I usually don’t watch TV or listen to the radio at the office, so I miss Rush. But when I’m out somewhere in a car I always tune in (and I always hear him when I’m at home since my dad is a loyal listener). For someone to do what he does everyday for three hours and to be so well-informed and so entertaining is just a stupendous achievement (my awareness of this has grown as I’ve realized the preparation it takes just to appear on TV to talk about something for five minutes). We often hear that talk radio is an inherently conservative medium. Well, maybe. But I’m more inclined to think Rush made it that way. I don’t believe in the inevitability of much of anything–I’m more a fan of “the great man” theory of history. And Rush is a great man.