Thursday, December 02, 2010 Radio Show
H1: Christmas Returns
Prager H1: The Mayor of Philadelphia has re-instituted Christmas in that city… The Smithsonian is hosting a homo-erotic exhibit that featured a video of a crucified Jesus crawling with ants. As a result of public outrage, this video has been withdrawn, but the exhibit is still in place… Alexander Solzhenitsyn gave an important speech at Hillsdale College 35 years ago.
Thursday, December 02, 2010 Radio Show
H2: Hauser’s Law
Prager H2: The government gets 19% of GDP in taxes whether rates are high or low, according to Hauser’s Law. Thus lower rates are better because it means more money flows into the public treasury. Pretty simple. If true, it destroys the "tax the rich" argument. Dennis talks to Tarek Fatah, journalist and founder of the liberal Muslim organization the Muslim Canadian Congress. His new book is The Jew is Not My Enemy.
Thursday, December 02, 2010 Radio Show
H3: Dress Up
Prager H3: Should a mother raise no objections if her son wants to dress up as a girl?.. Dennis talks to Roger Pielke, Jr. professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado. His new book is The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming…Where are our liberties most threatened?
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 Radio Show
H1: Why Is the Left Anti-American?
Prager H1: What is Julian Assange’s motive for leaking thousand of State Department documents? Look to the Left… In Philadelphia, Christmas has been cancelled because a few people feel offended.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 Radio Show
H2: Male/Female Hour: What Men Want
Prager H2: What do men really want? The joke response is a naked woman and food. Of course, there’s a lot of truth to that. But it’s not the core desire. Dennis has the answer.
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 Radio Show
H3: Second Hand Stupidity
Prager H3: A new study claims that 600K people die every year of second-hand smoke. Name one… Want to know the economy is stuck in neutral? Two stories tell the tale – the EPA regulates even when it doesn’t know what its own regulations are; and Obama says no off shore drilling on East Coast… Dennis talks to Elliot Abrams, senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, about the damage caused by Wikileaks.
The Climate Fix
Thursday, December 02, 2010 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 2:22 PM
Dennis talks to Roger Pielke, Jr. professor of environmental studies at the University of Colorado. His new book is The Climate Fix: What Scientists and Politicians Won't Tell You About Global Warming.
The Jew Is Not My Enemy
Thursday, December 02, 2010 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:19 PM
Hauser's Law
Thursday, December 02, 2010 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:08 PM
The government gets 19% of GDP in taxes whether rates are high or low. Thus lower rates are better because it means more money flows into the public treasury. Pretty simple. If true, it destroys the "tax the rich" argument.
Enduring Principles, Eternal Truths -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Thursday, December 02, 2010 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:38 PM
Here's a link to Alexander Solzhenitsyn's memorable speech at Hillsdale College in 1975.. It's worth reading in full. This is living history. To get the transcript of great speeches every month given at Hillsdale, sign up for Imprimus here.
Want to Know Why Economy Isn't Growing?
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 2:28 PM
Here are two stories that help to explain why the economy is stuck in neutral and will stay there. Story one -- EPA regulates even though they don't know what the regulations are. Story two: no off shore drilling on East Coast.
600K Die World Wide of Second-Hand Smoke
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 1:51 PM
According to a new WHO report published in The Lancet, 600K people die every year of second-hand smoke. Really? Name one. Another phony report discredits real science.
There's No War on Christmas
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:35 PM
The Right is paranoid about this. Who's against Christmas? I have a three word response: ho, ho, ho. Here's the latest case in point.
NYT Takes Different Positions on Climategate and Wikileaks
Wednesday, December 01, 2010 | Posted by: Allen Estrin at 12:15 PM
Here is your classic smoking gun. The NY Times didn't like Climategate documents, so it self-righteously didn't publish them. But the Wikileaks documents embarrass the United States, so here they are.