Prager H1: Dennis talks to Roy Baumeister, director of the social psychology program at Florida State University and John Tierney, NY Times science writer. Their new book is Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength.
Prager H3: The governor of Oregon has commuted the sentence of a murderer who was due to be executed this week. The governor made five arguments to support his case. Dennis answers him.
Prager H2: Dennis and his friend and colleague, Michael Medved, discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the two front runners for the Republican nomination, Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich… The Global Warming movement (religion) is dying of boredom… A middle school basketball team in Kentucky beat their opponents 100-2.
Prager H1: “Protesters” stormed the British embassy in Iran. Of course, they shouted “Death to England” as they did so. Do they know any other slogans?… The bureaucracy bloat at the University of California is hard to believe. The OWS students should be pointing their fingers there. It’s not evil corporations that are responsible for their rising tuition…
Prager H3: Amtrak won’t allow anyone under 13 to ride on the train alone without the supervision of an adult. They are not responding to an incident, but out of “an abundance of concern.”… The Governor of Oregon decides no one in his state will be executed. This is classic liberal thinking: the system isn’t perfect; let’s trash it…
Prager H2: In Norway they separate immigrants from Norwegians public schools. This is the country that likes to lecture the world on how enlightened they are… On Friday, the sermon at Cairo’s most prominent mosque had a “Kill all the Jews” theme… Dennis talks to Congressman David Dreier in Cairo, Egypt. He’s monitoring the parliamentary election there…
Prager H1: The Wall Street Journal writes that Europe is closing in on a debt deal. The New York Times writes that Europe is facing a financial abyss because no debt deal is close. Even if the debt deal is reached, how will it be enforced?… Dennis talks to a caller from Cyprus who relates his experience with his Greek friends. According to caller, Greeks blame all their problems on corrupt politicians, not on a distorted welfare system.
Prager H3: Lee recounts how the network executives thought that “A Charlie Brown Christmas” would be a flop. Instead it was a huge success and became a holiday classic. There are important lessons about perseverance and conviction in this story.
Prager H2: Lee talks to prominent Hollywood screenwriter and novelist, Randy Wallace. They talk about the nature of inspiration and the importance of appealing to emotion in story-telling. Wallace has a new novel, The Touch.
