Movies from Dennis Prager

The Imitation Game

Based on the real life story of legendary cryptanalyst Alan Turing, the film portrays the nail-biting race against time by Turing and his brilliant team of code-breakers at Britain's top-secret Government Code and Cypher School at Bletchley Park, during the darkest days of World War II.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
My wife (Sue) and I saw and enjoyed #TheImitationGame. Riveting story. #BenedictCumberbatch is a fine actor.
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Won't Back Down

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken school and ensure a bright future for their children. The two women refuse to let any obstacles stand in their way as they battle a bureaucracy that's hopelessly mired in traditional thinking, and they seek to re-energize a faculty that has lost its passion for teaching.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
Excellent review of an important film "Won't Back Down"
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Bringing Up Baby

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventures which include a leopard called Baby.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
This is the zany story of a paleontologist whose intercostal clavicle (for a dinosaur exhibit) is swiped by a ditzy heiress’s terrier. Before he can retrieve his specimen, he must help the heiress transport a leopard named Baby to her eccentric aunt. A wonderful screwball comedy.
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The Adventures of Robin Hood

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
One of the truly great adventure tales, this film has great dialogue, exhilarating action and one of the greatest musical scores of all time (by Wolfgang Korngold). It’s also great fun for all ages.
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

A beautiful girl, Snow White, takes refuge in the forest in the house of seven dwarfs to hide from her stepmother, the wicked Queen. The Queen is jealous because she wants to be known as "the fairest in the land," and Snow White's beauty surpasses her own.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
The first animated feature film ever made is also one of the best – but scary for 7/under.
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Lost Horizon

British diplomat Robert Conway and a small group of civilians crash land in the Himalayas, and are rescued by the people of the mysterious, Eden-like valley of Shangri-la. Protected by the mountains from the world outside, where the clouds of World War II are gathering, Shangri-la provides a seductive escape for the world-weary Conway.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
Frank Capra directed this tale of a small band of plane crash survivors, including a world-weary international diplomat, who are taken to an idyllic remote village in Tibet called Shangri-La. Exceptionally beautiful black and white cinematography.
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Captains Courageous

Harvey, the arrogant and spoiled son of an indulgent absentee-father, falls overboard from a transatlantic steamship and is rescued by a fishing vessel on the Grand Banks. Harvey fails to persuade them to take him ashore, nor convince the crew of his wealth. The captain offers him a low-paid job, until they return to port, as part of the crew that turns him into a mature, considerate young man.
Dennis Prager
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Starring Spencer Tracy, Freddie Bartholomew, Lionel Barrymore Directed by Victor Fleming A spoiled, lonely rich boy, neglected by his father, falls off a cruise ship and is rescued by a group of fishermen. Forced to spend the fishing season on their work boat, the boy forms a strong bond with a Portuguese fisherman, and learns their values. Spencer Tracy won an Academy Award for his performance in this wonderful film for the whole family.
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The Awful Truth

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
This is a funny, racy comedy about a bickering divorcing couple who suspect each other of infidelity and divorce, but find they still love each other.
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Fury

Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wrongly mistaken for a wanted kidnapper and arrested.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
Potent tale of group hysteria, small-town vigilantes, and the innocent man they very nearly murder. Spencer Tracy’s performance is outstanding.
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TOP 3 Comedies from '30s loved by Dennis.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
TOP 3 Comedies from '30s loved by Dennis.
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American Exceptionalism

The phrase "American exceptionalism" is used in many ways and for many purposes, but its original meaning involved a statement of fact: for the first century after the Constitution went into effect, European observers and Americans alike saw the United States as exceptional, with political and civic cultures that had no counterparts anywhere else. In American Exceptionalism: An Experiment in History, Charles Murray describes how America's geography, ideology, politics, and daily life set the new nation apart from Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. He then discusses the ways that exceptionalism changed during America's evolution over the course of the 20th century. Which changes are gains to be applauded? Which are losses to be mourned? Answering these questions is the essential first step in discovering what you want for America's future.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
I recommend you check out @charlesmurray's new @AEI monograph "American Exceptionalism"! http://
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Behind the Curtain

