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Why the Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions
03 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are you a good person if you have good intentions? Many seem to think so, but there are a lot of problems with this belief. In fact, it’s the source...
Herbert Hoover: Success or Failure?
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Herbert Hoover, the 31st President of the United States, succeeded at almost everything he did. Yet he is best remembered for one failure: the Great D...
Calvin Coolidge - The Best President You Don't Know
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Americans today place enormous pressure on presidents to do “something" when there is a national crisis. But our 30th president Calvin Coolidge did ...
Warren Harding: The Least Appreciated President
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Warren Harding is not regarded as one of our most successful presidents. He’s more likely to be remembered for his scandals than his accomplishments...
The Constitution: Why A Republic?
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Winning the War of Independence brought a new challenge to the American people: what sort of government should they choose for their new nation? Rober...
What Is Inflation?
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Look for the source of a society’s collapse, and you’ll usually find the i-word (inflation) at its core. So what exactly is inflation? How does it...
Small Business Is America
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Small business is the epitome of the American Dream. It’s the reason why America became the richest nation in the world. After all, every successful...
The Sexualization of Children
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Who should decide when and how to discuss issues like sex and gender with young children? Just a decade ago, this was thought to be the sole purview o...
Milton Friedman: No Free Lunch
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Few people have had as profound an impact on modern economics as economist Milton Friedman. His Nobel Prize-winning ideas on free enterprise resonated...
Career Success and the Proximity Principle
13 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How can you take control of your career? Ken Coleman, host of The Ken Coleman Show and author of The Proximity Principle, offers a guide for discoveri...
Understanding Marxism: Change the World
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Workers of the world, unite! Karl Marx’s famous call to action never caught on with its intended target, the working class. But the intellectual cla...
Understanding Marxism: From Each According to His Ability...
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Private property, wage labor, competition, and profits — under Karl Marx’s world view, these would have to go. Instead of self-interest, everybody...
Understanding Marxism: The Enemy of Being is Having
06 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Workers of the world, unite! Karl Marx’s famous call to action never caught on with its intended target, the working class. But the intellectual cla...
The Fallen Soldier
30 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Others have made the ultimate sacrifice so that you could be free. Remember them—today, and always. A moving tribute, written and narrated by former...
Who Wants To Follow California?
26 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As goes California, so goes the nation. This used to be said as a compliment. Now it’s a cautionary tale, and the country would be wise to heed it. ...
Why I Stopped Teaching
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
For fifteen years, Kali Fontanilla taught middle and high school students in California public schools. Then she abruptly left it behind. Why would a ...
What Do You Know About Money
18 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
As you step off the podium with your degree in hand, here’s a question for you: did you learn anything about money? In PragerU’s 2022 commencement...
Seven Economic Truths
11 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
You can learn a lot about basic economics from great quotes. David Bahnsen, author of There's No Free Lunch: 250 Economic Truths, proves how true this...
China's Social Credit System
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In the past, the Social Credit System existed only in the world of science fiction. In the present, it’s happening in China. In the near future, it ...
Three Ways To Fix America
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are we just going to give up on the greatest country in the history of the world? Or are we going to fight for freedom and a thriving future? For Dave...
The Whiteness Of Wokeness
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Most people advocating for radical social change on behalf of people of color are not themselves people of color. How do you explain that? Wilfred Rei...
Fund the Children, Not the Schools
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it that parents have so little control over where their children go to school? Unless you homeschool or send your child to a private school, yo...
How Much Energy Will the World Need?
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Are we heading toward an all-renewable energy future, spearheaded by wind and solar? Or are those energy sources wholly inadequate for the task? Mark ...
Israel: What Would You Do?
30 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The first responsibility of every government is to keep its citizens safe from invasion, violence and terror. So why is it that when Israel defends it...
When Big Business Went Woke
19 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How is it that Big Business “got woke?” Once the bastion of country club conservatism, it’s now a fortress of radical leftism. Vivek Ramaswamy e...
Why You Should Care About Passover
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What is the oldest holiday that people still celebrate today? Christmas? Easter? Halloween? Good guesses, but all incorrect. Dennis Prager has another...
