Greetings and welcome to Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast for Monday, March the 30th, 2026.

Today's daily article is authored by Dr. Jim Denison, cultural apologist, and narrated by yours truly, Chris Elkins.

More than 3,200 No Kings rallies were held Saturday across the U.S.

Event organizers estimate more than 8 million people attended protests against President

Donald Trump's actions and policies.

The name reportedly comes from organizers' belief that Mr. Trump is acting like a monarch rather than a leader of a

democracy. Whether you join the protests, are strongly opposed to them, or wish I would write about

something else, the demonstrations illustrate this fact about America. Our First Amendment,

right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government for a redress

of grievances is alive and well. Imagine similar rallies being held in Iran, Cuba, or China.

Actually, you don't have to use your imagination. When citizens tried in recent years to protest their

government publicly in these countries.

They were massacred by the thousands.

On my trips to Cuba and China, I was cautioned not to speak against the government,

even in private conversations due to the likelihood that paid informants would be listening.

I was warned that my hotel room was likely bugged and that what I said,

even there, was being monitored by authorities. By contrast, America is the only nation

founded on a creed, as G.K. Chesterton observed, the declaration that all men are created equal.

This conviction fuels and is fueled by an ardent

commitment to individualism and the belief that we flourish best when we are most free to think

and act as we wish. But this passion for a personhood and unhindered freedom comes at a cost.

Today is Monday of Holy Week. On this day, Jesus entered the temple

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