Take a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most memorable shows on late-night television-the Tonight Show. The show has spent sixty years on the air, delighting viewers with celebrity guest interviews, comedy sketches, and humorous monologues. Jay Leno served as host for twenty years, and Dave Berg acted as his co-producer for most of that time. With Jay Leno's retirement, Berg thought it only fitting to share his insider's perspective on America's oldest and most successful late-night program. Through personality-revealing anecdotes about guests, 'The show behind the curtain' serves as an introduction to the backstage antics and controversies of Leno's program. The Tonight Show has played host to television and movie stars, professional athletes, political leaders, and comedians. With each guest, Berg, Leno, and other producers came together to create an entertaining and becoming segment. Whether it was discouraging guests from telling bad jokes or encouraging them to portray themselves as three-dimensional individuals with lives outside of notoriety, Berg's role was crucial to the longevity and success of the show. Called 'the best booker in the business' by Bill O'Reilly, Berg possessed a unique ability to garner relationships with The Tonight Show's many guests. The witty and engaging anecdotes in this collection feature such personalities as John Kerry, Russell Crowe, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Willie Nelson, Teri Hatcher, and Dennis Rodman. This is a book that could only be written by a privileged insider. Berg reveals an industry view into the booking and preparation for a guest appearance, reflecting on how some guests are difficult and unprepared and how others are spontaneous and hilarious. He details the five-year-long series of bookings and appearances of Barack Obama-the first sitting president to appear on late-night television-and the fearful scheduling of Dennis Rodman, who was perpetually late. In this compilation, Berg shares the secrets, insights, and blunders of late-night television.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
On the #DPRS tomorrow: David Berg, producer and author. His new book: "Behind the Curtain: An Insider's View of Jay Leno's Tonight Show"
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The Curmudgeon's Guide to Getting Ahead

For those starting out in their careers—and those who wish to advance more quickly—this is a delightfully fussy guide to the hidden rules of the road in the workplace and in life. As bestselling author and social historian Charles Murray explains, at senior levels of an organization there are curmudgeons everywhere, judging your every move. Yet it is their good opinion you need to win if you hope to get ahead. Among the curmudgeon’s day-to-day tips for the workplace: • Excise the word “like” from your spoken English • Don’t suck up • Stop “reaching out” and “sharing” • Rid yourself of piercings, tattoos, and weird hair colors • Make strong language count His larger career advice includes: • What to do if you have a bad boss • Coming to grips with the difference between being nice and being good • How to write when you don’t know what to say • Being judgmental (it’s good, and you don’t have a choice anyway) And on the great topics of life, the curmudgeon urges us to leave home no matter what, get real jobs (not internships), put ourselves in scary situations, and watch Groundhog Day repeatedly (he’ll explain). Witty, wise, and pulling no punches, The Curmudgeon’s Guide to Getting Ahead is an indispensable sourcebook for living an adult life.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
#Recommended The new book from @charlesmurray
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Hitler in the Crosshairs

This is the story of Ira “Teen” Palm, a soldier in World War II, from Mount Vernon, NY, through the European Theater of World War II, to his acquisition of a pistol engraved with Hitler’s initials as he stormed Hitler’s Munich apartment in a covert operation. The story of the man and the pistol has never been told—and might just write a new chapter in history.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
I highly recommend this for your Summer Reading list... "Hitler in the Crosshairs"
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The Lion's World

Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams offers fascinating insight into The Chronicles of Narnia, the popular series of novels by one of the most influential Christian authors of the modern era, C. S. Lewis. Lewis once referred to certain kinds of book as a "mouthwash for the imagination." This is what he attempted to provide in the Narnia stories, argues Williams: an unfamiliar world in which we could rinse out what is stale in our thinking about Christianity--"which is almost everything," says Williams--and rediscover what it might mean to meet the holy. Indeed, Lewis's great achievement in the Narnia books is just that-he enables readers to encounter the Christian story "as if for the first time." How does Lewis makes fresh and strange the familiar themes of Christian doctrine? Williams points out that, for one, Narnia itself is a strange place: a parallel universe, if you like. There is no "church" in Narnia, no religion even. The interaction between Aslan as a "divine" figure and the inhabitants of this world is something that is worked out in the routines of life itself. Moreover, we are made to see humanity in a fresh perspective, the pride or arrogance of the human spirit is chastened by the revelation that, in Narnia, you may be on precisely the same spiritual level as a badger or a mouse. It is through these imaginative dislocations that Lewis is able to communicate--to a world that thinks it knows what faith is--the character, the feel, of a real experience of surrender in the face of absolute incarnate love. This lucid, learned, humane, and beautifully written book opens a new window onto Lewis's beloved stories, revealing the moral wisdom and passionate faith beneath their perennial appeal.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams offers fascinating insight into The Chronicles of Narnia, the popular series of novels by one of the most influential Christian authors of the modern era, C. S. Lewis. Lewis once referred to certain kinds of book as a "mouthwash for the imagination." This is what he attempted to provide in the Narnia stories, argues Williams: an unfamiliar world in which we could rinse out what is stale in our thinking about Christianity--"which is almost everything," says Williams--and rediscover what it might mean to meet the holy. Indeed, Lewis's great achievement in the Narnia books is just that-he enables readers to encounter the Christian story "as if for the first time." How does Lewis makes fresh and strange the familiar themes of Christian doctrine? Williams points out that, for one, Narnia itself is a strange place: a parallel universe, if you like. There is no "church" in Narnia, no religion even. The interaction between Aslan as a "divine" figure and the inhabitants of this world is something that is worked out in the routines of life itself. Moreover, we are made to see humanity in a fresh perspective, the pride or arrogance of the human spirit is chastened by the revelation that, in Narnia, you may be on precisely the same spiritual level as a badger or a mouse. It is through these imaginative dislocations that Lewis is able to communicate--to a world that thinks it knows what faith is--the character, the feel, of a real experience of surrender in the face of absolute incarnate love. This lucid, learned, humane, and beautifully written book opens a new window onto Lewis's beloved stories, revealing the moral wisdom and passionate faith beneath their perennial appeal.
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Bonhoeffer

