Prager H1: With Allen giving Santa updates from NORAD, Dennis reflects on various aspects of Christmas.

Prager H2: Dennis talks to Dr. Stephen Marmer, psychiatrist in private practice in Brentwood, CA and member of the clinical faculty of UCLA medical school, about how Christmas can be used as focal point for meaningful personal reflection.

Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: how should we honor our parents; how will Jews recognize the Messiah; how did Dennis and Dr. Marmer meet.

Prager H1: In Seattle, buses will be sporting new anti-Israel ads. The city says they have no choice: legally their hands are tied. But does anybody believe they would they allow anti-Islam ads?.. Some businesses now want to test new employees for smoking. Why not alcohol? Or weight? Or not getting enough sleep?…

Prager H2: Dennis asks his listeners what they want for Christmas for around $300. The answers range from the sublime to the not so sublime.

Prager H3: Dennis talks to his dear friend, Senior Fellow at the Pepperdine University School of Public Policy, Bruce Herschensohn. His latest book is An American Amnesia: How the US Congress Forced the Surrenders of South Vietnam and Cambodia.

Prager H2: Mr. Wikileaks, Julian Assange, who is under investigation by Swedish authorities for certain sexual improprieties, says that he’s not promiscuous; he just really likes women. What does he really mean?

Prager H2: The NYT comes to a surprising conclusion: it doesn’t really make that much difference what college you go to. It’s all about the student — a hard-working, ambitious student does well no matter where they get their higher education. Columbia physicist, Brian Greene, has some very wise answers about the nature of intelligence. When he gets into his multiple universe theories, he sounds strangely silly, however. The idea of a designer (God) who designs an ordered universe, that’s absurd. But multiple universes where apples go up instead of down when they “fall” from a tree, that makes perfect sense?

Prager H1: Nina Totenberg excused herself for using the phrase “Christmas Party.” This is a perfect expression of the secularization of America. Dennis announces a new feature for next year: “Wisdom from the Bible” will be the subject of twenty Ultimate Issues Hours next year.