human nature
/You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around and why his parents will always wave back. -William D. Tammeus
You don't really understand human nature unless you know why a child on a merry-go-round will wave at his parents every time around and why his parents will always wave back. -William D. Tammeus
One of the most important differences between a change and a transition is that changes are driven to reach a goal, but transitions start with letting go of what no longer fits or is adequate to the life stage you are in. You need to figure out for yourself what exactly that no-longer appropriate thing is. There’s no list in the back of the book. But there is a hint can save you considerable pain and remorse: Whatever it is, it is internal. Although it might be true that you emerge from a time of transition with the clear sense that it is time for you to end a relationship or leave a job, that simply represents the change that your transition has prepared you to make. The transition itself begins with letting go of something that you have believed or assumed, some way you’ve always been or seen yourself, some outlook on the world or attitude toward others.
William Bridges, Transitions
To fly we have to have resistance. -Maya Lin
Every morning just look at your calendar and ask yourself one question: “What’s the main event today?” I’m going to see six people. I’m going to do seven things. But of the six people I see and the seven things I do, what’s the main event?
In other words, what’s the most important thing I’m going to do today. Don’t make everything the main event because I’m not going to be good all day. I’m not going to be able to hit a home run every time I swing the bat. I’m going to have some fouls and I’m going to have some strike outs.
When you decide your main event, spend most of your time, most of your energy, most of your focus on it. You know what I know about life? You don’t have to be good at everything, you just have to be good at the main thing. If you’re good at the main thing, people will pay for you to do it again.
John Maxwell
To find a person inexhaustible is simply the definition of love. -Iris Murdoch
Our attitude to life is always a reflection of our attitude to God. Saying “yes” to God is saying “yes” to life, to all its problems and difficulties. “Yes” instead of “no”, an attitude of adventure instead of one of going one strike. In such an adventure we commit our entire being. It is not an escape. We do not have to give up our reason, our intelligence, our knowledge, our facility to judge, nor our emotions, our likes, our desire, our instincts, our conscience and unconscious aspirations, but rather to place them all in God’s hand’s, so that he may direct, stimulate, fertilize, develop and use them.
Paul Tournier, The Adventure of Living
***HIGHER ED
Colleges Prepare Students 2020 census https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/20/colleges-prepare-students-2020-census
Colorado College declares itself first school in Rocky Mountain region to reach carbon neutrality https://www.denverpost.com/2020/01/22/colorado-college-carbon-neutrality/
How to Tell if Your College is Using Facial Recognition to Monitor People on Campus
https://lifehacker.com/how-to-tell-if-your-college-is-using-facial-recognition-1841414325
Accenture to Expand Workday Practice to Help Higher Education and Public Sector Organizations Transform Core Operations https://finance.yahoo.com/news/accenture-expand-workday-practice-help-170600248.html
A university “plans to fire three people who they say helped a graduate student obtain a doctoral degree in return for the student getting them grant money https://www.wesh.com/article/alleged-bribery-scandal-under-investigation-at-ucf/30683191#
***HIGHER ED & HEALTH
Tuberculosis warning issued for Southwestern and San Diego City colleges https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-20/tuberculosis-warning-issued-for-southwestern-and-san-diego-city-colleges
Preparing for coronavirus on college campuses https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/27/some-colleges-report-possible-coronavirus-cases-experts-emphasize-importanc
***HIGHER ED & FINANCE
More than 40 percent of trustees are now very concerned about the future of higher education https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/29/trustees-growing-increasingly-worried-about-future-higher-education-us-polling-shows
***HIGHER ED & FREE SPEECH
America's worst colleges for free speech list released https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/29/americas-worst-colleges-free-speech-list-released/
