Radio Active is William O’Shaughnessy’s fifth collection of essays, on-air interviews, tributes and eulogies, endorsements, recollections of an evening, and more from “perhaps the finest broadcaster in America” whose commentaries are akin to “potato chips” per former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger because “You can’t stop with only one.”
The book opens with a ringing signature defense of the First Amendment and collected O’Shaughnessy correspondence with heroes and “villains,” and insightful sections honoring former New York Governor Mario Cuomo, who said, “When O’Shaughnessy is on his game . . . he’s better than anyone on the air or in print.” There is also a section on the estimable Bush family.
In eliciting “provocative and candid revelations” from his wide circle, this new compendium pulses with brilliant, insightful prose and a life-affirming reverence for luminous people, places, and events, past and present.
- Cover
- RADIO ACTIVE
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- CONTENTS
- Foreword
- Introduction
- PART I. THE FIRST AMENDMENT
- “Forty-five Simple Words”
- Bill O’Reilly’s “Character Assassination”: A WVOX Commentary
- The Silencing of Imus
- Bob Grant on the Imus Controversy
- “Don’t Hush Rush . . .”
- Missing in Action
- The Real Obscenity
- Floyd Abrams: Notes and Observations on the First Amendment
- Free Speech on the Airwaves: Confab with Mario Cuomo
- Ambassador Ogden Rogers Reid
- Nancy Pelosi v. James Madison
- Civil Liberties in an Age of Terrorism
- Obsequious Acquiescence by William O’Shaughnessy
- Issue Advertising Is the Issue
- Re: Corporate Censorship
- First Amendment Warriors by William O’Shaughnessy
- A Towering Triumvirate
- PART II. OPEN MIC RADIO INTERVIEWS
- Chris Ruddy, Chairman of Newsmax
- Interview with Dan Rather on his Book What Unites Us
- Bill Mohl, President, Entergy Wholesale Commodities
- Roger Stone on The Man Who Killed Kennedy, the Cuomos, and More
- Richard Norton Smith, Historian and Biographer
- Angelo Martinelli, Publisher
- “The Mendicant,” Father Paul Lostritto, O.F.M.
- Bishop Joseph Sullivan
- Timothy Cardinal Dolan, Archbishop of New York
- Dr. Christopher Comfort, Medical Director, Calvary Hospital
- Frank Gifford: “#16”
- William O’Shaughnessy on the Fred Dicker Radio Show
- Alfred F. Kelly Jr.
- Gerald Shargel, Esq.
- John Cahill
- PART III. OF AN EVENING
- A Little Night Music
- The Best Interpreters of the Great American Songbook
- “A Real New York Evening . . .” Review
- On the Occasion of Sirio Maccioni’s Eightieth Birthday
- Sirio Maccioni of Le Cirque
- Saloon Songs from Toots Shor to Sirio Maccioni
- More “Saloon Songs” (an Update)
- “The Numbers”
- The One Night Stand of Charles Osgood
- PART IV. IN PRAISE OF “VIVID SOULS”
- The Unforgettables
- A Different Kind of List
- Vivid Women in Every Season
- Notes for the Four Seasons Tribute Evening
- Westchester County Press Ninetieth Anniversary
- Richard Clark’s Eightieth Birthday
- Judge Samuel Fredman’s Ninetieth-Birthday Celebration
- HOPE Community Services Gala: Honoring Frank Endress
- Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of the Christian Brothers
- A Community Celebration Honoring Commissioner Patrick J. Carroll
- PART V. EULOGIES: THE LAST WORD
- Eulogy for John S. Pritchard III
- Henry Kissinger’s Tribute to John McCain
- Philip Roth, Out and About of an Evening
- Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Eulogy for Jimmy Breslin
- A Personal Tribute to Jimmy Breslin
- Our Neighbor Ruby Dee
- Tribute to Ruby Dee by Harry Belafonte
- “A Death in the Family”: Tim Russert
- Don Rickles and the Focaccia Kid at Le Cirque!
