Welcome to the Daily Article Podcast for Wednesday, March the 2nd, 2022.

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

President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address last night.

It's been a long time since an

American president spoke to a nation facing so many crises at one time. As a result, Fox News

predicted that his address would be the most consequential speech of his life. Leading the list is

obviously the crisis in Ukraine.

Russian forces are escalating attacks on civilian areas of the nation's largest cities today,

provoking what a United Nations spokeswoman predicted will become Europe's largest refugee crisis this century.

President Waldemir Zelensky's speech to European lawmakers

yesterday was so moving that the English language translator momentarily lost his composure. The address was

met with a standing ovation from lawmakers. Finances are on everyone's mind as well.

Inflation is at a 40-year high.

Gasoline prices are the highest they've been in eight years,

with the war possibly driving them even higher.

A new poll reported that only 31% of voters are satisfied with the way things are going in the U.S. today.

Over half think our country is worse off than it was a year ago.

Only 35% say the nation is better off.

David Axelrod, former senior advisor to President Barack Obama,

wrote in the New York Times, The State of the Union is stressed. He noted that the vast

majority of Americans believe our nation is on the wrong track, with the devastation of the

pandemic and the rise of suicides, drug overdose deaths,

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