Prager H1: Mark Isler fills in for Dennis and addresses Obamacare and the likelihood that it may crumble under its own weight.

Prager H3:

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Prager H2:

Most contemporary happiness literature suggests that happiness is a by product and can’t be pursued directly. Dennis strongly disagrees.

Prager H1:

The Left never misses an opportunity to blame the Right – including this crazed woman who tried to smash her car into the White House. Chris Matthews provides us with an “iconic” example… Who is responsible for this government shutdown? It’s not the Republicans… Reuters is asking its employees to describe their sexuality.

Prager H3: Dennis talks to Washington Post columnist, Anne Applebaum. Her new book, now in paper back, is Gulag: A History. To understand the Soviet Union, and American foreign policy in the post-War II era, one must understand this subject.

Prager H2: Dennis talks to Charles C. Johnson, reporter for the Daily Caller. The government is closing down government services – like open air parks – that don’t need to be closed… Dennis talks to Gary Wolfram, Professor of Economics at Hillsdale College about the shut down and the coming default crisis… Richard Dawkins, the world’s most famous atheist, rests his arguments more on emotion than logic.

Prager H1: The Left has made “old” an insult. Once it was believed that as you get older, you get wiser. Not any more… Whenever the Left has nothing to say they trot out Joe McCarthy.

Prager H3: Dennis talks to Mark Taylor, fellow talk show host and frequent guest host for The Dennis Prager Show. Mark lives in W Virginia. His senator is Joe Manchin, conservative Democrat. Dennis asks Mark why Manchin doesn’t become a Republican… Dennis plays highlights from Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu’s speech at the UN yesterday. Netanyahu warns about being too quick to embrace Iran’s diplomatic charm offensive.

Prager H2: Can men compliment women on their looks anymore? Or is it too politically incorrect, even dangerous? Is this a good development or a bad one?

Prager H1: The shutdown rolls into its second day… Democrats create government programs that create all sorts of problems then create another program to fix the program that isn’t working… Dennis talks to Randall Kennedy, Professor of Law, Harvard University. His new book is For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law.