Babson College lands on ‘Worst Colleges for Free Speech’ list after firing employee https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/29/babson-college-lands-on-worst-colleges-for-free-speech-list-after-firing-employee/
***TEACHING
Professors Are Turning the Page on Budget-Busting Textbooks https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/colorado/articles/2020-02-02/professors-are-turning-the-page-on-budget-busting-textbooks
Scammers target college students with fake online access codes for digital course material https://wjla.com/features/7-on-your-side/college-scams-textbook-codes-social-media
***ACADEMIC LIFE
MIT puts professor on leave over new revelations about his ties to Jeffrey Epstein as it issues anticipated report https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/13/mit-puts-professor-leave-over-new-revelations-about-his-ties-jeffrey-epstein
MLA members discuss professors' ethical responsibilities for training graduate students, as some propose shifts in admissions practices. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/13/mla-discusses-professors-ethical-responsibilities-training-graduate-students
Former TCU faculty member sues alleging discrimination https://www.tcu360.com/2020/01/former-faculty-member-sues-alleging-discrimination/
***CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS
Christian Colleges Should Interact With World, Not Oppose It (opinion) https://sojo.net/articles/christian-colleges-should-interact-world-not-oppose-it
Alabama Megachurch Buys More Property for New College Campus https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/alabama/articles/2020-01-19/alabama-megachurch-buys-more-property-for-new-college-campus
Pacific Lutheran violated an adjunct professor and advocate's rights in effectively dismissing her for offering private lessons https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/21/aaup-finds-pacific-lutheran-targeted-adjunct-dismissal
Private Christian institution merges with the Watkins College of Art https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/29/another-art-school-absorbed-belmont-university
Stephen Galloway Named Dean of Chapman University's Film School https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/stephen-galloway-named-dean-chapman-universitys-film-school-1274760
Merger With Christian University Stokes Uproar Over Faith and Free Expression https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/02/us/belmont-university-christians-barred-watkins-college.html
***LIBERTY UNIVERSITY
Liberty University spent over $157 million on admission leads between 2009 and 2016--their 8-year graduation rate is 44% https://news.elearninginside.com/liberty-university-one-of-americas-largest-online-educators-spent-over-157-million-on-admission-leads-between-2009-and-2016-their-8-year-graduation-rate-is-44/
Liberty University announces Pompeo as commencement speaker https://www.richmond.com/news/virginia/liberty-university-announces-pompeo-as-commencement-speaker/article_32e34f11-8b3a-56da-a94a-98039613c795.htm
Bob Good resigns from Liberty University position to focus on campaign https://wset.com/news/local/bob-good-resigns-from-liberty-university-position-to-focus-on-campaign
Liberty merges two schools — here’s why https://wlni.com/news/liberty-merges-two-schools-heres-why
***RESEARCH
Research intelligence: how to sniff out errors and fraud https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/research-intelligence-how-sniff-out-errors-and-fraud
Should research misconduct be criminalized? https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1747016119898400
Putin wanted Russian science to top the world: Then a huge academic scandal blew up https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/putin-wanted-russian-science-to-top-the-world-then-a-major-academic-scandal-blew-up/2020/01/16/f58239ec-34b9-11ea-898f-eb846b7e9feb_story.html
Journal transparency index will be ‘alternative’ to impact scores https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/journal-transparency-index-will-be-alternative-impact-scores
Peer Review works little better than flipping coins: Budding scholars pay the price https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-01-29/peer-review-is-science-s-wheel-of-misfortune
Why one plagiarism sleuth who has led to dozens of retractions does what he does https://blog.brill.com/humanitiesmatter/publication_ethics_michael_dougherty.html
In Taiwan, researchers “generally agreed that [questionable authorship practices] had a long history among local academics but were rarely reported” https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11948-020-00180-x
