February 2010


	Monday, February 01, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100201c Prager H1: Dennis went to DC to speak to Congressional Republicans. He reflects on the event and replays his speech. Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 01, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100201b Prager H2: President Obama's new budget projects a deficit of well over a $1.25T. Another $20 billion has been founded for education, however. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 01, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100201a Prager H3: Senator Chuck Schumer, who has fought so hard for civilian trials for terrorists and for closing Gitmo, now says he doesn't want KSM's trial anywhere in New York State... Frank Rich calls John McCain "unpatriotic." John McCain?... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 02, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100202c Prager H1: Dennis plays a clip from one of his favorite films, Groundhog Day, starring Bill Murray. It has a profound theme: it's easy to get stuck in a rut in life and very hard to get out it. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 02, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100202b Prager H2: Dennis talks to John Makin, visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute and former consultant to the U.S. Treasury Department, Congressional Budget Office, and International Monetary Fund... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 02, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100202a Prager H3: There are no guarantees in life. Don't assume if you're a success that you'll remain a success. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100203c Prager H1: The Lancet, the once prestigious British medical journal, admits to propagating another falsehood � that vaccines are dangerous. Unfortunately, a lot people believed their phony study, making a lot of kids sick... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100203b Prager H2: Dennis talks to Lori Gottleib, widely published journalist who is frequent commentator for NPR's All Things Considered. Her new book is Marry Him. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 03, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100203a Prager H3: A major politician in Canada is coming to the US for heart surgery. Why? He wants to live... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 04, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100204c Prager H1: The Global Warming edifice continues to implode -- almost daily. The latest scandal involves "lost" Chinese weather stations, a key to measuring earth's temperature. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 04, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100204b Prager H2: A record price is set for the sale of a piece of art -- $100M for a six foot sculpture... The LA Times writes an editorial opposing France's ban on burka. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 04, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100204a Prager H3: Dennis talks to David Aaronovitch, columnist for the London Times. His new book is Voodoo Conspiracies. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 05, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100205c Prager H1: Homeowners in Maryland are powerless to prevent their homes from falling into the sea. Unfortunately for them, their homes are in the path of an "endangered" beetle... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 05, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100205b Prager H2: There are selfish reasons to be happy. If you can maintain a positive disposition, you will attract people to you. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 05, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100205a Prager H3: Per usual, listeners set the agenda. Issues raised include: was Joseph in the Bible a Social Democrat; should you back your partner in a racquet ball game line call even if you know he's wrong; what's the best way to make the case for traditional marriage; did President Bush think that Saddam Hussein was behind 9/11. Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 08, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100208c Prager H1: The New Orleans won their first Super Bowl. This is supposed to be a boost for the city � that's one everyone says, at least, but why?... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 08, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100208b Prager H2: One ad that Dennis didn't like was the Doritos ad in which a little boy tells his mom's date to "keep your hands off my mama and keep your hands off my Doritos." The blurring of the distinction between adults and children is bad social trend... Dennis talks to Paul Ingrassia, Detroit bureau chief for the Wall Street Journal. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 08, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100208a Prager H3: The judge in the trial on the legality of Prop 8, the California proposition in which California voters affirmed they're desire to maintain the traditional definition of marriage, is gay. Is this a conflict of interest? Dennis discusses this question with Ed Whelan, President of the Ethics and Public Policy Center... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100209c Prager H1: The mainstream media, the Herd, has made much of the fact that Sarah Palin wrote a few speech notes on her palm. Dennis analyzes this latest manifestation of the PDS � Palin Derangement Syndrome... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100209b Prager H2: One year into the Obama administration and Dick Cheney is looking better and better. And the President's recent actions prove it. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 09, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100209a Prager H3: Dennis talks to David Dow, a professor at the University of Houston Law Center. His new book is Autobiography of an Execution. