{"id":7830,"date":"2025-11-07T18:10:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T02:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/?p=7830"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:10:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T02:10:47","slug":"tgfi-volume-529-french-revival-gender-differences-bogus-sociology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glenandpaula.com\/wordpress\/archives\/2025\/11\/07\/tgfi-volume-529-french-revival-gender-differences-bogus-sociology","title":{"rendered":"TGFI Volume 529: French revival, gender differences, bogus sociology"},"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<\/p><p>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. I wel\u00adcome your sug\u00adges\u00adtions, so 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:\/\/youtu.be\/bhZXmdWuRMg?si=YzfiRw-2Bdy59Acy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The qui\u00adet surge of France\u2019s evan\u00adgel\u00adi\u00adcals<\/a> (ENTR, YouTube): twelve min\u00adutes. High\u00adly rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded, brought to my atten\u00adtion by a stu\u00addent. The first half is one of the bet\u00adter (albeit inad\u00adver\u00adtent) apolo\u00adgias for low-church Protes\u00adtantism you\u2019ll run across.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/expression.fire.org\/p\/male-students-show-more-tolerance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Male stu\u00addents show more tol\u00ader\u00adance for polit\u00adi\u00adcal ene\u00admies than females show for their own allies<\/a> (Chapin Lenthall-Cleary, Sub\u00adstack): \u201c\u2026over\u00adall tol\u00ader\u00adance for oppos\u00ading views is low among both male and female stu\u00addents \u2014 but the males con\u00adsis\u00adtent\u00adly dis\u00adplay far more tol\u00ader\u00adance than females, regard\u00adless of their pol\u00adi\u00adtics.\u2026 In fact, men are over 3.5 times more like\u00adly than women to be \u2018per\u00adfect\u00adly tol\u00ader\u00adant\u2019 of oppos\u00ading views, mean\u00ading they would def\u00adi\u00adnite\u00adly allow any cam\u00adpus speak\u00ader.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>One of the embed\u00added charts is actu\u00adal\u00adly stun\u00adning. And this sen\u00adtence: \u201cAmaz\u00ading\u00adly, it turns out <em>men are often more tol\u00ader\u00adant of the oppo\u00adsite side than women are of their own side.<\/em>\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1002\/jhbs.70043?campaign=woletoc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Debunk\u00ading \u201cWhen Prophe\u00adcy Fails\u201d<\/a> (Thomas Kel\u00adly, Jour\u00adnal of the His\u00adto\u00adry of the Behav\u00adioral Sci\u00adences) : \u201cIn 1954, Dorothy Mar\u00adtin pre\u00addict\u00aded an apoc\u00ada\u00adlyp\u00adtic flood and promised her fol\u00adlow\u00aders res\u00adcue by fly\u00ading saucers. When nei\u00adther arrived, she recant\u00aded, her group dis\u00adsolved, and efforts to pros\u00ade\u00adly\u00adtize ceased. But <em>When Prophe\u00adcy Fails<\/em> (1956), the now-canon\u00adi\u00adcal account of the event, claimed the oppo\u00adsite: that the group dou\u00adbled down on its beliefs and began recruiting\u2014evidence, the authors argued, of a new psy\u00adcho\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal mech\u00ada\u00adnism, cog\u00adni\u00adtive dis\u00adso\u00adnance. Draw\u00ading on new\u00adly unsealed archival mate\u00adr\u00adi\u00adal, this arti\u00adcle demon\u00adstrates that the book\u2019s cen\u00adtral claims are false, and that the authors knew they were false.\u201d \n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The author has a PhD in polit\u00adi\u00adcal sci\u00adence from Cal and now works at a think\u00adtank in biose\u00adcu\u00adri\u00adty. The excerpt is from the abstract.