I have mixed feelings about Savage. He is well-educated, well-travelled and a creative thinker. He guards his West Village, Allen Ginsberg-ass-sniffing past and, like quite a few paranoid, New York Jews, has changed his name to guard that past (ie: Weiner-to-Savage , Cohen-to-Coen, etc). There's no doubt that he has something to say and the way he superimposes his indepth knowledge of history over current affairs is interesting and even impressive. He captains his boat directly into the storm to create controversy around his persona, because his formidable listenership doesn't quite "do it" for him.

Here's my problem with Savage. Like most anything else in life, including bowling, it's all in the 'delivery and release'. He is over-whelmed with his vast body of knowledge. He is an emotional basket case. He might be right about a lot of issues...some issues that I find myself guardedly agreeing with, (in the least, he does make me think), but, like an Alex Jones (who also may or may not be proven right, one day), Savage's highly emotionally charged, large stage, self deprecating pity party, quite often, makes him sound like a nut case. He sees himself as a living relic who has already been here and done this, which makes him unteachable. Unless you are a Noo Nawka who loves Pavarotti and are willing to stick your neck out as far as he does, don't bother calling the show.

I can turn him off as easily as I can turn him on and am rarely disappointed when a Mariner's game interrupts his show. But, I believe that his unique voice is proof that our culture is still tolerant of diversity and opposing points of view...regardless of how that noose is tightening around the critics of the powerful, left wing media-driven government.