On the one side, you have an atheist and avowed bachelor.

Those polar opposites made for some intense sparring on FridaysReal Time, asBill Maherfaced off aganst a fiestyDr.

Phil Primetimeon his new cable web connection, Merit Street Media.

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Now, Maher said, you seem to want to do it for the country at large.

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The internet, Dr. Phil said, is transforming things.

of Justice reluctant to label someone a felon.

Wokeness started as a great thing.

Now its where common sense goes to die.

The two argued about whether some of Dr. Phils proposals were political stances.

Maher said Dr. Phils prescriptions for a better society couldnt be done without being political.

He said that the government and teachers trying to co-parent children was a particular sore spot.

That and the dropping birth rate are problems, he said, So we need immigrants.

We just need to know who they are.

Maher brought up a topic from the book, which stated that we should Let men be men.

The argument there centered on definitions, and how colleges are warping the notions of masculinity.

Its being labeled as toxic, said Dr. Phil, adding, You just cant rewrite definitions.

Ungar-Sargon was flabbergasted at times by the skewed statements of Ryan and Maher.

She then asked Maher if he believed the country is better off now than we were four years ago.

Maher quipped, I dont know.

I was wearing a mask.

How are we worse?

Ungar-Sargon then listed inflation, immigration, and high mortgage rates as symptoms of things getting worse.

In his New Rules editorial, Maher said Biden needs to embrace his age as a strength.

Take your ads off Twitter and put them on CBS, he said.