Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

This is a secular holiday, but it can meaningful if you make resolutions. Dennis talks about three categories of resolutions – health, happiness and character.  We defeat ourselves before we start because we think that if we can’t keep our resolutions, why start? But if you make a resolution and keep it for, say, three months isn’t that better than doing nothing? Dennis’s mom calls in with a sugge...

The Secretary State, a Democratic partisan and former ACLU activist, unilaterally kicks Donald Trump off the Maine ballot. She’s convinced he’s an “insurrectionist.” But he’s never been charged with “insurrection,” let alone convicted. No one has… Mike DeWine, Ohio’s Republican governor, vetoes legislation banning transgender surgery on minors. What a disgrace.  Is the state of the country and the...

Professors at the U. of Minnesota want the United States to be returned to the Indians… Dennis wrote a column almost two decades ago for the Los Angeles Times about antisemitism on college campuses… Even the NY Times is getting worried about uncontrolled illegal immigration… A San Diego Mosque broadcasts pure antisemitism.  After Christmas over $1 trillion of items were returned. That’s five times...

An obese woman buys two seats for herself on a flight. But gets grief when she won’t turn over her second seat to a squirmy toddler… A Christmas Day massacre took place in Nigeria. The murderers weren’t white, or colonialists or Jews, so the UN doesn’t care… The Air Force believes “wartime” preparedness depends on DEI. Since when?  Dennis opens the lines to callers to raise any subject on their mi...

Dennis describes the joys and benefits of smoking cigars and pipes. Callers have their own stories. A Best of Prager Hour. Originally broadcast July 27, 2005.  Should you wait to start eating until others at the table have their food? This makes no sense to Dennis. A Best of Prager Hour. Originally broadcast November 1, 2005  What if you want to get serious about religion but you don’t know which...

Dennis and Julie celebrate how wishing someone a Merry Christmas IS inclusive… and lament how paralyzed people have become… they don’t know how to respond to “Merry Christmas.”  NBC did a documentary on Prager U …mainstream news is so distorted.  Julie shares: “Theses or Feces” University administrators are so unimpressive.  The height of narcissism is one saying that having a Christmas tree is no...

Dennis Live on Christmas Day. Dennis takes calls on the issue of religion. Issues raised include: does the Bible really advocate the stoning of disobedient children; what distinguishes the three Jewish denominations; what is the Jewish view of Mohammed; does God really need people to bow down to him; why do the three faiths of Abraham have so many conflicts.  Dennis continues to take calls and ans...

Fewer Americans than ever describe themselves as religious. Fewer follow a particular religion. This is not without consequence. Look around: does it seem like we are living in a more moral society?... How can we persuade people to take religion, and specifically the Bible, more seriously?  Why, according to almost every study, are religious people happier than people who are not religious? Dennis...

The new chairman of a school board in VA takes his oath of office on a stack of gay porn. Is this what he holds to be “holy”?... A Bible free America is a lost America… The infamous Randi Weingarten, head of one of the major teachers unions, insults Dennis and PragerU on X… Why do so many Jews vote Democrat, especially in light of the reaction to October 7?  The Colorado Supreme Court has embarras...

The Colorado Supreme Court has barred Donald Trump from the state’s ballot. They, in effect, charge him with “insurrection.” But he has never been charged with insurrection, let alone been convicted… RFK Jr. understands Israel better than any current politician, except maybe Donald Trump… Dennis talks to Hans Von Spakovsky, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation.  Dennis is joined by renow...

Julie Hartman guest hosts for Dennis… Some California teens are suing the EPA. The students claim that a fossil fuel free world is their Constitutional right. The danger is that some woke judge might take these silly young people seriously. It is California, after all.  Julie reads out the titles of prize-winning Harvard essays. No fiction writer could make them up; they’re that ridiculous… Julie...

A mother of two small children in the UK has decided that she and her husband will no longer give presents on Christmas morning. Can you guess why? Did you say global warming? If you did, you were right… Callers have their own stories about “un-gifters.”  Dennis talks to Steve Cortes, former political commentator for CNN, and president of the League of American Workers, a populist right pro-labore...

Dennis and Julie examine the similarities and differences of Christianity and Judaism.  There is a symbiotic relationship… and a necessity for both.  Judaism is particular to a people and a land… and Christianity is universal, meaning not particular to any land or race.  Judaism needs the universality of Christianity… and Christianity needs to be rooted in Judaism. Music: Straight to the Point c 2...

