Good day and welcome to the Monday, February 2nd, 26th edition of Denison Forum's Daily Article

Podcast, authored today by cultural theologian Dr. Jim Denison. I'm Chris Elkins, narrator.

Anti-ice protests were staged in cities across the U.S. over the weekend.

Bikers also participated in

memorial rides for Alex Preti, who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis last month. Over 200

such rides took place across 43 states. In other news, the U.S. government partially shut

down over the weekend as dozens of federal agencies saw their funding lapse at

12 a.m. Saturday. And President Trump named Kevin Warsh to become federal reserve chair,

but the process for confirmation by the Senate may be in doubt. Here's what these stories have in

common. They illustrate features in American governance, not bugs. This is a fact

that matters far beyond its political implications. Public demonstrations have long been a part of

the American story as the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s and the recent March for Life in Washington, D.C.,

illustrate. Such events stand in marked contrast to the recent

massacre of protesters in Iran and the 1989 murder of demonstrators in Tenement Square by the Chinese

Communist Party. Our partial government shutdown occurred because the Senate approved a funding package

late Friday, but the House is not expected to vote on it until tomorrow at the earliest.

Mr. Warsh's confirmation by the Senate may be blocked by Senator Tom Tillis, not because he is opposed to the president's nominee, but because he wants an investigation into the current Fed Chair, Jerome Powell, to be, quote,

fully and transparently resolved first. In each case, we are seeing the juxtaposition of

America's founding declaration that all men are created equal and the constitutional provision

of checks and balances against unaccountable power.

Citizens can seek to persuade our leaders and otherwise catalyze change through lawful protests and public gatherings.

The various branches of government can also leverage their influence toward the common good,

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