Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

“Anti-racism” is coming to classical music. Do we really need affirmative action in the violin section? How about the best musician gets the job?… A prominent scientist decries the ideological corruption of science…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis talks to Bjorn Lomborg, visiting fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford. His new book is False Alarm: How Climate Change Panic Costs Us Trillions, Hurts the Poor, and Fails to Fix the Planet.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The momentum of the economy in May and June has stalled. New outbreaks of COVID-19 in the country have forced some states to pause further business re-openings. A San Francisco art curator resigns after his colleagues accuse him of being a ‘toxic white supremacist’ for saying his museum ‘would still collect work from white men.’See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why do we have to constantly restate the obvious? America is not a racist country… Elected student government officers resign because they’re white… There are all kinds of privilege. So what?… AOC knows why there’s a big increase in crime. People need to steal for bread… Dennis talks to Christopher Rufo, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. He’s been writing about the chaos in Seattle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Like the Red Scare of the 40’s 2020 is the year of the White Male Scare. Black filmmaker Jordan Peele said, “I don’t see myself casting a white dude as the lead in my movie.” Black filmmaker Ava DuVernay responded by tweeting,“to the white men… if you don’t get that job you were up for, kindly remember… bias can go both ways. This is 2020 speaking.” Oprah Winfrey and Lionsgate are partnering with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones to adapt The New York Times’ recent project examining the legacy of slavery for film and television.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis talks to Dr. Victor Zelenko, physician in New York. His HCQ protocol is saving lives… Seattle is educating its city employees about their “whiteness.” This is scary stuff.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bob Frantz guest hosts for Dennis… The Catholic nuns of the Little Sisters of the Poor finally won their court Supreme Court case. Religious organizations will not have to provide abortion services as their part of their health care programs… Are ours fears of the corona virus overblown? If you look behind the headlines, the answer is yes. And the consequences have been catastrophic.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis asks if the lockdown has changed his listeners? Relationships? Attitudes towards work? Callers have stories. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis talks to Alex Berenson, investigative journalist, former NY Times reporter. His new short paperback on the crisis is Unreported Truths about COVID-19 and Lockdowns… The President gave a magnificent speech at Mt. Rushmore on Saturday. Dennis plays clips and comments.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

University of Wisconsin students want to bring down a Lincoln statue. Sure, he liberated the slaves, but he wasn’t sufficiently “pro-black.”…Poor people around the world have suffered terribly from corona virus lockdown. Not the virus. The lockdown. No one notices… Calvin Coolidge gave a beautiful speech in 1926 praising the Declaration of Independence.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

An Independence Day special.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The rot has spread wide and deep. A Chattanooga, Tennessee restaurant is forced by the social media mob to cancel a food order for a police rally.  Dennis talks to Dr. Jeff Barke, family physician in Newport Beach, CA. He explains why we should be happy about increase in cases; not shutting down businesses again.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis talks to Tom Sowell, senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford. His new book is Charter Schools and Their Enemies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis presents this week’s PragerU video. It’s a personal reflection on America. The comments on YouTube suggest that viewers are happy someone is saying nice things about the country instead of tearing it down… Crime is surging in NYC. But the mayor wants to cut the police budget by $1B. Makes sense, right?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Baylor was one of the great (and few) conservative universities. No longer… The NBA is planning to allow players to wear social justice messages on their uniforms… No more master bedrooms -- it’s racist.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today's guest host is Carl Jackson.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Why are there so many race hoaxes? Because there is almost no racism. Why else would you need to manufacture a hoax?… There have a been a dozen of noose hoaxes over the last few years… Dennis talks to video journalist, Ami Horowitz. He asked New Yorkers whether they wanted to defund the police.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The “noose” in Bubba Wallace’s NASCAR garage turns out to be an ordinary garage door pulley. It had been there for months, long before Bubba Wallace showed up. Is Bubba relieved? Is he happy to announce that this clearly wasn’t racism? Hmm, no… Dennis talks to Everett Piper, former President of Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Why aren’t evangelical pastors taking a united stand against Black Lives Matter’s anti-family, anti-Christian agenda?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jimmy Kimmel is in trouble for admitting that men have salacious thoughts about attractive young women. He said nothing wrong… An opinion piece in the NY Times announces that men menstruate, men have babies. Who’s laughing now Bill Maher?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Chaos never lasts. It always gives way to tyranny… The Left lives to create chaos… Time for those who love America to speak out on behalf of America…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Columbus, Ohio! Somehow taking down the statue of Columbus will improve the life of citizens in that city? How can they now not change the city name?... We honor Columbus because he opened North America to Europeans. We honor him because we honor Western Civilization.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Atlanta policeman who shot and killed the drunk man who resisted arrest in Atlanta has been charged with murder one. The policeman could get the death penalty. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Senator Tim Kaine says America 'created' slavery. He has bought into the 1619 lie. Dennis talks to Tom Dreesen, comedian, opening act for Frank Sinatra, frequent guest on Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and Late Night with Dave Letterman. His new book is Still Standing...: My Journey from Streets and Saloons to the Stage, and Sinatra.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Corporate America cowers in the face of Black Lives Matter. More advertisers drop their sponsorship of the Tucker Carlson Show on Fox. His offense? He’s been telling the truth: the police are not the problem… The President speaks about police reform. Law and order must be paramount… Dennis talks to David Cortman, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom about the disturbing new Supreme Court decision re: new transgender rights.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In Atlanta a black man was shot by a white police officer following a violent struggle. New accusations of racism, police brutality and murder are hurled. A Wendy’s is burned to the ground… The Atlanta Journal Constitution calls the arsonists and rioters “protesters.”… The police will no longer respond to “non-criminal” calls in San Francisco…See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