How To End Systemic Racism
12 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
There is systemic racism in America, and people of color are paying a terrible price because of it. It’s time to shine a bright light on the source ...
Ronald Reagan: The Great Communicator
24 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Few presidents have connected with the American people like Ronald Reagan did. Through a combination of persuasion and policy, our 40th president turn...
Big Government, Big Business, Big Problems
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Since the start of the Covid crisis, the American economy has been turned on its head. Times are good for the big guys — Big Business and Big Govern...
Is The Foster Care System Racist?
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The main goal of the foster care system is to help and protect kids… isn’t it? Unfortunately no, and the outcomes are often disastrous. Naomi Scha...
Why You Shouldn't Live In Fear
11 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when fear overwhelms reason? Dennis Prager offers much-needed perspective into how fear—specifically irrational fear—affects both the...
Why Study History
30 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Is it important to study history? Why do we need to know what’s come before us? Isn’t it enough to just “live in the moment?” Renowned histori...
Does Israel Occupy the West Bank?
20 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
How many times have you heard that Israel "occupies" the West Bank? But have you ever asked yourself whether that’s true? Or even what it means? Eug...
Can You Trust the NY Times?
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
The most influential news source in the world is the New York Times. Every day, hundreds of newspapers and news stations around the world follow its l...
Totalitarianism: Can It Happen in America?
10 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
What does totalitarianism look like? In the 20th century, it took the form of secret police violently silencing anyone who spoke out against the gover...
Personal Responsibility: The Ultimate Freedom
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Personal responsibility. Who wants to hear about that? Well, you do… if you want to have any chance at health, wealth, and happiness. Author, musici...
What's Wrong with Atheism? — Science and God
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is there any meaning to life? Or is life nothing more than a cosmic accident? Scientific atheists claim the latter, but ironically, it’s science its...
What Is Intelligent Design? — Science and God
27 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Chances are if you've heard anything about intelligent design, you’ve heard that it's faith-based, not science-based. Is that true? Or does modern s...
Aliens, the Multiverse, or God? — Science and God
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Even staunch Darwinists have acknowledged that life in the universe displays an appearance of design, rather than being created out of random chance. ...
How Did the Universe Begin? — Science and God
21 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Was the universe always here, or did it have a beginning? If so, how did it start? Mankind has debated these questions for centuries and has only rece...
Are Religion and Science in Conflict? — Science and God
20 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Does belief in God get in the way of science? The idea that science and religion are inevitably in conflict is a popular way of thinking today. But th...
3X: All gifts TRIPLE-MATCHED!
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Help us continue reaching millions online. All gifts made on or before Christmas will be triple-matched. PragerU.com/christmas PragerU videos are ch...
Are Pipelines Safe?
13 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the safest way to transport oil? According to environmentalists, progressive politicians, and the media, it’s anything but pipelines. Are t...
Pearl Harbor: A Day That Lives in Infamy
07 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese Imperial Navy bombed the US Naval base at Pearl Harbor. The surprise attack shocked the nation and brought it into a...
Is America's Government Secular?
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Was America founded to be a secular nation? In other words, does religion have no role in American politics or public policy-making? The answer is mor...
The Plantation: Then and Now
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s the 21st century. Slavery is long gone. Blacks are no longer imprisoned on plantations… right? Actually, many are — just not in the way the...
Howard Zinn and the Book That Poisoned a Generation
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One book and one author have changed how American history is taught. America is no longer the good guy but the cause of everyone’s problems. Who is ...
Arab, Israeli, and Proud
09 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Yoseph Haddad has served in the Israeli Defense Forces. He’s also an Arab. Why would an Arab volunteer to join the Israeli military? If Israel reall...
Should We Be Colorblind?
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nothing reveals the moral confusion of our time more than those who label the term “colorblind” racist. Who would want to see themselves in terms ...
Is There Really a Climate Emergency?
01 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The climate is the most complex system on Earth. Is it really possible to project with any precision what it will be like 20, 40, or even 100 years fr...
