Mark Davis guest hosts for Dennis…The Dems appear to be allergic to market forces. Every solution, they say, is available through government. Just the opposite is true… Should we impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine?…

Mark Davis guest hosts for Dennis… Mark grades the President’s State of the Union speech. He doesn’t give it high marks… When has the government ever made anything “more affordable”?…There’s a 40-mile convoy of Russian trucks outside of Kiev. Should we bomb it? This isn’t Iraq in the early ‘90s… Callers weigh in about the SOTU.

Dennis builds on a topic he started last hour: the damage a lying media does to a society. We need to be able to trust our media to give us unbiased news. But now we can’t. As a consequence, people are confused about a clear cut moral issue — Russia vs. Ukraine.

There have been so many lies told by the media that it’s hard for some to trust what the media says about Russia and Ukraine. This just points out how much harm a fabricating media does to a society. The Russia and Ukraine situation is as black and white as it gets in a complex world. Russia bad guys. Ukraine good guys… Dennis talks to Will Witt, host of the Will and Amala podcast for PragerU.

Dennis talks to Joel Alperson, businessman, friend and partner in Dennis’s Rational Bible Series. Today Dennis’s new book, The Rational Passover Haggadah, debuts… Has Putin put his family in the nuclear bunker? Has he gone mad? Or is he just diabolical? Or is he just fulfilling a long term strategy?

Putin has done something remarkable. He has united Europe. Ukraine is now admired. Russia despised… What are Russians fighting and dying for in Ukraine?… Has Putin rendered the takeover of Taiwan by China less likely?

How long has Putin been planning the invasion of Ukraine… Has he lost his mind or is he doing exactly what he wants? Dennis talks to Rebekah Koffler, Russian-born U.S. intelligence expert. Her new book is Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America.

The invasion of Ukraine has been a total loser for Putin and Russia… Has Germany finally awakened from its post WWII pacificist slumber… The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, has distinguished himself as a rare courageous leader.

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…

Dennis comments on the President’s sanction speech. There was much that was good, but he told one whopper. He said he was doing everything he could to keep energy costs down for the American people. No, he’s done everything he can to raise prices in pursuit of his Green fantasies… Dennis talks to Scott Walker, President of Young America’s Foundation and former governor of Wisconsin. He presents the newest PragerU video, “Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator.”