Prager H1: Dennis talks to Mark Helprin, frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, senior fellow at the Claremont Institute, and best -selling novelist. His new book, now out in paperback is In Sunlight and in Shadow. A Best of Prager Hour. Originally broadcast on October 31, 2013
Prager H3: Dennis does a Part 2 interview with James Swanson author of The End of Days: The Assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Prager H2: Baseball is making a major rule change: base runners will no longer be able to crash into catchers… The Ryan/Murray budget deal is far from perfect, but it’s a reasonable compromise. To push for a more “perfect” budget will just lead Republicans on the same suicidal path as the last budget fight. The meta lesson: Republicans have to win elections… New study in the UK claims that lesbianism has more than quadrupled. They give all sorts of theories as to why. The only one they don’t give is that the society is encouraging it…
Prager H1: An affluent 16 year-old drunk driver killed four people in Ft Worth, Texas. He was sentenced to probation. A defense psychologist called the killer a victim of “afluenza” because his rich parents didn’t place any boundaries on him… Callers react.
Prager H3: Greenpeace released a twisted video of Santa Claus threatening that Christmas will be cancelled because of global warming. The left-wing media has now picked up the ridiculous story of the six grader being suspended for inappropriate touching… kissing a classmate’s hand. Ironic, considering that it is the left who has led to and perpetuated, these kinds of frivolous suspensions.
Prager H2: Dennis reads an email from a listener who had a frank conversation about his male nature with his wife as result of the Male/Female Hour. She responded in a positive way and now their relationship is much more open and improved.
Prager H1: Was it presidential for our President to take a “selfie” of himself during Nelson Mandela’s funeral?… The Air Force removes a nativity scene at an air base in South Carolina. Sadly, the military has become the most politically correct institution in the country, next to the university… Time names Pope Francis the Person of Year…
Prager H3: Enlightenment thinkers of the 18th century based their philosophy on the idea that people are basically good. But the Founders of the United States rejected this idea.
Prager H2: The terrorist murderer of a British soldier in London went on trial this week. The terrorist describes himself as a “soldier of Allah.” … UCLA announces a major new diversity initiative. Just what UCLA needs!…
Prager H1: A six-year-old in Colorado is suspended from school for kissing a girl… Cold records are being shattered across the country. More proof that the planet is burning up… Dennis talks to Paul Sabin, Associate Professor of History and American Studies at Yale. His new book is The Bet: Paul Ehrlich, Julian Simon, and Our Gamble over Earth’s Future.
Prager H3: A New York Times op-ed writer, a professor at a major college, believes Iran is ready to become our ally again. Really? The Ayatollahs are ready to become our ally?… Is there real evil in the world or is everything a shade of gray?… Bernie Madoff is in prison for life for his crimes. His wife, surviving son and grandson will not speak to him. Can we feel pity for him?
Prager H2: Canada is not revered around the world the way it was a few years ago. Why would this be? Answer: it has a Conservative PM… The world doesn’t hate the US. The Left hates the US. Unfortunately, the Left dominates the world’s media… The President has just discovered that big government doesn’t work… A baker in Colorado is forced by a judge to make a wedding cake for a same sex couple even though it violates the baker’s religious convictions.
