting, Volume 500: faith, China, and Trump"},"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>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 the 500<sup>th<\/sup> time I\u2019ve com\u00adposed this email. I thought I might do some\u00adthing spe\u00adcial this week to com\u00admem\u00ado\u00adrate that mile\u00adstone, but there are too many inter\u00adest\u00ading arti\u00adcles I\u2019ve run across \u2014 this will a reg\u00adu\u00adlar install\u00adment. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe when we get to vol\u00adume 520 \u2014 that will sig\u00adni\u00adfy ten years of emails.<\/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.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/18\/style\/religion-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.A08.re3l.rR3_Zy-HAmxP&amp;smid=url-share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amer\u00adi\u00adcans Haven\u2019t Found a Sat\u00adis\u00adfy\u00ading Alter\u00adna\u00adtive to Reli\u00adgion<\/a> (Lau\u00adren Jack\u00adson, New York Times): \u201cAmerica\u2019s sec\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adiza\u00adtion was an immense social trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion. Has it left us bet\u00adter off? Peo\u00adple are unhap\u00adpi\u00ader than they\u2019ve ever been and the coun\u00adtry is in an epi\u00addem\u00adic of lone\u00adli\u00adness. It\u2019s not just sec\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adism that\u2019s to blame, but those with\u00adout reli\u00adgious affil\u00adi\u00ada\u00adtion in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar rank low\u00ader on key met\u00adrics of well-being. They feel less con\u00adnect\u00aded to oth\u00aders, less spir\u00adi\u00adtu\u00adal\u00adly at peace and they expe\u00adri\u00adence less awe and grat\u00adi\u00adtude reg\u00adu\u00adlar\u00adly.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Unlocked. Note that this is not in the opin\u00adion sec\u00adtion (some\u00adwhat sur\u00adpris\u00ading\u00adly, it is in the style sec\u00adtion). The author is an ex-Mor\u00admon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/ross-douthat-why-its-logical-to-believe-in-god\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Ross Douthat: Why It\u2019s Log\u00adi\u00adcal to Believe in God<\/a> (Bari Weiss inter\u00adview\u00ading Ross Douthat, The Free Press): \u201cThe book of Gen\u00ade\u00adsis begins with an admo\u00adni\u00adtion: Fill the Earth, and sub\u00addue it. We\u2019ve done that. We have reached an inter\u00adest\u00ading point in his\u00adto\u00adry from a reli\u00adgious point of view. And there\u2019s a real\u00adly open question\u2014where do we go next? Do we col\u00adlapse? Do we go to the stars? Do we become tran\u00adshu\u00adman? Do we merge with the machines and so on? So, it\u2019s a high-stakes moment. And if God exists and he has inten\u00adtions for us, it\u2019s real\u00adly impor\u00adtant at a high-stakes moment to take those inten\u00adtions into account. I think of peo\u00adple like Musk and Alt\u00adman. The con\u00adtest for their lit\u00ader\u00adal souls is real\u00adly impor\u00adtant to the whole future of the human race. If God exists, it\u2019s a big moment. You want belief to win out over the alter\u00adna\u00adtives.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/is-this-the-chinese-century-not-if\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Con\u00adven\u00adtion\u00adal Wis\u00addom Is That Chi\u00adna Is Beat\u00ading Us. Non\u00adsense.<\/a> (Tyler Cowen, The Free Press): \u201cThe bot\u00adtom line is that the smartest enti\u00adties in the world\u2014the top AI programs\u2014will not just be West\u00adern but like\u00adly even Amer\u00adi\u00adcan in their intel\u00adlec\u00adtu\u00adal and ide\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal ori\u00aden\u00adta\u00adtions for some while to come.\u2026 Mov\u00ading to a world where the AIs are the smartest enti\u00adties in Chi\u00adna, rather than the CCP, is for Chi\u00adna a rad\u00adi\u00adcal change\u2014and one the CCP is prob\u00ada\u00adbly very afraid of. Much of the legit\u00adi\u00adma\u00adcy of the CCP sprang from its claim to be a wise man\u00adag\u00ader of the Chi\u00adnese lega\u00adcy. But now it will be out\u00adsourc\u00ading that man\u00adage\u00adment to West\u00adern-based AI mod\u00adels. From a West\u00adern geopo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal point of view, that could end up a lot bet\u00adter, and more effec\u00adtive, than plant\u00adi\u00adng a bunch of spies in the Chi\u00adnese gov\u00adern\u00adment.