It's Wednesday. Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast. Today's article is written by Dr. Jim

Denison and narrated by Chris Elkins of the Denison Forum. What do these stories have in common?

A man cooked and ate, a poisonous pufferfish that had been given to him, fell into a coma, and died 35 days later.

A 19-year-old hiker was taking photos at a scenic overlook in Utah when the cliff he was standing

on crumbled beneath him and he plunged to his death.

A 34-year-old man in Colorado was bitten by a helo monster he kept as a pet and died four days later.

A man in India jumped into a zoo enclosure to take a selfie with a lion who then mauled him to death.

Obviously, none of them knew their decisions would lead to their deaths.

They sincerely believed they were doing the right thing at the time.

However, can someone who is sincere be sincerely wrong? Can a nation? I came across an article this

week highlighting Alexander Solstinitin's 1978 commencement address at Harvard University.

When I reread the exile dissidents' words, I knew I needed to share

some of them with you today. How well do they describe America's culture 46 years later?

Sosa Nizan warned, quote, the fight for our planet, physical and spiritual, a fight of cosmic proportions is not a vague matter of the

future. It is already started. The forces of evil have begun their decisive offensive. You can feel

their pressure, yet your screens and publications are full of prescribed smiles and raised glasses.

What is the joy about? Solton Isson described the root of the

problem. We have lost the concept of a supreme, complete entity which used to restrain our passions

and our irresponsibility. We have placed too much hope in politics and social reforms, only to

find out that we were being deprived of our most precious

possession, our spiritual life.

Then he prescribed the solution.

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