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"I applaud the white-haired mogul's editorials. So many remain silent. He has always been there for me. -Howard Stern "I enjoy Bill O'Shaughnessy's 'character' portraits. They are like potato chips - you can't stop with only one!" -Henry Kissinger "O'Shaughnessy's commentaries are great and beautifully said." -Jack Welch, Former Chairman, General Electric "His listeners love him - and his radio stations. O'Shaughnessy really understands." -Rush Hudson Limbaugh III "Bill O'Shaughnessy is a commentator of insight, wit, uncompromising honesty, and overwhelming persuasion." -Congresswoman Nita…mehr
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"I applaud the white-haired mogul's editorials. So many remain silent. He has always been there for me. -Howard Stern "I enjoy Bill O'Shaughnessy's 'character' portraits. They are like potato chips - you can't stop with only one!" -Henry Kissinger "O'Shaughnessy's commentaries are great and beautifully said." -Jack Welch, Former Chairman, General Electric "His listeners love him - and his radio stations. O'Shaughnessy really understands." -Rush Hudson Limbaugh III "Bill O'Shaughnessy is a commentator of insight, wit, uncompromising honesty, and overwhelming persuasion." -Congresswoman Nita Lowey, Chair, House Appropriations Committee "What a terrific pen Bill O'Shaughnessy has. His writings are touching and strong." -Jonathan Bush, brother of President George H.W. Bush "I always enjoy Bill O'Shaughnessy's writings." -Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York "I always look forward to reading the history of our times [that] Bill O'Shaughnessy has captured." -David McCullough, Historian and Author "I'm the Voice of the Yankees . . . but he's clearly the Voice of New York!" -John Sterling, New York Yankees "He can't describe a scene as well as Jimmy Breslin . . . and he's not as 'easy' a writer as Pete Hamill . . . but when O'Shaughnessy is on his game he's better than anyone on the air or in print." -Mario M. Cuomo, 52d Governor of New York
Produktdetails
- Produktdetails
- Verlag: Fordham University Press
- Seitenzahl: 608
- Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2019
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 165mm x 51mm
- Gewicht: 1157g
- ISBN-13: 9780823286706
- ISBN-10: 0823286703
- Artikelnr.: 55397057
- Verlag: Fordham University Press
- Seitenzahl: 608
- Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2019
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 231mm x 165mm x 51mm
- Gewicht: 1157g
- ISBN-13: 9780823286706
- ISBN-10: 0823286703
- Artikelnr.: 55397057
William O'Shaughnessy was President and Editorial Director of Whitney Global Media, parent company for WVOX and WVIP in Westchester County, New York. Radio Active was preceded by five successful books: Mario Cuomo: Remembrances of a Remarkable Man; Vox Populi; More Riffs, Rants, and Raves ; It All Comes Back to Me Now; and Airwaves.
Foreword by Mario M. Cuomo xv Introduction 1 PART I. THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Forty-five Simple Words
by Jack Valenti 5 Bill O
Reilly
s
Character Assassination
: A WVOX Commentary 8 The Silencing of Imus 12 Bob Grant on the Imus Controversy 15
Don
t Hush Rush . . .
18 Missing in Action by Patrick D. Maines 21 The Real Obscenity 24 Floyd Abrams: Notes and Observations on the First Amendment 26 Free Speech on the Airwaves: Confab with Mario Cuomo 32 Ambassador Ogden Rogers Reid 43 Nancy Pelosi v. James Madison 46 Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism 57 Obsequious Acquiescence by William O
Shaughnessy 62 Issue Advertising Is the Issue 69 Re: Corporate Censorship 71 First Amendment Warriors by William O
Shaughnessy 72 A Towering Triumvirate 77 PART II. OPEN MIC RADIO INTERVIEWS Chris Ruddy, Chairman of Newsmax 85 Interview with Dan Rather on his Book What Unites Us 90 Bill Mohl, President, Entergy Wholesale Commodities 93 Roger Stone on The Man Who Killed Kennedy, the Cuomos, and More 105 Richard Norton Smith, Historian and Biographer 115 Angelo Martinelli, Publisher 137
The Mendicant,
Father Paul Lostritto, O.F.M. 147 Bishop Joseph Sullivan 161 Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York 170 Dr. Christopher Comfort, Medical Director, Calvary Hospital 174 Frank Gifford:
#16
185 William O
Shaughnessy on the Fred Dicker Radio Show 188 Alfred F. Kelly Jr. 191 Gerald Shargel, Esq. 204 John Cahill 212 PART III. OF AN EVENING... A Little Night Music 231 The Best Interpreters of the Great American Songbook 234
A Real New York Evening . . .
