Stay ConnectedRabbi Daniel Lapin, known world-wide as America’s Rabbi, is a noted rabbinic scholar, best-selling author and host of the Rabbi Daniel Lapin podcast. He reveals how the world REALLY works and reminds us that the more things change, the more we need to depend upon those things that never change.
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Does America really care about little children? For more than 8 days, the world held its breath over the plight of 12 young boys stranded in a cave in Northern Thailand. Why no equivalent empathy for the more than 50 young American boys murdered by their mothersâ boyfriends in only the first half of 2018? Why no attempt to rescue the thousands of young children at mortal peril from their mothersâ live-in boyfriends? Why no comparable concern for the many children at risk of being killed in drive-by shootings? So we obviously donât care about kids. Why was Thailand different? If Black Lives Matter, why is it okay that fully 36% of all American abortions were had by black womenâonly 13% of all females? The true but rare explanation. High class doesn't mean 'rich'; it's living wisely that will make you and your children grow rich. Low class doesn't mean poor-it's living, for now, that condemns you & your kids to poverty. There are low-class wealthy folks & high class poor but they don't stay that way for long. When Russia and the Soviet Union posed an existential threat to the west, liberals, progressives, and secularists excused it and blamed the U.S. Now that the threat is China and no longer Russia, they are obsessed about the dangers of President Trump cozying up to Russia.
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Why did the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the banks of the Mississippi in St Louis become The Gateway Arch National Park? Is it because the Louisiana Purchase was really a horrid event? The Left wants to progress constantly. Socialism wants change for its own sake. What would America have to look like for progressives to want to preserve? If America acceded to all of the Leftâs demands, would they then become conservatives? Community Organizer & Activist are not job titles that Lewis and Clark would have understood. Politicians! Please stop changing our world and promising us Utopia. We just need you to preserve the framework of predictability in our lives. Jews and Christians both believe in a perfect Messianic tomorrow. So do progressives; but thereâs a big difference.
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âYou two have lovely hearts!â she told us. But she couldnât have known that. Whatâs more, itâs irrelevant. What mainly matters for people to be able to live & function together, is not our hearts and thoughts but how we behave. The motives of muggers & murderers donât matter. Their behavior does. The reasons robbers rob and rapists rape is largely irrelevant. But since you ask, I do happen to know why young men commit these hideous crimes. The answer is simple: Because they wanted to. Being able to resist our wants and desires takes character and GICâs abandoned teaching character half a century ago. Successful management of the Imperial Roman Empire, the Naziâs 3rd Reich, and Islamic Jihad. 90% of violent crime committed by which 13% of the population?
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Is America headed up or down? Is our discontent with our leaders because we see them working in their own interest, not in ours or just because we are deplorables? Is our distrust in the FBI, the IRS, the Veterans Admin., the USPS, and Amtrak because of rampant bureaucratic & political corruption or just because we are paranoid? Does our gloom and pessimism obscure all the wonderful indicators of progressâteachers now getting paid well, even the poor have smartphones and air-conditioning, inequality going down, life-expectancy up, and increasing numbers of young people choosing selfless careers in government. The great Roman Empire is now nothing but ruins. Why America is not similarly headed to inevitable oblivion. Donât forget the cobra eggs.
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âThis was the beginning of evil, for if no man is a hero to his valet, much less can he remain a god for long in the eyes of a curious woman. Here, as in other matters, familiarity breeds contempt.â I didnât realize that when the great English adventure writer Rider Haggard wrote those words, he was quoting the German 18th century philosopher Hegel, of whom in general, I donât think much but who did write these good words, âNo man is a hero to his valet. This is not because the hero is not a hero, but because the valet is a valet.â Anyway, a husband and wife see far more of one another than a valet sees of his boss so with all that familiarity, how can they avoid developing contempt for one another? The answer goes far beyond bathroom privacy and sexual restraint and provides an indispensable guide to marital happiness and durability. But it isnât easy.
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On this show, I enjoy a conversation with several listeners of the Rabbi Daniel Lapin Show. The only thing about hosting my shows on terrestrial radio that I miss is the conversation with callers. Otherwise, I prefer the up-and-coming podcast format. A few weeks ago I solicited advice from tech-savvy listeners about how to incorporate your calls and todayâs show is the result of their generous guidance. We talk with callers about marital infidelity in marriages with higher earning wives, maintaining contact with business associates, the collective effect of pornography on the economy and other unexpected questions.
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Most adults who have lived a little of life, and whoâve survived its inevitable heartaches and tears, deeply desire to save their children from pain. Chief among their legitimate concerns is premature sexualization. What a blessing it would be if children could avoid the intense emotional roller coaster ride of serial infatuations. (And donât for a moment surrender responsibility by fallaciously claiming that such heartbreak is âjust part of growing upâ. It isnât.) How about if kids could grow up seeing sexuality, not as a smash-and-grab raid for the goodies in the window, but as a first step towards love, commitment and marriage? Maybe if we helped them understand the tight relationship between sex and money theyâd be better equipped to face temptation. Letâs help them see that unrestrained sexual indulgence erodes the self-discipline necessary for economic success. The Bible just happens to be a superb textbook for really getting this link.
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Do you really believe that all children born ought to have equal opportunities for successful lives? Really? And how far exactly do you want the government to go in order to guarantee this? How should we guarantee the child of a drug-addicted homeless woman the same shot at success as a homeschooled child from a caring intact family? Should parents be able to bequeath their assets to their children or is the death tax a moral attempt to provide all children the same shot at success? Does a religious upbringing confer an unfair advantage on some children? Why isnât it just a little immoral to care so much more about oneâs own children than about all the other children in society? Why was Russia the first country to recognize the new State of Israel in May 1948? Politics is nothing more than the practical application of our most deeply held moral values. Is it wrong for prestigious universities to provide priority admission to children of alumni?
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Three Mediterranean oceanfront countries with similar population densities, similar limited access, similar lack of natural resources. Yet, Malta and Gibraltar are thriving, happy places that attract throngs of tourists while Gaza is a dangerous and oppressive hell hole. Why? (Clue: It has nothing to do with Israel) Should countries that start wars and then lose them also lose territory? How helpful is the United Nations? When groups of people succeed or when they fail, the causes are seldom external. It is nearly always due to internal culture. Kids who succeed at school usually do so because they come from a family culture that esteems education. Whether young people grow into productive citizens building successful, independent lives or whether they become indolent, pleasure-seeking parasites depends only on culture. Why have Biblically-based countries and cultures been more successful than the rest? Is the victim always virtuous or can you sometimes blame the victim? Why are the Arabs in Abu Dhabi, Qatar, and Dubai more successful than those in Gaza and the West Bank?
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Hereâs an unexpected reversal: Itâs not so much that civilization developed water-borne sewerage systems as much as itâs that the cultural values of cleanliness that made it imperative for certain cultures to distance themselves from their body waste that made civilization possible. Toilets and sewage systems are more important than banks and art galleries and have to come first. Cultures that sexualize the public area lose economic vitality. Why premature sexualization of youngsters dooms them to poverty. How a certain âredheaded slutâ contributed to the economic and military decline. How they got enough water into New York in the 1840s. Why it takes 3 or more people to sustain 2 elderly people even if the old-timers have retirement plans and pensions. What distinguishes humans who are creators from humans who are consumers. Why a prominent Stanford professor who got it all stupendously wrong fifty years ago is still teaching.
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