Prager 20130503 – 2 Happiness Hour: By-Product
May 3, 2013
Prager H2: People say you can’t pursue happiness. It’s just a by-product of other pursuits, but is this true?
Prager H2: People say you can’t pursue happiness. It’s just a by-product of other pursuits, but is this true?
Prager H1: The suicide rate has shot up in the last few years. The NY Times assumes the reasons are economic. They miss another explanation entirely: the lack of religious belief… The LA Times will no longer use the term “illegal immigrant.” Apparently, there is no such thing… The Boston Terror Bombers wanted to explode their bombs on July 4, but decided to move to an earlier date… How much did Mrs. Boston Terror Bomber know?
Prager H3: A recent article in the NY Times focuses on the trend of fathers to be best friends or “a buddy” to their sons rather than a disciplining dad. Dennis doesn’t like it. Callers have their own ideas. A Best of Prager Hour. Originally broadcast on August 16, 2012.
Prager H2: Duke University will pay for sex change surgery for any student who wants one, courtesy of a bump in Duke tuition… Parents who don’t want to feed their kids breakfast protest that Los Angeles County wants to cut its free breakfast program… Dennis talks to Lee Habeeb about Americans going onto to permanent disability in massive numbers, especially in the last few years.
Prager H1: Dennis talks to Bill Bennett, friend and fellow talk show host. His new book is Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of Higher Education…
Prager H3: In breaking news, three roommates of the surviving Boston bomber have been arrested for obstructing justice. The two of roommates are foreign nationals from Kazakhstan… Dennis reviews some of the lesser known facts about the bombers’ family.
Prager H2: Do you couples need “space”? If so, how much space is too much? Or, this whole “space” issue really a cover for not wanting to spend time together?
Prager H1: Dennis talks to Jonah Goldberg, senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and founding editor of National Review Online. His new book now out in paperback is The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas… The vast majority of Muslims, according a new Pew poll, want Sharia law to run their countries.
Prager H3: How do you know if a religion is creating good people? Faith or goodness?