Review 236 On the Occasion of Sirio Maccioni
s Eightieth Birthday 237 Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque 238 Saloon Songs from Toots Shor to Sirio Maccioni 249 More
Saloon Songs
(an Update) 257
The Numbers
264 The One Night Stand of Charles Osgood 268 PART IV. IN PRAISE OF
VIVID SOULS
The Unforgettables 273 A Different Kind of List 289 Vivid Women in Every Season 293 Notes for the Four Seasons Tribute Evening 296 Westchester County Press Ninetieth Anniversary 299 Richard Clark
s Eightieth Birthday 301 Judge Samuel Fredman
s Ninetieth-Birthday Celebration 304 HOPE Community Services Gala: Honoring Frank Endress 311 Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Christian Brothers 314 A Community Celebration Honoring Commissioner Patrick J. Carroll 316 PART V. EULOGIES: THE LAST WORD Eulogy for John S. Pritchard III 323 Henry Kissinger
s Tribute to John McCain 326 Philip Roth, Out and About of an Evening 329 Governor Andrew Cuomös Eulogy for Jimmy Breslin 333 A Personal Tribute to Jimmy Breslin 336 Our Neighbor Ruby Dee 344 Tribute to Ruby Dee by Harry Belafonte 346
A Death in the Family
: Tim Russert 349 Don Rickles and the Focaccia Kid at Le Cirque! 354 Frances W. Preston,
Th e Lady from Nashville
355 Kate O
Shaughnessy Nulty
s Tribute to Mary Jane Wharton, Her Grandmother 357 Nelson: A Child of the Neighborhood 359 William O
Shaughnessy
s Tribute to Martin Beck 365 Tribute to Paul Hutton 368 Tribute to Peter Mustich, Townie 370 Another Beloved Townie Open Line Caller 372 Tribute to Rick Buckley, Beloved Broadcaster 376 Tribute to Stu Olds, Beloved Broadcast Exec 379 Tribute to Ward Quaal, Broadcasting
s Greatest Statesman 382 William B. Williams
s Hall of Fame Induction 384 Tribute to Dawson B.
Tack
Nail 387 The Passing of Peggy Burton 390 Diane Gagliardi Collins Passes Away at Ninety 392 John Maräs Eulogy for Ann T. Mara 393 Eulogy for Joseph A. Anastasi,
The Captain
398 Eulogy for the Hon. Salvatore T. Generoso,
The Last Legend
401 Caryl Donnelly Plunkett: An Appreciation 404 An Appreciation of Jim Delmonico (1920
2012) 408 The Incomparable
Joe Slick
: An Appreciation 410 John Scully: A Sailor and a Gentleman 414 A Tribute to
Colonel
Marty Rochelle 417 Tribute to Ambassador Edward Noonan Ney 420 Tribute to Bob Grant 421
The Amazin
Bill Mazer 422 Tribute to Governor Brendan Byrne 423 Page Morton Black, the
Chock full öNuts
Lady 424 Brother Driscoll of Iona, Great Educator and More 427 Rush Limbaugh III Tribute to Ed McLaughlin 430 PART VI. THE OBLIGATORY MARIO M. CUOMO SECTION IN EVERY BILL O
SHAUGHNESSY BOOK
The Morning After
: A Stunningly Candid Interview with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo 441 Remarks of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at Central Synagogue Interfaith Service 455 Mario Cuomo: A Dream 460 Matilda Cuomo 461 William O
Shaughnessy Interview with Mario Cuomo Re: Andy O
Rourke 472 Interview with Mario M. Cuomo 476 Dutch Treat Club Annual Dinner Presentation of the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts for Governor Mario M. Cuomo 484 Dutch Treat Club Luncheon 486 An Evanescent Supreme Court Nomination: The Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Story 497 Andrew Cuomös Eulogy for Mario Cuomo 500 Mario: This Is Personal 513
Quotable Quotes
Reviews of Mario Cuomo: Remembrances of a Remarkable Man 523 A Note on Mario Cuomo and Teilhard de Chardin 532 Mario Cuomös Omega Society Speech: A Meditation on Ultimate Values 533 PART VII. THE EXTRAORDINARY BUSH FAMILY George W. Bush
