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Dennis Prager
Dennis Prager is one of America’s most respected radio talk show hosts. He has been broadcasting on radio in Los Angeles since 1982. Widely sought after by television shows for his opinions, he’s appeared on Larry King Live, Hardball, Hannity & Colmes, CBS Evening News, The Today Show and many others. Dennis writes a syndicated column (Creators Syndicate) that is published in newspapers across the country and on the Internet. His writings have also appeared in major national and international publications including, Commentary, The Weekly Standard and The Wall Street Journal.
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Trump’s Comments: The Latest Left-Wing Hysteria
Regarding Donald Trump’s private sexual comments: We are living through a national hysteria.
To understand how and why, it is necessary to understand the indispensable role hysteria plays on the left. The left is always in major crisis mode. And, in nearly every case, the crisis is either wildly exaggerated or simply false.
For example:
–Few people...
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Trump’s Comments: The Latest Left-Wing Hysteria
Regarding Donald Trump’s private sexual comments: We are living through a national hysteria.
To understand how and why, it is necessary to understand the indispensable role hysteria plays on the left. The left is always in major crisis mode. And, in nearly every case, the crisis is either wildly exaggerated or simply false.
For example:
–Few people...
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Clinton Won on Nonsense, Trump Won on Substance
The overwhelming media consensus regarding the first presidential debate — Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton and Lester Holt — is that Clinton won.
If she did win it was because Trump, after a strong opening 30 minutes, allowed himself to get baited into emotional and tendentious self-defense.
And because the media have decided to focus on the...
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Clinton Won on Nonsense, Trump Won on Substance
The overwhelming media consensus regarding the first presidential debate — Donald Trump vs. Hillary Clinton and Lester Holt — is that Clinton won.
If she did win it was because Trump, after a strong opening 30 minutes, allowed himself to get baited into emotional and tendentious self-defense.
And because the media have decided to focus on the...
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Did the Famous Sailor Sexually Assault the Famous Nurse?
The most famous American photo of World War II is undoubtedly that of the four Marines planting the American flag on Iwo Jima. The second most famous is probably the legendary photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt’s picture of an American sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square in New York City, when people were celebrating Japan’s surrender.
The kiss was...
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Did the Famous Sailor Sexually Assault the Famous Nurse?
The most famous American photo of World War II is undoubtedly that of the four Marines planting the American flag on Iwo Jima. The second most famous is probably the legendary photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt’s picture of an American sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square in New York City, when people were celebrating Japan’s surrender.
The kiss was...
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How Is the Godless West Working Out?
There are many recent developments in the godless West. To name a few:
–The Supreme Court of Italy last week ruled that public masturbation is legal (except in front of minors).
–The New York City Council voted in May that public urination is not a criminal act.
–The San Francisco City Council decided, by one vote, to continue the city’s...
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How Is the Godless West Working Out?
There are many recent developments in the godless West. To name a few:
–The Supreme Court of Italy last week ruled that public masturbation is legal (except in front of minors).
–The New York City Council voted in May that public urination is not a criminal act.
–The San Francisco City Council decided, by one vote, to continue the city’s...
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Trump, Republicans and the ‘Principles’ Question
All #NeverTrump conservatives maintain that their decision to never vote for Donald Trump is guided by their principles. I have no doubt that this is true.
But some of them seem to imply, or at least might think, that conservatives who vote for Trump have abandoned their principles. Indeed, the charge of compromising on principle is explicitly levied at...
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Trump, Republicans and the ‘Principles’ Question
All #NeverTrump conservatives maintain that their decision to never vote for Donald Trump is guided by their principles. I have no doubt that this is true.
But some of them seem to imply, or at least might think, that conservatives who vote for Trump have abandoned their principles. Indeed, the charge of compromising on principle is explicitly levied at...
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On Hillary Clinton as a Model for Young Girls
One of the most oft-heard claims made by supporters of Hillary Clinton is what a positive role model she would be for young girls as president.
They say: “Then, my daughters will know that nothing is to too great for them to aspire to. A woman can indeed be president of the United States.”
So goes the argument.
According to the latest Quinnipiac...
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On Hillary Clinton as a Model for Young Girls
One of the most oft-heard claims made by supporters of Hillary Clinton is what a positive role model she would be for young girls as president.
They say: “Then, my daughters will know that nothing is to too great for them to aspire to. A woman can indeed be president of the United States.”
So goes the argument.
According to the latest Quinnipiac...
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Why Do People Still Donate to Universities?
There was rare good news this month. On August 4, The New York Times published a front-page article headlined, “College Students Protest, Alumni’s Fondness Fades and Checks Shrink.”
According to The Times, some college alumni are awakening to the fact that their beloved alma maters are nothing like the decent, open, tolerant,...
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Why Do People Still Donate to Universities?
There was rare good news this month. On August 4, The New York Times published a front-page article headlined, “College Students Protest, Alumni’s Fondness Fades and Checks Shrink.”
According to The Times, some college alumni are awakening to the fact that their beloved alma maters are nothing like the decent, open, tolerant,...
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Pope Francis and the Decline of the West
Pope Francis made comments last week that reveal the most important single thing you need to know about the modern world: The most dynamic religion of the last hundred years has been leftism. Not Christianity, and not Islam, but leftism.
Leftism has taken over the world’s leading educational institutions, the world’s news media and the world’s...
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Pope Francis and the Decline of the West
Pope Francis made comments last week that reveal the most important single thing you need to know about the modern world: The most dynamic religion of the last hundred years has been leftism. Not Christianity, and not Islam, but leftism.
Leftism has taken over the world’s leading educational institutions, the world’s news media and the world’s...
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