Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Denison Forum, and this is the Daily Article for Wednesday, August 22nd, 2018.

I'm back from summer vacation and want to thank Cynthia Yannoff, Drake Holtry, Stephen Longoria,

Blake Atwood, and Chris Elkins for their excellent work in writing the daily article in my absence.

I'm also grateful to Chris Elkins for voicing the podcast each day.

It's an honor for me to partner with them in this ministry. A plane landed without front

wheels after gear failure. Flames ignited on contact. However, the pilot was able to bring the plane

safely to a stop. All 59 passengers and five crew members were unharmed. This incident last Sunday in

Peru underscores the intrinsic value of human beings. If the plane had been a test drone, its emergency

landing would have generated little interest, but when a passenger plane nearly kills scores of humans,

other humans instinctively take notice.

Meanwhile, the body of 20-year-old missing Iowa college student, Molly Tibbitts, was discovered yesterday.

And a legal immigrant has confessed to killing her.

We grieve viscerally the tragic death of one so young.

In other news, Paul Manafort was found guilty yesterday

on eight counts in his fraud trial. Whatever we think of the verdict, we should note that a system

of jury trial by our peers reflects an intrinsic belief in the value of our peers. Each summer,

my wife and I tried to visit an area with a unique history. This year,

we chose Philadelphia. We visited the Liberty Bell and noted its iconic message from

Leviticus 2510, proclaimed liberty throughout all the land and all the inhabitants thereof.

We stood inside Independence Hall, where the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution were ratified.

We visited the home of Betsy Ross and museums dedicated aspects of colonial history.

We stood at the grave of Benjamin Franklin, one of the most brilliant of a generation of truly brilliant men and women.

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