Tag Archives: Dennis Prager

The Battle Over Free Speech

Posted on February 10, 2023 by David E Smith

In a free society, why should only one political side dominate the media? Yet social media, the networks, the cable channels, newspapers, and satellite programming are all completely dominated by the left. Recently, we saw quite a kerfuffle when DirecTV, owned by giant AT&T, decided to ignominiously drop Newsmax-TV from their lineup.

Posted in Media Watch | Tagged "All Things Considered", Bill of Rights, Committees of Correspondence, Dennis Prager, DirecTV, Elon Musk, First Amendment, Free Speech, James Russell Lowell, Jon Voight, Kevin McCarthy, Kevin Sorbo, Mike Huckabee, Newsmax, Once to Every Man and Nation", One America News, Richard Land, Ron DeSantis, Ted Cruz | Comments Off

No God, No Rights

Posted on February 4, 2023 by David E Smith

When Vice President Kamala Harris gave a speech on the 50th anniversary of “Roe v. Wade” about a week ago, she infamously left out the Creator—when talking about our rights. One wag told me, “Hey, at least Kamala didn’t say, we ‘are created by … you know, the thing,’” as did her boss on the campaign trail.

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Adolf Hitler, American Revolution, Charles Darwin, Clay Christensen, Creator, Declaration of Independence, Dennis Prager, French Revolution, Kamala Harris, Richard Weikart, Thomas Jefferson | Comments Off

The Pilgrims and Socialism

Posted on November 4, 2021 by David E Smith

Socialism, one of history’s worst ideas, has been disproved repeatedly and without exception. Yet it keeps rearing its ugly head—constantly being rebranded as a good idea.

Socialism only benefits the ruling class who implement this form of government theft.

Posted in Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Dennis Prager, Jenney Center, Jenney Museum, Leo Martin, Mayflower, Socialism, Thanksgiving, William Bradford | Comments Off

Freak Out as Conservatives Exit Public Schools

Posted on October 23, 2021 by David E Smith

The totalitarian-minded education establishment and its extreme left-wing allies are starting to freak out as conservatives abandon futile efforts to “reform” government schools in favor of a mass-exodus strategy. Even powerful union bosses are starting to panic.

Posted in Education | Tagged American Federation of Teachers, Candace Owens, Comprehensive Sex Ed, Critical Race Theory, Dennis Prager, Franklin Graham, LGBT History Mandate, Marxism, mask mandate, Public School Exit, Randi Weingarten, Ray Moore, Richard Corcoran, Ron DeSantis, Rush Limbaugh, vaccine mandate | Comments Off

Critical Race Theory Is Anti-Christian

Posted on October 8, 2021 by David E Smith

Critical Race Theory is hard to understand, perhaps deliberately so. Its advocates use common terms differently than do the rest of us. For example, almost everybody associates “racist”[1] with someone who thinks one race is superior to others. But to these advocates, every American is automatically racist, even if no racial intent exists at all.

Even Christians are being deceived by Critical Race Theory. For example, one religious college held a conference that claimed “there is no such thing as being white and being a Christian.”[2] This statement underscores the need to understand the claims of Critical Race Theory and how it impacts Christianity.

Posted in CRT/Racism/BLM, Education, Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Alex Nester, Alissa Widman Neese, Bible, Christopher Rufo, Critical Race Theory, Dennis Prager, Dr. Nicki Cole, George Orwell, Ibram X. Kendi, Janel George, Jarrett Stepman, Jason Ryan, John Hannam, Jr., Julie Barrett, Karl Marx, Kelly BUrton, Kevin Roberts, Laurie Higgins, Luna Castelli, Martin Luther King, Marxism, Mateo Castelli, Michael Ginsberg, Neil Shenvi, Nicole Solas, Oliver Perry, Philippe Lemoine, Robert Rector, Robin DiAngelo, Sam Dorman, Sarah Zielinski, The Heritage Foundation, Tom Knighton, Trofim Lysenko, Worldview | Comments Off

Is the Media Engaging in a Form of Psychological Warfare Against America?

Posted on May 4, 2020 by David E Smith

A recent article written primarily by a medical doctor in Alabama claimed that, “The way in which the media has pushed fear nonstop amounts to psychological warfare against this country.” He added, “If it hasn’t occurred to you that we have heard one story and essentially one story alone for literally two months, well, that should have aroused suspicion.” Is this doctor correct? Or is the media doing its best to be responsible in the midst of an unprecedented crisis?

