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?”

Prager H3: The President used the Congressional recess to appoint an ambassador to Syria for the first time since Syria orchestrated the assassination of the prime minister of Lebanon in 2005. Is this not rewarding despicable behavior? And to what end? To maintain dialogue with a dissembling dictator?. Hillary Clinton had a chat with Hugo Chavez in Brazil. Did he sing to her?… Sniffer rats are used to detect land mines. When will PETA object?… Only 21 drugs were approved by the FDA last year, a woeful number. Coptic Christians were murdered in Egypt over the weekend by a suicide bomber. Christians are no longer welcome in the Arab Middle East.

Prager H1: The NY Times might have published the most important story of the year on the first day of the year. It concerns the fate of young Europeans. They are educated and frustrated. They have no opportunity. Socialism blocks them at every turn.

Prager H2: Dennis continues on his theme from last hour – the Left kills opportunity. The over educated young people in Europe are a living example. But the Democrats see Europe and want to emulate it.

The most important development of this year? The clarification of differences between Left and Right. Dennis elaborates. Ezra Klein of the Washington Post provides an excellent example on MSNBC.

Dennis asks his listeners if they share his belief that it’s a moral obligation to be happy. Callers weigh in.

Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: does Dennis like young people; should a conservative who receives “welfare” repay the money when he can; does Dennis believe in an afterlife; would Dennis cancel an appearance because of a blizzard forecast; why do people believe in conspiracy theories.

Prager H1: Dennis admits he’s a sucker for infomercials, especially for exercise equipment. Callers are a little more cynical.

Prager H2: The Philadelphia Eagles postponed their game on Sunday because of a forecast of bad weather. PA Governor, Ed Rendell, was appalled. Dennis agrees with the governor. Dennis does a part three on Margaret Thatcher’s American Experiment speech for Hillsdale College in 1994.

Prager H3: Dennis talks to Anthony Esolen, professor of English at Providence College. His new book is Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child.

Prager H2: Children almost always have a disrupting influence on a marriage. How you cope with this disruption will shape the future of your relationship with your spouse. A Best of Prager Hour. Originally broadcast on March 11, 2009.

Prager H3: Dennis talks to Nicholas Eberstadt, Senior Fellow of Political Economy at the American Enterprise Institute. His new book is The Poverty of the Poverty Rate: Measure and Mismeasure of Material Deprivation in Modern America. A Best of Prager Hour. Originally broadcast on November 19, 2008.