s Eulogy for His Father, President George H.W. Bush 541 Whitney Global Media Endorsement: George H.W. Bush for President, 1992 546 Thank You Letter from
41
551 George W. Bush for President, 2000 552 Billy Bush Deserves a Second Chance 555 Phil Reisman: In Defense of Billy Bush 557
Great on Imus
: A Letter from Jonathan Bush 559 Jonathan Bush
s Letter on Imus to CBS Radio 560 PART VIII. AIRBORNE ENDORSEMENTS Governor Andrew Cuomo for Governor 565 Alessandra Biaggi for State Senate 569 Julie Killian for State Senate 571 George Latimer for Westchester County Executive 576 Rob Astorino for County Executive 580 Judge Daniel Angiolillo 584 Ernie Davis for Mayor 587 Stay the Course with Mayor Bradley 589 PART IX. A MAN OF LETTERS Letter to Rush Limbaugh (March 1, 2018) 593 Letter to Rush Limbaugh (March 26, 2018) 594 Letter from Rush Limbaugh to William O
Shaughnessy 596 Letter to Rush Limbaugh (April 23, 2018) 597 The Holy Roman Catholic Church: Letter to Michael
Lionel
Lebron 598 A Note from Dan Rather 600 Facebook Note from Kate O
Shaughnessy Nulty 601 In Defense of Le Cirque: Letter to Pete Wells 602 Letter to Pete Wells Regarding the new Four Seasons 605 Admiring John Sterling: Letter to Scott Herman 607
A Westchester Legend
: Letter from Samuel G. Fredman 609 Re: William B. Williams and Rick Buckley: Letter from Dick Robinson 611 Letter to William O
Shaughnessy from Ralph Graves 613 PART X. THE GREAT ISSUES. ABORTION AND THE DEATH PENALTY: LIFE IN EVERY INSTANCE Timothy Cardinal Dolan: Reclaim the Truth of the Human Person 617 The Greatest Issue, Abortion: A WVOX Commentary 624 The Death Penalty (Pope Francis
s view) 625 The Death Penalty (Gov. Mario M. Cuomös view) 626 Las Vegas Shooting: Another
Thoughts and Prayers
Day 631 The New Killing Season 634 Comments from
The Deplorables
636 The 137 Real Reasons Why Hillary Lost and Trump Won 639
Those People
644 Down-Home Democracy in the Land of Thomas Paine 646 Fifty Years after President Kennedy Was Assassinated 647 Acknowledgments 649 Index 657 Photographs follow pages 200 and 424
Forty-five Simple Words
by Jack Valenti 5 Bill O
Reilly
s
Character Assassination
: A WVOX Commentary 8 The Silencing of Imus 12 Bob Grant on the Imus Controversy 15
Don
t Hush Rush . . .
18 Missing in Action by Patrick D. Maines 21 The Real Obscenity 24 Floyd Abrams: Notes and Observations on the First Amendment 26 Free Speech on the Airwaves: Confab with Mario Cuomo 32 Ambassador Ogden Rogers Reid 43 Nancy Pelosi v. James Madison 46 Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism 57 Obsequious Acquiescence by William O
Shaughnessy 62 Issue Advertising Is the Issue 69 Re: Corporate Censorship 71 First Amendment Warriors by William O
Shaughnessy 72 A Towering Triumvirate 77 PART II. OPEN MIC RADIO INTERVIEWS Chris Ruddy, Chairman of Newsmax 85 Interview with Dan Rather on his Book What Unites Us 90 Bill Mohl, President, Entergy Wholesale Commodities 93 Roger Stone on The Man Who Killed Kennedy, the Cuomos, and More 105 Richard Norton Smith, Historian and Biographer 115 Angelo Martinelli, Publisher 137
The Mendicant,
Father Paul Lostritto, O.F.M. 147 Bishop Joseph Sullivan 161 Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York 170 Dr. Christopher Comfort, Medical Director, Calvary Hospital 174 Frank Gifford:
#16
185 William O
Shaughnessy on the Fred Dicker Radio Show 188 Alfred F. Kelly Jr. 191 Gerald Shargel, Esq. 204 John Cahill 212 PART III. OF AN EVENING... A Little Night Music 231 The Best Interpreters of the Great American Songbook 234
A Real New York Evening . . .