How Academic Science Gave Its Soul to the Publishing Industry https://issues.org/how-academic-science-gave-its-soul-to-the-publishing-industry/
California to resume Elsevier talks after signing deals elsewhere https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/california-resume-elsevier-talks-after-signing-deals-elsewhere
***STUDENT LIFE
SNAP rules changes could affect college students https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/20/how-snap-rule-changes-could-affect-college-students
As Esports Take Off, High School Leagues Get In The Game https://www.npr.org/2020/01/21/798252787/as-esports-take-off-high-school-leagues-get-in-the-game
University of Minnesota student jailed in China over tweets https://www.axios.com/china-arrests-university-minnesota-twitter-e495cf47-d895-4014-9ac8-8dc76aa6004d.html
The thirtysomething life crisis https://www.vox.com/first-person/2020/1/23/21077392/crisis-thirtysomething-in-my-30s
Prof calls police on student—for not changing seats https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2020/01/23/ball-state-prof-calls-police-student-over-seating-assignment/4554275002/
The link between smartphones and teenage depression may be overblown https://www.technologyreview.com/f/615071/your-kids-phone-probably-isnt-making-them-depressed/
Esports Is Booming, But Its Reception Remains Divided https://www.npr.org/2020/01/29/800938040/esports-is-booming-but-its-reception-remains-divided
The power of celibacy: Abstinence is making people happier https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2020/jan/28/the-power-of-celibacy-giving-up-sex-was-a-massive-relief
New Study Finds High School GPA Beats Standardized Tests https://www.fatherly.com/news/new-study-finds-high-school-gpa-beats-standardized-tests/
***STUDENTS IN COURT
Lawsuit claims Texas Christian University faculty assaulted, racially discriminated against student https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/education/lawsuit-claims-texas-christian-university-faculty-assaulted-and-racially-discriminated-against-student/287-6e9bcc40-c1d9-4173-aca1-04c96e65e603
Why an internet that never forgets is especially bad for young people https://www.technologyreview.com/s/614941/internet-that-never-forgets-bad-for-young-people-online-permanence/
***STUDENTS & FINANCE
Myth Busted: Turns Out Bankruptcy Can Wipe Out Student Loan Debt After Allhttps://www.npr.org/2020/01/22/797330613/myth-busted-turns-out-bankruptcy-can-wipe-out-student-loan-debt-after-all
Is It Fair to Award Scholarships Based on the SAT? https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-it-fair-to-award-scholarships-based-on-the-sat-11580639400
***SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
Franklin College president fired after arrest for sex crimes: 'We are deeply shocked' https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2020/01/13/franklin-college-indiana-president-thomas-minar-fired-wisconsin-arrest/4457686002/
Michigan Provost Accused of Sexual Misconduct https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2020/01/23/michigan-provost-placed-leave-sexual-misconduct-allegations
‘Sexual Citizens,' Reveals Data On Sex, Power And Assault On Campus https://www.npr.org/2020/01/23/798545780/in-sexual-citizens-students-open-up-about-sex-power-and-assault-on-campus
UT-Austin students condemn school's handling of sexual misconduct cases https://www.texastribune.org/2020/01/28/ut-austin-students-condemn-schools-handling-sexual-misconduct-cases/?fbclid=IwAR0ebVeGjf-pVL6uOBoHg6U29RQ6BZu2pnSm-RuYGabNIg5Dy-wwt_Z0MDs
Lawyer: Deposition Gave Wrong Info in Sexual Harassment Case filed by Nursing Student https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/north-carolina/articles/2020-02-01/lawyer-deposition-gave-wrong-info-in-sexual-harassment-case?src=usn_fl
What counts in making a happy marriage is not so much how compatible you are, but how you deal with incompatibility. -Tolstoy
***RELIGION
U.S. churchgoers are satisfied with the sermons they hear, though content varies by religious tradition https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/28/u-s-churchgoers-are-satisfied-with-the-sermons-they-hear-though-content-varies-by-religious-tradition/
US biologists ‘biased’ against evangelical students, says study | Times Higher Education https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/us-biologists-biased-against-evangelical-students-says-study
For some Latinos, grappling with their Christian identity can be complicated https://pres-outlook.org/2020/01/for-some-latinos-grappling-with-their-christian-identity-can-be-complicated/
The Largest Christian Adoption Agency Is Ending International Adoptions https://relevantmagazine.com/current16/the-largest-christian-adoption-agency-is-ending-international-adoptions/
