Weekend Reads 7/23/16

Why the GOP is trying to stop the Pentagon's climate plan

DOD officials have been warning for years that climate change could have dire consequences on U.S. national security. Increased refugee flows, which are already straining Europe, are likely to accelerate as the climate heats up and have the potential to destabilize large swaths of the world, including the Middle East and South Pacific.

How Therapy Became A Hobby Of The Wealthy, Out Of Reach For Those In Need

"That's why you can have a lot of mental health professionals in an area, but still have a shortage of care for people in need," Humphreys adds. "The person who's hurt is the person who's suicidal, maybe they're horribly addicted to OxyContin or their child is showing signs of bipolar disorder, and they can't find somebody to take their insurance. It's unjust."

Evangelicals Who Have Lost Their Souls

The only way we can really love God is by loving our neighbor, who bears the image of God. And lest we try to define and limit who our neighbor is, Jesus tells the story of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:29-37).

In our culture, it would be the story of the Good Muslim, and the two who pass by without helping the man in need would be Christian clergy, perhaps a pastor and a priest.

The Hunter

In recent years, two developments have helped make hacking for the government a lot more attractive than hacking for yourself. First, the Department of Justice has cracked down on freelance hacking, whether it be altruistic or malignant. If the DOJ doesn’t like the way you hack, you are going to jail. Meanwhile, hackers have been warmly invited to deploy their transgressive impulses in service to the homeland, because the NSA and other federal agencies have turned themselves into licensed hives of breaking into other people’s computers.