Review 236 On the Occasion of Sirio Maccioni
s Eightieth Birthday 237 Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque 238 Saloon Songs from Toots Shor to Sirio Maccioni 249 More
Saloon Songs
(an Update) 257
The Numbers
264 The One Night Stand of Charles Osgood 268 PART IV. IN PRAISE OF
VIVID SOULS
The Unforgettables 273 A Different Kind of List 289 Vivid Women in Every Season 293 Notes for the Four Seasons Tribute Evening 296 Westchester County Press Ninetieth Anniversary 299 Richard Clark
s Eightieth Birthday 301 Judge Samuel Fredman
s Ninetieth-Birthday Celebration 304 HOPE Community Services Gala: Honoring Frank Endress 311 Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Christian Brothers 314 A Community Celebration Honoring Commissioner Patrick J. Carroll 316 PART V. EULOGIES: THE LAST WORD Eulogy for John S. Pritchard III 323 Henry Kissinger
s Tribute to John McCain 326 Philip Roth, Out and About of an Evening 329 Governor Andrew Cuomös Eulogy for Jimmy Breslin 333 A Personal Tribute to Jimmy Breslin 336 Our Neighbor Ruby Dee 344 Tribute to Ruby Dee by Harry Belafonte 346
A Death in the Family
: Tim Russert 349 Don Rickles and the Focaccia Kid at Le Cirque! 354 Frances W. Preston,
Th e Lady from Nashville
355 Kate O
Shaughnessy Nulty
s Tribute to Mary Jane Wharton, Her Grandmother 357 Nelson: A Child of the Neighborhood 359 William O
Shaughnessy
s Tribute to Martin Beck 365 Tribute to Paul Hutton 368 Tribute to Peter Mustich, Townie 370 Another Beloved Townie Open Line Caller 372 Tribute to Rick Buckley, Beloved Broadcaster 376 Tribute to Stu Olds, Beloved Broadcast Exec 379 Tribute to Ward Quaal, Broadcasting
s Greatest Statesman 382 William B. Williams
s Hall of Fame Induction 384 Tribute to Dawson B.
Tack
Nail 387 The Passing of Peggy Burton 390 Diane Gagliardi Collins Passes Away at Ninety 392 John Maräs Eulogy for Ann T. Mara 393 Eulogy for Joseph A. Anastasi,
The Captain
398 Eulogy for the Hon. Salvatore T. Generoso,
The Last Legend
401 Caryl Donnelly Plunkett: An Appreciation 404 An Appreciation of Jim Delmonico (1920
2012) 408 The Incomparable
Joe Slick
: An Appreciation 410 John Scully: A Sailor and a Gentleman 414 A Tribute to
Colonel
Marty Rochelle 417 Tribute to Ambassador Edward Noonan Ney 420 Tribute to Bob Grant 421
The Amazin
Bill Mazer 422 Tribute to Governor Brendan Byrne 423 Page Morton Black, the
Chock full öNuts
Lady 424 Brother Driscoll of Iona, Great Educator and More 427 Rush Limbaugh III Tribute to Ed McLaughlin 430 PART VI. THE OBLIGATORY MARIO M. CUOMO SECTION IN EVERY BILL O
SHAUGHNESSY BOOK
The Morning After
: A Stunningly Candid Interview with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo 441 Remarks of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at Central Synagogue Interfaith Service 455 Mario Cuomo: A Dream 460 Matilda Cuomo 461 William O
Shaughnessy Interview with Mario Cuomo Re: Andy O
Rourke 472 Interview with Mario M. Cuomo 476 Dutch Treat Club Annual Dinner Presentation of the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts for Governor Mario M. Cuomo 484 Dutch Treat Club Luncheon 486 An Evanescent Supreme Court Nomination: The Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Story 497 Andrew Cuomös Eulogy for Mario Cuomo 500 Mario: This Is Personal 513
Quotable Quotes
Reviews of Mario Cuomo: Remembrances of a Remarkable Man 523 A Note on Mario Cuomo and Teilhard de Chardin 532 Mario Cuomös Omega Society Speech: A Meditation on Ultimate Values 533 PART VII. THE EXTRAORDINARY BUSH FAMILY George W. Bush
s Eulogy for His Father, President George H.W. Bush 541 Whitney Global Media Endorsement: George H.W. Bush for President, 1992 546 Thank You Letter from
41
551 George W. Bush for President, 2000 552 Billy Bush Deserves a Second Chance 555 Phil Reisman: In Defense of Billy Bush 557
Great on Imus
: A Letter from Jonathan Bush 559 Jonathan Bush
s Letter on Imus to CBS Radio 560 PART VIII. AIRBORNE ENDORSEMENTS Governor Andrew Cuomo for Governor 565 Alessandra Biaggi for State Senate 569 Julie Killian for State Senate 571 George Latimer for Westchester County Executive 576 Rob Astorino for County Executive 580 Judge Daniel Angiolillo 584 Ernie Davis for Mayor 587 Stay the Course with Mayor Bradley 589 PART IX. A MAN OF LETTERS Letter to Rush Limbaugh (March 1, 2018) 593 Letter to Rush Limbaugh (March 26, 2018) 594 Letter from Rush Limbaugh to William O
Shaughnessy 596 Letter to Rush Limbaugh (April 23, 2018) 597 The Holy Roman Catholic Church: Letter to Michael
