Rabbi Daniel Lapin

So you decide to get married. How much should you disclose to your fiancé before saying I do?

The dynamics of male and female relationships, teaching our kids how money works, parking meter enforcement will take effect 7 days a week and our cost of living is rising because because government is spending more. Rabbi Lapin says in order to understand money, it's important to think of the metaphor between money and blood and when you think of blood, think of America as an organism rather than a country of 3 million plus people.

In the first hour, Rabbi Lapin takes your calls about the French actor, and film-maker Gérard Depardieu who was recently granted Russian citizenship by Russian President Vladimir Putin. Other topics included how are your tax dollars being used by the Federal Government and rising living costs. The Rabbi noted the 45th anniversary of the iconic song, "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay" by Otis Redding. He also noted the commemoration this week of the late U.S. President Richard M. Nixon's 100th birthday, adding the Rabbi will raise a toast in honor of Nixon, who he says was an underappreciated president and a foreign policy genius. Nixon died in 1994 at the age of 81.

Topics discussed this hour...what were some of the worst predictions made in 2012, Google's consumer blunder regarding its poor mapping service, and pink slime.

Why do couples with children live longer?

Daniel Lapin took your calls about strategies for making your New Year's Resolution stick.

This hour, the Rabbi talks about mistress' of married man.

Heterosexual men and women have pondered this fundamental question for years. Can men and women just be friends? If your spouse was spending an inordinate amount of time with a person of the opposite sex for work, friendship, business, etc. would this bother you? Also, how men and women are different in their emotional make up.

Daniel Lapin noted that one of the joys of the Christmas season is that the festive holiday prompts people to buy gifts not just for themselves but for other people. The generosity to donate goods and services, and reestablish communication with friends and love ones is one of the many aspects of this special time of the year.

The role government plays, and why at the time of egalitarianism in America don't more women propose marriage to men?

In the 2nd hour of the program, Rabbi Lapin discussed the issues of sexualization of children, disconnectedness, and the emotional fragmentation between friends and family today, and why these complex emotional traumas can lead to increased violence in society.

This hour, Rabbi Lapin took your calls on the rise in gun violence in America, and what are the possible causes behind the surges in violence.