Welcome to the Daily Article podcast for Monday, March the 7th, 2022.

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

There are an estimated 115,000 weddings per day around the world, but one that occurred yesterday

is making global headlines this morning.

Here's why.

The bride wore fatigues, the groom wore a helmet, and the wedding party carried rifles and

RPGs.

Their wedding took place next to a military checkpoint in Kiev, Ukraine.

Kiev's mayor attended the ceremony and noted that a week ago, the couple weren't normal people

with no plans to carry weapons. Now they want to defend our city together. This courageous couple is simply following their

president's example. Andre Yermak is the head of the presidential office of Ukraine. He recently wrote

an op-ed for the New York Times in which he stated, I am writing this appeal from a bunker in the capital

with President Vladimir Zelensky by my side. For a week, Russian bombs have fallen overhead.

Despite the constant barrage of Russian fire, we stand firm and united in our resolve to defeat the invaders. We will fight to the last

breath to protect our country. Representative John Garimendi, a senior member of the House of

Representatives's Armed Services Committee, spoke with Mr. Zelensky on Saturday and said later,

he knows that he is at the top

of the kill list, and he knows that his life is in jeopardy, but he has pushed that aside to lead his

nation. Representative Garimendi called him an incredible man of courage and leadership.

An article in The New Yorker by David Remnick is headlined, Vladimir Zelensky leads the defense of Ukraine with his voice. Remnick describes

Mr. Zelensky as having assumed the role of Winston Churchill. Michael Blake,

a political philosopher at the University of Washington, notes that whatever happens in the coming

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