What a Rush!

I enjoyed this NYT interview with Rush Limbaugh.

My dad was into conservative talk radio in his later years. I think it had the effect of making him more of a social conservative than he was when I was growing up at home. Of the people he listened to regularly, I can only recall Rush and Michael Medved. I liked Rush because he was funny. The NYT review is actually pretty kind to Rush I think for this very reason: that, like William F. Buckley, he is having a good time, and puts that ahead of being angry. Medved tended not to get mad either, but aimed higher than Rush in terms of historical and intellectual content. Now, since I almost never drive, I never listen to any radio, let alone talk radio.