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Evangelical Megachurch pastor: Jesus would have 'beat the crap' out of John Bolton https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/480605-conservative-pastor-says-jesus-would-have-beat-the-crap-out-of
Pompeo Keeps NPR Reporter Feud Going With Pointed Bible Quote https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-01-25/pompeo-lashes-out-at-reporter-after-she-asked-ukraine-questions
***RELIGION & THE LAW
Caught between gender equality and religious liberty (opinion) https://religionnews.com/2020/01/13/caught-between-gender-equality-and-religious-liberty/
Supreme Court allows DHS rule on immigrant welfare benefits heavily criticized by evangelical groups https://www.christianpost.com/news/supreme-court-allows-dhs-rule-on-immigrant-welfare-benefits-heavily-criticized-by-evangelical-groups.html
Leaders of a Kingdom of Jesus Christ church arrested in human trafficking and immigration fraud inquiry https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-30/leaders-of-a-los-angeles-church-arrested-in-human-trafficking-and-immigration-fraud-inquiry
***MEGACHURCHES
Brother of Megachurch pastor accused of sexually assaulting young girl https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/Former-Harris-County-constable-captain-accused-of-15016509.php
Willow Creek Acknowledges New Allegations of ‘Inappropriate Behavior’ Against Co-Founder https://relevantmagazine.com/culture/willow-creek-acknowledges-new-allegations-of-inappropriate-behavior-against-co-founder/
***CATHOLIC
We Assembled the Only Nationwide Database of Priests Deemed Credibly Accused of Abuse: Here’s How https://www.propublica.org/article/we-assembled-the-only-nationwide-database-of-priests-deemed-credibly-accused-of-abuse-heres-how
Dorothy Day was a radical: Now many want the Vatican to make her a saint https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/01/28/being-communist-socialist-anarchist-sympathizer-once-made-dorothy-day-radical-now-many-want-vatican-make-her-saint/
***RELIGION & LGBTQ ISSUES
Christian liberal arts college didn't want her coaching because she's gay. Now she's in the Super Bowl https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/goshen-college-didn-t-want-her-coaching-because-she-s/article_206178f2-42c6-11ea-a9ef-d7bebaa46a9c.html
Texas AG won't defend state agency in gay marriage suit, citing beliefs https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/texas-ag-won-t-defend-state-agency-gay-marriage-suit-n1126731
In daily life, without the particular pressures of politics, people find it hard to spot liars. Tim Levine of the University of Alabama, Birmingham, has spent decades running tests that allow participants (apparently unobserved) to cheat. He then asks them on camera if they have played fair. He asks others to look at the recordings and decide who is being forthright about cheating and who is covering it up. In 300 such tests people got it wrong about half of the time, no better than a random coin toss. Few people can detect a liar. Even those whose job is to conduct interviews to dig out hidden truths, such as police officers or intelligence agents, are no better than ordinary folk.
What interests of your adversary overlap with your own? Expand the pie before you divide it.
***WRITING & READING
The Enemies of Writing: A writer who’s afraid to tell people what they don’t want to hear has chosen the wrong trade https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/01/packer-hitchens/605365/
JRR Tolkien's son Christopher dies aged 95 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/16/jrr-tolkiens-son-christopher-dies-aged-95
Exploring various scholars' rationales for self-plagiarism https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2020/01/10/essay-rationales-self-plagiarism
***GRAMMAR
Who do they think they are? The battle over the singular use of “they” has been waged for centuries https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2020/01/18/who-do-they-think-they-are
English's pronoun problem is centuries old https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/english-s-pronoun-problem-is-centuries-old-120012301829_1.html
***JOURNALISM
7 things to consider before adopting AI in your news organisation: A training module for newsrooms https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/polis/2019/12/12/7-things-to-consider/
Journalism still has power: But not the way you’d hope https://www.cjr.org/cjr_outbox/hegseth-trump-gallagher.php
