Prager H3: The NCAA has wiped out fourteen years of Penn State victories. They didn’t happen, according the organization. This is part of the NCAA’s punishment of the college for the Jerry Sandusky scandal. But what does it mean? The touchdowns weren’t thrown; the opposition players weren’t tackled? The NCAA is re-writing history. That’s scary.
Prager H2: Three men threw themselves on their girlfriends. They sacrificed their lives to save the women. That’s what men do instinctually. This isn’t feminine theory, it’s just fact.
Prager H1: One person can do enormous evil, destroying many lives, victims and survivors. It usually takes many people and a lot of time and effort to do enormous good. The murderer in Aurora and Jerry Sandusky, the Penn State coach, are examples of individuals causing great destruction… Dennis announces a new Prager University course – Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Bomb… Dennis talks about the Aurora victims and their personal stories.
Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: how does someone convince himself to shoot up a movie theatre; does age bring maturity; how does one deal with a cancer diagnosis; have kids lost any sense of community.
Prager H2: In a light of the Aurora murders, Dennis asks the obvious question. How does one maintain one’s happiness in the face of so much pain and tragedy in life?
Prager H1: A lone gunman shot and killed 12 people in an Aurora, CO movie theatre last night. Dennis comments…. Dennis talks to Steve Kelly, host of KNUS-Denver morning show. His son was at the theatre where the mass murder took place.
Prager H3: There has been an epidemic of mobs of black teens robbing and trashing stores, the latest in Florida and Oregon. These incidents have received very little news coverage. This is a classic case of the “broken windows” theory. Stop it now or it will get much worse… Dennis talks to Arthur Herman, scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. His new book is Freedom’s Forge: How American Business Produced Victory in World War II.
Prager H2: Jonah Goldberg, editor of National Review Online and columnist for the Los Angeles Times, comes into the studio for a chat with Dennis. His new book is The Tyranny of Cliches: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas. Jonah is also on the faculty of Prager University. His current course “Is the Right More Ideological than the Left?”
Prager H1: The thug who runs Syria, the son of a thug, is in real trouble. A bomb attack killed part of his inner circle… A red haired man with a fake US ID may be responsible for the terror attack in Bulgaria that murdered five Israelis and two Bulgarians… The events in Syria and the events in Bulgaria are connected. Dennis explains how.
