The Dennis Prager Store: 2004

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	Thursday, January 1, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01012004 Hour 1: Are You Working Today? Dennis asks people who are working today to call in – a locksmith, a waiter, and a private detective are among the many people who do. Hour 2: New Year’s Resolutions Resolutions are good – even if you don’t keep them very long. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, January 2, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01022004 Hour 1: Return of the King The Lord of the Rings trilogy glorifies good violence. This is a real testament to this epic film, but it must drive the Left crazy. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, January 5, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01052004 Hour 1: Weekend in Review The NY Times ad for the newest Lord of the Ring installment extols the virtues of peace. This is "false advertising." The movie is about war and how it must be waged against evil. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, January 6, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01062004 Hour 1: Republicans Are Happier than Democrats So says the latest Gallup poll. It's been true since they started asking the question in 1996. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, January 7, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01072004 Hour 1: Hillary Regrets Gandhi Joke Senator Clinton made a joke that Gandhi ran a gas station in St. Louis. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, January 8, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01082004 Hour 1: Can You Support the Troops, But Not the War A soldier who is serving in Iraq writes Dennis an email wondering how people who say they oppose the war can also say that they support the troops. Hour 2: The Christian Left Guest: Jim Wallis, major liberal Christian thinker and editor of Sojourner Magazine. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, January 9, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01092004 Hour 1: Arabs and Cannibals A BBC talk show host wrote a column in the Sunday Express in which he wondered what modern Arab countries have contributed to the world aside from terrorism. He's been fired from his show and vilified in the British press. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, January 13, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01132004 Hour 1: Smashed Fenders Dennis asks a question which he sees as a cultural test: how many people would leave a note if they hit a parked car? Listeners contribute their "smashed fender" stories - the good, the bad and the ugly. Hour 2: No Excuses Guest: Abigail Thernstrom, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute and co-author with her husband, Harvard prof. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, January 14, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01142004 Hour 1: Barbarians at the Gate The barbarians this time are the ultra-sophisticated liberals. The Moveon.org awards in New York are a perfect example. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, January 15, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01152004 Hour 1: Educated Women Impose Their Own Glass Ceiling An article in the New York Times Sunday Magazine discusses an important new social phenomenon: more and more women are opting out of the corporate rat race to marry and raise a family. A Best of Prager Hour. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, January 16, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01162004 Hour 1: The Hideous Treachery of the Latest Suicide Bomber A 22 year-old mother of two played on the kindness of Israeli border guards to get past a check point. She then blew herself up, murdering four people and severely injuring nine. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, January 19, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01192004 Hour 1: Martin Luther King and Ronald Reagan It’s Martin Luther King Day. How many people know that Ronald Reagan signed the bill that made it a national holiday? How many people know that Ronald Reagan and Martin Luther King were kindred spirits? Hour 2: Weekend in Review Iowa Caucuses are tonight. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, January 20, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01202004 Hour 1: Looking at Iowa Dennis analyses the surprising results of yesterday’s Iowa primary Hour 2: Allies and Iraq Guest: William Shawcross, internationally renown journalist and author of Allies: The U.S., Britain, and Europe, and the War in Iraq. Hour 3: Looking at the Contenders Guest: Susan Estrich, Fox News c. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, January 21, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01212004 Hour 1: The State of the Union Dennis analyzes the President’s State of the Union address last night… and Democrat reaction. Hour 2: Reforming Islam Guest: Ishrad Manji, Canadian broadcaster and author of The Trouble with Islam: A Muslim's Call for Reform in Her Faith. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, January 22, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01222004 Hour 1: Dad in a Cup Sperm donors will lose their right to anonymity, according to new law in Britain. This misguided piece of legislation equates the man who masturbated into a cup and the man who raised the child. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, January 23, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01232004 Hour 1: The Left Doesn’t Understand Evil From crime in Los Angeles to suicide bombers in Gaza, Leftist thinking refuses to recognize that there are people who want to harm others for their own evil purposes. The Left believes bad behavior is a money, not a values problem. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, January 26, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01262004 Hour 1: Weekend in Review Sen. John Kerry, the Democratic front runner, has a more liberal voting record than his pal, Ted Kennedy… The Washington Post calls President Bush defense of traditional marriage in his State of the Union address “noxious”… Israel is trading 430 prisoners for four Israelis, three of whom are presumed dead. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, January 27, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01272004 Hour 1: The Color of America Guest: Henry Louis Gates, Jr. WEB Dubois Professor of Humanities, Chair of the African and African American Studies Dept and author of America Behind the Color Line: Dialogues with African Americans. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, January 28, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01282004 Guest Host: Eric Hogue Hour 1: The New Hampshire Primary Eric Hogue, guest hosting for Dennis, analyses yesterday’s primary. Hour 2: The New Hampshire Primary, Part 2 Eric, with input from listeners, continues to assess the results. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, January 29, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01292004 Hour 1: Global Chilling The associate director of the Harvard global warming department writes that the northern hemisphere is going to be “a lot colder” during global warming. Say what? How can half the world, where two thirds of the world’s population live, get colder and the crisis be called “global warming”? The political agenda behind the global warming scare -- stop the United State. Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, January 30, 2004 Radio Show Code: 01302004 Hour 1: Bush Budget Bloat The numbers aren’t big, but the issue is. We had to increase defense and security spending, but why is a Republican president increasing budgets of worthless social programs?… Seattle throws money at its schools and sees no improvement. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 2, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02022004 Hour 1: What Do You Expect from MTV? Justin Timberlake exposes Janet Jackson’s breast at halftime on the Super Bowl broadcast. Everyone apologizes. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 3, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02032004 Hour 1: The Liberal Bias of the Press It is so ingrained that even articles that have no apparent political content are rife with liberal code words and phrases. Dennis points out three examples from this past Sunday’s New York Times. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 4, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02042004 Hour 1: The Kerry Candidacy: Will America Buy It? John Kerry won five more states yesterday. He is the inevitable Democratic nominee, but what is he offering beyond the usual Democrat class warfare rhetoric? Will America buy it? Also, Dennis talks to Shlomo Cohen, President of the Israeli Bar Association, about the Israel’s swap of 400 terrorists for one Israeli civilian and the remai. Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 5, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02052004 Hour 1: State Supreme Court: We Know What’s Good for You The Massachusetts Supreme Court, by a one vote majority, has once again insisted that state must fully sanction same sex marriage. We cannot allow judges, who have nothing but contempt for voters, to overturn fundamental traditions of our society. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 6, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02062004 Best of Show Hour 1: John McWhorter author, "Doing our own Thing" Hour 2: Happiness Hour: Happiness is a decision Hour 3: Dating in college- the female perspective. Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 9, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02092004 Eric Hogue - Guest Host Hours 1-3 The interview w/President Bush and listener reactions. Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 10, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02102004 Eric Hogue - Guest Host Hours 1-3 Senator Kerry and the newly published photograph of he and Jane Fonda from 20 years ago. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 11, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02112004 Mark Taylor - Guest Host Hours 1, 2, and first half of Hour 3 Senator Kerry vs. Bush Last Half Hour 3 Computer expert. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 12, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02122004 Mark Larson - Guest Host Hours 1-3 Breaking news of Kerry's alleged infidelity Janet Jackson superbowl scandal Guest Robert Pugsley discusses the Kevin Cooper stay of execution Gay marriage. Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 13, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02132004 Mark Larson - Guest Host Hour 1: Guest Robert Knight from Concerned Women of America- gay marriage issue Hour 2: Guest Tim Graham from Media Research Center regarding decency on TV...superbowl, as well as Kerry and the slant of the media Hour 3: Students in college being indoctrinated by professors Callers. Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 16, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02162004 Hour 1: Report from Peru and Chile Dennis reflects on his listener cruise to South America. Hour 2: Weekend in Review John Kerry leads President Bush in early polls. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 17, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02172004 Hour 1: More Passion Mel Gibson’s movie, The Passion of Jesus Christ, opens tomorrow. It has generated an unprecedented amount of controversy – much it as a result of Jewish disapproval. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 18, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02182004 Hour 1: San Francisco: Happy Home of Gay Marriage Local judges refuse to stop gay marriage parade. The same Leftists who were concerned about the legality of our invasion of Iraq, now could care less about breaking the law of the state which bans gay marriage. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 19, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02192004 Hour 1: UC Santa Cruz: Fortress Left Dennis will be speaking on the campus tomorrow. Four organizers of his speech describe how their efforts have been undercut by Leftists on campus. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 20, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02202004 Hour 1: Wishful Thinking from the Left The Left must believe that our enemies are reasonable. If they’re not, then we have to fight them. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, February 23, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02232004 Hour 1: Weekend in Review Ten Israelis, mostly young students, were murdered on a bus in Jerusalem by a suicide terrorist. This happens the day before a show trial in The Hague on Israel’s security fence. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, February 24, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02242004 Hour 1: ACLU Sues Salvation Army The Left is very active trying to destroy valuable organizations like the Salvation Army or the Boy Scouts, but what do they ever build?... President Bush comes out strongly for a constitutional amendment for traditional marriage. