Prager H2: Life is full of “have to’s.” You have to work to make a living, have to raise your children, have to take out of the garbage. Is this a challenge to happiness or a reason for it or both?

Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda for this hour. Issues raised include: how does the Army treat the parents and families of soldiers killed in action; who brought the suit against the War Memorial Cross in San Diego; what should a wife do about her husband who is jealous of Dennis; what does Dennis think of chiropractors; how should a Christian wife handle her Jewish in-laws.

Prager H1: High school students in Georgia with a B average get “free” money for college — a Hope Scholarship. They use it to buy themselves a new car. You know that big plastic island of garbage floating in the Pacific the size of Texas? The truth: it’s barely there. Nicholas Sarkozy, the French premier, says that Christians are being ethnically cleansed from Arab Middle East. Why isn’t this a bigger international news story?

Prager H1: Dennis argues that religious adults should not be so rigid as to miss worthwhile R rated movies like “The King’s Speech.” He also makes the case that parents should expose their age appropriate children to important R rated films like “Schindler’s List.” Callers weigh in.

Prager H2: Dennis talks to the great Thomas Sowell, scholar in residence at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His essential book Basic Economics: A Common Sense Guide to the Economy has now been issued in a 4th edition.

Prager H3: The assassination of a liberal politician in Pakistan is deeply disturbing. The murderer was not greeted with universal condemnation; on the contrary, the he’s been praised by Islamists, showered with rose petals on his way to court. The ACLU is trying to bring down another cross, this time in San Diego. The liberal 9th Circuit Court is always ready to lend a hand. What does a war memorial cross have to do with the government promoting one religion over another?

Prager H1: Dennis debates David Garland, Professor of Law and Professor of Sociology at New York University. His new book is Peculiar Institution: America’s Death Penalty in an Age of Abolition.

Prager H2: Dennis talks to relationship expert and regular Male/Female hour guest, Alison Armstrong, about how men and women hear the same words differently and how they can get on the same wavelength.

Prager H3: John Boehner was sworn in as the new Speaker of the House. In turn, he welcomed the new Republican Majority. They have their work cut out for them. Egypt is headed down a very dangerous path, blaming anything that goes wrong on Israel.A hero in Pakistan, a regional governor, a liberal reformer, was murdered by a member of his own guard.

Prager H1: Democratic governors in California and New York must act like Republicans in order to save the budgets of their states. They’ll have to fight the unions, the people who got them elected, to do it. The latest science recommends that you treat Alzheimer patients with compassion. We needed studies to figure this out?

Prager H2: Dennis begins with Bob Herbert’s article in the NY Times that claims “The fundamental mission of the G.O.P. is to shovel ever more money to those who are already rich”. This is why people join the left: they believe such nonsense about conservatives. Also, The Wall Street Journal names key supporters of the Democratic party: trial lawyers, government employee unions, and wealthy environmentalists.

Prager H3: This is the first of a series of 2011 Ultimate Issues Hours dedicated to exploring the relevance of the Bible. It’s a relatively new idea that Biblical literacy is not important. Dennis poses the question, “Do you have an instruction manual? If not the Bible, then what?”