Prager H2: Marriages can be hard enough to navigate, but sometimes spouses have to deal with challenging in-laws, too. Sometimes it’s overwhelming. Callers weigh in with their (horror) stories.
Prager H1: The President offers the country free child care. We’ll just raise tobacco taxes to pay for it… A new national science curriculum has been proposed for middle and high schoolers. Would you be shocked to learn that it will emphasize climate change?… What gun control would have stopped the slaughters of the recent past?… Dennis talks to Charles Johnson, writer for the WSJ and City Journal. His new book is Why Coolidge Matters: Leadership Lessons from America’s Most Underrated President.
Prager H3: Yesterday was Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day) in Israel. Dennis draws lessons we still have to learn from this terrible event.
Prager H2: A young woman with excellent grades and SAT scores complains that she didn’t get into the Ivy League school of her choice. She doesn’t fit the politically correct profile and she knows it… A major Jewish university is giving Israel-hating Jimmy Carter a peace award. Really?… Dennis talks to Peter Wood, author of the report on how Bowdoin College has become a left wing seminary.
Prager H1: The late Prime Minister of Great Britain, so instrumental in shaping the contemporary world, knew, like her friend, Ronald Reagan, how to make an argument… Dennis is unhappy that airlines charge a $100 fee for a child under 14 who flies unaccompanied by an adult… Dennis talks to Josh Chetwynd, former reporter for USA Today and U.S. News & World Report. His new book is The Book of Nice: A Nice Book About Nice Things for Nice People.
Prager H3: The economy remains in the doldrums for most Americans. Could it be because the Obama’s Administration’s anti-free market policies don’t work?… Dennis talks to Burt Folsom, Professor of History at Hillsdale College. His new online course is The Gilded Age and the Robber Barons… A study of Bowdoin College “liberal education” reveals that it’s no longer liberal, it’s Leftist.
Prager H2: Dennis talks to Claire Berlinski, contributing editor to City Journal, and author of There is No Alternative: Why Margaret Thatcher Matters… A successful Princeton graduate upsets the feminist apple cart when she advises Princeton girls to find a Princeton man.
Prager H1: Margaret Thatcher, the last great leader of the 20th century, has died. She rescued Great Britain from terminal decline and helped Ronald Reagan bring down the Soviet Empire… The police have changed their advice to people confronted by a mass murderer…
Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: how do you argue with a teenager; what would be the best label for Democrats; how many good deeds do you have to do to cancel your bad deeds; what can you do to elevate your character.
Prager H2: If you’re easily offended it’s very hard to be happy. People are always hurting you. And, it’s not easy to be happy around easily offended people. A Best of Prager Hour. Originally broadcast on February 25, 2011.
Prager H1: Dennis talks to Gene Robinson, Bishop of the Episcopal Church of New Hampshire. His new book is God Believes in Love: Straight Talk about Gay Marriage.
Prager H3: Republican Senator Mark Kirk has joined the ranks of conservatives who now favor same-sex marriage. For Kirk, it’s all about love… Why is North Korea suddenly making war pronouncements?… Global warming? What’s that? Global cooling is the new worry.