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100210c Prager H1: Joy Behar and her guest, feminist Eve Ensler, the author of "The Vagina Monologues" are astounded that there are people who don't believe in Global Warming; and of all those people, Sarah Palin, is the worst... Should believing in Creationism render you unfit for public office? Believing in the Global Warming leads to serious social and economic consequences, but what does believing in a religious idea like Creationism lead to?. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100210b Prager H2: Dennis asks what are the advantages of being a man and of being a woman? Dennis offers his list. Callers weigh in. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100210a Prager H3: That's the standard Left line. But is there any truth to it or is it a Left fiction? Actress Ann Hathaway has left the Catholic Church because her brother is gay and the Catholic Church, in Hathaway's nuanced view, is not sympathetic to the gays... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 11, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100211c Prager H1: A NY Times article reports there is no longer stigma associated with receiving food stamps. Food businesses, farmers, city and state governments, as well as recipients love the system. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 11, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100211b Prager H2: The discussion on food stamps continues as callers weigh in. Obviously, if someone is starving they should receive assistance, but what effect does this "hand up" have on society long-term?. Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 11, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100211a Prager H3: Dennis speaks with Marc Thiessen, former member of the White House Senior staff, chief speechwriter for George W. Bush, and author of Courting Disaster: How the CIA Kept America Safe and How Barack Obama is Inviting the Next Attack. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 12, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100212c Prager H1: A study reports that 30% of young people have stolen something in the last year? Dennis asks listeners if they think this is accurate or overstated. Callers weigh in. Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 12, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100212b Prager H2: You have to learn not to take things personally. If too many "slights" offend you, you need to adjust your sensitivity level. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 12, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100212a Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Topics raised include: how do you talk a senior citizen out of suicide; can you rush someone with a gun and stop him; is it okay to dream about other women; what do you with a six-year-old who already envies her friends; should a mother let her 12-year-old son look at the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue; and, is Dennis sorry he didn't run for Senate. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 15, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100215c Prager H1: That would be Presidents Day, a long time pet peeve of Dennis's... We are at war in Afghanistan, a different kind of war. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 15, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100215b Prager H2: A young Georgian athlete died in a hideous crash on the luge course at the Winter Olympics. The International Luge Federation said that the Georgian was responsible, but the course was obviously unsafe. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 15, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100215a Prager H3: Phil Jones, star Global Warming professor, admits his records are a mess. And, oh yeah, the Medieval global warming period might have been equal to the one we're supposedly living through now... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100216c Prager H1: Dennis talks to BR Myers, director of the international studies department at Dongseo University in South Korea and contributing editor to Atlantic Magazine. His new book is The Cleanest Race: How the North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters. Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100216b Prager H2: NYT reports a big victory for our forces -- the capture of a Talban leader. Given the cooperation of Pakistan intelligent sources, this could be a major breakthrough... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 16, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100216a Prager H3: Dennis debuts a new Prager University, The Bigger the Government... His thesis is encapsulated in one memorable phrase: The Bigger the Government, the Smaller the Citizen. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100217c Prager H1: With the ever increasing risks in Olympic sports � as, for example, the increased speed of the luge course at the Vancouver Winter Olympics � is the joy of watching Olympics events shifting from watching athleticism to watching danger? And if so, is this troubling: Shouldn't the thrill in sports be competition rather than what it seems to have become...flirtation with ones mortality. Callers weigh in. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100217b Prager H2: The instant reaction is that growing older is harder for women, but upon further examination, nearly all callers, women and men alike, believed that in general it is harder for men. Dennis opened up the hour contending that it was equally hard for both sexes, but by the end, agreed with his callers. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 17, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100217a Prager H3: At family get-togethers, who gets angrier � liberal relatives at conservative ones or conservative relatives at liberal ones? All callers said it was their liberal relatives who more likely to express anger. Dennis acknowledged that since most of his audience leans conservative, this was not a scientific poll. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 18, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100218c Prager H1: What is the secret? Dennis talks to John Rosemond. The child psychologist writes a nationally syndicated column on parenting and has authored 14 books. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 18, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100218b Prager H2: Two British TV reporters can't figure out what was on Vice President Joe Biden's forehead during a press event with President Obama yesterday... Have Americans finally begun to realize that we can't keep spending at Obama levels?.. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 18, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100218a Prager H3: Dennis talks to Dr. Michael Richman, thoracic surgeon, and frequent Prager Show guest, about heart disease and specifically what we can learn from former President Clinton's recent scare. Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 19, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100219c Prager H1: Tiger Woods makes his obligatory public confession. Dennis finds it sincere and finds media voyeurism a sad commentary on our times... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 19, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100219b Prager H2: Dennis talks to Dr. Stephen Marmer, member of the clinical faculty of the UCLA School of Medicine and psychiatrist in private practice in Brentwood, CA, about personal growth issues that recur in our lives. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 19, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100219a Prager H3: Per usual, callers set the agenda. Issues include: Will Tiger Woods confession convince the public that he has repented; what is Dennis's favorite potato chip; what are Dennis's thoughts about prison reform; what should one do when one sees children of close friends misbehaving. Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 22, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100222c Prager H1: The White House reveals its new "compromise" Health Care Bill. It's pretty much the Senate version of ObamaCare, except worse. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 22, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100222b Prager H2: The government is broken? All that means, George Will points out, is that the left isn't getting what it wants... Dennis talks to David Dreier, Congressman for the 26th District of California about the new ObamaCare plan and the possibility of the Democrats using "reconciliation' to get it passed... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 22, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100222a Prager H3: Another major Taliban leader was captured over the weekend in Pakistan. The last major Taliban figure we nabbed pointed the way. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100223c Prager H1: Dennis talks about the death of a family dog and the impact it had on him and the family's other dog... ObamaCare II is even worse than ObamaCare I... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100223b Prager H2: The first Superman comic sold for a cool million. Original price: 10 cents... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 23, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100223a Prager H3: Is it God and parents? Or is it the government? The Left cultivates dependence on government which will always undermine religion and parents. The Right wants you to depend on yourself and, ultimately, on God. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100224c Prager H1: Dennis talks to Paul Ingrassia, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and author of Crash Course, about the president of Toyota appearing before Congress. Is Toyota being treated fairly or is this a show trial?... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100224b Prager H2: Dennis lets the callers set the agenda. Issues raised include: why is sex psychologically important to men; what do you do when your girlfriend doesn't want to confront critical relationship issues; what if you're just not sexually interested in your spouse; does Dennis emphasize male issues over female issues. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100224a Prager H3: Dennis talks to Arizona Senator, Jon Kyl, the Minority Whip, about the upcoming Health Care Summit... That a leading Canadian politician came to the US for heart surgery says a lot about the Canadian health care system... more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 25, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100225c Prager H1: Dennis covers President Obama's "Bipartisan Healthcare Summit," and wonders: What kind of negotiations take place AFTER a bill is concluded?! Coverage includes Tom Coburn's opening statement, and an exchange between John McCain and the president that can only be described as insulting to the senator. Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 25, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100225b Prager H2: Dennis briefly speaks with John Eastman as the discussion of President Obama's "Bipartisan Healthcare Summit" continues and callers weigh in. Noticing that the president is almost the only democrat speaking, Dennis wonders if it's because he is the only democrat that people like and/or doesn't do damage to the healthcare bill when fielding republican objections?. Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 25, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100225a Prager H3: On his last hour before departing for his annual 10 day Listener Cruise Dennis opens up the phones to respond to any questions the callers may have. Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 26, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100226c Prager H1: Mark Taylor fills in for Dennis and talks about some of the more interesting moments of Thursdays Healthcare Summit. Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 26, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100226b Prager H2: Mark Taylor fills in for Dennis and continues the discussion of Thursdays Healthcare Summit as callers weight in. Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 26, 2010 Radio Show Code: 20100226a Prager H3: Mark Taylor fills in for Dennis and has a caller take the Pew News IQ quiz that fifty percent of Americans fail to answer more than 5 questions correct, Whit does well, see how you fair. Quantity in Basket: none