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, February 25, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02252004 Hour 1: Who is Being Divisive on Gay Marriage Issue? President Bush proposes a constitution amendment to protect marriage and liberals call him divisive. The people who have been divisive are the people who are trying to force a redefinition of marriage – against the will of the vast majority of the electorate. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, February 26, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02262004 Hour 1: Passionate Reactions Dennis discusses his appearance last night on “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren Topic: the fallout over the “The Passion of the Christ.” Listeners who have seen the film weigh in with their reactions. Hour 2: Redefining Marriage Democrats think that “job creation” and outsourcing of jobs are more important issues tha. Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, March 1, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03012004 Mark Taylor - Guest Host Hour 1: The Academy Awards Hour 2: President Bush and issues regarding his re-election Hour 3: Guest, Don Bendell talks about Senator Kerry. Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, February 27, 2004 Radio Show Code: 02272004 Hour 1: Who Needs Mom? To believe that marriage between two people of same sex should be accorded the same status as traditional marriage is to believe that mothers and fathers don’t have something unique to contribute to a child’s upbringing. Not even liberals believe this in their brain, but liberals don’t think with their brains. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, March 2, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03022004 Hour 1: Dennis in Israel This is the second time in the last two years that Dennis has done his show from Israel. He describes his first impressions on this visit. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, March 3, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03032004 Hour 1: The Fence Is Not a Wall Dennis toured the security barrier that divides Israel from the West Bank. Most of it is a transparent fence. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, March 4, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03042004 Hour 1: Cab Drivers: Israel’s Cab Drivers One of the many reason to visit Israel is to talk to the cab drivers. They have more wisdom than the faculty of any university… Dennis describes his visit with his son, Aaron, to mini-Israel, a theme park in which the main exhibit is the entire state of Israel built to scale. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, March 5, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03052004 Hour 1: A Star is Born Dennis talks to “the star” of the documentary he made in Israel during his last visit, Israel in a Time of Terror Patricia Goldman. Now a mother with a year old son, he asks her how she how feels about the current situation in Israel. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, March 8, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03082004 Hour 1: Reflections on Week in Israel Back in the USA, Dennis reflects on his week in Israel and asks listeners how it affected them. Hour 2: Weekend in Review Spain’s opposition party planned to campaign on anti-war in Iraq platform, but now they’ve dropped it. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, March 9, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03092004 Hour 1: 14 Year Olds Deserve the Vote? Only could a bunch of kookie California Democrats would think was a good idea. Hour 2: When People You Admire Disappoint You A listener is deeply disappointed when Dennis doesn’t respond to an email. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, March 10, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03102004 Hour 1: Teenage Chastity Vows Work But the headline in the New York Times proclaims exactly the opposite – another example of the liberal assault on religious values. Hour 2: R-Rating for Smoking in Films The smoking jihadis are at in again. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, March 11, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03112004 Hour 1: Heart versus Bible as Source of Values Dennis asks a series of challenges that secularists use to undermine the Bible as a source of values. These challenges include “doesn’t the Bible that rebellious children should be killed?” Also, a terror bombing in Spain has killed more than 180 people and wounded a 1000. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, March 12, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03122004 Hour 1: Aftermath in Spain New evidence points to Islamic terrorists as the authors of this latest horror. But whoever it turns out to be, this is a war against a very real enemy, not a police action. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, March 15, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03152004 Hour 1: Socialists Win in Spain This is a major victory for Al Qaeda. It is the first time since 9/11 that the terror organization has been able to terrorize the West into appeasement. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, March 16, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03162004 Hour 1: Spain Sets Dangerous Precedent The Spanish have given Al Qaeda a major victory. The terrorists now they can influence the elections of democratic nations. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, March 17, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03172004 Hour 1: Are We Popular or Are We Right? A Pew Survey contends that the majority of Arabs in moderate states Pakistan, Morocco and Jordan support suicide bombings against United States. They also admire Osama Bin Laden. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, March 18, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03182004 Hour 1: Tough Questions that Kids Ask About God Usually when parents don’t have good answers for their children, it’s because they don’t have good answers for themselves. Dennis provides a few. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, March 19, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03192004 Hour 1: The Indignity of Hospital Garb Clothing says something about our state of mind. The hospital gown announces “I’m sick.” It’s humiliating and lacks dignity. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, March 22, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03222004 Hour 1: Terror Mastermind Terminated Israel kills the founder of Hamas, Sheik Yassin. A cruel killer, who dedicated his life to blowing up Jewish children, is described as “the spiritual leader of Hamas” in the media. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, March 23, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03232004 Hour 1: World Outraged at Yassin’s Execution A nation kills a man who helped create a theology of terror in the name of God and is responsible for death of hundreds of its citizens and that nation is condemned? We live in very morally confused world. Hour 2: One Voice Guest: Jason Alexander, actor and spokesman of One Voice, an initiative to discern wha. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, March 24, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03242004 Hour 1: The Dilemma of Outsourcing Dennis made an airline reservation over the phone. The reservation person was in India. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, March 25, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03252004 Hour 1: The Privileged Planet Guests: Guillermo Gonzalez, assistant research professor of Astronomy at Iowa State and Jay Wesley Richards, vice president of the Discovery Institute authors of The Privileged Planet: How Our Place in the Cosmos Is Designed for Discovery. Hour 2: The 9/11 Commission In eight years, the Clinton administration did little. Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, March 26, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03262004 Hour 1: Cheaters Never Prosper There is an epidemic cheating going on in high school and college. It has almost become the norm. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, March 29, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03292004 Hour 1: Weekend in Review Richard Clarke continues to blame President Bush for 9/11 failures. But wasn’t Clarke head of counter-terrorism for 8 years before GW came to office? The earth is getting greener according to a new UN report and most of that is happening in the Amazon. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, March 30, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03302004 Hour 1: The 9/11 Commission: What Have We Learned? What have we learned from this commission that we didn’t know? The process has become politicized and thus become worthless. Also, Sante Fe, New Mexico wants to force dogs to wear seat belts. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, March 31, 2004 Radio Show Code: 03312004 Hour 1: Same-Sex Marriage Inevitable? That’s what liberals like to say. So, if it’s inevitable why not let the people decide? Why do liberals rely on courts? Because it’s not inevitable. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, April 1, 2004 Radio Show Code: 04012004 Hour 1: Falujah Atrocity These obscene murders must be avenged – not only to satisfy justice but to protect the vast majority of Iraqis who want peace and freedom. Hour 2: Professor Claims Iraq Worse Off Now Guest: Gabriel Piterberg, UCLA Associate Professor of History. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, April 2, 2004 Radio Show Code: 04022004 Hour 1: Dennis Raps! John Kerry did the obligatory interview on MTV in which he praised rap and hip hop as being important and something “that needs to be listened to.” Dennis reads some Eminem lyrics out loud to see if he can find anything profound. Hour 2: The Happiness Hour: Envy The late Helen Telushkin (mother of Dennis’s dear friend, Rabbi Jo. Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, April 5, 2004 Radio Show Code: 04052004 Hour 1: More Terror in Madrid The ringleader of the Madrid subway bombing blew himself up this weekend. He took some of his terror comrades and a Spanish policeman with him. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, April 6, 2004 Radio Show Code: 04062004 Hour 1: “Baby Richard” Doing Fine? A new book claims that “Baby Richard,” the boy who was taken away from his adopted parents at four and given to his biological parents, is “doing fine.” The author, the quack psychologist, who saw no problem ripping the boy from the only home he had known, now justifies her diagnosis by proclaiming “Baby Richard” to be well-adjusted and happy. But if y. Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, April 7, 2004 Radio Show Code: 04072004 Hour 1: Iraq: Is It Bush’s Vietnam? That’s what Ted Kennedy and leading Democrats think. But no one asks the senior senator from Massachusetts what he means. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, April 8, 2004 Radio Show Code: 04082004 Hour 1: Condi Testifies Dennis articulates six reasons why the 9/11 commission is a politically motivated farce. Hour 2: The Geography of Thought Guest: Richard Nisbett, a psychologist, Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan and author of The Geography of Thought: How Asians and Westerners Think Differently...and Why. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Friday, April 9, 2004 Radio Show Code: 04092004 Hour 1: Kerrey Condescends to Condi Former Sen. Bob Kerrey tells Condi Rice that he admires “her story” before beginning his questioning. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Monday, April 12, 2004 Radio Show Code: 04122004 Eric Hogue - Guest Host Hour 1: The 9/11 hearings Discussion of Condoleeza Rice's testimony. Hour 2: The PR Battle and Bush Why isn't Bush's camp fighting the PR battle against him? Hour 3: Could Bush have Prevented 9/11? Callers weigh in on whether or not there was enough intelligence prior to 9/11 for the Bush a. Quantity in Basket: none

	Tuesday, April 13, 2004 Radio Show Code: 04132004 Hour 1: The 9/11 Memo The memo that was supposed to tip President Bush off to the 9/11 attack does nothing of the kind. It was vague and therefore useless. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Wednesday, April 14, 2004 Radio Show Code: 04142004 Hour 1: The Case of Yoon Ho Song, Continued Yoon Ho Song shot and killed a thief who was trying to steal his car. He’s sitting in jail on $2 million bond. more... Quantity in Basket: none

	Thursday, April 15, 2004 Radio Show Code: 04152004 Hour 1: The Immorality of High Taxation High levels of taxation make people into tax cheaters. Is there a point of taxation where cheating on taxes is not immoral? Hour 2: Marriage: An Elastic Institution That’s what Dennis’s guests, two professors, John Borneman, professor of anthropology at Princeton and Laurie Kain Hart, chair of the department. Quantity in Basket: none