I haven’t written much yet about the shooting at a Unitarian church in Knoxville. By now, the particulars are known. The shooter acted (at least in part, though mental illness almost certainly played a role) out of a hatred of liberals, if he is to be taken at his word. Speaking of words, among the things police found in his home were books by Michael Savage, Bill O’Reilly, and Sean Hannity. A while back, I bought book called Take them at Their Words: Startling, Amusing and Baffling quotations from the GOP and Their Friends, 1994-2004. I thought ...

Anti-gay radio host Michael Savage got some bad news yesterday: “A federal judge has dismissed Savage’s copyright infringement lawsuit against the Counsel on American-Islamic Relations, which had posted excerpts of one of his programs online. Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco ruled that the clips, totaling four minutes out of the two-hour Savage Nation program that ran on Oct. 29, 2007, constituted a fair use.” [MediaPost] ...

It's been a banner week for conservative talk radio. First the Michael Savage controversy, and now this. Take it away, Ann Coulter: ::sigh:: Dubya, you're taking her with you, right? On Caldara program, Coulter called John Edwards "the very definition of faggy" [Colorado Media Matters] *Lest we forget: She called him a f*ggot just last year. ...