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In the wake of the 2012 re-election of Barack Obama, I began to wonder how influential conservative talk radio is. Serendipitously, I received a copy of Fred V. Lucas’ new book, “The Right Frequency: The Story of Talk Radio Giants Who Shook Up the Political and Media Establishment” ($18.95, History Publishing Company). Throughout the 1980s and 90s I was a guest on television and a lot on talk radio thanks to a popular media spoof, The Boring Institute, that offered lists of The Most Boring Celebrities of the Year, the Most Boring Films, et cetera. After 9/11 I put the...

RUSH: Ask not what the Democrats have to do to win the red states; ask what the Democrats have to do to hold the blue states -- because Howard Dean and Nancy Pelosi and John Kerry are creating Reagan Democrats by the gazillions. Joe Lieberman recognizes it, and the Washington Post is beginning to recognize it. A headline today: "Democrats Fear Backlash at Polls for Anti-War Remarks." Folks, it's gotten so bad that that TV show Commander-in-Chief is not even in the top 20 anymore. The ratings are plummeting there. That's that show where Geena Davis is the first female...