Jordan Peterson identifies Pro Hamas protestors in the West as “sanctimonious psychopaths.” He’s right… Moral naivete is okay in a child, but not in an adult… The First Lady hires a radical leftist dance troupe to celebrate Christmas at the White House… A guy gets a girls’ volleyball scholarship at the Univ. of Washington. His parents must be so proud.  Every year, Dennis deals with the question a...

It’s become clear to many Americans that our educational system is in complete collapse (thanks to the Left). Dennis asks callers how they deal with it. Callers have stories.  Dennis continues the same theme as last hour. What has college and covid/lockdowns done to your kids?  Siaka Massaquoi, actor and political activist. He was just arrested for being at the Capitol on Jan 6. Like so many other...

A Seattle student fails a quiz because he answered false when asked if men can give birth… A teacher in Glencoe, IL says kids should not be lined up by boys and girls. It might make a kid confused about their identity uncomfortable… Dennis talks to Phillip Hamburger, Professor of Law. He presents this week’s PragerU video, “Big Government and Big Business.”  Does a happy wife mean a happy life? Th...

Antisemitism at universities is not new. Dennis refers to one of his columns from 2008 to prove it… In a recent column, Peggy Noonan describes in hideous detail what happened to women on October 7.  Dennis talks to Bill O’Reilly, best-selling author and host of the No Spin News podcast and radio show. His new book is wildly popular “Killing series” is Killing the Witches.  Can you be anti-Zionist...

Dennis and Julie discuss compartmentalizing.  Some topics are holiday dinner wreckers: politics, religion, and family issues.  Manners certainly matter… some people just cannot read the room or control themselves.  There are two types of unhappy people, and unhappy people who want others to be unhappy – narcissism.  How rare a commodity is self-awareness?  Take for instance the slow driver is the...

The almighty Dr. Fauci is no longer faithful to his Catholic upbringing. That’s fine. His choice. But his statement that he doesn’t need to follow anything but his own personal ethics is disturbing and explains a lot his behavior — like lying… Veteran teachers are resigning in droves. Discipline in the classroom is out of control. Who do they blame for this? Do they blame their own unions?  The Co...

The Columbia University student newspaper wrote a story on Dennis’s appearance. They describe him as a Columbia graduate school “dropout.” If you think this reveals the tone of the article, you would be right… The LA Times publishes an op-ed from a Gaza teen who laments that she can’t go to college and lives in fear. Hamas is never mentioned in her piece. Only Israel is to blame.  Were you ever di...

The four Republicans on the stage last night threw insults at each other. It wasn’t a good look for the party or the candidates… CA governor Gavin Newsom is so afraid of Pro-Hamas protests that he has decided to make the annual Christmas tree lighting virtual.  The President of the National Women’s Law Center defends the idea that men should be able to compete against women. You have to go to coll...

Dennis gave his talk at Columbia last night. There were no disruptions. As a result, he was able to have an excellent dialogue with students… Graduate school applications now ask what you have done to promote the cause of “social justice.”…Elite university presidents can’t conclusively say that calling for the genocide of Jews constitutes “harassment.”  Men need women. And women need men. We shoul...

Dennis will be speaking to Columbia students and faculty tonight… The Columbia School of Social Work calls the October 7 massacre a “counteroffensive.”…A new report published in Scandinavia asks a heretical question: is CO2 the cause of global warming?  Dennis contemplates what he should tell the students tonight… He remembers his own days at Columbia. It wasn’t much better than today… The source...

The Met Opera was interrupted by protestors screaming nonsense about global warming. A mob of pro-Hamas supporters shouted antisemitic slogans in front of Philadelphia deli. Why are these demonstrations a feature of the left?... George Santos was expelled from the House. He was convicted of no crimes. The Ethics committee did not recommend kicking him out, but the House — Democrats and Republicans...

Dennis is in St. Louis and asks Julie… why has being successful not gone to your head?  They spend time defining success versus accomplishment.  Many American kids when asked what they want to be when they grow up answer: famous.  Fame is wildly overrated… what matters is that you’ve touched people with good values.  They discuss the inversions in modern American society… we have privileged people...