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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

400-408 – Stephen Prothero, (stephenprothero.com) professor of religion at Boston University and the author of many books including his most recent The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation (2012) (Amazon), exploring our nation's core texts which include works like The Declaration of Independence, The Gettysburg Address and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, or King's "I Have a Dream Speech."  Stephen earned his received his BA in American Studies from Yale and his PhD in the Study of Religion from Harvard.

Stephen Prothero is a professor in the Department of Religion at Boston University and the author of numerous books, most recently The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation (HarperOne 2012), God is Not One: The Eight Rival Religions That Run the World--and Why Their Differences Matter (HarperOne, 2010) and the New York Times bestseller Religious Literacy: What Americans Need to Know (HarperOne, 2007). He has commented on religion on dozens of National Public Radio programs, and on television on CNN, NBC, MSNBC, FOX, and PBS. He was also a guest on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart, "The Colbert Report," and "The Oprah Winfrey Show." He was also the chief editorial consultant for the six-hour WGBH/PBS television series "God in America" (2010). A regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal and USA Today, he has also written for the New York Times, Slate, Salon, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, and the Boston Globe. In 2010 he was invited to speak about religious literacy at the White House. During 2012-13 he will be a fellow at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History. Prothero received his BA from Yale in American Studies and his PhD in the Study of Religion from Harvard. He lives on Cape Cod, and he tweets @sprothero. 

413-423 – Stephen Prothero,

• Then take Hillsdale's free 10-week online-course Constitution 101: The Meaning and History of the Constitution, drawn from the course required by all Hillsdale students (hillsdale.edu/constitution).  The lectures are – 1) The American Mind (Larry P. Arnn), 2) The Declaration of Independence (Thomas G. West), 3) The Problem of Majority Tyranny (David Bobb), 4) Separation of Powers: Preventing Tyranny (Kevin Portteus), 5) Separation of Powers: Ensuring Good Government (Will Morrisey), 6) Religion, Morality, and Property (David Bobb), 7) Crisis of Constitutional Government (Will Morrisey), 8) Abraham Lincoln and the Constitution (Kevin Portteus), 9) The Progressive Rejection of the Founding (Ronald J. Pestritto), and 10) The Recovery of the Constitution (Larry P. Arnn).

428-438 – Stephen Prothero,

443-452 – Stephen Prothero,

LINER – KKLA invites you to the 14th Annual Fourth of July Spectacular at Shepherd of the Hills in Porter Ranch for a holiday full of food, activities, music, and spectacular fireworks!  Bring your blankets and chairs!  And swing by our KKLA booth for cool prizes!  Our live broadcast begins at 9pm.  Go to kkla.com, keyword "Fireworks."

458-508 – Frank Sontag, producer of the Mark & Brian Morning Show on KLOS here in Los Angeles.  Here's his YouTube testimony.   Frank grew up playing the accordion in an Italian-Catholic family in Cleveland, they later moved to LA in 1965 when he was 10, and here he went to catholic schools growing up, finishing up at Notre Dame HS in Sherman Oaks (class of 1972).  On June 17, 1984, he was rear ended by a driver going 110mph – while he was on a motorcycle.  That sent him on his spiritual quest in pursuit of the meaning of life.  He's been in radio for 26 years, doing everything from hosting a late night talk show for 21 years (87-09), to now being the on-air board op for Mark & Brian at 95.5 KLOS.  He and Erin were married in 2004, and their son Dante is now 4.  He gave his life to Christ on December 17, 2009, and as he says, "Then life really got interesting.…"  Erin came to Christ in July 3, 2011.  They attend Reality Church in Carpinteria.

• OC Register (6/13/2012) Mark Thompson retiring from Mark & Brian show.  One half of the popular radio duo is leaving after a 25-year run together.

512-523 – Frank Sontag,  

528-539 – Frank Sontag,

LINER – KKLA invites you to "Dodger Faith and Family Day" Saturday June 30th.  If you get your tickets, starting at $8.00, thru kkla.com, you'll also get a special wristband allowing you on to the field after the game to hear testimonies from Dodgers like Clayton Kershaw, AJ Ellis, and Josh Lindblom.  Go to kkla.com, keyword "Dodgers."

544-554 – Frank Sontag,

LINER – KKLA invites you to the 14th Annual Fourth of July Spectacular at Shepherd of the Hills in Porter Ranch for a holiday full of food, activities, music, and spectacular fireworks!  Bring your blankets and chairs!  And swing by our KKLA booth for cool prizes!  Our live broadcast begins at 9pm.  Go to kkla.com, keyword "Fireworks."

558-608 – Dr. Frank Turek, author, speaker, radio and television host, and columnist – Frank is a former Naval Aviator (navigator and bombardier, aka the P3 Orion) with a Master's from George Washington University and a Ph.D. in Apologetics from Southern Evangelical Seminary, and as founder of crossexamined.org, debates regularly on college and university campuses – he debated Christopher Hitchens twice – and he's been on many radio and tv shows.  He's author or co-author of three books: Correct, Not Politically Correct: How Same-Sex Marriage Hurts Everyone (2008) (Amazon);  I Don't Have Enough Faith To Be An Atheist (with Norm Geisler in 2004) (Amazon); and  Legislating Morality: Is It Wise? Is It Legal? Is It Possible? (with Norm Geisler in 2003) (Amazon).  Catch Frank Wednesday Nights at 9pm & 1am on DirecTV Ch. 378.

612-623 – Dr. Frank Turek

628-639 – Dr. Frank Turek, 

644-656 – Dr. Frank Turek

• NRO Editors (6/13/2012) Botching Fast and Furious.

• Michael Novak (NRO, 6/13/2012) The Catholic Vote Swings.

• Gerald O'Driscoll (WSJ, 6/12/2012) How the Euro Will End – Greece will simply run out of cash. Then Spain's real-estate bubble will ruin an economy that really matters.  Mr. O'Driscoll is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He was formerly a vice president at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and later a vice president at Citigroup.