Posted on 02/12/2017 9:21:03 AM PST by conservatism_IS_compassion
Author and radio host Dennis Prager spoke about his keys to happiness and goodness. He spoke at the 2017 Rancho Mirage Writers Festival in Rancho Mirage, California.(Video at source link)
I caught this speech on C-Span last night, and was impressed - interested and edified.Prager doesn’t explicitly make the connection, but it is strongly implicit that his discussion explains why “liberals” tend to be unhappy. And I have been somewhat concerned that lately the “liberals” have succeeded in one thing - inducing some conservatives to sound unhappy, reflecting the unhappiness of the rioters.
We gotta watch out for that, IMHO. I hope and expect that many will enjoy this, particularly those who missed the C-Span broadcast last night. I do have to caution that it is, I don’t know, 45 minutes long - or more. But entertaining as well as edifying. The five-minute Cliff Notes version is found at Prager University, here. If you have time for the longer version, I recommend it in preference.
His book on the subject is
- Happiness Is a Serious Problem:
- A Human Nature Repair Manual
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Dennis Prager’s “Happiness Hour” is also a good thing to listen to.
Prager is an intellectual conservative. It’s easy to listen to him and follow his thinking. I always learn something when listening to him.
Excellent talk - recorded it for my wife to catch when she gets a chance - “Very few people care about how you feel - only how you behave” - “Little Dennis Prager isn’t in the mood for afternoon prayers....hmmmm....so what” - LOL....
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I just found a different video by Prager on the same topic, but given a decade ago when the book was first published:
https://www.c-span.org/video/?99290-1/happiness-serious-problem
His PragerU videos on his website and Youtube are a good resource. Ironically, he’s getting de facto censored as conservative, but much of the content is still available if you log in as over 18.
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