Do you know our greatest source of hope?
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 13 May 2024
⏱️ 7 minutes
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Summary
This weekend, we experienced a rare display of northern lights throughout the continental US, the start of a rare double brood of cicadas emerging from the ground, and Ascension Sunday. With culture columnists discussing all the ways we’re living in an exceptionally lucky period of time, we need to remember that our greatest hope in life ascended to the heavens so he can be with us throughout all time, always. Of all the incredible developments in medicine and technology, this is the one fact that blesses us the most. And it’s not luck.
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| 0:00.0 | Greetings and welcome to the Daily Article podcast. Today is Monday, May the 13th, 2024. I'm Chris Elkins, |
| 0:08.9 | narrating today's article written by Denison Forum co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison. To also receive |
| 0:15.9 | the Daily Article email in your inbox, subscribe at daily article.org. |
| 0:22.3 | The images are stunning. The Aurora Borealis, also known as the Northern Lights, |
| 0:27.5 | captivated the world over the weekend. Because of a rare solar storm, the neon rays of magenta, |
| 0:33.9 | green, and blue were visible across the northern hemisphere as far south as Louisiana. |
| 0:39.3 | Here's more news from nature. |
| 0:41.3 | Trillions of cicadas are emerging from the ground all around the U.S. |
| 0:45.3 | Two different broods are coming out at the same time. |
| 0:49.3 | This last happened when Thomas Jefferson was president. |
| 0:52.3 | According to one expert, it's going to be a smorgas board of lots and lots of food for species who eat them. |
| 0:59.5 | If that news is less than appetizing, consider this. |
| 1:02.9 | According to New York Times columnist Nicholas Christoph, |
| 1:06.4 | we have the good fortune to be part of what is probably the greatest improvement in life expectancy, |
| 1:12.6 | nutrition, and health that has ever unfolded in one lifetime. |
| 1:17.6 | He cites one example. |
| 1:19.6 | One hundred years ago, President Calvin Coolidge's 16-year-old son developed a blister on a toe |
| 1:25.6 | while playing tennis on the White House court. |
| 1:28.1 | It became infected and without antibiotics, the boy died within a week. |
| 1:32.9 | Today, as Christophic reports, the most impoverished child in the United States on Medicaid |
| 1:38.5 | has access to better health care than the president's son did a century ago. |
| 1:43.8 | This is good news indeed. |
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