Lionel
Lebron 598 A Note from Dan Rather 600 Facebook Note from Kate O
Shaughnessy Nulty 601 In Defense of Le Cirque: Letter to Pete Wells 602 Letter to Pete Wells Regarding the new Four Seasons 605 Admiring John Sterling: Letter to Scott Herman 607
A Westchester Legend
: Letter from Samuel G. Fredman 609 Re: William B. Williams and Rick Buckley: Letter from Dick Robinson 611 Letter to William O
Shaughnessy from Ralph Graves 613 PART X. THE GREAT ISSUES. ABORTION AND THE DEATH PENALTY: LIFE IN EVERY INSTANCE Timothy Cardinal Dolan: Reclaim the Truth of the Human Person 617 The Greatest Issue, Abortion: A WVOX Commentary 624 The Death Penalty (Pope Francis
s view) 625 The Death Penalty (Gov. Mario M. Cuomös view) 626 Las Vegas Shooting: Another
Thoughts and Prayers
Day 631 The New Killing Season 634 Comments from
The Deplorables
636 The 137 Real Reasons Why Hillary Lost and Trump Won 639
Those People
644 Down-Home Democracy in the Land of Thomas Paine 646 Fifty Years after President Kennedy Was Assassinated 647 Acknowledgments 649 Index 657 Photographs follow pages 200 and 424
Foreword by Mario M. Cuomo xv Introduction 1 PART I. THE FIRST AMENDMENT
Forty-five Simple Words
by Jack Valenti 5 Bill O
Reilly
s
Character Assassination
: A WVOX Commentary 8 The Silencing of Imus 12 Bob Grant on the Imus Controversy 15
Don
t Hush Rush . . .
18 Missing in Action by Patrick D. Maines 21 The Real Obscenity 24 Floyd Abrams: Notes and Observations on the First Amendment 26 Free Speech on the Airwaves: Confab with Mario Cuomo 32 Ambassador Ogden Rogers Reid 43 Nancy Pelosi v. James Madison 46 Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism 57 Obsequious Acquiescence by William O
Shaughnessy 62 Issue Advertising Is the Issue 69 Re: Corporate Censorship 71 First Amendment Warriors by William O
Shaughnessy 72 A Towering Triumvirate 77 PART II. OPEN MIC RADIO INTERVIEWS Chris Ruddy, Chairman of Newsmax 85 Interview with Dan Rather on his Book What Unites Us 90 Bill Mohl, President, Entergy Wholesale Commodities 93 Roger Stone on The Man Who Killed Kennedy, the Cuomos, and More 105 Richard Norton Smith, Historian and Biographer 115 Angelo Martinelli, Publisher 137
The Mendicant,
Father Paul Lostritto, O.F.M. 147 Bishop Joseph Sullivan 161 Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York 170 Dr. Christopher Comfort, Medical Director, Calvary Hospital 174 Frank Gifford:
#16
185 William O
Shaughnessy on the Fred Dicker Radio Show 188 Alfred F. Kelly Jr. 191 Gerald Shargel, Esq. 204 John Cahill 212 PART III. OF AN EVENING... A Little Night Music 231 The Best Interpreters of the Great American Songbook 234
A Real New York Evening . . .
Review 236 On the Occasion of Sirio Maccioni
s Eightieth Birthday 237 Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque 238 Saloon Songs from Toots Shor to Sirio Maccioni 249 More
Saloon Songs
(an Update) 257
The Numbers
264 The One Night Stand of Charles Osgood 268 PART IV. IN PRAISE OF
VIVID SOULS
The Unforgettables 273 A Different Kind of List 289 Vivid Women in Every Season 293 Notes for the Four Seasons Tribute Evening 296 Westchester County Press Ninetieth Anniversary 299 Richard Clark
s Eightieth Birthday 301 Judge Samuel Fredman
s Ninetieth-Birthday Celebration 304 HOPE Community Services Gala: Honoring Frank Endress 311 Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Christian Brothers 314 A Community Celebration Honoring Commissioner Patrick J. Carroll 316 PART V. EULOGIES: THE LAST WORD Eulogy for John S. Pritchard III 323 Henry Kissinger
s Tribute to John McCain 326 Philip Roth, Out and About of an Evening 329 Governor Andrew Cuomös Eulogy for Jimmy Breslin 333 A Personal Tribute to Jimmy Breslin 336 Our Neighbor Ruby Dee 344 Tribute to Ruby Dee by Harry Belafonte 346
A Death in the Family
: Tim Russert 349 Don Rickles and the Focaccia Kid at Le Cirque! 354 Frances W. Preston,
Th e Lady from Nashville
355 Kate O
Shaughnessy Nulty
s Tribute to Mary Jane Wharton, Her Grandmother 357 Nelson: A Child of the Neighborhood 359 William O
Shaughnessy
s Tribute to Martin Beck 365 Tribute to Paul Hutton 368 Tribute to Peter Mustich, Townie 370 Another Beloved Townie Open Line Caller 372 Tribute to Rick Buckley, Beloved Broadcaster 376 Tribute to Stu Olds, Beloved Broadcast Exec 379 Tribute to Ward Quaal, Broadcasting
s Greatest Statesman 382 William B. Williams
s Hall of Fame Induction 384 Tribute to Dawson B.