Posted in Media Watch | Tagged Coronavirus, COVID–19, Dennis Prager, Facebook, pandemic, Paul von Hindenburg, psychological warfare, Stanley Sandler, YouTube | Comments Off

Just Say “Merry Christmas”

Posted on December 7, 2018 by David E Smith

Before we even put a dent into the Thanksgiving leftovers, we leap wholeheartedly into “the most wonderful time of the year!” But, when the décor switches from gold and orange to red and green, do you find yourself wondering if you can use the “C word” when you interact with a cashier, co-worker, or barista? You know the word I mean . . . Christmas. Should you abstain on the chance you might offend someone or seem non-inclusive? Dennis Prager, a Jew, radio talk show host, and author, emphatically says, “No.” We couldn’t agree more!

In this video, …

Posted in Faith | Tagged Dennis Prager, Merry Christmas | Comments Off

Prager University’s Troubling Video with Homosexual Christian Guy Benson

Posted on January 25, 2018 by David E Smith

Prager University (PragerU) was started in 2009 by Dennis Prager as a way to circumvent the left-leaning educational universe and bring conservative ideas to the public in general but especially to young people. This week, PragerU released a deeply disappointing video featuring Guy Benson, political editor for Townhall Magazine and frequent contributor on Fox News Channel.

Posted in Sexuality | Tagged Dennis Prager, Dr. Robert A. J. Gagnon, Fox News Channel, Guy Benson, PragerU, Rosaria Butterfield | Comments Off

Whackapedia?

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Benjamin D. Smith

As a Wikipedia editor, I’ve made many edits and updates over the years to the American Civil Rights Union’s Wikipedia page without interference. So, imagine my shock...

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ACLU, D. James Kennedy, Dennis Prager, James Q. Wilson, Robert Bork, SPLC, Wikipedia | Comments Off

When Transparency Really Means Tyranny

Posted on July 8, 2017 by David E Smith

In his recent video for PragerU, National Review senior fellow David French illuminates the political buzzword of “transparency” and the Left’s illicit application of the concept to the private citizen. While the government possesses an obligation to be transparent in its exercise of your tax dollars, privacy is an individual right, and no government is entitled to know whether or not you donate to a nonprofit like IFI.

With echoes of Lord Action’s famous “power corrupts” aphorism, French explains the gravity of capitulating to the Left’s demand for citizen transparency—the disclosure of your personal donations to private nonprofits breeds governmental …

Posted in Federal, Religious Liberty | Tagged David French, Dennis Prager, PragerU, transparency | Comments Off

AFA Identifies the Combatants in the ‘War on Christmas’

Posted on December 10, 2016 by David E Smith

Last month a Woolworth store in Germany made headlines in the UK and in the U.S. for proclaiming itself to be a “Muslim” store, and therefore it would no longer carry Christmas items. There’s more to the story – as the local management of the store defended itself by saying that there was such little demand for the Christmas products, they decided the shelf space was better used with other items. You can read about it here, here and here and decide for yourself what to believe.

Christmas as controversy is not new, of course, as the debate over …

Posted in Faith, Marriage/Family/Culture | Tagged Christmas, Dennis Prager, Donald Trump | Comments Off

How Is the Godless West Working Out?

Posted on September 28, 2016 by David E Smith

There are many recent developments in the godless West.... These are all inevitable consequences of the death of belief in God and Judeo-Christian values, and of the Bible as society's primary moral reference work.

Posted in Faith | Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Dennis Prager, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Judeo-Christian values | Comments Off

Why Do People Still Donate to Universities?

Posted on August 18, 2016 by David E Smith

There was rare good news this month. On August 4, The New York Times published a front-page article headlined, "College Students Protest, Alumni's Fondness Fades and Checks Shrink."

Posted in Education | Tagged alma mater, Dennis Prager, Pager University, Scott C. Johnston, Scott MacConnell, The New York Times, Vladimir Lenin | Comments Off

Not Giving To Your Alma Mater

Posted on December 9, 2015 by David E Smith

On our website last week, Dennis Prager concluded a column regarding the collapse of America’s University system by writing:

And there may be worse to come. There is little that produces violence as surely as does a victim mentality.

At this time, if you donate money to an American university, you are doing much worse than wasting your money. You are subsidizing the most anti-liberal, anti-American institution in America.

Many good Christian people are rightfully loyal to their alma mater. They express their loyalty through year end giving. Maybe you have done so in the past.

Given what is happening …

Posted in IFI News | Tagged Dennis Prager, End-of-Year Giving | Comments Off

‘Not Islamic’?

Posted on September 23, 2014 by David E Smith

President Barack Obama declared in his recent address to the nation that “ISIL is not Islamic.” But how does he know? On what basis did the president of the United States declare that a group of Muslims that calls itself the “Islamic State” is “not Islamic?”

Posted in Federal, Islam & Sharia | Tagged al-Qaeda, Barack Obama, Boko Haram, Dennis Prager, George W. Bush, Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic State, Jamaat-e-Islami, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Muslim Brotherhood, the Taliban | Comments Off