WHO BETTER TO FACE THE GREATEST EVIL OF THE 20TH CENTURY THAN A HUMBLE MAN OF FAITH?As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle the Third Reich from the inside. One of these was Dietrich Bonhoeffer—a pastor and author. In this New York Times best-selling biography, Eric Metaxas takes both strands of Bonhoeffer’s life—the theologian and the spy—and draws them together to tell a searing story of incredible moral courage in the face of monstrous evil. Metaxas presents the fullest accounting of Bonhoeffer’s heart-wrenching decision to leave the safe haven of America to return to Hitler’s Germany, and sheds new light on Bonhoeffer’s involvement in the famous Valkyrie plot and in “Operation 7,” the effort to smuggle Jews into neutral Switzerland. In a deeply moving narrative, Metaxas uses previously unavailable documents?including personal letters, detailed journal entries, and firsthand personal accounts?to reveal dimensions of Bonhoeffer's life and theology never before seen."Bonhoeffer is the story of a life framed by a passion for truth and a commitment to justice on behalf of those who face implacable evil. Includes Readers’ Guide “[A] beautifully constructed biography.”—Alan Wolfe, The New Republic “Metaxas tells Bonhoeffer’s story with passion and theological sophistication. . . .”—Wall Street Journal“[A] weighty, riveting analysis of the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. . . .”—Publishers Weekly“Metaxas presents Bonhoeffer as a clear-headed, deeply convicted Christian who submitted to no one and nothing except God and his Word.”—Christianity Today“Metaxas has written a book that adds a new dimension to World War II, a new understanding of how evil can seize the soul of a nation and a man of faith can confront it. . . .”—Thomas Fleming, author, The New Dealers’ War“Metaxas has created a biography of uncommon power—intelligent, moving, well researched,vividly written, and rich in implication for our own lives. Or to put it another way: Buy this book. Read it. Then buy another copy and give it to a person you love. It’s that good.”—Archbishop Charles Chaput, First Things"A definitive Bonhoeffer biography for the 21st century."—Kirkus Reviews2011 ECPA Book of the Year2011 Canterbury Medal by the Becket Fund recognizing courage in the defense of religious liberty2011 Christopher Award winner highlighting the power of faith, courage, and action"A definitive Bonhoeffer biography for the 21st century."-Kirkus Reviews
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
WHO BETTER TO FACE THE GREATEST EVIL OF THE 20TH CENTURY THAN A HUMBLE MAN OF FAITH?As Adolf Hitler and the Nazis seduced a nation, bullied a continent, and attempted to exterminate the Jews of Europe, a small number of dissidents and saboteurs worked to dismantle the Third Reich from the inside. One of these was Dietrich Bonhoeffer—a pastor and author. In this New York Times best-selling biography, Eric Metaxas takes both strands of Bonhoeffer’s life—the theologian and the spy—and draws them together to tell a searing story of incredible moral courage in the face of monstrous evil. Metaxas presents the fullest accounting of Bonhoeffer’s heart-wrenching decision to leave the safe haven of America to return to Hitler’s Germany, and sheds new light on Bonhoeffer’s involvement in the famous Valkyrie plot and in “Operation 7,” the effort to smuggle Jews into neutral Switzerland. In a deeply moving narrative, Metaxas uses previously unavailable documents?including personal letters, detailed journal entries, and firsthand personal accounts?to reveal dimensions of Bonhoeffer's life and theology never before seen."Bonhoeffer is the story of a life framed by a passion for truth and a commitment to justice on behalf of those who face implacable evil. Includes Readers’ Guide “[A] beautifully constructed biography.”—Alan Wolfe, The New Republic “Metaxas tells Bonhoeffer’s story with passion and theological sophistication. . . .”—Wall Street Journal“[A] weighty, riveting analysis of the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. . . .”—Publishers Weekly“Metaxas presents Bonhoeffer as a clear-headed, deeply convicted Christian who submitted to no one and nothing except God and his Word.”—Christianity Today“Metaxas has written a book that adds a new dimension to World War II, a new understanding of how evil can seize the soul of a nation and a man of faith can confront it. . . .”—Thomas Fleming, author, The New Dealers’ War“Metaxas has created a biography of uncommon power—intelligent, moving, well researched,vividly written, and rich in implication for our own lives. Or to put it another way: Buy this book. Read it. Then buy another copy and give it to a person you love. It’s that good.”—Archbishop Charles Chaput, First Things"A definitive Bonhoeffer biography for the 21st century."—Kirkus Reviews2011 ECPA Book of the Year2011 Canterbury Medal by the Becket Fund recognizing courage in the defense of religious liberty2011 Christopher Award winner highlighting the power of faith, courage, and action"A definitive Bonhoeffer biography for the 21st century."-Kirkus Reviews
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Liberal Fascism

Today the word 'fascist' is usually an insult aimed at those on the right, from neocons to big business. But what does it really mean? What if the true heirs to fascism were actually those who thought of themselves as being terribly nice and progressive - the liberals?Jonah Goldberg's excoriating, opinion-driving, US bestseller explains why. Here he destroys long-held myths to reveal why the most insidious attemps to control our lives originate from the left, whether it's smoking bans or security cameras. Journeying through history and across culture, he uses surprising examples ranging from Woodrow Wilson's police state to the Clinton personality cult, the military chic of 60s' student radicals to Hollywood's totalitarian aesthetics, to show that it is modern progressivism - and not conservatism - that shares the same intellectual roots as fascism.This angry, funny, smart and contentious book looks behind the friendly face of the well-meaning liberal, and turns our preconceptions inside out.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
One of the most important books if you want to understand the American left...
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Young, Conservative, and Why It's Smart to Be Like Us

