, along these Television Companies support cspan2 as a public service. Are pleased now to be joined author, journalist dennis, welcome back to the book tv set. Ill ask you a question i dont ask many people want to start an interview. What is on your mind these days . Wow. I am worried about western civilization. The greatest civilization that was ever produced. Would you care about liberty, if you care about women and their status in society, if you care about uplifting the poor, if you care about creating a non bigoted society and of course my e favorite, because without liberty Everything Else is useless. I do believe it give me liberty or give me death. I actually subscribe to that. It is hard to believe but western civilization is being threatened. The very notion there is no better or worse that equity trumps merit so that we will, you know the organ Education Department and the ontarioed education at the largest providence in canada have announced its White Supremacy or colonialism to argue, to maintain theres only one correct answer in mathematics. So that everything we have built the west on which is truth, beauty, there is a reality that men are biologically what they are. The idea you could support a biological man competing against women and think you are moral, think you are advocating something that benefits women, that gives you an idea of the attacks and how effective they have been against reason andnd truth. There is very real reason to worry but i will end with this. 45 of America Youth according to pew say they believe in free speech but not for hate speech. They dont understand they therefore dont believe in free speech. If you dont believe in speech you dont consider hate you do not believe in free speech they do not even think clearly when they say that. They should say i am not for free speech if i consider something hate speech i won a band than they would at least be intellectually honest. But to say i believe in free speech but not speech i deem hate speech that means they dont believe in free speech and they do not even know they dont believe in free speech. Theres real reason to worry the marriage rates, having children rates, there is no barometer of social improvement in this country. We have had some folks on the air that have talked about the current era in america as at National Divorce we are going through a National Divorce. That is correct. To deny that, i want to deny that. I gave a speech recently the difference of what we want to believe in what we do believe. Most people believe what they want to believe. I want to believe this is not a National Divorce that is my fate. But on that issue alone you believe its fair to women to have a biological man compete against them in female sports customer to enter their locker room and expose his to young girls and it is done. I am not making up a hypothetical. And if you protest your kicked out of the ywca or the ymca. That has actually happened. Where is the bridge between those two positions . I always wish we could find about the middle road. What is the middle road on that issue . Is there such a thing, the movie that was done what is a woman and people cannot answer the question . That is not frightening to the vast majority of women . So yes, i think we are undergoing that. Maybe some great leader can arise and earn the trust of both sides, i pray that could happen. But otherwise i do agree with your supposition predicts who is that leader in your view right now . I dont know. There are a number of wonderful possible candidates on the republican side. Look, i thought donald trump was a great president he was not my first choice during the campaign but once he was nominated i vigorously supported him. I think he did a magnificent job. That alone is reason for divorce you cannot say that and not be considered a quasi fascist. He had four years in government as president. How did we move to fascism . The move too fast schism is on the other side you have the government and corporations uniting which by the way Robert Kennedy junior might be one larry elder, nikki haley, these are all wonderful people who might well be able to garner the support of a majority of americans. How many of them do you know well . And all them well. As i have i do not know Bobby Kennedy junior well. I had him on my radio show. But the others i do know very well. We are going to take calls in just a few minutes. Were going to put the numbers up screen, glided down toad zero two is area code 7488200 field in the east and central time zone 7488201 for those in the mountains and specific time zones. Feel it to send a quick text message 2027488903 include your first name and your city. Now we are sitting here talking before we get started and people were cominghe up to get selfies with you. There is a real variety of faces, ages, men, women and i would ask them why their fans to answers that we got, young woman said because you are talking about things on your show that weha are not talking about in Secular Society and the second one the second gentleman said because you makes sense and left it at that. Im glad you saw this. It s always moves me when i walk their airports there is no way to predict whos going to come over for selfie. If you showed me a lineup of 10 people somewhere heavily tattooed, some were nonwhite. Some were young women. There is no question i could not pick who was a fan of mine and i love that fact by. The first guy who came over was heavily tattooed. Im not shocked anymore. The rational bible what are people that i get from that if they read that . They will get wisdom. There is no wisdom in any Secular Institution i know thats controversial but it is true. I asked naming a Secular Institution that teaches wisdom . The university is the seat of the stupidest ideas in our society like men to give birth comes from the university. Almost no one can say about their child they came back from that university wiser and auteur aboutve life. If in fact sometimes and make the case maybe if they were inebriated for four years they were in toxic lee influence. The great wisdom in western society has come from athens and jerusalem. Both have been shattered. The greatest repository of wisdom is the bible. However it is not well explained. I am explaining the most important books of the bible in my view and the view of traditional judaism. The first five books. The five books of moses, the torah. I know biblical well i am blessed in that way i am explaining each book genesis, exodus, deuteronomy are out. No theyre the best selling bible commentaries right now. The fourth book, number six coming out next year end finally leviticus. What about another clinical book from you . Talking about Current Events . After this i will be writing a book based on, believe it or not a series of