The latest newspaper chain to face Alden Global Capital cost-cutting https://www.axios.com/media-local-newspapers-private-equity-0add6bce-f44a-4938-82bb-6d4bb01068c8.html
Jim Lehrer's 16 Rules for Practicing Journalism with Integrity www.openculture.com/2020/01/jim-lehrers-16-rules-for-being-a-journalist-with-integrity.html
***THE BUSINESS OF JOURNALISM
Flipboard expands into local news https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/28/flipboard-expands-into-local-news/
Facebook awards $700,000 in local news grants https://www.axios.com/facebook-local-news-grants-advertising-f9f7048b-2bd2-4eb6-9bfc-6fe72fb5c359.html
The New York Times used to be afraid of BuzzFeed. Now it’s hired its biggest star. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/28/21112608/ben-smith-new-york-times-buzzfeed-media-revenue-jonah-peretti
***FAKES & FRAUDS
Big Tech platforms struggle to police deepfakes ahead of the 2020 elections https://www.axios.com/deepfakes-big-tech-policy-facebook-reddit-tiktok-ca7a99b8-e571-4b0b-933a-27e4b2c0b0f7.html
2020 rules of the road for the Age of Misinformation https://www.axios.com/2020-rules-of-the-road-for-the-age-of-misinformation-87bc3f7e-b064-4b47-bc71-7639b9a82b8a.html
How Swedes Were Fooled By One Of The Biggest Scientific Bluffs Of Our Time https://medium.com/@Soccermatics/how-swedes-were-fooled-by-one-of-the-biggest-scientific-bluffs-of-our-time-de47c82601ad
A new text message scam is disguising itself as a FedEx notification https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/23/business/fedex-text-scam-trnd/
How To Spot 2020 Election Disinformation https://www.npr.org/2020/01/23/798809217/how-to-spot-2020-election-disinformation
Clearview AI Says Its Facial Recognition Software Identified A Terrorism Suspect: The Cops Say That's Not True https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ryanmac/clearview-ai-nypd-facial-recognition
Half of Americans don’t know 6m Jews were killed in Holocaust, survey says https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/22/holocaust-survey-americans-pew-research-center
American Distrust Of The Voting Process Is Widespread, Poll Finds https://www.npr.org/2020/01/21/798088827/american-distrust-of-the-voting-process-is-widespread-npr-poll-finds
Is this video “missing context,” “transformed,” or “edited”? This effort wants to standardize how we categorize visual misinformation https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/is-this-video-missing-context-transformed-or-edited-this-effort-wants-to-standardize-how-we-categorize-visual-misinformation/
Misinformation about coronavirus tests Facebook, Google and China https://www.axios.com/coronavirus-misinformation-facebook-twitter-google-china-246a0325-b4ea-4465-92ae-5f364a7e965c.html
The New York Times tested blockchain to help you identify faked photos on your timeline https://www.niemanlab.org/2020/01/heres-how-the-new-york-times-tested-blockchain-to-help-you-identify-faked-photos-on-your-timeline/
***SOCIAL MEDIA
Twitter’s Jack Dorsey on edit button: ‘We’ll probably never do it’ https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/15/21066815/twitter-edit-button-jack-dorsey-says-no
Twitter apologises for letting ads target neo-Nazis and bigots https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-51112238
Targeting TikTok’s privacy alone misses a larger issue: Chinese state control https://qz.com/1788836/targeting-tiktoks-privacy-alone-misses-a-much-larger-point/
***LANGUAGE
How we use language, with a look under the hood https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/columnists/mcintyre/bs-ed-mcintyre-20200111-tmf465vuubdebmtpu3p6ngsz2q-story.html
Things You Didn't Know Had Names https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/63034/48-things-you-didnt-know-had-names
Using a child’s identified pronouns might feel complicated, but it’s crucial. Here’s why (opinion) https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2020/01/16/using-childs-identified-pronouns-might-feel-complicated-its-crucial-heres-why/
The alphabets at risk of extinction https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20200121-the-alphabets-at-risk-of-extinction
Author Interview: Dennis Baron On 'What's Your Pronoun?' https://www.npr.org/2020/01/26/799629318/author-interview-dennis-baron-on-what-s-your-pronoun
'Baby Shark,' Now In 19 Languages And Counting — Including A Navajo Tongue https://www.npr.org/2020/01/28/800557518/baby-shark-now-in-19-languages-and-counting-including-a-navajo-tongue
Discover the Disappearing Turkish Language That is Whistled, Not Spoken www.openculture.com/2020/01/discover-the-turkish-language-that-is-whistled-not-spoken.html
