Rush Limbaugh

The Penceman and the President Nothing Really Here I’m not quite certain about Mike Pence, but I do know he is not a real person and that possibly he is a cardboard cutout or he may be made of paper mache or wood and maybe he was created by one…

My City Was Gone—The Pretenders You shouldn’t need it. However, in case you DO require evidence as to why Chrissie Hynde is 100% badass and 100% rock and roll royalty, this song should sort you out. There is, of course, the lyric, which is astounding in that archetypically 3-chords-and-the-truth kind of way: I went back…

Allen West is a crackpot of sorts. But he is not just your average crackpot — those folks screaming conspiracy theories about the evils of the federal government from random street corners or congressional seats in Georgia or Colorado — he is the head of the Texas Republican Party. …

Many of you may remember the heartbreaking news that came out on February 3rd of last year. An American icon, and patriotic hero, whose voice resonated in every radio in the nation, announced his tragic diagnosis — lung cancer. …

How the radio personality’s popularity can explain what has become of the Republican party. — With the recent passing of Rush Limbaugh, I can’t help but reflect upon a question that has nagged at me for some time: What does it mean to be a classic conservative? Every headline detailing Limbaugh’s passing has labeled him a conservative “icon” and “pioneer,” and one of the last…

This is a confession. When I got word of Rush Limbaugh’s death early on the afternoon of Ash Wednesday, my gut reaction was this: good riddance, you vicious bastard. To be honest, I’ve always loathed and detested Rush. In his 40 plus years behind the microphone, he transformed hatred, bitter resentment, and bigotry into…

I am a little hesitant to start lambasting the recently deceased, but when Rush Limbaugh passed away this past moth, there was a rightful critique from many about much of the hatred that he sparked in the U.S. This is certainly a reality of his legacy that needs to be…