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Why the Right Fears Transforming America -- and the Left Seeks It

By Dennis Prager (Sep 07, 2010)

The giveaway regarding presidential candidate Barack Obama's plans for America was his repeated use of the words "fundamentally transform." Some of us instinctively reacted... more

ABC, NPR and PBS Hosts Equate Christian and Muslim Violence

By Dennis Prager (Aug 31, 2010)

There was one thing more than any other that turned this New York, liberal, Jewish, Columbia University graduate student from modern liberalism. It was its use of moral... more

For the Left, Opponents Cannot Have Decent Motives: The Ground Zero Example

By Dennis Prager (Aug 24, 2010)

I recently wrote about leftists' hatred for conservatives as people, not merely for conservative ideas. Demonization of opponents is a fundamental characteristic of the left.... more

Same-Sex Marriage and the Insignificance of Men and Women

By Dennis Prager (Aug 17, 2010)

The left passionately supports the most remarkable and radical change in modern social history -- the redefinition of marriage from male-female to include male-male and... more

Black Murders Eight Whites; Media Blames Whites

By Dennis Prager (Aug 10, 2010)

The title of this column seems unbelievable, but it is in fact what happened in America this past week. And almost no one has noticed.After 50 years of being inundated with... more

The Role of Luck -- Thoughts on a Birthday

By Dennis Prager (Aug 03, 2010)

There's a lot of luck in life. The longer I live -- Aug. 2 was my birthday -- the more I come to realize how much of life is affected by luck. Let's begin with life... more

The Left Hates Conservatives

By Dennis Prager (Jul 27, 2010)

Perhaps the most telling of the recent revelations of the liberal/left Journolist, a list consisting of about 400 major liberal/left journalists, is the depth of their... more

NAACP Confirms Election of a Black President Made No Difference

By Dennis Prager (Jul 20, 2010)

When Barack Obama was elected president of the United States, every prominent conservative I know was unhappy that a left-wing Democrat had been elected, but was very happy... more

A Speech Every American High School Principal Should Give

By Dennis Prager (Jul 13, 2010)

If every school principal gave this speech at the beginning of the next school year, America would be a better place.To the students and faculty of our high school:I am your... more

Name One Difference Between World Opinion and Left-Wing Opinion

By Dennis Prager (Jul 06, 2010)

Here's a challenge: Can you name one difference between what the media refer to as "world opinion" and Left-wing opinion? Take all the time you need. But no matter how... more

If You Believe America Has Lousy Health Care, Here's Why

By Dennis Prager (Jun 29, 2010)

If you believe that Americans have lousy health care, it is probably not because you have experienced inferior heath care. It is probably because you were told America... more

When Good People Do Bad Things

By Dennis Prager (Jun 15, 2010)

Almost 30 years ago, Rabbi Harold Kushner wrote "When Bad Things Happen to Good People," a powerful book that propelled him to national and international renown. Though we... more

If Israel Is Not Evil, the World Is in Big Trouble

By Dennis Prager (Jun 08, 2010)

With the exception of the United States, nearly all the world's nations; newspapers, radio and TV news stations; the United Nations; and the world's Leftist academics... more

Why Activists Connect Men in Dresses to Same-Sex Marriage

By Dennis Prager (Jun 01, 2010)

Most Americans are aware that gay activism rarely presents itself as a movement solely for the rights of gays. For example, the acronym for the gay rights movement is... more

The World Is a Cruel Place -- and If America Weakens, It Will Get Crueler

By Dennis Prager (May 25, 2010)

One of the many beliefs -- i.e., non-empirically based doctrines -- of the post-Christian West has been that moral progress is the human norm, especially so with the demise... more

Left Is Certain of Tea Partiers' Motives, but Finds Terrorists Inscrutable

By Dennis Prager (May 11, 2010)

While it cannot be proven, there is little reason to doubt that many on the Left are disappointed that the Times Square bomber didn't turn out to be the "white male" he was... more

Jews Who Cheapen the Holocaust

By Dennis Prager (May 04, 2010)

