What one New Year’s resolution would you like your spouse to make? Callers weigh in.

With all its flaws, Western Civilization has been a great blessing to mankind. We all benefit from it. It’s not easy to explain why so many people despise what makes their life possible… EU nations are woefully unprepared for any military confrontation… Dennis talks to Julie Kelly. She writes the invaluable “Declassified” Substack.

One hears this phrase often. “God is in control.” Does that mean human beings aren’t? That we don’t have free will? Dennis investigates.

Some leading “Covidians” are now having second thoughts. Maybe they over-reacted. Maybe?… Michelle Obama is terrified that Trump might win. Would she run against Trump if Biden were drop out?… The Arab language Wikipedia is a propaganda page for Hamas… Does shutting down a highway or major intersection gain you followers?

Dennis talks to Roger Simon, Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, novelist, and columnist for Epoch Times. His new book is American Refugees: The Untold Story of the Mass Migration from Blue to Red States.

Dennis talks to Michael Barone, senior political analyst for the Washington Examiner and fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. His new book is Mental Maps of the Founders: How Geographic Imagination Guided America’s Revolutionary Leaders.

President Biden gave his first 2024 campaign speech on Friday in Valley Forge, PA. Comparing himself to George Washington, the President believes he is the great the protector of American Democracy. Donald Trump, of course, is the evil villain. Dennis plays clips.

Pro Hamas demonstrators defaced a veterans cemetery in Los Angeles… An Iranian woman received 74 lashes for not wearing a hijab. This is the nation that has made its national mission the destruction Israel… The NY Times does a story on marriage proposals. Half the couples are straight. Half are gay.

Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: you should talk more about the background of the people in your life; I disagree with you about atheist wishing they are wrong; I am noticing a lot of callers from Arizona who call your show, that means something; I served as a church missionary and met several atheist that had two perspectives; is it moral to have 800 million in your bank account when there are people starving in the world; are Hasidic Jews exempt from the military is Israel; what about conservative derangement syndrome?

Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution and kept it. If so, did it make you happier? Callers have stories.

A mob in Compton, CA destroyed a bakery. And then activists complain about “food deserts.” That’s how to make one… Germany is impoverishing itself over a Green Fantasy… ISIS claimed credit for murdering dozens of people in Iran…

Dennis talks to Philip Wallach, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. His new book is Why Congress?