ESG: Woke To Broke
22 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What’s more important for a company: to make a profit, or to do “social good?” More and more companies seem to be focusing on the latter. But is...
The Bankrupting of America
11 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when you spend money you don’t have? Everyone knows the answer to that question. But what happens when the government does it on an unp...
The Difference Between a Democracy and a Republic
05 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you ask Americans to name their country’s form of government, most of them will say they live in a democracy. However, the real answer is more co...
Alexander Hamilton and Capitalism: Making America
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Alexander Hamilton, the first treasurer of the United States, knew there was a better way for countries to become prosperous than by conquering others...
James Madison and the Constitution: Making America
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
James Madison insisted that his new nation could not succeed without a Constitution. Why? No other nation in the world had one. What made America diff...
Thomas Jefferson and Equality: Making America
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“All men are created equal…” So says the Declaration of Independence, eloquently penned by Thomas Jefferson. But how do we reconcile the obvious...
John Adams and Virtue: Making America
30 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness is the shared goal of every American. We all have a pretty good idea about what life and liberty mean, but...
Benjamin Franklin and the Self-Made Man: Making America
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Benjamin Franklin was a scientist, inventor, diplomat, writer, and publisher. But he is best remembered for being the guiding spirit behind the foundi...
The Great Texas Freeze of 2021
20 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In February 2021, the temperature in Texas dropped below zero. Not a big deal, right? Texas is the energy state. Just go home, turn on the heat, and h...
Understanding Nixon
13 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The majority of Americans remember our 37th President Richard Nixon for one thing and one thing only: the Watergate scandal. But there’s much more t...
What Radical Islam and the Woke Have In Common
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You’d think that Islamist extremists and leftist radicals would have nothing in common. But noted human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali has good rea...
A Palestinian Explains Hamas
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How do we make life better for those who live in Gaza? According to Palestinian political analyst Bassem Eid, we start by recognizing who is really re...
A Short History of Slavery
23 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Slavery didn’t start in 1492 when Columbus came to the New World. And it didn’t start in 1619 when the first slaves landed in Jamestown. It’s no...
What Unites Americans?
16 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Americans come from every corner of the globe. We represent every race, every ethnicity, and every religion. So what brings us all together? Bobby Jin...
Why Even Atheists Should Teach Their Children about God
09 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As a therapist, Erica Komisar is often asked by parents, “How do I talk to my child about death if I don’t believe in God or heaven?” Her answer...
Who Celebrates Che Guevara?
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Che Guevara is the face that launched a billion T-shirts. Even now, more than fifty years after his death, he inspires would-be revolutionaries and so...
Happy Birthday, Dennis Prager!
02 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Make a donation to PragerU in honor of Dennis Prager's birthday! Make your gift at PragerU.com/dennis Dennis is obviously very special to us here at...
The Great Thomas Sowell
26 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
He’s an economist, an historian, a philosopher, and one of the greatest social theorists America has ever produced. His name is Thomas Sowell, and h...
Fewer Penalties, More Crime
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The role of a prosecutor is to pursue justice and enforce the law. That sounds straightforward, but more and more, that doesn’t seem to be happening...
The Georgia Reform Law: Who Wants Fair Elections?
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are a lot of partisan political issues out there, but election integrity shouldn’t be one of them. How can we verify every legal ballot, while...
What Do We Do About the Homeless?
05 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Homelessness is one of the most vexing public policy problems we face. If you live in a big city, especially on the West Coast, you literally face it ...
John Adams: Our Second President
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“The man to whom the country is most indebted for the great measure of independence is Mr. John Adams.” That was from a delegate to the Continenta...
Get Politics Out of Sports
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Sports is the great unifier. It brings people of all races and backgrounds together. Or at least, it did. Podcaster and writer Jason Whitlock worries ...
Overmedicated America
14 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Americans spend a fortune on healthcare, but it doesn’t seem to be making us any healthier. In fact, all the trend lines point to an increasingly ob...
Are Fathers Necessary?
