Prager H1: Dennis ponders what has happened to the phrase “Merry Christmas”. A caller then shared her experience singing in the Blacksburg Master Chorale, whose annual performance of Handel’s “Messiah”, held at a church, must be called a “Holiday Concert”. Dennis then concluded people most often say they are offended, rather than simply in disagreement, as a way to shut up their opposition.
Prager H2: Dennis reviewed the repercussions of repealing “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”. A caller posed the question of whether or not Christians in the military would be allowed to share their views on homosexuality if gays are allowed to openly share their sexuality.
Prager H3: Dennis discussed the health of the Lockerbie bomber, who continues to live past his 3 month diagnosis from prostate cancer. While Scotland initially refused to release him, it was actually Britain who gave in to international threats over the bomber’s release. Dennis was then joined by author and filmmaker Bjorn Lomborg, who discussed his views on global warming and the excessive amount of tax payer money spent on it, as seen in his film/book Cool It.
Prager H1: FDA has withdrawn the breast cancer drug Avastin from the US market. They don’t believe it’s effective. But thousands of women with breast cancer and their doctors disagree. California now has its own cap and trade system, 3000 pages of new job killing, Byzantine regulations. Think this will help create jobs?
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?
