Prager H1: Today is Earth Day and Dennis doesn’t care about celebrating it. It doesn’t matter if the Earth is here or not, if man is not here to enjoy it. James Scott, historian and former Nieman Fellow at Harvard. His new book is Target Tokyo: Jimmy Doolittle and the Raid That Avenged Pearl Harbor.
Prager H3: Why do people love change? Dennis’ theory is that people like change for the sake of change.
Prager H2: Tomorrow is Earth Day and according to Dennis it is not something worthy of celebration. The parents of the boy killed during the Boston bombing don’t want Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to be put to death. They fear the amount of appeals it would bring. Dennis talked to callers on both subjects.
Prager H1: Dennis’ new column is titled Black Murderers Matter. A caller takes Dennis to task for belittling the “black lives matter” issue. Dennis talks to Alex Epstein, President of the Center for Industrial Progress. He teaches the new Prager University course “Why You Should Love Fossil Fuel.” His new book is The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels.
Prager H3: More Brits joining Jihad army than the British Army. NYT magazine has a long report on why Muslim Brits become terrorists. None are poor. Many are well off. Almost all are middle class or above.
Prager H2: The LA Times Editorial Board puts out an article saying: It’s okay to abort a baby in the second trimester.
Kansas and Oklahoma want to end the procedure. Defense Secretary John Kerry will visit the Arctic Circle to, no doubt, moan about the melting ice cap… but he’ll never travel to the Antartic, where ice levels are at all time highs.
Prager H1: Muslims threw 12 Christians off a damaged dingy because they were praying to the right God in the right language. Joel Kotkin, from The Daily Beast, has an article about the drought in California. Dennis discusses it.
Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: are women who falsely accuse men of rape ever prosecuted; why Dennis doesn’t do a Happiness Hour on Monday, too; is homosexuality a choice; why did God create the mosquito.
Prager H2: Are there people who feel they don’t have the right to be happy? Callers weigh in with their personal stories.
