Paul, you gave us decades of education and entertainment.

For years I worked hard to re-arrange my schedule so that I could listen to your news programs and "the Rest of The Story." Sometimes your "rest of..." drove me nuts and drove me to research what you said. That was when research didn't mean Google or Wikipedia. Research meant plowing through the musty stacks and RGP¹. Whether or not my research confirmed your story, I always came out better informed².

In a college class (Public Speaking) we listened to tapes of your broadcasts. Reason? Learn the importance of cadence and emphasis when talking. Also the value of just plain shutting up. No one used a 2-second [ pause ] better than you, Paul.

And one last thing ... You took a courageous stand (way back when) when you said that we should either do away with the compulsory military draft - or make it (and hostile-fire combat duty) compulsory for women as well as for men. Your reasoning was brilliant:

OLD (white, rich) men in Congress will think more seriously about entering into optional wars if their YOUNG daughters and YOUNG granddaughters have to participate in the horrors.

I've rarely been so challenged and so enlightened in one brief moment.

Paul Harvey, to you I sincerely say '[ pause ] Good Day'

Damn, I'm gonna miss that guy. And that [pause] is the REST of the story.

¹ Readers' Guide to Periodicals. Look it up yourself.

² Example of my PH-inspired research:

Marconi did not "invent" radio. He plundered Nicola Tesla's patents and still could only partially implement what Tesla had previously designed. Finally, June 21, 1943, the US Supreme Court agreed. It's truly sad that Tesla died in January, 1943 - before he was finally vindicated.

  You missed the mark on that one, Paul. Of course, you got several thousand right.

posted by Recovering Republican® © ™  # 12:27 AM