lectures i gave and i believe missouri 35 years ago. It was resurrected by a dear friend of mine who is so involved in the process of allo of my writing. And i made the case it was only young people at this retreat. Their feelings cannot be what determines how they behave and their values. So the conflict between of values and feelings based on those lectures and all of their questions that is the beauty of it. It incorporates all of their challenges and it should be given to every young person in this country. That is aat good example of why the bible is a good repository of wisdom it tells you not to trust your heart. And Secular Societys motto is follow your heart i cannot think of worse advice. Work did the idea come from . From alan my dear friend and of my radio show. In the middle of the indian ocean ive been doing that for 25 years. He said dennis, weve got to get your ideas to more people the internet is now available. Lets start the university. Since he has never cracked a joke in his life i took them seriously. That is how it began and ofay course its way way bigger than disseminating my views. There are 555 minute videos. I have given 50e of them so 500 forgiven by others of all walks of life. And huge program for young kids to teach them about American Values, western civilization, which grew beauty and goodness and i thank god we have over a billion views a year. According to google statistics, the 5 are under 35 years of age. One of your presenters, theres a section called unapologetic and one of the things she says is that it is a tragedy we are seeing a race all the time. Thats exactly she is she africanamerican . Yes. The irony is, this is why i always show this irony, liberals do not vote for values they vote for the left. The left believes race is important for liberalism says race is unimportant. I grip a liberal jew in new york which is almost redundant but not entirely. The essence of a liberalisms race does not matter. A race blind is a moral value. The university of california system has a list of micro aggression racist things people say. They say it is racist to say colorblind. Its like men give birth . They have inverted moral truths and scientific truths. Of course the ideal is to beli colorblind. If i note you are black okay i know you are white. Do i know anything about you . Do know your character, your goodness, your passion, your interest, your family life . I know nothing about you if i know you are white pride nothing about if i know youre black so how could they be important . Your skin color and your shoe color. In fact your shoe color might tell me a y bit more about you than your skin color. Her black graduation exercises were owing to clement university. Liberals vote for the left. Lets take some calls for Dennis Prager. You are first up. Hi, great for taking my call. I want to thank Dennis Prager for being at the book fair. Too often conservative voices are censored. En they had a program take the book they are called banned books. I would like him to talk about a band of people, the book fair every year will sponsor. Stacey abrams is here, jamaal here was yesterday. Some of the Panel Discussions they were on cspan the left loves to talk bad about america. They hate america. They hate the beginnings of america. At the l. A. Times book fair. One of the other issues they did. Are going to leave it there weve got a lot of collars for letter from Dennis Prager on that issue. That universities try to suppress non right wing voices is a given. There is nothing else to say that is the fact. Im delighted to be here but its book tv that invited me. Its not that usc book fair. The usc book fair invited me dont care. I am a voice that should not be heard. To give you an idea but they are united in this. I had a column in the Los Angeles Times a regular column but was iteles times in the 80s, had column right in column left. Theyle wanted to avoid both vois heard on their opinion pagers. No longer. I dug up a piece written in the 1980s extolling what a wonderful talk show host i was in the Los Angeles Times. Such a dramatic takeover by the left. The liberal just lay down and allowed the left to do this. It is a tragedy. The choleric dan just mentioned the author discussions we just heard was about book bands. This was a recent banner headline in the hilton newspaper. Delay 1500 book bands implemented in the first half of the school year. Should books be allowed to be banned in School Libraries . Textbooks have always been been his School Libraries. In such an odd question of course they have. Who wants unfettered access to books for eight yearolds . It is such an odd ascii is a show in. It depends on what you are banning obviously. If you are banning things that are appropriate for that age group, that is a problem. If you are banning things as itsaid theyve always been bann. They did not have the playboy reader available in elementary School Libraries. It is a dishonest attack. Thank god we band books at schools. We always have for their center been a time in American History when we didnt say. The question is what books are we banning . When i read about some of things that are taught to kids, why should an 8yearold be exposed to sexual material in any direction, any direction. Look i have always opposed sex at in school always from the obeginning. It was a usurping of Parental Authority which i write in my bible books the fifth commandment honor your father and mother is the only one. So you live long on the land i give you. Civilization cannot survive the death of Parental Authority. Nazis, communists, every colt rob parents of their authority that is what theyre doing an ad america taking authority. Host frank is coming in from savannah, georgia. Hi. I have been a proud left a liberal since my early 20s and i still am. Sixtyeight years old. More and more i see people on my side and respect them acting like they lost their minds. We have plenty of people like that now. He is where the he has the power and the money to do that. Missing one particular thing you keep talking about mike in modern art i wonder we keep harping on it. There is a german sculpture of a policewoman in a museum. You seem to think that is indicative of the title to the client of thein civilization. Theres a lot of others that are worse. Cannot describe it on the air. But do you know what im talking about . I have a footnote in my rational bible. The attack on beauty, i did not develop that idea. But much of modern art contemporary art he is referring to an awardwinning sculpture in germany called a policewoman crouching and urinating and even the puddle of urine is sculpted. It was a gigantic exhibition and the netherlands a few years ago covered seriously on the front page of the art section of the New York Times. It was a giant and