Today’s read is from Dennis Prager, nationally syndicated radio talk-show host and columnist. Here’s an excerpt:

My Salem radio talk-show host colleagues and I went from city to city in “battleground” states to speak on the forthcoming elections.

My (Uber) driver (in Philadelphia) was a black man, and as I almost always do with strangers, I engaged in conversation with him.

He turned out to be particularly inquisitive about me and why I was headed to the Fuge, a major event venue in the Philly area.

“What is your line of work?”

“I give speeches.”

“About what?”

I was impressed — and admittedly a bit apprehensive — at my driver’s curiosity. Should I reveal my political and ideological preferences and risk a tense drive? He was, after all, a black man, and the vast majority of American-born (as opposed to Caribbean-born and African-born) blacks are Democrats.”

About the collapse of Western civilization,” I said.

What happened then?

Read the entire column here.