It's Wednesday, May the 28th, 2025.

Welcome to Denison Forum's Daily Article podcast.

Today's Daily Article is authored by our co-founder, CEO, and philosopher, Dr. Jim

Denison, and narrated by Chris Elkins.

When I woke up this morning, I had no plans to write on any of the stories with which I'll

begin today's daily article.

Like you, I prefer to start my day with the positive rather than the negative.

But when I read them, I knew we needed to discuss them, though not for the reasons one might assume.

Police are seeking a gunman this morning who shot multiple people inside a New England

Mall last night. The gunman, believed to be in his 20s, was armed with a semi-automatic

pistol. Five people were shot. The extent of their injuries was not immediately known.

Investigators believe the shooter and his victims knew each other. In other news,

Texas game wardens have arrested the woman who was allegedly driving the jet ski that

struck and killed an 18-year-old kayaker Sunday. The victim, Ava Renee Moore, was a student

at the U.S. Air Force Academy, where she was committed to play basketball. According to Texas

Attorney General Ken Paxton, the woman driving the jet ski is from Venezuela, and quote,

an illegal alien who should never have been in our country in the

first place, end quote. She fled the scene, but was later apprehended. And two people were killed

with at least nine others, including six teenagers, injured in a mass shooting Monday night in Philadelphia.

Mayor Shirel Parker said yesterday,

this is a heinous act of violence that was inhumane. As of this morning, no arrests have been made.

What feeling do these stories evoke for you? Sadness, frustration, anger over the brokenness of our

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