Tack
Nail 387 The Passing of Peggy Burton 390 Diane Gagliardi Collins Passes Away at Ninety 392 John Maräs Eulogy for Ann T. Mara 393 Eulogy for Joseph A. Anastasi,
The Captain
398 Eulogy for the Hon. Salvatore T. Generoso,
The Last Legend
401 Caryl Donnelly Plunkett: An Appreciation 404 An Appreciation of Jim Delmonico (1920
2012) 408 The Incomparable
Joe Slick
: An Appreciation 410 John Scully: A Sailor and a Gentleman 414 A Tribute to
Colonel
Marty Rochelle 417 Tribute to Ambassador Edward Noonan Ney 420 Tribute to Bob Grant 421
The Amazin
Bill Mazer 422 Tribute to Governor Brendan Byrne 423 Page Morton Black, the
Chock full öNuts
Lady 424 Brother Driscoll of Iona, Great Educator and More 427 Rush Limbaugh III Tribute to Ed McLaughlin 430 PART VI. THE OBLIGATORY MARIO M. CUOMO SECTION IN EVERY BILL O
SHAUGHNESSY BOOK
The Morning After
: A Stunningly Candid Interview with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo 441 Remarks of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at Central Synagogue Interfaith Service 455 Mario Cuomo: A Dream 460 Matilda Cuomo 461 William O
Shaughnessy Interview with Mario Cuomo Re: Andy O
Rourke 472 Interview with Mario M. Cuomo 476 Dutch Treat Club Annual Dinner Presentation of the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts for Governor Mario M. Cuomo 484 Dutch Treat Club Luncheon 486 An Evanescent Supreme Court Nomination: The Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Story 497 Andrew Cuomös Eulogy for Mario Cuomo 500 Mario: This Is Personal 513
Quotable Quotes
Reviews of Mario Cuomo: Remembrances of a Remarkable Man 523 A Note on Mario Cuomo and Teilhard de Chardin 532 Mario Cuomös Omega Society Speech: A Meditation on Ultimate Values 533 PART VII. THE EXTRAORDINARY BUSH FAMILY George W. Bush
s Eulogy for His Father, President George H.W. Bush 541 Whitney Global Media Endorsement: George H.W. Bush for President, 1992 546 Thank You Letter from
41
551 George W. Bush for President, 2000 552 Billy Bush Deserves a Second Chance 555 Phil Reisman: In Defense of Billy Bush 557
Great on Imus
: A Letter from Jonathan Bush 559 Jonathan Bush
s Letter on Imus to CBS Radio 560 PART VIII. AIRBORNE ENDORSEMENTS Governor Andrew Cuomo for Governor 565 Alessandra Biaggi for State Senate 569 Julie Killian for State Senate 571 George Latimer for Westchester County Executive 576 Rob Astorino for County Executive 580 Judge Daniel Angiolillo 584 Ernie Davis for Mayor 587 Stay the Course with Mayor Bradley 589 PART IX. A MAN OF LETTERS Letter to Rush Limbaugh (March 1, 2018) 593 Letter to Rush Limbaugh (March 26, 2018) 594 Letter from Rush Limbaugh to William O
Shaughnessy 596 Letter to Rush Limbaugh (April 23, 2018) 597 The Holy Roman Catholic Church: Letter to Michael
Lionel
Lebron 598 A Note from Dan Rather 600 Facebook Note from Kate O
Shaughnessy Nulty 601 In Defense of Le Cirque: Letter to Pete Wells 602 Letter to Pete Wells Regarding the new Four Seasons 605 Admiring John Sterling: Letter to Scott Herman 607
A Westchester Legend
: Letter from Samuel G. Fredman 609 Re: William B. Williams and Rick Buckley: Letter from Dick Robinson 611 Letter to William O
Shaughnessy from Ralph Graves 613 PART X. THE GREAT ISSUES. ABORTION AND THE DEATH PENALTY: LIFE IN EVERY INSTANCE Timothy Cardinal Dolan: Reclaim the Truth of the Human Person 617 The Greatest Issue, Abortion: A WVOX Commentary 624 The Death Penalty (Pope Francis
s view) 625 The Death Penalty (Gov. Mario M. Cuomös view) 626 Las Vegas Shooting: Another
Thoughts and Prayers
Day 631 The New Killing Season 634 Comments from
The Deplorables
636 The 137 Real Reasons Why Hillary Lost and Trump Won 639
Those People
644 Down-Home Democracy in the Land of Thomas Paine 646 Fifty Years after President Kennedy Was Assassinated 647 Acknowledgments 649 Index 657 Photographs follow pages 200 and 424
Forty-five Simple Words
by Jack Valenti 5 Bill O
Reilly
s
Character Assassination
: A WVOX Commentary 8 The Silencing of Imus 12 Bob Grant on the Imus Controversy 15
Don
t Hush Rush . . .
