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DENNIS PRAGER

DENNIS PRAGER

Denial of evil: the case of communism

One of the most highly regarded books of the 20th century was Ernest Becker’s “The Denial of Death.” Winner of the 1974 Pulitzer Prize, the book is regarded as a classic for its analysis of how human beings deny their mortality. But there is something people deny more than mortality: evil.
Talent on loan from God

Talent on loan from God

Talent on loan from God

We heard him say it hundreds of times, as did many of you: “Talent on loan from God.” Some of Rush’s Limbaugh’s detractors liked to claim the statement was haughty. But those of us who knew him recognized the famous signoff to his radio program as humility, not ego.
Pregnant women: Beware of COVID shots

Pregnant women: Beware of COVID shots

Pregnant women: Beware of COVID shots

Twenty years ago, when I was pregnant with my first child, I transformed into a total health nut. A lifelong couch potato, I started exercising, enrolled in Lamaze classes and even took vitamins for the first time. I halted my consumption of caffeine, Doritos, Spam and sushi.
How long can America’s goodness survive?

How long can America’s goodness survive?

How long can America’s goodness survive?

Given how flawed human nature is, America has been a remarkable moral achievement. This is the truism that separates the wise man from the fool. This is also the truism that separates the left from the anti-left. Those who acknowledge how flawed human nature is compare America to reality.
Maxine Waters, a racial insurrectionist

Maxine Waters, a racial insurrectionist

Maxine Waters, a racial insurrectionist

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, one of the loudest mouths leading the impeachment circus against former President Donald Trump over the events at the Capitol on Jan. 6, is a brazen racial insurrectionist.
U.S. has appalling trade deficit with China

U.S. has appalling trade deficit with China

U.S. has appalling trade deficit with China

The United States ran a merchandise trade deficit of $310.8 billion with the People’s Republic of China in 2020, according to data released last week by the Census Bureau. That was the largest merchandise trade deficit the U.S. ran with any country last year.
Facebook turns 17, but no one is celebrating

Facebook turns 17, but no one is celebrating

Facebook turns 17, but no one is celebrating

Seventeen years ago, a Harvard University sophomore named Mark Zuckerberg launched The Facebook, a social media website he built in order to connect Harvard students with one another. By the next day, over a thousand people had registered, and that was only the beginning.
Senator aims to alter college football

Senator aims to alter college football

Senator aims to alter college football

Two young men grow up in the same neighborhood and spend four years at the same high school taking the same classes and playing on the same winning football team. Both are good students and dedicated, hardworking athletes.
Trip to Vietnam reconfirmed hatred of communism

Trip to Vietnam reconfirmed hatred of communism

Trip to Vietnam reconfirmed hatred of communism

Ten years ago, I wrote a column reflecting on my reactions to visiting Vietnam. Given the lack of revulsion to, and even flirtation with, communism (or its more mildly named version, socialism) among many young Americans, it is worth revisiting.