Prager H1: Mark observes that it’s tough to listen to President Obama set up “straw men” – positions that he claims Republicans hold (but they don’t) — and then knock them down. He has done this over and over again in the Debt Debate.
Prager H3: Mark talks to Nicholas Carr, executive editor of the Harvard Business Review.
His new book isThe Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains… Should obese kids be taken away from their parents? (Lightning strikes in West Virginia where Mark Taylor broadcasts from interfere with radio transmission. The broadcast was cut short.)
Prager H2: Who is responsible for our massive debt? Our former President or our current one?
Prager H1: Mark Taylor fills in for Dennis. Mark analyzes the debt crisis… He wonders why anyone would call the mass murderer in Norway a Christian?
Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: what does it mean to be African-American; how deep is the pain of losing a spouse; how do you know that you’ve found the right person.
Prager H2: Dennis opens up the lines. Issues raised include: how do you stay happy in such a bad economy; does exercise make you happy; do you need to reassess your life periodically; is there a difference between public and private happiness.
Prager H1: Every day there’s a new debt plan. The confusion makes it easy for the President to demagogue the issue… Bill Gates admits that we’re tossing away billions on solar energy deployment. Meanwhile, NY Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, gives $50M to the Sierra Club in an effort to destroy the coal industry. It won’t matter to the mayor, he’s a billionaire, but it will matter to a coal miner.
Prager H3: Dennis talks to Paul Bloom, Professor of Psychology at Yale University and author of How Pleasure Works: The New Science of Why We Like What We Like… Dennis prefers the Krauthammer plan — raise debt ceiling $500b matched with $500b in specific budget cuts. That will buy Republicans time to get on top of this issue. Right now, there’s too much confusion. And confusion favors the President.
Prager H2: The Left has a contemptuous view of the Right. Dennis cites a few recent examples he’s come across…