18 Missing in Action by Patrick D. Maines 21 The Real Obscenity 24 Floyd Abrams: Notes and Observations on the First Amendment 26 Free Speech on the Airwaves: Confab with Mario Cuomo 32 Ambassador Ogden Rogers Reid 43 Nancy Pelosi v. James Madison 46 Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism 57 Obsequious Acquiescence by William O
Shaughnessy 62 Issue Advertising Is the Issue 69 Re: Corporate Censorship 71 First Amendment Warriors by William O
Shaughnessy 72 A Towering Triumvirate 77 PART II. OPEN MIC RADIO INTERVIEWS Chris Ruddy, Chairman of Newsmax 85 Interview with Dan Rather on his Book What Unites Us 90 Bill Mohl, President, Entergy Wholesale Commodities 93 Roger Stone on The Man Who Killed Kennedy, the Cuomos, and More 105 Richard Norton Smith, Historian and Biographer 115 Angelo Martinelli, Publisher 137
The Mendicant,
Father Paul Lostritto, O.F.M. 147 Bishop Joseph Sullivan 161 Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York 170 Dr. Christopher Comfort, Medical Director, Calvary Hospital 174 Frank Gifford:
#16
185 William O
Shaughnessy on the Fred Dicker Radio Show 188 Alfred F. Kelly Jr. 191 Gerald Shargel, Esq. 204 John Cahill 212 PART III. OF AN EVENING... A Little Night Music 231 The Best Interpreters of the Great American Songbook 234
A Real New York Evening . . .
Review 236 On the Occasion of Sirio Maccioni
s Eightieth Birthday 237 Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque 238 Saloon Songs from Toots Shor to Sirio Maccioni 249 More
Saloon Songs
(an Update) 257
The Numbers
264 The One Night Stand of Charles Osgood 268 PART IV. IN PRAISE OF
VIVID SOULS
The Unforgettables 273 A Different Kind of List 289 Vivid Women in Every Season 293 Notes for the Four Seasons Tribute Evening 296 Westchester County Press Ninetieth Anniversary 299 Richard Clark
s Eightieth Birthday 301 Judge Samuel Fredman
s Ninetieth-Birthday Celebration 304 HOPE Community Services Gala: Honoring Frank Endress 311 Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Christian Brothers 314 A Community Celebration Honoring Commissioner Patrick J. Carroll 316 PART V. EULOGIES: THE LAST WORD Eulogy for John S. Pritchard III 323 Henry Kissinger
s Tribute to John McCain 326 Philip Roth, Out and About of an Evening 329 Governor Andrew Cuomös Eulogy for Jimmy Breslin 333 A Personal Tribute to Jimmy Breslin 336 Our Neighbor Ruby Dee 344 Tribute to Ruby Dee by Harry Belafonte 346
A Death in the Family
: Tim Russert 349 Don Rickles and the Focaccia Kid at Le Cirque! 354 Frances W. Preston,
Th e Lady from Nashville
355 Kate O
Shaughnessy Nulty
s Tribute to Mary Jane Wharton, Her Grandmother 357 Nelson: A Child of the Neighborhood 359 William O
Shaughnessy
s Tribute to Martin Beck 365 Tribute to Paul Hutton 368 Tribute to Peter Mustich, Townie 370 Another Beloved Townie Open Line Caller 372 Tribute to Rick Buckley, Beloved Broadcaster 376 Tribute to Stu Olds, Beloved Broadcast Exec 379 Tribute to Ward Quaal, Broadcasting
s Greatest Statesman 382 William B. Williams
s Hall of Fame Induction 384 Tribute to Dawson B.