Fourteen young Americans, fourteen stories... The face of Conservatism is changing, and these fourteen young Americans share their personal stories about what it means to be a young conservative. From former Liberals to first-generation Americans, they've each taken different roads, held different beliefs, prioritized different issues, and lived their lives in different ways. Yet each chose conservatism as the best way to protect their freedom. "Young, Conservative, and Why it's Smart to be like Us" offers an exciting glimpse of the future of conservatism with witty, serious, insightful, practical, pointed, and sometimes touching stories about what conservatism means to each author personally and politically. Chapters by Allen Ginzburg, Brady Cremeens, Brandon Morse, Dina Fraioli, Dan Webb, Erin Brown, Gabriella Hoffman, Kate Shaw, Kevin Eder, Liberty Betts, Liz Thatcher, Liz Wheeler, Mary Chastain, R.J. Moeller
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
A fantastic new book from a number of young, up-and-coming conservative voices!
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We the Living

Ayn Rand's first published novel, a timeless story that explores the struggles of the individual against the state in Soviet Russia. First published in 1936, We the Living portrays the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue their own happiness. It tells of a young woman’s passionate love, held like a fortress against the corrupting evil of a totalitarian state. We the Living is not a story of politics, but of the men and women who have to struggle for existence behind the Red banners and slogans. It is a picture of what those slogans do to human beings. What happens to the defiant ones? What happens to those who succumb? Against a vivid panorama of political revolution and personal revolt, Ayn Rand shows what the theory of socialism means in practice. Includes an Introduction and Afterword by Ayn Rand’s Philosophical Heir, Leonard Peikoff
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
My book recommendation for @Acculturated's "Fiction to Read in 2014" was We the Living by Ayn Rand.
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Dennis Prager Book List: 9 Books that Influenced Dennis

Check out these 9 books that Dennis picked as the most influential among all the books he's ever read.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
Check out these 9 books that Dennis picked as the most influential among all the books he's ever read.
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Victor Davis Hanson

Victor Davis Hanson is an American classicist, military historian, and conservative political commentator. He has been a commentator on modern and ancient warfare and contemporary politics for The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, National Review, The Washington Times, and other media outlets.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
Just spoke to a great thinker, Victor Davis Hanson, on my radio show. He correctly described what’s happening as a "slow-motion coup."
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William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr., who founded National Review magazine in 1955, is the author of more than forty books. For more than thirty years he hosted the television show Firing Line, and his newspaper column, "On the Right," is syndicated to more than three hundred newspapers.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
“Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years” -William F. Buckley Jr.
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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon".
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
“Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.” ― William Shakespeare
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Opinion | The Age of Individualism (Published 2014)

Will the millennials come back to community?
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
A must-read from my friend
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No Peace in Our Time

No Peace in Our Time
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
I recommend that you read this ----> "No Peace in our Time"
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Clinton Restoration Could Be in Jeopardy

Clinton Restoration Could Be in Jeopardy
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
Good read from @JonahNRO ---> "Clinton Restoration Could Be in Jeopardy"
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The Price of Cheap Labor - The Stream

Manicures and pedicures aren't usually news or fodder for commentary, but a blockbuster report in The New York Times has made them a compelling issue.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
Good read from @RichLowry - "The Price of Cheap Labor"
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Opinion | Go Ahead, Millennials, Destroy Us

Whenever you disapprove of young people, you’re in the wrong, because you’re going to die and they’ll get to write history.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
For those who still deny the left – not liberals, the left – wishes to destroy America as we know it, read the NYT opinion piece, "Go Ahead Millennials, Destroy Us." Excerpt: "My message: Go get us. Take us down. Rip it all to the ground. . . ."
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Hockey

Hockey is a term used to denote a family of various types of both summer and winter team sports which originated on either an outdoor field, sheet of ice, or dry floor such as in a gymnasium. While these sports vary in specific rules, numbers of players, apparel, and playing surface, they share broad characteristics of two opposing teams using a stick to propel a ball or disk into a goal.
Dennis Prager
Writer, TV Host, Journalist
I love hockey and have had season tickets for years.