RIP Paul Harvey
Posted by Dan from Madison on March 1st, 2009 (All posts by Dan from Madison)
As I was growing up I listened to Paul Harvey every day on my parents radios on the way to school. He always seemed to have interesting and inspirational tales to tell. He had a great sense of humor, and frankly, I don’t really know what political affiliation he had. I suppose I could find out if I looked, but I prefer to remember him as a great broadcaster, who just seemed to enjoy his work. Paul Harvey….good day!
March 1st, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I heard him every once in a while; his take on the world was sentimental and sweet – triumphs of the human spirit. Journalists criticized him, but sometimes I think it was because they were cynical rather than wise; he didn’t pretend to be other than he was and if he took advertiser’s money, so did they. And he was no less accurate than the more cynical ones of reality television & cable news shock stories. One stuck in my mind – he was interested in celebrities, in what makes us tick, and in what we can be – was Eddie Albert. A local tragedy has led my friends to contemplate how much biology is – and isn’t – destiny. Harvey and his listeners are too rooted in small town lore not to recognize the powerful weight of biology – but then, he’d tell us a story like that and we’d think, well, yes, but we still have choices and if some of them aren’t easy, they are still right.
March 1st, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Good day.
March 1st, 2009 at 8:31 pm
A week or two ago I heard one of his shows. I said to myself, “gosh, he sounds really old and weak.”
Good Story about Paul Harvey.
And yes, he was always conservative. Long before it was cool.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:34 am
Ginny
Journalists’ cynicism is the stupid mans’ version of skepticism.
The only time I listened to radio was when we rented cars on vacation.He offered a lot more than the dreck you get from most MSM.
March 3rd, 2009 at 1:36 am
Ooo. Sorry about punctuation.