I am not now, and never have been, a Jew either religiously or ethnically, and it is certain that I shall never become one ethnically, and exceedingly probable that I shall never become one religiously. But if I were a Jew, and if Dennis Prager were a rabbi, then I should like to have him as my rabbi.
He often remarks, rightly, that there is no wisdom on the Left. He's right. But there is wisdom in him and his broadcasts. Tune into his 'Happiness Hour' sometime. And then try to dismiss conservative talk radio as 'hate radio' as so many contemptible liberals do.
I have in my hands Barbara Ehrenreich's Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking has Undermined America (Henry Holt 2009, color-coding in original). On the frontispiece: "To complainers everywhere: Turn up the volume!" The book does contain some worthwhile observations, but only a liberal could employ a subtitle and motto like these. (Even if the publisher chose the title, Ehrenreich had to approve it.) Here we see a fundamental and unbridgeable temperamental difference between conservatives and leftists, between adults and perpetual adolescents. Yes, I do mean that polemically. There is a place for polemic. More polemic later.