Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: how can we have peace with Leftist relatives; how do you accomplish daily tasks and find time for happiness; I’m from Ukraine, I want to show support; why do Jews wear black hats; how to help Ukraine.

Life is both hard and maddeningly complex. Often it is tragic. That’s just the way it is. If you can make peace with that, you can actually be a happier person. Dennis even has a slogan on this theme: “if nothing is horrific, life is terrific.”

Putin has thrown the whole world into chaos. Is this his intention?… There is a great temptation for the US to run away from conflict. But if the US retreats from the world, the world gets worse, not better… Our “climate czar” John Kerry is worried that Putin isn’t worried enough about Global Warming…