Good day. It's Wednesday, August the 27th, 2025. We're glad you've joined us for the Daily

Article podcast from Denison Forum. Today's Daily article is written by our co-founder, Dr. Jim

Denison, and narrated by yours truly, Chris Elkins. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelsey are engaged. In an Instagram post,

the couple announced, quote, your English teacher and your gym teacher are getting married,

end quote. An accompanying photo shows him kneeling before her, another displays her engagement ring.

This morning, we're learning that the proposal

actually took place around two weeks ago at Travis's home. Taylor's engagement ring is estimated

to cost $550,000. If this news is not newsworthy to you, you may be in the minority. At this

writing, their post has been liked 28,99,308 times. The New York

Times and the Associated Press and nearly every other outlet I follow broke the story. When I saw

the news yesterday, I knew immediately that I had to include it in

today's daily article. Other stories that caught my eye? In 2010, a mother and two daughters

launched the world's first professional backscratching service. Their company has grown exponentially.

Clients now regularly fly to the Miami Spa from

places like Russia, the Philippines, and Germany for a 60-minute scratch session. A Chicago group

insists a man has been living inside the city's Cloudgate, a giant sculpture, popularly known as

the Bean, for two decades, and wants him to be freed.

A man named Dave claimed that he lived inside a small outdoor sculpture in New York City called the Astor Place Cube.

He was actually advertising a meditation technique.

Nebraska's summer tourism campaign, quote, Nebraska,

honestly, it's not for everyone, was surprisingly effective. The name Josh is having a cultural

moment, three governors, two potential presidential candidates, the NFL's MVP, a top-selling wine, and a very popular actor,

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