Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: are there secular reasons to oppose same sex marriage; why do we care if our President is likeable; should women be in combat roles; why haven’t we had a honey update from Allen; how important are hobbies.
Prager H2: Gratitude is the essential ingredient to being a happy person. But can you train yourself to feel grateful?
Prager H1: Hostess Bakeries have shut down. 18,500 people are out of a job. The Bakers Union refused to go along with a deal the other unions had made with a company. But the Bakers Union hung tough and that’s what counts, right?… Hamas barrages Israel with rockets. Israel responds. And the New York Times and The Los Angeles Times see a moral equivalence.
Prager H3: Dennis talks to Larry Elder, friend and fellow talk show host. His new book is Dear Father, Dear Son: Two Lives… Eight Hours.
Prager H2: There’s no sugar coating the damage done last week… Muslims in Denmark are violently against any Christmas celebrations in their neighborhoods…
Prager H1: Rockets from Gaza have killed three Israeli civilians. Israel responds by killing Hamas’s chief terrorist. The NY Times finds this disproportionate… Denny’s Restaurants are raising pricing and cutting back on their workforce in anticipation of ObamaCare costs. This is now a trend; soon it will be a tidal wave… Dennis talks to Larry Schweikart profes¬sor of history at the University of Dayton. His new book is A Patriot’s History of the Modern World: From America’s Exceptional Ascent to the Atomic Bomb: 1898-1945.
Prager H3: Dennis talks to George Gilder, renowned thinker and founder of The Discovery Institute. His new book, now out in paperback, is The Israel Test… Superstorm Sandy aftermath is a non-issue, Benghazi is a non-issue. Think they would be if we had a Republican President?
Prager H2: Does a wife have an obligation to make herself as attractive as possible for her husband?
Prager H1: California is now solid blue. Steeped in debt and overtaxed, the Democrats see a bright future for the state now that they’re in complete control. Others don’t… The Petraeus Affair has become as complex as a soap opera. In the meantime, we have lost one of the best military strategists in the country, someone who has a profound understanding of Iran and the nature of terrorism… Dennis talks to Sarah Westwood, a Republican student at George Washington University who believes that the Party has to shed its “Bible thumping, gay-bashing” positions.
Prager H3: Many couples are deciding not to have children. Why? Is there a good case to be made for having children?
Prager H2: Dennis talks to Wall Street Journal columnist, Brett Stephens, about the state of the Republican Party… People have died and many still don’t have power, but very little has been said about the Federal government’s reaction to Superstorm Sandy. Think that would be the case if there was a Republican Administration?
Prager H1: CNN discusses the Conservative brain. It’s all about the amygdala, the part of the brain that deals with fear… Dennis talks to Adam Freedman, legal blogger for Richochet. com. His new book is The Naked Constitution: What the Founders Said and Why It Still Matters… Google employees and founders supported President Obama — big time. And now the Obama Administration is going after Google’s business – big time.
