Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: would Dennis ever consider adding a fourth “dedicated” hour; do we have political prisoners in the US; did Dennis ever dream PragerU would become as big as it has become.
On the eve of the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Dennis makes that the case that a fulfilling religious life offers one a better chance at happiness than a secular life.
Allen Estrin, Dennis’s producer, guest hosts for the first hour… If EV’s are so great, why do governments have to subsidize them?… The pursuit of Green Energy keeps running into a big obstacle: no one wants to dig for the metals we need to build the solar panels, wind turbines and batteries… There is a growing populist movement in Europe. Sweden and Italy are two new examples.
Illinois will get rid of bail for most violent offenses in January. Do you think this will make Chicago safer?… Columbia, Dennis’s alma mater, is rated as the least free speech campus. It was a very tough competition… Dennis talks to Marian Tupy, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. His new book (co-authored with Gale Pooley) is Superabundance: The Story of Population Growth, Innovation, and Human Flourishing on an Infinitely Bountiful Planet.
Dennis remembers how much freedom he had as a teen and how much freedom we have lost… The US has become a net exporter of bad ideas for the first time in its history…
Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire exposes another hospital that mutilates children under the guise of “gender-affirming care.” Is there a children hospital in a major city that doesn’t engage in this form mutilation?… Why is it important that there are only two sexes?
The United States and Western Europe are in the process of committing energy suicide. Meanwhile, China powers up on coal. Not surprisingly, California is leading the nation over the cliff.
The tabloids are having a field day with rock star Adam Levine’s marital travails. Men must learn to control their nature. This is often easier said than done — even when your married to a beautiful model.
California plans to ban diesel trucks by 2040. All vehicles — cars and trucks — will have to be electric… The Los Angeles school district thinks that criticism of junk food is racist… The same Los Angeles school district promotes a “queer” calendar. Each month has a LGBTQI+ theme.
The pursuit of equality of outcomes — egalitarianism — always leads to violence. More people have been murdered in the name of equality than anything else. We can see this in the difference between the American Revolution and the French Revolution.
New York City is sliding into serious debt as people flee the city. The NY Times blames the “pandemic,” but if that was the cause why is Miami prospering? NYC is failing because of crime, the lockdowns and its socialist policies.
According to a NYTimes poll, 70% of people oppose teaching kids about sexual orientation and gender identity. So, why is this happening? Because the Left controls education… Antarctica is not melting away. It’s as icy as it ever was. All media stories to the contrary are fear-mongering.