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>I am over\u00adwhelmed by how absolute\u00adly insane this is and that the lies have endured for sev\u00aden decades. SEVEN DECADES. I care because this study is some\u00adtimes used by skep\u00adtics to argue against Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty. As the author says: \u201c<em>When Prophe\u00adcy Fails<\/em> spread its influ\u00adence across psy\u00adchol\u00ado\u00adgy, soci\u00adol\u00ado\u00adgy, New Tes\u00adta\u00adment stud\u00adies, and reli\u00adgious stud\u00adies. Iron\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly, some [skep\u00adti\u00adcal] New Tes\u00adta\u00adment schol\u00adars whose rai\u00adson d\u2019\u00eatre and spe\u00adcial\u00adiza\u00adtion is piec\u00ading togeth\u00ader events from thou\u00adsands of years ago, eager\u00adly embraced a false nar\u00adra\u00adtive that was triv\u00adial to fact check.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/11\/04\/science\/letters-to-the-editor-ai-chatbots.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Edi\u00adtor Got a Let\u00adter From \u2018Dr. B.S.\u2019 So Did a Lot of Oth\u00ader Edi\u00adtors.<\/a> (Gina Kola\u00adta, New York Times): \u201cLet\u00adters to the edi\u00adtor from writ\u00aders using chat\u00adbots are flood\u00ading the world\u2019s sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic jour\u00adnals, accord\u00ading to new research and jour\u00adnal edi\u00adtors.\u2026 There\u2019s a rea\u00adson authors might turn to A.I., Dr. Rubin not\u00aded in an inter\u00adview. Let\u00adters to the edi\u00adtor pub\u00adlished in sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adic jour\u00adnals are list\u00aded in data\u00adbas\u00ades that also list jour\u00adnal arti\u00adcles, and Dr. Rubin said that \u2018they count as much as an arti\u00adcle. For doing a very small amount of work, some\u00adone can get an arti\u00adcle in The New Eng\u00adland Jour\u00adnal of Med\u00adi\u00adcine on their C.V.,\u2019 he said. \u2018The incen\u00adtive to cheat is high,\u2019 he added.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The open\u00ading anec\u00addote is pret\u00adty fun\u00adny.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some stuff on anti\u00adsemitism and Zion\u00adism:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/why-antisemitism-is-moral-pornography\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Why Anti\u00adsemitism Is \u2018Moral Pornog\u00adra\u00adphy\u2019<\/a> (Mary Eber\u00adstadt, The Free Press): \u201cOnline anti\u00adsemitism is the new pornog\u00adra\u00adphy. It is moral pornog\u00adra\u00adphy. And pornog\u00adra\u00adphy it is\u2014because like pornog\u00adra\u00adphy, inter\u00adnet anti\u00adsemitism is most\u00adly engaged in secret\u00adly; like pornog\u00adra\u00adphy, it deliv\u00aders illic\u00adit thrills to degrad\u00aded users; and like pornog\u00adra\u00adphy, its con\u00adsump\u00adtion embar\u00adrass\u00ades users when it comes to light, as is seen when\u00adev\u00ader peo\u00adple are exposed in pub\u00adlic for spew\u00ading Jew-hatred online. Chris\u00adtians who were in the fore\u00adfront of under\u00adstand\u00ading that pornog\u00adra\u00adphy caus\u00ades harm should be in the fore\u00adfront of oppos\u00ading the moral pornog\u00adra\u00adphy of anti\u00adsemitism.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is an adap\u00adta\u00adtion of a speech giv\u00aden by a Catholic at a Catholic event, which explains some of the lan\u00adguage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/tucker-carlson-is-wrong-about-christian\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tuck\u00ader Carl\u00adson Is Wrong About Chris\u00adt\u00adian Zion\u00adism<\/a> (Samuel Gold\u00adman, The Free Press): \u201cBegin\u00adning in the 1980s, a whole genre of books and arti\u00adcles con\u00adtend\u00aded that Amer\u00adi\u00adcan Chris\u00adtians\u2019 enthu\u00adsi\u00adasm for Israel was based on an \u2018end-times\u2019 sce\u00adnario derived from the Vic\u00adto\u00adri\u00adan the\u00adolo\u00adgian John Nel\u00adson Dar\u00adby, and main\u00adstreamed by Scofield in the ear\u00adly 20th cen\u00adtu\u00adry.\u2026 [In real\u00adi\u00adty, the] his\u00adto\u00adry of Chris\u00adt\u00adian Zion\u00adism in Amer\u00adi\u00adca is far longer and more var\u00adi\u00adous than that.