Welcome to this bonus episode of the Daily Article podcast titled A Limited Nuclear War

would star millions of people. It's written by Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the

Denison Forum. It's frustrating to face enemies we thought we had already defeated.

Polio vaccines are now being offered to children in the UK.

We thought the vaccine developed by Jonas Salk in the 1950s had eradicated the disease,

but it's apparently making a comeback.

According to a new survey, 10% of kindergarten through 12th grade teachers in the U.S.

say they've been physically attacked by a student.

We thought the return to the classroom after COVID-19 lockdowns would be greeted with gratitude,

but violence against teachers persists.

And a new study reports that even a relatively small nuclear war would create a worldwide food crisis lasting at least a decade in which hundreds

of millions would starve. We thought the demise of the Cold War would lower the prospects of

nuclear confrontation, but this existential and cataclysmic threat clearly persists. When we face daunting

challenges, it is human nature to try harder, to do better.

We rise to the challenge, trying to solve our problems, and secure our future. Our culture applauds

such initiative and self-reliance. We resonate with Theodore Roosevelt's famous declaration.

The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena,

whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs, who comes short

again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming, but who does

actually strive to do the deeds, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions,

who spends himself in a worthy cause.

But still, our crises persist.

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