Prager H1: Fighting Despair
Dennis deals with a theme that he encounters often these days – fighting despair… A college student tells Kentucky Senator Rand Paul that he doesn’t want less government, he wants more.
Prager H3: We are becoming less and less capable militarily. Benghazi was a real life example of the consequences. We couldn’t save our ambassador because there was no military presence in the area who could get to him in time, a first in modern American history… Dennis talks to Mark Helprin, senior of fellow at the Claremont Institute, about our lack of military preparedness.
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.