- Frances W. Preston, “The Lady from Nashville”
- Kate O’Shaughnessy Nulty’s Tribute to Mary Jane Wharton, Her Grandmother
- Nelson: A Child of the Neighborhood
- William O’Shaughnessy’s Tribute to Martin Beck
- Tribute to Paul Hutton
- Tribute to Peter Mustich, Townie
- Another Beloved Townie Open Line Caller
- Tribute to Rick Buckley, Beloved Broadcaster
- Tribute to Stu Olds, Beloved Broadcast Exec
- Tribute to Ward Quaal, Broadcasting’s Greatest Statesman
- William B. Williams’s Hall of Fame Induction
- Tribute to Dawson B. “Tack” Nail
- The Passing of Peggy Burton
- Diane Gagliardi Collins Passes Away at Ninety
- John Mara’s Eulogy for Ann T. Mara
- Eulogy for Joseph A. Anastasi, “The Captain”
- Eulogy for the Hon. Salvatore T. Generoso, “The Last Legend”
- Caryl Donnelly Plunkett: An Appreciation
- An Appreciation of Jim Delmonico (1920–2012)
- The Incomparable “Joe Slick”: An Appreciation
- John Scully: A Sailor and a Gentleman
- A Tribute to “Colonel” Marty Rochelle
- Tribute to Ambassador Edward Noonan Ney
- Tribute to Bob Grant
- “The Amazin’” Bill Mazer
- Tribute to Governor Brendan Byrne
- Page Morton Black, the “Chock full o’Nuts” Lady
- Brother Driscoll of Iona, Great Educator and More
- Rush Limbaugh III Tribute to Ed McLaughlin
- 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
- Remarks of Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo at Central Synagogue Interfaith Service
- Mario Cuomo: A Dream
- Matilda Cuomo
- William O’Shaughnessy Interview with Mario Cuomo Re: Andy O’Rourke
- Interview with Mario M. Cuomo
- Dutch Treat Club Annual Dinner Presentation of the Gold Medal for Lifetime Achievement in the Arts for Governor Mario M. Cuomo
- Dutch Treat Club Luncheon
- An Evanescent Supreme Court Nomination: The Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Story
- Andrew Cuomo’s Eulogy for Mario Cuomo
- Mario: This Is Personal
- “Quotable Quotes”—Reviews of Mario Cuomo: Remembrances of a Remarkable Man
- A Note on Mario Cuomo and Teilhard de Chardin
- Mario Cuomo’s Omega Society Speech: A Meditation on Ultimate Values
- PART VII. THE EXTRAORDINARY BUSH FAMILY
- George W. Bush’s Eulogy for His Father, President George H.W. Bush
- Whitney Global Media Endorsement: George H.W. Bush for President, 1992
- Thank You Letter from “41”
- George W. Bush for President, 2000
- Billy Bush Deserves a Second Chance
- Phil Reisman: In Defense of Billy Bush
- “Great on Imus”: A Letter from Jonathan Bush
- Jonathan Bush’s Letter on Imus to CBS Radio
- PART VIII. AIRBORNE ENDORSEMENTS
- Governor Andrew Cuomo for Governor
- Alessandra Biaggi for State Senate
- Julie Killian for State Senate
- George Latimer for Westchester County Executive
- Rob Astorino for County Executive
- Judge Daniel Angiolillo
- Ernie Davis for Mayor
- Stay the Course with Mayor Bradley
- PART IX. A MAN OF LETTERS
- Letter to Rush Limbaugh (March 1, 2018)
- Letter to Rush Limbaugh (March 26, 2018)
- Letter from Rush Limbaugh to William O’Shaughnessy
- Letter to Rush Limbaugh (April 23, 2018)
- The Holy Roman Catholic Church: Letter to Michael “Lionel” Lebron
- A Note from Dan Rather
- Facebook Note from Kate O’Shaughnessy Nulty
- In Defense of Le Cirque: Letter to Pete Wells
- Letter to Pete Wells Regarding the New Four Seasons
- Admiring John Sterling: Letter to Scott Herman
- “A Westchester Legend”: Letter from Samuel G. Fredman
- Re: William B. Williams and Rick Buckley: Letter from Dick Robinson
- Letter to William O’Shaughnessy from Ralph Graves
- PART X. THE GREAT ISSUES. ABORTION AND THE DEATH PENALTY: LIFE IN EVERY INSTANCE
- Timothy Cardinal Dolan: Reclaim the Truth of the Human Person
- The Greatest Issue, Abortion: A WVOX Commentary
- The Death Penalty (Pope Francis’s view)
- The Death Penalty (Gov. Mario M. Cuomo’s view)
- Las Vegas Shooting: Another “Thoughts and Prayers” Day
- The New Killing Season
- Comments from “The Deplorables”
- The 137 Real Reasons Why Hillary Lost and Trump Won
- “Those People”
- Down-Home Democracy in the Land of Thomas Paine
- Fifty Years after President Kennedy Was Assassinated
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- Photographs
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