There's an effort by the Left to get Professor Bill Jacobson fired at Cornell for criticizing the Black Lives Matter Movement. One of the few strong conservatives with a megaphone in Europe, Nigel Farage, is gone. And for no good reason. What did he say that was wrong? 40% of black-owned businesses not expected to survive the Coronavirus lockdown. Seattle protesters take over city blocks to create police-free 'autonomous' zone.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Western civilization is under fierce attack. Will conservatives defend it? If not us, then who?… Statues of Churchill, Jefferson and Columbus are being torn down and defaced… Conservatives believe that values are the issue; the Left since Marx believe that money is the issue… Dennis talks to David Cortman, senior counsel for Alliance Defending Freedom.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A UCLA professor is suspended after refusing a request for lenient marking of black students. Courage is required in these times to combat the hysteria.  The media like to break down cops' behavior by race, but doesn't do the same for civilian crime.  Gone With The Wind is blacklisted by HBO.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The left demonizes anyone who refuses to conform to its totalitarian view. Recently liberal/leftist editors of the NYTimes and the Philadelphia Inquirer were forced to resign. They weren’t left enough… 18 people were murdered in Chicago over the weekend, the highest in 60 years. They were not murdered by police. Al Sharpton is not speaking at any of their funerals… Dennis talks to Tina Griffin, the Counter-Culture Mom.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Minneapolis City Council is ready to disband its police force. If they actually do it, who will suffer? The people who always suffer -- those who live in high crime areas.  How can people gather for protests, but not for church?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis says rush by several leftist US cities to defund their police departments is based on a lie - the lie being that there are more police killings of unarmed black suspects than of unarmed whites.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis wonders where the sliding scale of "morality" is headed next.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis speaks with author Dinesh D'Souza about the political backdrop that has led to the riots and destruction in our cities.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis discusses the underhanded corruption in the Obama White House in 2016 and 2017 and what has happened to General Flynn.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Kimberly Strassel of the Wall Street Journal says Jim Comey's arrogance at the FBI was a recipe for disaster - and that Obama's role is only now beginning to be revealed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Attorney Sidney Powell with her take on how federal prosecutors mishandled the Michael Flynn case.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author Heather MacDonald on the consequences of the lockdown in New York, and the meaning of "Safetyism".See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Vladimir Zelenko from New York says he has treated hundreds of patients with hydroxychloroquine alongside other drugs, and has had very positive results.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dr. Simone Gold explains why she prescribes Hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 patients and what her experience with it has been.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Townhall political editor Guy Benson discusses Speaker Pelosi's holdup of federal virus relief in order to force unrelated expenditures into the bill.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis says it's time to replace the coronavirus hysteria with facts and perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis says Bernie Sanders wants nothing more than to transform America, in the mold of Fidel Castro's Cuba.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis notices how Democrat candidates attack the killing of Soleimani but gush over the killing of Bin Laden.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis wonders why the same groups that objected to the swimsuit competition in the Miss America pageant, have no objection to the Super Bowl halftime show.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Author David Bahnsen suggests that although Elizabeth Warren's candidacy seems to be failing, her ideology seems to be alive and thriving in the Democrat party.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis says CNN's Erin Burnett's analysis of Iranian culture is frighteningly shallow.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hugh Hewitt tells Dennis that Soleimani was an evil genius who got the treatement he deserved.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis is entertained by the latest attempt by the World Meteorological Organization to cry wolf over global warming.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis says London police are in a fog over what motivates Islamic terrorists.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dennis wonders how America's freedoms - particularly freedom of speech - are no longer significant for today's college students.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.