this is their words, kurds, poop. The larger the New York Times reporter she seriously reported on it. This is what i mean by the war on westerne civilization. If that is not a war on western then there is no work. Replacing shakespeare the picture of shakespeare at the university of, pennsylvania and the English Department because he was a white european mail, this is the only issue with the English Department who wrote the best english. Shouldnt that best it . Stuart next call for Dennis Prager from california. Caller hello dennis. I met you many, many, many, many years ago when you came to the congregation that i belong to in san francisco. You and your partner talked about your facebook seven questions. You almost got. It right you missed two. Eight questions. Maybe you added one more request yes she is right about that. How do you celebrate what do you do . All right, fine. This is sort of an intra jewish question but ive written a lot on judaism. She wants to know how i observed vethat shabazz, the sabbath. By the way i have been inviting nonjews to my shabbat dinners my friday night dinners for all of my life. Most of them are christian, some are nonjewish. And in 30 years of doing this, 35 years they all say its really touching to see. I wish we hadad this. There is no tv, there is no radio. We just talk at a table for three four hours then again on saturday afternoon i go to synagogue in the morning and i teach tour there. My secret weapon is the sabbath. To take a day of the week away from the world, charlie kirk is a christian wellknown, and he does not use his cell phone. He says as a result of Dennis Dennis has influenced me too have shabazz. He is a devout christian. But from friday night until saturday night he leaves the world. He actually talks about it in his lectures. It is one of the 10 commandments is the only ritual in the 10 commandments i wish everybody had a sabbath in america. A couple years ago Dennis Prager joined book tv at Hillsdale College in michigan for a three hour discussion with the students and with the viewers if you want to see that go to booktv. Org type in his name Dennis Prager you can watch all three hours of that. That was something. Whats here in plainview, new york side good afternoon. Yes, hi. I just want to say i grope to listen to on the radio as a former boy the son of survivors, i just want to say that i agree with you wholeheartedly that the left is destroying our culture. And i think most likely it is planned. I dont think by biden because i dont think intellectually he is able to conceive of these ideas. The left employee something akin to the nuremberg laws. Where they punish people by taking away their occupation, destroying their books, destroying their culture. What they want to replace it with, iac am not sure. Maybe you can enlighten me. Are going to leave it there thank you sir. Whats on it quickly just comment. I have an article, i write a column every week for 20 years there a thousand of them up on the internet. I have a call at 132 difference between liberalism and leftism. All of you who are on the left should read it to find out are you a liberal or leftist . Anyone of you who is conservative and has liberal relatives ought to send them this piece. I will give you one example which i cited earlier just ask them are you for or against blacker graduation exercises at a college . If the answer is yes you know theyre on the left and they think racially. And that is worrisome. Host in 2012 your book why the world needs American Values to triumph, if somebody picked up that book from 11 years ago is it still relevant today . I would not change a word. There would be nothing to change. Theres three books its about leftist values. Its about American Values. Its about his laws his laws and ism. You get three books in one. It explains the left and where we are at. There is no reason to put out a revised edition. A young woman named Julie Hartman which led to a podcast called dennis d and julie, she s 23. Theres a large age gap between us and we are kindred spirits. She trained at harvard just graduated harvard came to conservatism via that book still the best book. Have been out in l. A. For a long time. Do you have hollywood friends . Looks i never really did. I inordinately uninterested in stardom. Not for me and not about stars. When people call my show its a cute thing, over the years a few times eared dennis, if you could have dinner with anyone in the world, who would it be . I tried to give that question very serious thought and you know what i answer . My a friends. Host what was your conversion . In politics . Guest the only real mckay was a democrat i voted for jimmy carter. I was wrong, gerald ford was a terrific president and terrific man. So celestine for a democratic president that is what i was raised. And i believed the republican were for the big guy and democrats are for the little guy. One sentence that shows youe yu do not even need five minutes you can change a persons mind with one sentence the Ronald Reagan line government is the problem not the solution and i realize of course that is it. This country was founded to have small government. Because i had studied communism that was my field of study at Columbia University i learnt russia, went to communist countries regularly. They of course were the genocidal make the genocides of the 20th century 100 million civilians. And then i realized they were all done by Big Government. All of them. You cannot have cores without Big Government the only exception would be the hutu massacres in rwanda. Everything else necessitated Big Government. So that was a conversion. But the first one was when i was in high school and i heard somebody or read somebody who said or wrote poverty causes crime. Which is a leftwing belief. And then i thought of my grandparents on my fathers diet side who were extremely poor and i thought it is inconceivable to meet that my grandfather would rape or my grandfather wouldve mug or steal let alone murder. And then i thought there is no truth to that. Poverty does not cause crime crappy values because crime lack of selfcontrol causes crime. A defective conscious causes crime that was the beginning and the second big thing i knew i was not the leftist but still thought i was a liberal, they were not anticommunist. If you hate evil and dont hate communism you do not hate evil peacocks working peoples into radio show . Whats all over the country. You go to Dennis Prager. Com click on if you dont get my show dont get all three hours go and get everyone of my shows without commercial anytime you want. And ofou course prager you and y columns and my books. I am trying to touch peoples lives or backs Dennis Pragers always be appreciate being about tv. 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