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/julieroys.com\/chris-tomlin-new-song-resurrects-worlds-oldest-known-hymn\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chris Tomlin\u2019s New Song Res\u00adur\u00adrects The World\u2019s Old\u00adest Known Hymn<\/a> (Bob Smi\u00adetana, The Roys Report): \u201cA new ver\u00adsion of the Oxyrhynchus Hymn debuted last week, cour\u00adtesy of a new trans\u00adla\u00adtion from Dick\u00adson and help from Chris Tom\u00adlin and Ben Field\u00ading, two of the most pop\u00adu\u00adlar mod\u00adern wor\u00adship song\u00adwrit\u00aders.\u2026 \u2018I think the most the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant thing is that it\u2019s a hymn to the Trin\u00adi\u00adty \u2014 Father, Son and Holy Spir\u00adit, the cen\u00adtu\u00adry before the Nicene Creed,\u2019 he said.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hear it at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cIjmLPeeOmc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The First Hymn<\/a> (YouTube): sev\u00aden min\u00adutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.graphsaboutreligion.com\/p\/belief-in-an-afterlife-is-increasing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Belief in an After\u00adlife is Increas\u00ading in the Unit\u00aded States<\/a> (Ryan Burge, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cIn that first data col\u00adlec\u00adtion in 1973, about 76% of folks believed in some\u00adthing beyond this life. But by 1990, that fig\u00adure had crept up to just about 80% and it con\u00adtin\u00adued to rise very slow\u00adly from there. Real\u00adly, from 2000 all the way through 2022, the esti\u00admates are all basi\u00adcal\u00adly the same. Even today, the share of Amer\u00adi\u00adcans who believe in life after death is 82%. When peo\u00adple ask me, \u201cIs the Unit\u00aded States a reli\u00adgious coun\u00adtry?\u201d This is the stat that I\u2019m going to trot out.\u2019&nbsp;\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Empha\u00adsis removed for read\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mereorthodoxy.com\/kelly-loving-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Rot\u00adten Fruit of Oberge\u00adfell: On the Kel\u00adly Lov\u00ading Act<\/a> (Jake Meador, Mere Ortho\u00addoxy): \u201cFor the past ten years we have already held, as a nation, that the state defines mar\u00adriage. Why then should the state not also get to define what a par\u00adent is or what good par\u00adent\u00ading is? The Kel\u00adly Lov\u00ading Act, in oth\u00ader words, is an obvi\u00adous out\u00adwork\u00ading of the log\u00adic of <em>Oberge\u00adfell<\/em>, the Supreme Court rul\u00ading that rede\u00adfined mar\u00adriage.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Trump is all over the news. Here are some things that caught my inter\u00adest. Remem\u00adber that my shar\u00ading an arti\u00adcle is not a sign that I agree with it com\u00adplete\u00adly, it is a mere\u00adly a sign that I think it makes points or tells a sto\u00adry worth con\u00adsid\u00ader\u00ading. See the dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom: I assure you they are heart\u00adfelt.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/article\/afghanistan-christians-good-friday-trump-administration\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Get Out by Good Fri\u00adday, Feds Say to Afghan Chris\u00adtians<\/a> (John McCor\u00adma\u00adck, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cAhmad\u2019s con\u00adver\u00adsion to Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty after attend\u00ading a uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty in Afghanistan led to his impris\u00adon\u00adment by the Taliban\u2014where he said he was beat\u00aden and tor\u00adtured via elec\u00adtric shock\u2014before fel\u00adlow Chris\u00adtians were able to ran\u00adsom him from Tal\u00adiban cap\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty. The same Chris\u00adtians who got Ahmad out of prison then got him out of Afghanistan by help\u00ading him trav\u00adel to Brazil. Ahmad tra\u00adversed on foot the Dar\u00adi\u00e9n Gap that con\u00adnects Cen\u00adtral and South Amer\u00adi\u00adca for three days and ultimately\u2014after pre\u00adsent\u00ading him\u00adself at the south\u00adern U.S. bor\u00adder seek\u00ading asylum\u2014made a home for him\u00adself in Raleigh.\u2026&nbsp; Ahmad, like some oth\u00ader Afghans legal\u00adly liv\u00ading in the Unit\u00aded States, received a let\u00adter from the Depart\u00adment of Home\u00adland Secu\u00adri\u00adty (DHS) telling him he must leave the coun\u00adtry by Good Fri\u00adday.