Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: should fathers be best friends with their sons; how do you acquire wisdom; is PTSD a defense against a murder charge; what’s the best way to spread the conservative message; why do people become religious.

Prager H2: You can’t “cafeteria” the traits of those you admire. You have to take the whole package — and usually that entails many things you don’t want.

Prager H1: Syria is breaking into three parts – one belonging to Assad, one belonging to Islamists, and one belonging to pro-Western Kurds… Should Marines be carrying umbrellas? Can’t aides keep the President dry?… Peggy Noonan, normally a moderate voice, writes that the IRS scandal is a big deal… The NY Times denies that there are any scandals. They’re all figments of Republicans’ fevered imaginations…