Prager H2: Happiness Hour: Blame Game
Dec 17, 2010
Prager H2: It’s time to stop blaming your parents for your unhappiness.
Prager H2: It’s time to stop blaming your parents for your unhappiness.
Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: is it okay to play video games; why do ex-catholics resent the church so much; and a teenager calls in to ask… how can i learn to think rationally.
Prager H1: As cigarette smoking goes down among teens, smoking marijuana goes up. Would you rather your child smoke a cigarette or smoke a joint?
Prager H2: Dennis talks to Joel Kotkin, professor of urban studies at Chapman University about the Arnold Schwarzenegger administration. Kotkin calls it a near complete failure. New York State contains massive amounts of natural gas buried in shale rock, but liberal politicians won’t let energy companies get to it. Dennis talks to Pia Orrenius, senior economist at the Federal Reserve Bank and Madeline Zavodny, professor of economics at Agnes Scott College. Their new book is Beside the Golden Door: U.S. Immigration Reform in a New Era of Globalization.
Prager H3: Shoppers are using bar code apps on their smart phones to a get a better price of an item on the Internet or at another store. Is there an ethical problem here? How will brick and mortar stores survive?
Prager H1: Here’s another reason — real legal reform, “Loser Pays.” Compare to California. Don’t miss the last few paragraphs about the dramatic increase in doctors in the Lone Star state since liability limits were put in place. British is hot bed of radical Islam. That’s bad enough, but they are exporting these radicals to the rest of the world. The Iraqi-Swede who tried murder Stockholm shoppers is the latest example. Dennis talks to iconic Hollywood pop singer, Pat Boone.
Prager H2: Dennis poses the question: how does a man earn admiration from his spouse? This concludes a three part series of Male/Female hours dealing with the issue of what men and women most want from their spouse.
Prager H3: Dennis reflects on Alexis de Tocqueville and his early recognition that America was the land of opportunity, in contrast to ossified Europe… Russia after a period of liberty is now essentially an autocracy under Vladimir Putin. Do human beings prefer liberty or security?
Prager H3: Dennis defends gift giving and the commercialization of Christmas. A Best of Prager Hour. Originally broadcast on December 8, 2009.