Is Conservatism Dead?

Townhall Staff | October 02, 2009 11:45 AM

In Sunday's Washington Post, Stephen Hayward looks into whether conservatism is brain-dead and has some very kind words our Salem talkers; Bennett, Medved and Hewitt

The blend of entertainment and politics is not unique to the right (exhibit No. 1 on the left: "The Daily Show"). And it is perfectly possible to conduct talk radio at a high level of seriousness, and several talkers do well at matching the quality of their shows to their intellectual pedigree. Consider Hugh Hewitt (Michigan Law School), Michael Medved (Yale Law School), William Bennett (Harvard Law and a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Texas) -- all three of these brainiacs have popular shows on the Salem Radio Network.