If there is any group that should know the uniqueness of Nazi evil and should not want the evil of the Holocaust cheapened for political purposes, it is the Jews. Yet, there... more

Why Left Talks about "White" Tea Parties

By Dennis Prager (Apr 27, 2010)

Opponents of the popular expression of conservative opposition to big government, the tea party, regularly note that tea partiers are overwhelmingly white. This is intended... more

Obama, Israel and the Genesis Prediction

By Dennis Prager (Apr 20, 2010)

Most observers, right or left, pro-Israel or anti-Israel, would agree that Israeli-American relations are the worst they have been in memory. Among the many indications is... more

The Left Squashes Life's Little Pleasures

By Dennis Prager (Apr 13, 2010)

Reading the onslaught of angry denunciations of Burger King by mental health organizations and mainstream media reporters this past week reminded me of a characteristic of... more

Why a Town in Iowa Sought to Abolish Good Friday

By Dennis Prager (Apr 06, 2010)

When a town in Iowa seeks to rename Good Friday "Spring Holiday," you know America has problems. Those of us who affirm the Judeo-Christian values that have constituted... more

Where Do Jews and Christians on the Left Get Their Values?

By Dennis Prager (Mar 30, 2010)

Many Americans find it difficult to understand why Jews on the Left -- including many who would call themselves "liberal" rather than "Left" -- continued to enthusiastically... more

It's a Civil War: What We Do Now

By Dennis Prager (Mar 23, 2010)

A terrible thing happened to America on Sunday, March 21, 2010. The country took its biggest step ever down a road diametrically opposed to its original intent of keeping... more

The Bigger the Government, the Less You Are Needed

By Dennis Prager (Mar 16, 2010)

Among the things left and right, religious and secular, agree on is that one of the few real needs human beings have is to be needed. When we are not needed, life feels... more

Why Democrats Don't Care about $9.7 Trillion Debt

By Dennis Prager (Mar 09, 2010)

As reported by The Washington Post, "President Obama's proposed budget would add more than $9.7 trillion to the national debt over the next decade, congressional budget... more

John, Chuck, Kathleen, and ... Mr. President

By Dennis Prager (Mar 02, 2010)

There was something particularly annoying -- even harmful to society -- during the health care summit held last week between President Obama and leading members of the House... more

Government, Yes! God and Parents, No!

By Dennis Prager (Feb 23, 2010)

One of the major differences between the right and the left concerns the question of authority: To whom do we owe obedience and who is the ultimate moral... more

The Doritos Ad Was Not Funny

By Dennis Prager (Feb 16, 2010)

By far, the most popular ad shown during the latest Super Bowl (trademarked name "Super Bowl" not used with the... more

Frank Rich and the State of Liberal Commentary

By Dennis Prager (Feb 09, 2010)

If one had to read one columnist to appreciate the state of contemporary left-wing commentary, my nomination would be Frank Rich of the Sunday New York Times. No... more

What I Said to the Republican Members of Congress

By Dennis Prager (Feb 02, 2010)

This past weekend, after President Obama addressed the annual retreat of Republican Members of the House, I, along with my Salem Radio colleague Hugh Hewitt, and John Fund... more

An Open Letter to Charles Johnson

By Dennis Prager (Jan 26, 2010)

On Sunday, The New York Times Magazine featured an article on Charles Johnson, whose website -- littlegreenfootballs -- had for years been very popular among conservatives... more

Is America Still Making Men?

By Dennis Prager (Jan 19, 2010)

Every society has to answer a few basic questions in order to succeed and even in order to survive. One of them is, "How do we make good men?" The reason for the... more

Reid Punished by Liberal Preoccupation with Private Comments

By Dennis Prager (Jan 12, 2010)

I think that Harry Reid is a left-wing ideologue who is doing serious harm to a great country. I think that Harry Reid would charge any Republican... more

Controlling When You Relieve Yourself, Not Body Scan, Invades Privacy

By Dennis Prager (Jan 05, 2010)

If the government prohibits airline passengers from getting out of their seats during the last hour of a flight, I hereby announce that I will get out of my seat either to... more