Tack
Nail 387 The Passing of Peggy Burton 390 Diane Gagliardi Collins Passes Away at Ninety 392 John Maräs Eulogy for Ann T. Mara 393 Eulogy for Joseph A. Anastasi,
The Captain
398 Eulogy for the Hon. Salvatore T. Generoso,
The Last Legend
401 Caryl Donnelly Plunkett: An Appreciation 404 An Appreciation of Jim Delmonico (1920
2012) 408 The Incomparable
Joe Slick
: An Appreciation 410 John Scully: A Sailor and a Gentleman 414 A Tribute to
Colonel
Marty Rochelle 417 Tribute to Ambassador Edward Noonan Ney 420 Tribute to Bob Grant 421
The Amazin
Bill Mazer 422 Tribute to Governor Brendan Byrne 423 Page Morton Black, the
Chock full öNuts
Lady 424 Brother Driscoll of Iona, Great Educator and More 427 Rush Limbaugh III Tribute to Ed McLaughlin 430 PART VI. THE OBLIGATORY MARIO M. CUOMO SECTION IN EVERY BILL O
SHAUGHNESSY BOOK
The Morning After
: A Stunningly Candid Interview with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo 441 Remarks of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at Central Synagogue Interfaith Service 455 Mario Cuomo: A Dream 460 Matilda Cuomo 461 William O
Shaughnessy Interview with Mario Cuomo Re: Andy O
Rourke 472 Interview with Mario M. Cuomo 476 Dutch Treat Club Annual Dinner Presentation of the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts for Governor Mario M. Cuomo 484 Dutch Treat Club Luncheon 486 An Evanescent Supreme Court Nomination: The Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Story 497 Andrew Cuomös Eulogy for Mario Cuomo 500 Mario: This Is Personal 513
Quotable Quotes
Reviews of Mario Cuomo: Remembrances of a Remarkable Man 523 A Note on Mario Cuomo and Teilhard de Chardin 532 Mario Cuomös Omega Society Speech: A Meditation on Ultimate Values 533 PART VII. THE EXTRAORDINARY BUSH FAMILY George W. Bush
s Eulogy for His Father, President George H.W. Bush 541 Whitney Global Media Endorsement: George H.W. Bush for President, 1992 546 Thank You Letter from
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551 George W. Bush for President, 2000 552 Billy Bush Deserves a Second Chance 555 Phil Reisman: In Defense of Billy Bush 557
Great on Imus
: A Letter from Jonathan Bush 559 Jonathan Bush
s Letter on Imus to CBS Radio 560 PART VIII. AIRBORNE ENDORSEMENTS Governor Andrew Cuomo for Governor 565 Alessandra Biaggi for State Senate 569 Julie Killian for State Senate 571 George Latimer for Westchester County Executive 576 Rob Astorino for County Executive 580 Judge Daniel Angiolillo 584 Ernie Davis for Mayor 587 Stay the Course with Mayor Bradley 589 PART IX. A MAN OF LETTERS Letter to Rush Limbaugh (March 1, 2018) 593 Letter to Rush Limbaugh (March 26, 2018) 594 Letter from Rush Limbaugh to William O
Shaughnessy 596 Letter to Rush Limbaugh (April 23, 2018) 597 The Holy Roman Catholic Church: Letter to Michael
Lionel
Lebron 598 A Note from Dan Rather 600 Facebook Note from Kate O
Shaughnessy Nulty 601 In Defense of Le Cirque: Letter to Pete Wells 602 Letter to Pete Wells Regarding the new Four Seasons 605 Admiring John Sterling: Letter to Scott Herman 607
A Westchester Legend
: Letter from Samuel G. Fredman 609 Re: William B. Williams and Rick Buckley: Letter from Dick Robinson 611 Letter to William O
Shaughnessy from Ralph Graves 613 PART X. THE GREAT ISSUES. ABORTION AND THE DEATH PENALTY: LIFE IN EVERY INSTANCE Timothy Cardinal Dolan: Reclaim the Truth of the Human Person 617 The Greatest Issue, Abortion: A WVOX Commentary 624 The Death Penalty (Pope Francis
s view) 625 The Death Penalty (Gov. Mario M. Cuomös view) 626 Las Vegas Shooting: Another
Thoughts and Prayers
Day 631 The New Killing Season 634 Comments from
The Deplorables
636 The 137 Real Reasons Why Hillary Lost and Trump Won 639
Those People
644 Down-Home Democracy in the Land of Thomas Paine 646 Fifty Years after President Kennedy Was Assassinated 647 Acknowledgments 649 Index 657 Photographs follow pages 200 and 424