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefreedomfrequency.org\/p\/chinas-christians-are-americas-allies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chi\u00adna\u2019s Chris\u00adtians Are Amer\u00adi\u00adca\u2019s Allies<\/a> (Elisa Zhai Autry, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cSince its incep\u00adtion, the Com\u00admu\u00adnist Par\u00adty has viewed Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty as a desta\u00adbi\u00adliz\u00ading force that under\u00admines par\u00adty author\u00adi\u00adty and opens doors to for\u00adeign inter\u00adfer\u00adence. Yet, from Mao Zedong to Xi Jin\u00adping, every effort to stamp it out has failed. Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty has flour\u00adished amid wars, famine, polit\u00adi\u00adcal purges, the Cul\u00adtur\u00adal Rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion, the Tianan\u00admen Square mas\u00adsacre, and mod\u00adern cen\u00adsor\u00adship. Today, Chi\u00adnese Chris\u00adtians are esti\u00admat\u00aded to num\u00adber as high as 100 mil\u00adlion. The par\u00adty frames Chris\u00adtian\u00adi\u00adty as \u2018for\u00adeign,\u2019 but his\u00adto\u00adry dis\u00adputes that.\u2026 Chris\u00adtians were pil\u00adlars of China\u2019s mod\u00adern\u00adiza\u00adtion long before the par\u00adty claimed cred\u00adit. Their con\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adtion was indige\u00adnous, not foreign\u2014rooted deeply in Chi\u00adnese tra\u00addi\u00adtions and dri\u00adven by Chi\u00adnese believ\u00aders.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This is the Sub\u00adstack of Stan\u00adford\u2019s Hoover Insti\u00adtu\u00adtion.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Some stuff on con\u00adtem\u00adpo\u00adrary Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pol\u00adi\u00adtics, pre\u00adsent\u00aded in a non\u00adpar\u00adti\u00adsan man\u00adner. I am not endors\u00ading the per\u00adspec\u00adtives of the authors, I am mere\u00adly say\u00ading that I found their argu\u00adments intrigu\u00ading:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theargumentmag.com\/p\/16-takeaways-from-democrats-big-night?utm_source=%2Finbox&amp;utm_medium=reader2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">16 take\u00adaways from Democ\u00adrats\u2019 big night<\/a> (Jerusalem Dem\u00adsas, Jor\u00addan Weiss\u00admann, Lak\u00adshya Jain , &amp; Kelsey Piper, The Argu\u00adment): \u201cAnti-Trump\u00adism is a real\u00adly, real\u00adly pow\u00ader\u00adful force in Amer\u00adi\u00adcan pol\u00adi\u00adtics. espe\u00adcial\u00adly in non-pres\u00adi\u00adden\u00adtial elec\u00adtions. In Vir\u00adginia and New Jer\u00adsey, the Repub\u00adli\u00adcan nom\u00adi\u00adnees were tied to a very, very unpop\u00adu\u00adlar pres\u00adi\u00addent \u2014 and some\u00adtimes by choice. Yes, 2026 is going to have high\u00ader turnout than 2025 did, but it won\u2019t be on the lev\u00adel of 2024, and from the evi\u00addence we have, the drop-off is like\u00adly to be dis\u00adpro\u00adpor\u00adtion\u00adate\u00adly Repub\u00adli\u00adcan.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/9875ce01-58d1-4c16-91bc-bbc5a45fadae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The cos\u00admopoli\u00adtan con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive<\/a> (Janan Ganesh, Finan\u00adcial Times): \u201cThere is such a thing as a cos\u00admopoli\u00adtan con\u00adser\u00adv\u00ada\u00adtive. When I want to dis\u00adcuss Dubai \u2014 and when do I not? \u2014 I have to turn to apo\u00adlit\u00adi\u00adcal or right-lean\u00ading acquain\u00adtances.\u2026.&nbsp; Often, it is fear of caus\u00ading offence that stops lib\u00ader\u00adal-mind\u00aded peo\u00adple engag\u00ading with vast tracts of the world. And so cul\u00adtur\u00adal sen\u00adsi\u00adtiv\u00adi\u00adty turns into its own kind of parochial\u00adism.\u201d\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A fas\u00adci\u00adnat\u00ading (and very brief) arti\u00adcle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/inside-the-dsas-hostile-takeover\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Inside the DSA\u2019s Hos\u00adtile Takeover of the Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic Par\u00adty<\/a> (Olivia Rein\u00adgold, The Free Press): \u201c<em>The Free Press <\/em>reviewed thou\u00adsands of pages of inter\u00adnal Demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic Social\u00adists of Amer\u00adi\u00adca (DSA) doc\u00adu\u00adments, which show that the organization\u2019s lead\u00aders view Mam\u00addani as a tool in their agen\u00adda to abol\u00adish pris\u00adons and bor\u00adders, and ulti\u00admate\u00adly end in [sic] what they call the \u2018bar\u00adbar\u00adic order of cap\u00adi\u00adtal\u00adism.