***LITERATURE
The Obscure Editions of Jane Austen Novels That Made Her Internationally Known https://lithub.com/the-obscure-editions-of-jane-austen-novels-that-made-her-internationally-known/
UCLA receives $25 million from Uniqlo founder for Japanese literature and culture studies http://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/25-million-uniqlo-founder-japanese-literature-and-culture
Edgar Allan Poe's Baltimore home was named a literary landmark https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/edgar-allan-poe-baltimore-literary-landmark-trnd/index.html
Virginia Woolf Books To Read If You Want To Explore 20th Century Literature https://www.republicworld.com/lifestyle/books/virginia-woolf-books-to-read-to-explore-20th-century-literature.html
Is Jane Austen the Antidote to Social Media Overload? https://daily.jstor.org/is-jane-austen-the-antidote-to-social-media-overload/
Jeanine Cummins' migrant book 'American Dirt' is problematic; author’s note makes it worse https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2020/01/21/american-dirt-jeanine-cummins-book-review-mexican-migrant/4497859002/
***POETRY
What happens when machines learn to write poetry: should artificial intelligence alter our appreciation of art? http://bit.ly/30CkvI3
Have You Abandoned Your New Year's Resolutions? Tell Us In A Poem https://www.npr.org/2020/01/16/795953834/have-you-abandoned-your-new-years-resolutions-tell-us-in-a-poem
'Ghost poetry': fight over Samuel Beckett's Nobel win revealed in archives https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jan/17/ghost-poetry-fight-over-samuel-beckett-nobel-win-revealed-in-archives
***THE BUSINESS OF MEDIA
Augmented reality contacts are real, and could be here sooner than you think https://mashable.com/article/augmented-reality-contact-lenses-mojo-vision/
The Culling Has Begun’: Inside the iHeartMedia Layoffs https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/iheartmedia-mass-layoffs-937513
Could iHeart layoffs be the beginning of local radio’s endgame? https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2020/01/could-iheart-layoffs-be-the-beginning-of-local-radios-endgame.htm
2020 won't be the year digital election ads surpass TV https://www.axios.com/2020-digital-election-ads-tv-75cd82b1-b9a1-4637-b885-8aa654e63291.html
***PRIVACY & SECURITY
Clearview app lets strangers find your name, info with snap of a photo, report says https://www.cnet.com/news/clearview-app-lets-strangers-find-your-name-info-with-snap-of-a-photo-report-says
Facial Recognition could replace the fingerprint https://story.californiasunday.com/facial-recognition
The Secret History of Facial Recognition https://www.wired.com/story/secret-history-facial-recognition/
Most Americans support right to have some personal info removed from online searches https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/27/most-americans-support-right-to-have-some-personal-info-removed-from-online-searches/
We don’t become better because we acquire new information. We become better because we acquire better loves. We don’t become what we know. Education is a process of love formation. When you go to a school, it should offer you new things to love.
David Brooks, The Road to Character
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. -Mahatma Gandhi
Monday, January 27 is International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Introducing a (60 Minutes) story about Nazi Adolf Eichmann, a principle architect of the Holocaust, (Mike) Wallace posed a central question at the program’s outset: “How is it possible…for a man to act as Eichmann acted?...Was he a monster? A madman? Or was he perhaps something even more terrifying: was he normal?”
Normal? The executioner of millions of Jews normal? Most self-respecting viewers would be outraged at the very thought.
The most startling answer to Wallace’s shocking question came in an interview with Yehiel Dinur, a concentration camp survivor who testified against Eichmann at the Nuremburg trials. A film clip from Eichmann’s 1961 trial showed Dinur walking into the courtroom, stopping short, seeing Eichmann for the first time since the Nazi had sent him to Auschwitz eighteen years earlier. Dinur began to sob uncontrollably, then fainted, collapsing in a heap in the floor a sthe presiding judicial officer pounded his gavel for order in the crowded courtroom.
Was Dinur overcome by hatred? Fear? Horrid memories?
No; it was none of these. Rather, as Dinur explained to Wallace, all at once he realized Eichmann was not the godlike army officer who had sent so many to their deaths. This Eichmann was an ordinary man. “I was afraid about myself,” said Dinur “… I saw that I am capable to do this. I am…exactly like he.”
