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13 Jan 2016

U.S. Suffocating in Debt

With the national debt rapidly approaching the unthinkable $20 trillion plateau (now $17-$18 trillion), how did we ever get to this point and how do we fix it? The Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner says spending on the big three entitlement programs–Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid–are most responsible for the massive debt. And now the onset of the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare–has exacerbated the problem. So what’s the solution? In the following presentation of Prager University, Tanner tells us how to get out of get and preserve the programs.

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06 Jan 2016

Climate Change Exaggeration

Raging fires, crippling drought and more powerful storms are the Obama Administration’s Three Horsemen of the Global Warming Apocalypse. Problem is, says economist Bjorn Lomborg, all three are rooted in exaggeration. “This does not mean that climate change is not an issue,” Lomborg says. “It means that exaggerating the threat concentrates resources in the wrong areas.” In the following edition of Prager University, Lomborg examines the key issues and reaches some surprising conclusions.

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16 Dec 2015

Judging the United States

We have learned from history time and time again that liberals and conservatives view America very differently. The left views the United States as a flawed country and concentrates its efforts on battling society’s moral failings–taking on sexism, racism, homophobia, xenophobia, etc. They want to fundamentally transform America. The right believes that society is gradually changed one person at a time, and they are strongly opposed to fundamentally transforming America. Host Dennis Prager digs deeply into the issue in this edition of Prager University.

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10 Nov 2015

Left is Really Right

“All success in life is based on conservative principles,” says Greg Gutfeld, popular host of “The Five” on Fox News and author of How To Be Right: The Art Of Being Persuasively Correct. There’s no doubt that successful liberals live by conservative values. Says Gutfeld, “Success relies on absolute truths, on supply and demand, on work and reward, on competition and on achievement, not group identity.” Gutfeld explains further in this instructional edition of Prager University.

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20 Oct 2015

Fossil Fuels to the Rescue

Every year on Earth Day we hear dire news on how the health of our planet is deteriorating with no real solutions readily available to solve the dilemma. Author and energy theorist Alex Epstein, founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress, opines that we should spend more time reflecting on how human progress has made Mother Earth a better place to live. “The secret is energy,” Epstein says. “Specifically, energy derived from fossil fuels–oil, coal and natural gas.These fuels power machines that allow us to transform our naturally hazardous environment into a far healthier environment.” Epstein expanded his thoughts in a recent visit to Prager University.

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08 Oct 2015

The Rockefeller Legacy

John D. Rockefeller was America’s first billionaire, perhaps the richest man who ever lived, but a generous philanthropist. “Rockefeller was an oddity, the first billionaire in U.S. history, but nobody could outgive him,” says historian and Hillsdale College professor Burt Folsom, author of The Myth of the Robber Barons. “He was more responsible than any individual for the creation of the American middle class and the development of America as a great industrial power.” Join Folsom in this edition of Prager University as he reveals the truth about the Rockefeller empire.

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28 Sep 2015

An Equation For Happiness

Our Declaration of independence states that all human beings were given the unalienable rights of life, liberty and pursuit of happiness by our Creator. So why is it that not many of us are happy? Says Dennis Prager, author of Happiness is a Serious Problem, “The single biggest obstacles to being happy, is that people naturally compare themselves to other people and assume nearly all of them are happier than they are.” Prager says he has formulated an equation that can predict your exact degree of happiness: U = I – R, which translates into Unhappiness equals Image minus Reality. He explains and offers solutions to a happier life in this edition of Prager University.

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21 Sep 2015

Trees Are the Answer

The pragmatists say we should take advantage of the renewable material and energy that our trees provide. Not so fast, say the tree huggers. They contend that we should treat our forests as an ecosystem providing a protective habitat for threatened species. Greenpeace founder Patrick Moore untangles this knotty issue and offers an environmental solution in this edition of Prager University.

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03 Sep 2015

The Surprising Benefits Of CO2

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels constitute 85 percent of our energy use, says the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. But global warming alarmists proclaim that we must reduce that percentage to zero or face the dire consequences. Patrick Moore, Canadian scientist co-founder of Greenpeace, begs to differ. “How can something that makes life possible be bad?” he asks. Moore dissects this questions and provides some surprising benefits of CO2 not commonly part of the climate change debate in this edition of Prager University.

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25 Aug 2015

The Wrong Side Of History

If you opposed the recent Supreme Court decision to legalize gay marriage, you were on the wrong side of history. Opposing the legalization of marijuana branded you as stuck in the past. According to whom, you ask? President Obama, of course, who’s also tossed out the term, “the right side of history,” with abandon. Obama has flirted with these Marxist terms throughout his six-plus years in the White House, but is there really a wrong side and right side? “What unites both terms is arrogance and cowardice,” says nationally syndicated columnist and best-selling author Jonah Goldberg. “The notion that history is moving in an inevitable direction is ancient. But in modern times it’s main champion is Karl Marx.” In this edition of Prager University, Goldberg explains further, including why the terms have different meanings domestically and abroad.

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