\u2019 The DSA, found\u00aded in 1982, is a polit\u00adi\u00adcal body ded\u00adi\u00adcat\u00aded to the doc\u00adtrine of demo\u00adc\u00adra\u00adt\u00adic social\u00adism, which is a vari\u00adety of social\u00adism that sim\u00adply spec\u00adi\u00adfies how it would like rev\u00ado\u00adlu\u00adtion to occur: peace\u00adful\u00adly, through the sub\u00adver\u00adsion of democ\u00adra\u00adcy. Mam\u00addani, a dues-pay\u00ading DSA mem\u00adber since 2017, is the tip of that spear.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.robkhenderson.com\/p\/the-tocqueville-paradox\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Toc\u00adqueville Para\u00addox<\/a> (Rob Hen\u00adder\u00adson, Sub\u00adstack): \u201cI am 35, one year old\u00ader than Mam\u00addani, and I can tell you that Mil\u00adlen\u00adni\u00adals and Gen Zers have not real\u00adly been taught about the fail\u00adures of social\u00adism. I will point out, with a bit of hyper\u00adbole, that in US high schools we get 155 hours on Hitler, three min\u00adutes on Stal\u00adin, zero on Mao and zero on Pol Pot. And social\u00adism is an idea that sounds good on face val\u00adue. It promis\u00ades to take from the rich and give to the poor. That means not only \u2018free stuff\u2019 for every\u00adone, but also a sense of fair\u00adness.\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/progressives-cant-bear-pregnancy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Pro\u00adgres\u00adsives Can\u2019t Bear Preg\u00adnan\u00adcy<\/a> (Kara Kennedy, The Free Press): \u201cThere\u2019s a sense on the left that the act of giv\u00ading birth is an insane, trau\u00admat\u00adic thing to do, an infringe\u00adment on all women\u2019s bod\u00adi\u00adly auton\u00ado\u00admy.\u2026 My most pro\u00adgres\u00adsive friends talk in hushed tones about want\u00adi\u00adng kids, as if con\u00adfess\u00ading a vice. One of them, after a few glass\u00ades of wine, told me she dreams of being a stay-at-home moth\u00ader. She couldn\u2019t tell her boyfriend. She couldn\u2019t even tell her clos\u00adest friend. To say it aloud would feel like a betray\u00adal of every\u00adthing she is sup\u00adposed to believe. Extreme pro\u00adgres\u00adsives turn on women who express entire\u00adly ordi\u00adnary wish\u00ades about fam\u00adi\u00adly.\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:\/\/xkcd.com\/3162\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Heart Moun\u00adtain<\/a> (xkcd): I looked the sto\u00adry behind this com\u00adic up \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heart_Mountain_(Wyoming)\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heart_Mountain_(Wyoming)\">it\u2019s WILD<\/a>. <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/babylonbee.com\/news\/idiot-tries-to-rob-bank-in-gotham-city-where-batman-lives\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Idiot Tries To Rob Bank In Gotham City, Where Bat\u00adman Lives<\/a> (Baby\u00adlon Bee): rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded by an alum\u00adnus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/6630f0d23a46f9e754165a0b3a21971a\/9ad9e3b4e6b998e2-37\/s1280x1920\/3a3b96854bd2efad84df7044a33d61cb3bb1c578.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hero Cos\u00adtumes<\/a> (Texts From Super\u00adheroes): same alum\u00adnus rec\u00adom\u00admend\u00aded this one<\/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>You\u2019ve heard of TGIF? This is TGFI: Things Glen Found Inter\u00adest\u00ading On Fri\u00addays I share articles\/resources about broad cul\u00adtur\u00adal, soci\u00adetal and the\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal issues like\u00adly to be of inter\u00adest to Chris\u00adtians in col\u00adlege. Be sure to see the expla\u00adna\u00adtion and dis\u00adclaimers at the bot\u00adtom. 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