(Also, at Slate, Rush and his longtime editor, Ann Close, discuss the new book, their working relationship, and the time Close read Rush's "perfect" short story "Bruns" in the New Yorker and knew that she had to work with him).
You may have heard or read Rush's remarks, but they're too deliciously over-the-top to ignore: "I shamelessly say, no, I want him to fail, if his agenda is a far-left collectivism, some people say socialism, as a conservative heartfelt, deeply, why would I want socialism to succeed?" Limbaugh's not the only one saying such things.
At last there was something to do on long train journeys that didn't involve staring into the abyss, drinking piping hot sort-of coffee, or reading Rush Hour Crush over and over again until Milton Keynes hovered into view, a diamond in the dismal rough of the endless English nowhere.
Read a rush transcript of the chat below.
Once, searching for transport, people might have read Charles Dickens, rushed the dance floor, watched the Oscars, biked Mount Tamalpais, put on Rachmaninoff, put on the Smiths, played Frisbee, poured wine until someone started reciting "somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond".
Under a headline that read, "Investors Rush to Beat Threat of Higher Taxes," the article quoted a chiropractor in McLean, Va., saying that she and her husband planned to monitor the business income from their joint practice to avoid crossing a threshold for higher taxes.
Taste your healthy and nutritious meals without external interruptions, experience the joy of tasting food without TV, reading, working, rush, mobile, messaging, etc... Savor and enjoy your food while eating, become 'mindful' of your food, rather than just swallowing your food while watching TV, surfing the Net, or reading the paper.
Or read transcripts from Rush Limbaugh or other right-wing talk radio hosts.
I watched documentary films about the Gold Rush, read several books about the forty-niners, and I read their letters.
Avoid the temptation to rush, read instructions carefully and don't skimp on scrutinising background materials.
