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4-15-98 Dennis did not broadcast today. Royal Oakes and Robin Abcarian substituted for him. Robin admitted that she has yet to read Prager's book. She says that Dennis has failed to give her a complimentary copy. Glowing with joy and nachas, I am so proud to announce that Dennis Prager has finally updated his site (for the first time in about a month). Click on "What's New" and read the following pabulum. From Dennis Prager Web Site: We are all so proud to announce that Dennis' latest book. Happiness Is A Serious Problem, has been on the Los Angeles Times best seller list every week since publication-that's 12 weeks straight. Last Sunday it was #3. And, nationwide, the book is ranked #49. The latest review was done by one of the few real thinkers in journalism, Ms. Wendy Shalit. She reviewed the book in the March 23rd issue of National Review. Dennis performed, what he considers his most difficult musical accomplishment thus far, with the Los Angeles Jewish Symphony on Sunday, April 5, 1998. He enjoyed meeting so many of you who attended this stirring event that received a glowing review in The Los Angeles Times. Dennis was thrilled with the turnout when he conducted the Pasadena Lyric Opera. Meeting KABC listeners and The Prager Perspective readers at these events is always a highlight for Dennis. William Safire: Don't Bank On It [Dennis would sympathize with the perspective below.]
ESSAY / By WILLIAM SAFIRE
When a big bank on the West Coast decides to merge with a big East Coast bank, that doesn't bother me. All the stuff about synergies and cost-saving layoffs and global reach will be meaningless soon enough; future banking will be done on the Internet, every home a branch, and today's giants will be undercut by speedy cyberbankers unencumbered by overhead.
Far more troubling is the kind of marriage proposed by Citibank and the Travelers Group of insurance companies and stock brokerage. That would require changing the law that keeps banks -- where individual deposits are insured up to $100,000 by the Federal Government -- separate from other enterprises.
With remarkable chutzpah, these companies have embarked on a course that blithely assumes that change in law.
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