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/thedispatch.com\/newsletter\/gfile\/trump-democrats-presidency\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prece\u00addent Trump<\/a> (Jon\u00adah Gold\u00adberg, The Dis\u00adpatch): \u201cIt has been a dream of the left for ages to get rid of the tax-exempt sta\u00adtus and rel\u00ada\u00adtive auton\u00ado\u00admy of reli\u00adgious institutions\u2014Christian uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adties, char\u00adi\u00adties, hos\u00adpi\u00adtals, etc. If Trump suc\u00adceeds in mak\u00ading the IRS revoke Harvard\u2019s tax-exempt sta\u00adtus, based in no small part on per\u00adson\u00adal oppo\u00adsi\u00adtion to what Har\u00advard teach\u00ades, what will be the prin\u00adci\u00adpled objec\u00adtion to a Pres\u00adi\u00addent Alexan\u00addria Oca\u00adsio-Cortez or Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth War\u00adren when the Eye of Mor\u00addor swings right\u00adward?\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/trump-supreme-court-deportations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">No, the Pres\u00adi\u00addent Has Not Defied a Supreme Court Rul\u00ading<\/a> (Jeb Ruben\u00adfeld, The Free Press): \u201cDue process is a bul\u00adwark of the Con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion and the rule of law, and the courts must not allow its vio\u00adla\u00adtion. But Trump oppo\u00adnents, like Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor Sny\u00adder, are mak\u00ading a mis\u00adtake when they try to paint this case as a mas\u00adsive assault on due process. For now at least, this case is anoth\u00ader exam\u00adple of the hyper\u00adbole over a Trump run-in with the courts out\u00adrun\u00adning the facts of the case.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author is a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of con\u00adsti\u00adtu\u00adtion\u00adal law at Yale. I found this arti\u00adcle reas\u00adsur\u00ading in the abstract, while still being dis\u00adpleased over the par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlars of this case. There\u2019s a sig\u00adnif\u00adi\u00adcant dif\u00adfer\u00adence between deport\u00ading some\u00adone from the coun\u00adtry and deport\u00ading them into a for\u00adeign prison.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/18\/world\/americas\/bukele-abrego-garcia-elsalvador-prison.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inside the \u2018Trop\u00adi\u00adcal Gulag\u2019 in El Sal\u00advador Where U.S. Detainees Are Being Held<\/a> (Annie Cor\u00adre\u00adal, New York Times): \u201cDeaths and phys\u00adi\u00adcal abuse in CECOT remain undoc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded because of a lack of access to inmates or any\u00adone who has been released, said Juani\u00adta Goe\u00adber\u00adtus, Amer\u00adi\u00adc\u00adas direc\u00adtor at Human Rights Watch. But, she added, \u2018Based on the tor\u00adture and mis\u00adtreat\u00adment we have doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded in oth\u00ader pris\u00adons in El Sal\u00advador, we have every rea\u00adson to believe that peo\u00adple sent to CECOT are at high risk of abuse.\u2019 The U.S. gov\u00adern\u00adment itself spot\u00adlight\u00aded atroc\u00adi\u00adties in El Salvador\u2019s pris\u00adons in 2023. At El Salvador\u2019s two dozen oth\u00ader jails, rights groups have doc\u00adu\u00adment\u00aded sys\u00adtem\u00adat\u00adic tor\u00adture, forced con\u00adfes\u00adsions and what Noah Bul\u00adlock, the exec\u00adu\u00adtive direc\u00adtor of the Sal\u00advado\u00adran human rights group Cristos\u00adal, calls \u2018the inten\u00adtion\u00adal denial of access to basic neces\u00adsi\u00adties like food, water, health care, hygiene.\u2019\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I find these alle\u00adga\u00adtions plau\u00adsi\u00adble because of my belief in deprav\u00adi\u00adty. Humans do bad things when they have peo\u00adple com\u00adplete\u00adly under their con\u00adtrol, espe\u00adcial\u00adly when there is lit\u00adtle exter\u00adnal over\u00adsight or account\u00adabil\u00adi\u00adty. We may learn in time that the details are off, but the essen\u00adtial com\u00adplaint is almost cer\u00adtain\u00adly cor\u00adrect.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/18\/us\/politics\/white-house-prayers.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">White House of Wor\u00adship: Chris\u00adt\u00adian Prayer Rings Out Under Trump<\/a> (Eliz\u00ada\u00adbeth Dias &amp; Ruth Gra\u00adham, New York Times): \u201cRou\u00adtine\u00adly, and often at Mr. Trump\u2019s enthu\u00adsi\u00adas\u00adtic direc\u00adtion, senior admin\u00adis\u00adtra\u00adtion offi\u00adcials and allied pas\u00adtors are infus\u00ading their brand of Chris\u00adt\u00adian wor\u00adship into the work\u00adings of the White House itself, sug\u00adgest\u00ading that his cam\u00adpaign promise to \u2018bring back Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty\u2019 is tak\u00ading tan\u00adgi\u00adble root.