Welcome to the Daily Article podcast.

I'm Chris Elkins with the Denison Forum, narrating today's article written by Dr. Jim Denison.

Greetings from the Arctic Tundra, known as Dallas, Texas.

A major winter storm brought rain, freezing rain, ice, and snow to the middle section of the U.S.

yesterday. More than 100 million people in 25 states have been under winter weather alerts.

Thousands of flights have been canceled, schools and businesses are closed, and officials are urging us to stay off roads.

I am writing this article inside a house covered in snow surrounded by roads covered in ice.

In my current circumstances, I found this story interesting.

A homeowner in Connecticut accidentally set their house ablaze while trying to thaw their property with a flamethrower. The owner was

attempting to melt ice and snow and accidentally ignited the site of the home.

According to fire officials, firefighters were able to extinguish the flames and save the house.

Let's consider this story as a cultural metaphor.

The social scientist Julian Rappaport defines empowerment as the mechanism by which people,

organizations, and communities gain mastery over their lives. It is empowering to take proactive

steps in dealing with a threat. For example, the leader of the Islamic State was killed yesterday in Syria.

He blew himself up along with members of his family

as U.S. Special Operations Forces targeted his location.

This news comes as evidence of a resurgence of ISIS in Syria and Iraq grows by the day.

For more, go to Denisonforum.org slash columns and search for,

should we fear radical Islam written by Dr. Ryan Denison.

By contrast, when we face challenges for which we can find no solution or take no apparent

action, we feel impotent and frustrated.

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