Wallace’s subsequent summation of Dinur’s terrible discovery – “Eichmann is in all of us” – is a horrifying statement; but it indeed captures the central truth about man’s nature.
Charles Colson, Who Speaks for God?
100% of the shots you don't take, don't go in. -Wayne Gretzky (born Jan. 26, 1961)
We set up harsh and unkind rules against ourselves. No one is born without faults. –Homer
***RELIGION
AI will transform religion with robot priests like this one https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2019/9/9/20851753/ai-religion-robot-priest-mindar-buddhism-christianity
'Jeopardy!' Game show faces criticism after wading into Mideast conflict: Is the Church of the Nativity in Palestine or Israel? https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/game-show-jeopardy-faces-criticism-after-wading-israel-palestine-conflict-n111416
Sex Abuse Crisis in Amish Country https://www.cosmopolitan.com/lifestyle/a30284631/amish-sexual-abuse-incest-me-too/
Died: Jack Van Impe, Televangelist Who Saw Signs of End Times https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/january/jack-van-impe-died-end-times-televangelist.html
***RELIGION AND POLITICS
Why Pete Buttigieg Has Made Religion Central to His Campaign https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-religion-2020.html
Meet Mark Galli: The Wheaton evangelical who called out Trump https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200111/meet-mark-galli-the-wheaton-evangelical-who-called-out-trump
Donald Trump Is Promising ‘Big Action’ on School Prayer to Rally Evangelical Voters https://time.com/5765829/trump-school-prayer-evangelicals/
Many churchgoers in U.S. don't know the political leanings of their clergy https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/01/13/many-churchgoers-in-u-s-dont-know-the-political-leanings-of-their-clergy/
Trump to become first president to speak at annual anti-abortion March for Life event https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/24/politics/trump-march-for-life/index.html
***RELIGION & THE LAW
Christian-Based Convicted Sex Offenders' Ministry Housing Too Close To Playground, City Says https://www.npr.org/2020/01/15/796021411/convicted-sex-offenders-ministry-housing-too-close-to-playground-city-says
***RELIGION IN THE SUPREME COURT
The Supreme Court takes up a deeply fraught case about state funding of religious schools https://www.vox.com/2020/1/15/21058338/supreme-court-espinoza-montana-religious-schools
Supreme Court will tackle dispute over birth control, religious liberty https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/17/birth-control-coverage-supreme-court-weigh-religious-objections/2679555001/
Supreme Court religious rights case has big implications for U.S. schools https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-religion-idUSKBN1ZJ19T
Supreme Court takes up church-state separation in Christian schools case https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/supreme-court-takes-church-state-separation-christian-schools-case-n1117006
***RELIGION & MONEY
Major evangelical nonprofits are trying a new strategy with the IRS that allows them to hide their salaries https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/major-evangelical-nonprofits-are-trying-a-new-strategy-with-the-irs-that-allows-them-to-hide-their-salaries/ar-BBZ3nTt?li=BBnbfcN
***RELIGION & MUSIC
Kanye West Headlines At Evangelical Student Conference In The Bible Belt https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kanye-west-strength-to-stand-conference_n_5e25ff85c5b673621f7a4c97
TobyMac's son, Truett McKeehan, died of fentanyl, amphetamine overdose https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2020/01/22/tobymac-rep-son-truett-mckeehan-died-of-accidental-overdose-in-nashville/4539864002/
***RELIGION & LGBTQ ISSUES
Kentucky Christian school expels girl for 'gay' rainbow cake, mom says https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2020/01/14/kentucky-christian-school-expels-girl-gay-rainbow-cake-mom-says/4418756002/
Utah Becomes Latest State To Ban Discredited LGBTQ 'Conversion Therapy' https://www.npr.org/2020/01/22/798603313/utah-becomes-latest-state-to-ban-discredited-lgbtq-conversion-therapy
We (the church) have created a phenomenal subculture with our own media, entertainment, educational system, and political hierarchy so that we have the sense that we're doing a lot. But what we've really done is create a ghetto that is easily dismissed by the rest of society. -Bob Briner, Roaring Lambs
We see but one aspect of our neighbor, as we see but one side of the moon. -Walter Bagehot
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