\u2026 Mr. Trump\u2019s team has host\u00aded brief\u00adin\u00adgs and lis\u00adten\u00ading ses\u00adsions billed as oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties for the lead\u00aders to share their par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar con\u00adcerns, which have ranged wide\u00adly: reli\u00adgious lib\u00ader\u00adty, adop\u00adtion and fos\u00adter care, the break\u00addown of the nuclear fam\u00adi\u00adly, human traf\u00adfick\u00ading, urban pover\u00adty and anti\u00adsemitism, among oth\u00aders.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/2025\/04\/all-the-presidents-pastors-whos-advising-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">All the President\u2019s Pas\u00adtors: Who\u2019s Advis\u00ading Trump?<\/a> (Har\u00advest Prude, Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty Today): \u201cThe pres\u00adi\u00addent hasn\u2019t pub\u00adlicly attend\u00aded a church ser\u00advice since his inau\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adtion day, he doesn\u2019t hold mem\u00adber\u00adship in a par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar con\u00adgre\u00adga\u00adtion or denom\u00adi\u00adna\u00adtion, he\u2019s gone back and forth over whether he needs to ask for God\u2019s for\u00adgive\u00adness, and he avoids speak\u00ading in detail about his per\u00adson\u00adal devo\u00adtion\u00adal life, so what we know about Trump\u2019s faith comes large\u00adly from the pas\u00adtors around him at the White House\u2014starting with Paula White-Cain.\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=\"wp-block-list simple-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kottke.org\/25\/04\/olympic-gold-medalist-dominates-the-100m-at-her-kids-sports-day-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Olympic Gold Medal\u00adist Dom\u00adi\u00adnates the 100m at Her Kid\u2019s Sports Day Event<\/a> (Jason Kot\u00adtke, blog) \u2014 I find this hilar\u00adi\u00adous<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smbc-comics.com\/comic\/virtue\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Virtue<\/a> (SMBC)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/donkey-entering-jerusalem-glad-to-be-finally-getting-recognition-he-deserves\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Don\u00adkey Enter\u00ading Jerusalem Glad To Be Final\u00adly Get\u00adting Recog\u00adni\u00adtion He Deserves<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/man-realizes-last-8-months-of-career-could-have-been-an-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Man Real\u00adizes Last 8 Months Of Career Could Have Been An Email<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/ky0YOo7_Y0o?si=JI_rNe1Z1zZt_gS1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punc\u00adtu\u00ada\u00adtion Marks Hang\u00ading Out<\/a> (Elle Cor\u00addo\u00adva, YouTube): one minute that tick\u00adled me<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FzIn9rD5-ns\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mortenn Chris\u00adtiansen<\/a> (Penn and Teller Fool Us, YouTube): nine min\u00adutes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/comic\/2025\/04\/16\/dauphin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dauphin<\/a> (Pen\u00adny Arcade)<\/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 the 500th time I\u2019ve com\u00adposed this email. I thought I might do some\u00adthing spe\u00adcial this week \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/04\/18\/things-glen-found-interesting-volume-500\" class=\"more-link\">Con\u00adtin\u00adue read\u00ading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> \u201cThings Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading, Vol\u00adume 500: faith, Chi\u00adna, and Trump\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":[124,219,125,271,127,160,227,113,117,175],"class_list":["post-7654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links","tag-apologetically-interesting","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-china","tag-heaven","tag-history","tag-how-the-church-is-perceived","tag-immigration","tag-lgbtq","tag-politics","tag-worship"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Ded-1Zs","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654","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=7654"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7662,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7654\/revisions\/7662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}