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Until recently, the need to explain why fathers are necessary would have been regarded as, well, unnecessary. But that’s not the case anymore. Denni...
Taking on Woke Inc.
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Congratulations, graduates! Your days of leftist indoctrination are behind you. Just kidding! The glass tower of the corporate world is fast becoming ...
Watergate
24 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
If you ask most people to explain what Watergate was all about, they might say that it was about a bungled break-in that brought down a president. Tha...
America's Promise
17 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Americans are looking for love in all the wrong places---most specifically, Washington D.C. America promises us freedom and opportunity, but certainly...
Killing Comedy
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Seth Dillon is the CEO of The Babylon Bee, where they write satire for a living. You’d think that would be easy in today’s absurd world, but in re...
Who Has Privilege?
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
To put it mildly, Adam Carolla didn’t grow up with privilege. He doesn’t even know how to spell it. So where did the current obsession with privil...
What Is Critical Race Theory?
26 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you heard of Critical Race Theory? If you haven’t, you will. It’s coming to a high school, college, or workplace diversity training session n...
China: Friend Or Foe?
19 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With the help of the United States and other western powers, China has become an economic powerhouse. The idea was that prosperity would persuade Chin...
Is Communism Moral?
12 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Capitalism has produced freedom and crushed poverty. Communism has produced poverty and crushed freedom. So why is there still a debate as to which sy...
Follow the Science
05 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Keating is an astrophysicist at a major university. Science is his life. But when he hears someone say to “follow the science,” he gets nerv...
Why Girls Become Boys
29 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ten years ago, it was unlikely that you knew someone who identified as transgender. Today, it’s unlikely that you don’t know someone who identifie...
Understanding Ayn Rand
24 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Ayn Rand is one of the most famous novelists and philosophers of the 20th century. Her ideas about free markets and free minds still captivate million...
I Used To Be Antifa
08 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gabriel Nadales was an angry, bitter and unhappy young man — the perfect recruit for Antifa, the violent left-wing group which claims to fight again...
What Is Identity Socialism?
01 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a new socialism in town. Its foundations are more cultural than economic. Dinesh D’Souza explains this major development in leftist thinki...
What Are Your Kids Learning in School?
22 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Has the leftist indoctrination so prevalent in college reached down into our elementary and high schools, too? If so, what can concerned parents do ab...
A Father’s Questions for Black Lives Matter
15 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Collins is the proud father of thirteen children. Eight are white and five, adopted, are black. He’s inclined to support the Black Lives Matter ...
Capitalism Wins
08 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
More and more, it seems people find it difficult to defend capitalism—even those who benefit from it most. But former US Ambassador to the United Na...
Why Are Utilities So Expensive?
01 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The cost of producing electricity has dropped significantly in the last decade. So why haven’t we seen those price drops reflected in our electricit...
No Past, No Future
25 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Can we judge the past by the standards of the present? Many seem intent on proving not only that we can, but that we must. Social critic Douglas Murra...
There Is No Apolitical Classroom
18 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Do you know what’s going on in your kid’s school? The three R’s – reading, writing, and arithmetic – have taken a back seat to a fourth R. M...
What I Can Teach You About Racism
11 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Renowned political science professor Carol Swain started out life with every possible disadvantage. She ended up teaching at two of the most prestigio...
Be Brave
04 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Free speech and intellectual freedom are the civil rights issues of our time. Are you ready to defend them? That’s the question that former US Ambas...
What Is Big Green?
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
You hear lots of dire predictions these days -- the planet is burning, the seas are rising, and so on. But what is the real purpose of all this doom a...
Price Transparency: How to Fix Healthcare
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How can a simple blood test cost $30 at one lab and $300 at another across the street? The answer to this question could save billions, as well as mak...
How the Left Sees the World: Power, Race, and Class
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
How do those on the Left determine right from wrong? Since Marx, they’ve relied on a formula based on status, skin color, and wealth. But is that th...
What's Wrong With the 1619 Project?
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In August of 2019, the New York Times published the 1619 Project. Its goal is to redefine the American experiment as rooted not in liberty but in slav...