Prager H2: Dennis reads an email from a friend who is getting married after staying single for most of his adult life. An email from a long time listener, John Turner, focused the hour on marriage and maturing through marriage. Callers discuss why this is true or why it isn’t.
Prager H1: It’s not clear that Iraq has a functioning army. Corruption, poor training, low morale have all ensued since we left… Dennis talks to Brett Baier, host of Special Report on Fox News. His new book is Special Heart: A Journey of Faith, Hope, Courage and Love.
Prager H3: God is the Ultimate Issue: If there is no God, we are a fluke. God makes purpose, and ultimately good and evil. According to a Live Science article, by Tia Ghose, the Universe should not exist.
Prager H2: Secularism has had a profound effect on morality. Mayor of Los Angeles has been influenced by the secular left and this is causing problems for morality. Dennis then talks to Evan Osnos, staff writer at The New Yorker, where he served as the China correspondent from 2008 to 2013. His new book is Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China.
Prager H1: Guest Elliott Abrams, a senior fellow for Middle Eastern Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, characterizes President Obama as the “man who broke the Middle East.” Hasn’t the past shown us that waiting, is not an effective foreign policy. Non-violence works on the good… violence works on evil.
Dennis talks to Mark Tooley, President Institute on Religion and Democracy about the PC USA decision to divest from Israel… Dennis talks to Nick Adams, Australian media commentator and columnist. His new book is The American Boomerang: How the World’s Greatest “Turnaround” Nation Will Do It Again.
Dennis sees a significant lesson in an obscure story: a husband and daughter are dead in Canada after a woman stops in the middle of road to help some ducks… Dennis talks to Charlie Sykes, popular Milwaukee radio talk show host, on the latest baseless attack on Wisconsin Governor, Scott Walker.
Dennis pays tribute to influential Middle East scholar, Fouad Ajami. He was a frequent guest on the show… The President and the Vice President were very anxious to get out of Iraq at any cost. That cost has now proven to be very high… There’s a fourth branch of government – our bureaucracy. This branch is just as powerful, if not more so, than the other three… Presbyterian USA has shamed itself, taking a position to boycott Israel.
Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda for this hour. Issues raised include: should you automatically divorce if a spouse cheats; how do you inoculate a young person from the college brainwash; why is the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden.
Prager H2: Dennis returns to a major happiness theme. You must compartmentalize your pain. And you must maximize your happiness.
Prager H1: The ruling by the Trademark Office against the Washington Redskins – the actual text – makes no sense… Anadarko, Oklahoma has a Redskin Theatre. It’s city motto is “The Indian Capital of the Nation.”… The President inherited a peaceful Iraq…
Prager H3: Dennis comments further on the President’s press conference on Iraq… Dennis talks to Dr. Michael Richman, cardiothoracic surgeon and founder of the The Center for Cholesterol Management. The topic is a Time Magazine cover story on saturated fat.
