Prager 20140811 – 2 Kashkari
Aug 11, 2014
Prager H2: Dennis talks to Neel Kashkari, Republican candidate for governor in California… Can Republicans vote for someone who does not share all their convictions?
Prager H2: Dennis talks to Neel Kashkari, Republican candidate for governor in California… Can Republicans vote for someone who does not share all their convictions?
Prager H1: A new study confirms what Dennis has said for two decades: keeping your expectations in check is one of the keys to happiness… The Los Angeles Times editorializes that we should just let the Yazidis die. Nothing is worth getting involved in Iraq again.
Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: Is the Left frozen in the Viet Nam War; how do you ask forgiveness from someone you can’t get in contact with; are we living in a judgment-free world.
Prager H2: Staying calm is a way to be happy or at least avoid unhappiness. Sure, there are times when staying calm is not possible, but those times are rare. Keep them rare and stay happy.
Prager H1: President Obama has authorized aid and air strikes in Northern Iraq. Had he maintained a military presence in that country this wouldn’t be necessary and Iraq wouldn’t be teetering on the edge of disaster… Dennis talks to Rabbi Shmuley Boteach about his full page ad in major papers across the English speaking world. The ad calls for Hamas to stop practicing child sacrifice.
Prager H3: Dennis talks to Malcolm Hoenlein, executive vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations… What would happen if Hamas had the power to do what it wanted?
Prager H2: Dennis talks to the great David Horowitz, founder of the David Horowitz Freedom Center. His new book is Take No Prisoners: The Battle Plan for Defeating the Left.
Prager H1: A restaurant in Minnesota adds a “tax” to customer bills to cover a government mandated raise in the minimum wage… Tom Friedman of the New York Times writes well, but doesn’t think clearly… Why are some American Armenians anti-Israel?
Prager H3: There are solutions to serious problems, not to every problem, of course, but to many. Many of these solutions are very old. Most new answers in the moral realm are awful, excuses for social engineering… The teacher in Houston who was fired for telling her students to speak English tells her story… A minority group in Iraq faces disaster and no one cares… Dennis talks to Wayne Hughes, founder of Serving California Foundation, which is dedicated to transforming lives of ex-offenders, crime victims, & veterans.